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Hello everyone,

So, September is just starting and I'm scheduling the October meetup already? You must think I'm crazy. Well, I'm not all that crazy, just wanted you guys to save the date for the Vancouver Blogger Meetup of October, which will coincide with the launch of The Vancouver Observer. Starts at 5:00pm at Ceili's (no cover charge).

I'd appreciate if people RSVPd through Meetup.com (although I understand that there's a Facebook event as well for the VO launch, but it helps me to track attendees using this system).

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Best,
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 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.

The previous meetup seemed quite successful and people have raved about The End Cafe. Yeah, it might have been slightly noisy, but they did accomodate us as best as we could (separate bills, reserved a whole area for us, lowered the volume when we requested it).

Given that people really enjoyed the presentations by Mandy and Pete on what they blogged about, I'm opening up up to four (4) spots to give short talks about what you blog. If I don't receive enough volunteer speakers by February 20th, I will e-mail a few of you to ask personally :)

By the time we hold this meetup, we will have already had Vancouver Twestival and Northern Voice, so I'm sure there'll be LOTS to talk about in relation to blogging.

As with any of the other meetups, please do feel free to share this information and invite other bloggers or people who are interested in blogging. Needless to say, my intention with VBM is to make the event MORE inclusive, not LESS inclusive.

All the best
Raul

Hi all,

I talked to Rebecca Bollwitt (AKA Miss604) re: holding the Vancouver Blogger Meetup at The Cellar at the same time as the Best of 604 Awards. I thought it would be a good idea to get both events together as we are all bloggers in the 604 area!

Here is the EventBrite site to confirm your attendance.

http://bestof604.eventbrite.com/

If you prefer, you can RSVP here (through Meetup.com) and I will do all the reservations at Best of 604 on EventBrite.

I hope you can make it! It will be fun to share in an event that is intended to highlight the very Best of the local Vancouver blogging scene. Kudos to Rebecca for putting together this event!

Best,
Raul

Time for September's Vancouver Bloggers Meetup. Please email me (hummingbird604 at Gmail.com) or Isabella (moritherapy AT shaw.ca) for the exact address (yes I know that the website says that the information is public, but as you can see, it's not!).