The people behind WordCamp Philippines 2008, Mindanao Bloggers Inc. (a non-stock, non-profit entity), have just finished the first organizational meeting. We have not decided yet where the specific venue will be, but it will be in Metro Manila.

Currently we are considering UP Diliman and Ateneo de Manila as potential venues, although we still have to talk to the people in charge. If anyone would like to suggest (or volunteer) a venue, please let us know. It would have to be a place big enough to accommodate around 100 to 150 bloggers (blogger = person + Internet-enabled gadget). We will also need separate meeting rooms, because we will have simultaneous tracks for developers and non-developers.

The date: 25 October 2008 (Saturday).

We will post more announcements in the coming days, especially about calling for speakers, sponsors and volunteers.

24 Responses to “WordCamp Venue & Date”

  1. Ely Says:

    Now this is exciting.

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  4. noemi Says:

    yay! am looking forward to this. Will volunteer if ever.

  5. Blogie Says:

    @Ely — It is! :D

    @Noemi — Thanks!

  6. Prudence Says:

    “blogger = person + Internet-enabled gadget” -> Lolz :-D

    This is great! I think I wanna join!

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  8. iceman9 Says:

    wow, mind if i join? enjoy ta ani?

  9. Blogie Says:

    @iceman9 — Of course you can join! If you love WordPress, mag-enjoy gyud ka ani!

  10. Blogie Says:

    @Prudence — “you think”?? you’d better! :D

  11. kengkay Says:

    have fun. am sure this would be a success.

  12. Blogie Says:

    @kengkay — Maraming salamat! Danke schön!

  13. Dulce Says:

    Would love to be there. *i heart WP*

  14. JD Cruz Says:

    Congratulations!

    We will support this project. Please get in touch with me through my email address.

    Regards!

  15. JM Says:

    Yaaayy it’s in Luzon! Haha. I’m gonna volunteer for sure. Tamang-tama sembreak yan. =)

    Thanks MB Inc! =P

  16. Beejinf Says:

    yay! This is really great! i’ll be there this time!

  17. Blogie Says:

    @JM — That’s the idea! ;)

    @Beejing — We’re counting on it!

  18. Winston Says:

    @JM: I’m taking care of the volunteer registration. Registration forms will be up soon.

    @Beej: cool. i’ll be there tooo…

    @Dulce: we’ll appreciate it much if you could come

    @JD: thanks po. :)

  19. Fitz Says:

    Yay! Another blogging event! I’ll try to free up my schedule around that time so I can volunteer in organizing the event.

    Looking forward to more news about this.

    Best of luck!

  20. rowjie Says:

    at last! i’ll look forward to this!

  21. Dave Q Says:

    Hi guys,

    I’m a part-time faculty at the College of Saint Benilde, Taft Ave. I brought this up with our Chairperson and Dean and we are willing to offer the school as a venue.

    We have auditoriums as a plenary and rooms for the break-out session/ birds-of-a-feather sessions.

    We just need to coordinate for logistics & security concerns.

    You may reach me at the email in the form.

    In any case, count us in to volunteer and support this Wordcamp.

    Cheers!
    Dave Quitoriano

  22. Blogie Says:

    @rowjie — Looking forward to it myself! :)

    @Dave Quitoriano — Thanks very much! We’ll certainly take this into serious consideration. I will email you soon. (I’m actually quite familiar with the premises, because I’ve participated in one of the Japanese-Language Speech Contests that you host each year.)

  23. Jehzeel Laurente Says:

    astig ngayon ko lang nabasa sa inquirer to.. hehehe :D

    *food food food*

  24. Ambo Says:

    Wow this is really exciting! Gonna mark my calendar na! Congrats guys!

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