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May 2009 Meetup - Vancouver Bloggers

May 28
Thu 6:00 PM
Location
St. Regis Grill & Bar (Regis Room)

608 Dunsmuir
Vancouver, BC V6B 1Y6
604-696-5558

How to find us
"It's in the Regis Room (downstairs) in the St. Regis Grill & Bar (Anducci's)"

Estimated attendance
 50  people attended.
4.00 4.0013

Who organized?
Raul

LOCATION, DINNER, DRINKS AND RELATED STUFF ANNOUNCEMENT

I booked the Regis Room downstairs in the St. Regis Grill & Bar (formerly Anducci's). The St. Regis Hotel is at the corner of Dunsmuir and Granville. It's directly located outside the Dunsmuir exit of the Skytrain Granville Station, so it's plenty accesible, and in a downtown location.

I've been warned that it might be noisy as the kitchen is right besides the room, but we'll have to test how things go.

I've also been asked whether everybody will want to place dinner orders at the same time. I said that my bloggers were usually very flexible with that.

Drinks and dinner are usually placed on separate bills for each participant (you don't have to buy dinner OR drinks, but I've noticed that many people ask for that, so that's why I wanted to make sure to hold the meetup at a restaurant/bar).

I hope everyone will like this option. I'm going to be testing different locations through time.

Below is the agenda for the meetup. Starts at 6:00pm (SIX) regardless of when the Meetup.com site says it starts. Just FYI.


AGENDA

6:00-6:15 pm - Welcoming remarks (Raul)
6:15-7:00 pm - Shane, Lorraine and Raul opening commentary
7:00-7:45 pm - Discussion and moderation (Colleen and panel)
7:45-8:15 pm - Open discussion

ABSTRACT

Rules, Norms and Web 2.0: Etiquette in an Era of Evolutionary Social [Dis]Organization

Etiquette is frequently seen as a constraining set of behavioral rules, delineating what behaviors are appropriate within a certain social arena and which are not. But in a context of online multiverses, each with its own culture and demographic, what is truly the “right” thing, and how can we know it? Culture clashes and rapid evolution of social norms are ubiquitous in social media: why? What is appropriate etiquette? Is it portable across platforms? What are the ‘right’ kind of rules and norms in an unruly arena such as the online social media world? The participants in this panel will engage in a conversation about what constitutes etiquette, whether or not it relates to a moral imperative, whether it emerges as self-appointed leaders create specific sets of norms and discuss the evolution of etiquette in emergent social media. The implications for codes of behavior and etiquette in Web 2.0 are also discussed.

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Talk about this Meetup

  • Vincent Ng-ConversationArts.com
    Posted May 27, 2009 2:10 AM
    Vincent Ng-ConversationArts.com
    Hey guys, as an amateur blogger, and part of the management of the Starbucks downstairs in Granville Station Starbucks (underground) you get 30% off your orders. I'll be there between 5pm-6pm, if you want to meet face to face, I won't be able to make this meeting because of a class I need to teach that night. But feel free to contact me if you have questions. Happy blogging!
  • Posted May 26, 2009 11:09 PM
    Former Member
    woah i just discovered the topic and realized that i'm the anti-everything of this meetup. will there be some sort of counterbalance discussion of "belligerence in an era of evolutionary disorganization". i'm curious to hear what the "implications" of following a prescribed doctrine of 'etiquette' are, as well. seeya thurs

Who attended?

  • 50 attendees
    • James Wallace (+1 guest)
      “ Great venue, informative and well organized. ”
    • “ I found the meetup really great, the audience was engaged and my fellow speakers were fantastic. ”
    • “ Great discussion, thoughtful comments by panel members. I found it very thought provoking! And as always, great to meet and touch base with other bloggers and social media people. ”
    • “ I much, much prefer the casual meetup format to the panel discussion format. It was very passive for the majority of the people there. ”
    • “ The energy in the room was wonderful. The panelists were organized and thoughtful and responsive. The presentations were informative and useful. The people attending were thoughtful and friendly. ”
    • “ First of all, loved the venue. Great service, decent food, good choices of beers on tap, plenty of space for our large number, decent sound (as long as they kept the stereo and/or TV off), and easy to get to location. A big winner in nearly every way! While the panel discussion was interesting, such a broad topic didn't make it easy to reign things in, and I think we lost the chance to reconnect with a lot of fellow bloggers. Still, I hope we can see some more blogger meetups at the St. Regis again - it could be the kind of place where you'll have kick us all out at closing time! ”
    • “ Well attended. A great panel with a wide variety of Social Media experience. ”
    • “ The panel discussion was somewhat meaningless and meant that we didn't really get to meet others in the group. It seemed that the discussion was not on topic most of the time and there wasn't a lot of interaction with the members. By the time it concluded, people were ready to leave so not a lot of socializing time. I think a short panel discussion is good with more of a question period and then socializing. It could be I just was not in the mood to do a lot of socializing but I'm not sure it was just me. ”
    • “ The room was not set up well and it was hard to hear all the speakers. Some amplification was needed. The catering was good but the room arrangement did not encourage people to linger afterwards ”
    • Derek K. Miller (+1 guest)
    • Pamela (+1 guest)
    • Tom