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I, We, Us all -- want a National Bloggers Association of the Philippines.

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Bloggers' Signup Form

One country, one blogging community. A Manifesto of Filipino bloggers and netizens (Draft) March 7, 2011 We, Filipino bloggers coming from various places nationwide and those based overseas, coming from diverse backgrounds and specialties, using various new media outlets, hereby freely come together and call for the formation of a bloggers association of the Philippines that shall unite us around these common and beneficial objectives: • Promote and defend the right to free speech and to free expression; • Promote and develop blogging, vlogging, photoblogging, microblogging and other online creative and expressive forms in all their diverse categories, topics and types; • Gather and share Philippine blogging’s best practices that reflect our contributions to ourselves and our online communities, media, causes, organizations and businesses, government, the nation and the world; • Draft and adopt a code of ethics that underscore the members’ and organization’s sense of responsibility and maturity; • Discuss issues and concerns that confront our members; and • Campaign and work for more affordable, reliable and better internet access in the country The association we aspire to form is voluntary in membership, national in scope, democratic in decision-making, progressive in outlook, and both non-partisan and non-profit in legal character. • We draw inspiration from and ask the participation of the city-wide, provincial, regional and island-wide associations, summits and conventions initiated by bloggers across the country. We also pay tribute to overseas Filipinos and their blogging organizations and events. • We want an association that makes decisions based on democratic processes, consensus-building and mutual benefit. A long time has passed since the first blog posts and first blogging events. We are now a bigger, stronger and influential community. Businesses, causes and government have started to organize themselves to interact and engage with us. And we also face challenges within and outside our growing community. The Philippines, our country and people are also expecting more from us, and we bravely and fearlessly say that we want to do more and achieve more In view of all these and more, we declare that we are joining as founding members of what we hope would be a most awesome bloggers association for our country.

* Required

Have you read and do you agree with the draft bloggers' manifesto? *

• Yes
• Yes, only some of it
• Yes, only some of it and I reserve the right to make suggestions to improve it
• No, but I wish to join anyway

Are you willing to be a founding member of this future organization *

• Yes

Please state your full name *If you're an anonymous blogger, please state your pseudonym.

What do you do aside from blogging? *Please state whether your (pre-)occupation. Example: Student, Poet, Writer, Journalist, Full-time Blogger, Housewife, Unemployed, etc.

Please state your home address *

Please write down your email address *

Please write down your mobile number(s) *

Please list your blog(s). *

How do you wish to contribute to our future organization? *

• Education and training
• Research and policy
• Events organizing
• Publicity and public relations
• Finance and resource-generation
• I'm willing to take a leadership role
• I wish to help in the organization's social media needs
• I want to provide advice and contacts
• International and national contact-building
• Other:

Will you be available for a meeting on March 29 in Manila? *The meeting will be broadcast via livestream.

• Yes
• No

How do you wish to be contacted? *

• Via email only
• Via mobile phone only
• Via email and mobile phone

Do you agree to be listed publicly as a founding member of this future organization? *

• Yes
• Yes, but later
• No