--- From: Cameron Barrett To: Subject: Re: [weblog] By the way, thanks Resent-From: weblog-list@ Resent-Date: 31 Oct 2001 16:37:50 -0000 Actually, two ideas have been running through my head for a while now. 1. Create a national/global weblog editor/writer organization that can serve as a parent organization for local chapters. Keep it neutral and not vendor-controlled, but allow vendors to participate (rather than dominate). Maybe call it the International Weblog Group Organization. iwgo.org is still free. 2. Blogstock or Blogapalooza. An annual gathering of weblog editors and readers, help someplace in a rural area with little or no Internet connectivity. I've talked with Jessamyn (jessamyn.com) about holding it at her farmhouse in rural Vermont and she said she can take a group of about 20 (if not raining) or a hundred if the weather is clear, but people would have to bring their own tents and camp in the field. Think about this being kinda like a cross between Burning Man and Woodstock, but focused around the idea of people getting together for a weekend to socialize, camp out, and have fun. blogstock.org is still free. I haven't done anything with either idea except think about them a lot. We might as well discuss them here. I'm willing to register the appropriate .org domains and host them should we come to a consensus that either one or both of these ideas is worth acting upon. --- From: Cameron Barrett Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:07:26 -0500 (EST) To: WebLog-List Subject: Re: [weblog] By the way, thanks Resent-From: weblog-list@ Resent-Date: 31 Oct 2001 17:07:27 -0000 Naming is totally open. I'm just trying to gauge an interest. - International Weblog Group Organization (IWGO) - Global Weblog Organization (GWO) - National Weblog Group/Organization (NWG) (NWGO) - Blogs R' Us - National Coalition of Weblog Editors (NCWE) - International Organization of Weblog Editors (IOWE) --- March 2002 Update: I have registered blogstock.com, blogcamp.com and blogfest.com. A mailing list has been created to discuss the logistsics. If you want to help organize, email me.