Well, I've changed my ideas about the Cancer Bloggers Reunion that I started writing about several months ago.
At first, I thought that I would organize a two-to-three-day conference, here in Seattle in late July, that would be open to the public, but of course targeted to people living with cancer and cancer bloggers. I thought that I would invite all my favorite cancer bloggers to be speakers or presenters, and be able to pay their airfare to Seattle by doing some fund raising.
Then, as I started working on this idea, I realized that I didn't really want to put on a conference for that many people. And I didn't want to give up control of the event, as I would have to if I worked with an organization such as CancerLifeline, which would have its own agenda for such a major event, of course--one that didn't march well with mine.
The new event is much smaller, much simpler, and is what I really want to do: Get all my favorite cancer bloggers together in one place at one time for two to three days of conversation, food, and some silliness.
The event will be invitation-only, which I realize means some people who would like to come won't be able to. At this point, I'm planning to make one afternoon session open to the public and the press, so if you live in Seattle, or can get here easily, and would like to attend that, stay tuned.
I'll be sending out invitations in the next day or two, and once people have accepted, I will post their names and the URLs of their blogs.
I'm also thinking of starting a separate blog, just for the Cancer Bloggers Reunion, that all participants would be able to post to. Reaction?
Tentative dates:
July 23-25, following the BlogHer conference in San Francisco, which is July 18-20.
@ Jeanne Sather 2007.
The name "Cancer Bloggers Reunion" is also copyright, Jeanne Sather 2007, 2008.
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