MindanaoBloggers satellite communities

Ever since the 1st Mindanao Bloggers Summit in October 2007, I’ve seen various bloggers’ groups sprout in different parts of Mindanao. Back then, there were groups in Davao and in Cagayan de Oro. Then General Santos, inspired by the Summit and by the activities of MindanaoBloggers.com, also got themselves and organized and were successful in their hosting of the 2nd Summit.

Now, Zamboanga City is seeing her bloggers become more cohesive, through the leadership of Yolynne Medina, Ryann Elumba and Jerome Locson (who went to GenSan to attend the MBS2). They’ve had a few meet-ups already, and hopefully I’ll be able to join in one of their future get-togethers.

Cagayan de Oro City, as well, is back on track. Two years ago, they had an informal group already, but it fell by the wayside after the prominent members left for Manila and Cebu for work. But now, under the care of ChiQ Montes, they’re starting to form a stronger community. They even have their own Ning.com site: CDO Bloggers.

So, MBS3 will be a toss-up between Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro. I shall announce the decision before the year ends.

I hope that more cities and/or provinces in Mindanao will have their own active bloggers’ groups. This will not only help us achieve our goal of projecting the real images of Mindanao onto the world stage, but also create an atmosphere of harmony and cooperation among Mindanaoans.

22 Responses to “MindanaoBloggers satellite communities”
  1. Mito 14 November 2008 at 5:35 pm #

    Go Mindanao Bloggers!!!

  2. Patricio 14 November 2008 at 6:48 pm #

    Nice! Sana naman hindi masyadong malayo sa Davao, pano naman kaming mga estudyante? haha. biased noh? hek3.

    pro sana sembreak pa rin yan, para mas madami ang mkaka.attend.

    tnx

  3. Ryann 15 November 2008 at 12:22 am #

    hi blogie. Muchas gracias for mentioning zamboanga. there are also bloggers coming from different parts of Region 9 and we hope that the number and quality of bloggers will improve. :)

    More power to us Mindanaoans!

  4. UM Student 15 November 2008 at 1:46 am #

    This is very good. You remember Sir Levy from IBM spoke with some us and he said blogging with topic is good. We should have more blogs that help barangay ready for fire and flood. Did you see my picture on his webiste? I am happy. http://citizencorps.blogspot.com

  5. YolynneMedina 17 November 2008 at 11:47 pm #

    Thanks for the mention Blogie, whatever will be the outcome of the decision will be okay, anyway the main purpose of the Summit is to bring unite bloggers in different Mindanao together… Kahit saan game ako.. =)

  6. darlyn 18 November 2008 at 9:31 am #

    as a mindanao blogger we are looking forward for the next MBS. Anywhere in Mindanao as long as marami maka participate. btw, i write about my two sided reaction about MBS.

  7. siraniks 19 November 2008 at 12:12 am #

    Sana kahit Cagayan lang muna, maxado ng malayo ang Zamboanga baka di na kami nito maka-attend.

  8. Zin™ 27 November 2008 at 1:50 am #

    Meh, I sure hope I can attend an MBS one day.. XD

    More power to us Mindanaoans! :D

  9. Blogie 30 November 2008 at 11:14 pm #

    What I really wish for now is a bloggers group in ARMM. Anyone know about bloggers there?

  10. wow gold 2 December 2008 at 2:08 am #

    hi, i am moving my site so please bear with me it should be up next day and u'r link with still be there.
    i am trying to move it to another platform.

  11. Aleksi 9 December 2008 at 11:56 pm #

    May mga bloggers din from Dipolog and Dapitan City. :-)

  12. tammy-ran 11 December 2008 at 11:12 pm #

    can we join this community eventhough we are from visayas??hehe

  13. Blogie 12 December 2008 at 8:21 am #

    You're most welcome to jump in and join the discussions on the MB Forum.

    Where in the Visayas are you? There are up and coming communities there, too, like the Cebu Bloggers Society and Iloilo Bloggers.

  14. Yolynne Medina 22 December 2008 at 11:07 pm #

    Hi Blogie, I've got a proposal in line that hopefully will get some ARMM bloggers on board =) Will ping you once everything is final at my end.

  15. Blogie 23 December 2008 at 6:35 pm #

    That would be awesome, Yolynne! Looking forward to that. Merry Christmas! :)

  16. Batibot 13 February 2009 at 1:21 am #

    enter ko..

  17. odin deseo 20 March 2009 at 12:20 pm #

    hello bloggers. I din't know that there is such an organization of mindano bloggers. are there any in region 12 in particular? would there be a way to keep in touch with someone who would know?
    odin

  18. mo billacura 24 June 2009 at 4:58 pm #

    i hope i can attend the next MBS!
    grrrrr. i missed it in GenSan.
    Zamboanga?
    No problemo!

  19. Blogie 24 June 2009 at 5:20 pm #

    Hey Mo! The next MBS will be in Cagayan de Oro, 24 October 2009. Let's wait for more announcements from the CDO Bloggers.

  20. steam showers 4 November 2009 at 6:12 pm #

    Excellent!

    It is good to see this – hopefully more cities will take up on this!

  21. wholesale kids clothing 5 November 2009 at 1:46 pm #

    This is very good. You remember Sir Levy from IBM spoke with some us and he said blogging with topic is good.

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