Chicago Bloggers--come out wherever you are

If you can herd cats, you can organize bloggers, right? Actually, this is a first attempt to gather Chicago area bloggers to meet and talk about our interests as bloggers. There are at least 125 folks waiting for someone to organize a weblogger group in Chicago, so I reserved a room at Columbia, and here is a call for any interested parties to show up and see where we go from there. On either coast and even in the hinterlands, blogger organizations exist and provide social and professional kinds of help to bloggers. Chicago is writer's town, but so far, has had no "blogger central." I am looking for other people to help me organize a loosely coupled collective and web portal to connect Chicago Bloggers to other media, to training and workshops, and to other people. If you are a blogger, please consider coming out for this meeting. If you are not a blogger yourself, can you print/post this poster and get it out where bloggers might see it? There is no fee to attend the meetings, but as I am going to provide some refreshments, I will accept $2.00 donations from those who care to help out. MSM types, students, literati, digerati, podcasters, novices, vloggers -- anyone who is interested in blogging and is located around Chicago is invited. Here are the details and a link to RSVP if you decide to check it out: Chicago Bloggers Group Open to any interested bloggers (or potential bloggers) Initial meeting 12/21/05 7-8 p.m 33 E. Congress 2nd floor Room 219 (Journalism Dept. Columbia College Chicago) Details and RSVP at: http://blog.meetup.com/351/boards/view/viewthread?thread=1584572chicagoblogs