The Iloilo Bloggers meet-up last Saturday, June 19th at Dulgies – La Sallette to discuss further the plans for the Visayas Blogging Summit which will happen on November 27-28, 2010. The Iloilo Bloggers will be the host of this year’s VBS.
Agenda were as follows:
1. Sponsorship Letter and Package Deals:
Will be finalized by Efren (add website details, logo, venue, etc.). Exchange deals are also an option. Hopefully this will be ready for distribution on our next meeting.
2. Website Status:
Our website for the VBS is www.visayasbloggers.com and it is already live. It can now be included in the sponsorship letter/package. Additional content is also needed for the website. Most contents will be added after the summit.
3. Venue:
Junelle has already spoken with her contact at the Iloilo Provincial Capitol and all we need now is a request letter addressed to the governor. Her contact will forward the letter to gov. Efren has drafted a letter already so please check it out on our Google Wave thread about VBS.
4. VBS Logo:
We should all try to incorporate the VBS official logo on our blogs.
5. Speakers:
Miss Janette Toral and Maria Ressa are 2 of the 4 speakers. We need 2 more.
6. Official Letter to the City Government:
Efren (because you are the best in letter writing!) will draft a letter to the city government informing them of the summit. This will make things more easier for us – like the Dagoy dolls.
7. Second Day Tour
Marcos was not present during the meeting so this is still an on-hold topic and will be discussed further next meeting.
8. Souvenirs:
The Dagoy Dolls – We should ask permission from the tourism office first.
9. Additional Topics:
- Hotel accommodation for our speakers and guests. (Days Hotel – JorP, One Lourdes Dormitel – Efren)
- Food – either consumable (The Avenue or at Days Hotel – Jorp). Mawe will also contact Nes and Tat’s about their rates.
- It has been decided that we will only set a maximum of 200 guests for the VBS. So this is on a first come-first serve basis, so it is better to tell guests register now. Only those who have blogs will be prioritized for now. Mawe also suggested that we invite more bloggers from Iloilo because this will be our way of recruiting more members for the org.
- Ask Eric about the air fares of the speakers. Should we shoulder it or not?
We are making progress guys! Let us continue working together pa guid!
Here’s the list of attendees and their blogs:
- Efren Efren – www.efrenefren.com
- Eddie “Junnjun” Mendoza, Jr. – http://www.gigsilonggo.com, http://www.junnjunmendoza.com
- Mawe Barrios – www.iloiloblogger.com
- Jorry S. Pallada – www.flavoursofiloilo.blogspot.com
- Ethel Mae Reyes – www.ilonggos.net
- Antoine Greg Flores – www.agboi.blogspot.com
- Junelle Caravana – http://babsy.name/
- Mary Jane Cabrera – www.maryjanecabrera.com
- Annabelle Adrales – www.dreamersnook.com
