tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6798949.post-72167126013530997262008-03-31T09:17:00.005+08:002008-05-04T15:29:21.559+08:00Hear ye, hear ye! Calling all bloggers in my garden!<br /><br />There will be a <a href="http://bum2008-desiderata.blogspot.com/">2008 Bloggers' Gathering</a> on Thursday, 1st May 2008. No excuse there. It's a public holiday! Details as follows:<br /><br /><strong>Venue</strong>: <a href="http://bum2008-desiderata.blogspot.com/2007/03/venue.html">The Lake View Club, Subang Jaya</a><br /><strong>Time (Session I)</strong>: Registration - 2.15pm till High Tea break - 4.30pm<br /><strong>Time (Session II)</strong>: Registration - 5.15pm till Buffet Dinner - 8.30pm<br /><br /><strong>Theme</strong>: Towards a Civil Society<br /><a href="http://bum2008-desiderata.blogspot.com/"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_l4vaqN11cnA/R_A738RYiDI/AAAAAAAAAOg/DR-Js2DGDT0/s320/bum2008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5183709003361323058"/></a><br /><br /><a href="http://bum2008-desiderata.blogspot.com/2008/03/registration-payment.html"><strong>Registration & Payment</strong></a><br /><br /><strong>Programme Outline (Session I)</strong>: 3.00pm to 4.00pm<br />Topic: Fostering Civil Society - Various Voices<br /><br />Speakers:<br />. Welcoming Address: YL Chong-Desi<br />. Sdr Ahirudin Attan: President, National Alliance of Bloggers<br />. Dato’ Syed Ahmad Idid: Ex-Judge<br />. Dr Azmi Sharom: Academic<br />. Dr Lim Teck Ghee: Director: Centre for Policy Initiatives<br />. Sdri Jacqueline Ann Surin: Journalist<br /><br />Q and A session: 30 minutes<br /><br />+++HI-TEA BREAK+++<br /><br /><br /><strong>Programme Outline (Session II)</strong>: 6.00pm to 8.00pm<br />Topic: The Fifth Estate (Bloggers) as Agency for Change<br /><br />Speakers:<br />. Sdr Jeff Ooi: Blogger-MP<br />. Sdr William Leong: Lawyer-MP<br />. Sdr Haris Ibrahim: Human Rights Advocate<br />. Sdr Steven Gan: Editor-in-chief, Malaysiakini.com<br />. Special Guest Speaker? <em>Watch this space!</em><br /><br />Q and A session: 30-45 minutes<br /><br />+++BUFFET DINNER++<br /><br />For updates on the progress of this <a href="http://bum2008-desiderata.blogspot.com/">Bloggers’ Hap Event of the Year in Malaysia</a>, stay tuned!<br /><br /><br /><br /><u>4 flowers for this post</u><br />owww. . . . i cant go again . . gotta work and bz pulak tu . . . .<br />mike | 09.04.08 - 11:31 am | # <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> Matey to Prose, Mike, don't worry, there will be lots of reportage -- MSM, 5th Estate etc, as Org Comm just helf a successfool PC yesterday...<br /><br />PS: Primrose, art thou bringing 1/2 batal-lion? OR lionurses also cun!~~Desi, knottyaSsusual April 11, 2008.<br />ylchong | <a href="http://desiderata2000.blogspot.com">Homepage</a> | 11.04.08 - 2:01 pm | # <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> Are you going?<br />titoki | <a href="http://titoki.blogspot.com">Homepage</a> | 11.04.08 - 5:23 pm | # <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br /> <br /> Yup Mike, I'll post pics too. <br /><br />Thanks, Desi. Will try get the whole jim-bang there.<br /><br />Yes titoki, I'm going. Part of committeeeee. Geng or not?? <br />Primrose | <a href="http://primroses.blogspot.com">Homepage</a> | 12.04.08 - 10:26 am | # <br /><br />--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Primrosenoreply@blogger.com