Saturday, June 20, 2009 you’re invited (yes, you the public) to a potluck BBQ at a picnic table just west of the Science Centre’s parking lot. 12:00 noon. We’ll be really close to beautiful Wascana Lake, in the cover of trees.
Help spread the word to other bloggers you know, and let’s make this a big party. RSVP is appreciated, but not required. Leave a comment here, or email Saskboy - at -Hotmail.com
Just a quick reminder that the BBQ is today, Sunday July 27 at 12:00 in the park just west of the Science Center parking lot. We’ll be the tables with the bloggers, but you probably won’t see laptops in front of us.
UPDATE:
Here is the turn out. It was a small group this year, but we had a good time in the perfect weather with good food. Net Neutrality was one thing we talked about, among many other non-blog related topics of course.
OK, Sask Bloggers, 12:00 noon July 27, 2008 Sunday in Regina’s Goose Hill Park west of the Science Center is the site of our 3rd annual potluck BBQ!
Come out with yourself and some friends/family for a good time with some good food, and good company.
Did I mention that the Riders play Toronto at 5:00 that evening, so you could make our event your pre-game party?
If you’re coming, please leave a comment with what item(s) you’re thinking of bringing. I have plenty of disposable plates left over from last year (You can bring your own reusable ones if you prefer), and I can bring coals again to have the BBQ roaring by noon. I’ll also provide some meat and meat-like products (ie. hotdogs).
If any SaskBloggers have suggestions for events, announcements, or plans, please share them here. I’ll do my best to publicize them so your event is a big, fun, and bloggy success.
The 2007 Regina BBQ is in the books now, and I’ll say based on the comments from attendees, that it was another good event. Hopefully even more bloggers will make it next year and we improve on our modest attendance.
The turnout was a little too modest for the likes of the only media who showed up this time, since they seemed to have killed the story which was destined for Global News. It didn’t help that the reporter, Jennifer I. didn’t research the story by maybe reading the press release, visiting any of the attending bloggers websites, or show any interest at all in the story. Maybe Kate’s heckling that it was OK that Jennifer didn’t read blogs “because we didn’t watch TV news or read newspapers anyway,” scared her away… but more likely it was just apathy. Never mind that it’s sometimes said that bloggers will one day make TV reporters obsolete…
I’ve had several interviews with media about my blog, and now I see why someone who gets a lot of interviews like Kate, can get fed up with the mundane and ill informed questions directed at web loggers. I’ve had only worthwhile interviews, until Sunday. Someone of Jennifer’s nature, who’s surprised that we didn’t have laptops at our picnic off Wascana Lake, isn’t exactly suited to interviewing a boggle of bloggers. (I’ve just coined that phrase, so if you use it, I may become famous. Gaggle of geese, a murder of crows, and a boggle of bloggers.) I guess I could be more fair, and say that I need to win over people unconvinced about blogging’s charm, and if I couldn’t win over a reporter then it’s my fault or blogging is an uninteresting subject. More likely I think, it’s that Jennifer had her mind made up as to the kind of people at the BBQ, and decided upon seeing a small group that there’s not a lot of people interested in blogging. Considering Kate’s 6 Million page visits, I’d wager that Jennifer erred.
So without the media there for our entertainment, we kicked around a soccer ball a bit, and mostly talked about food, weather, health care, economics, housing boom, climate change, travel, Nepal, worms, elections, and of course our blogs and computers. When the crowd got too large for me to follow all conversation threads, I suppose I missed a range of other subjects.
Monty of Canadian Money Advisor compiled a list of the bloggers who attended. There was a handful of other guests without blogs to link here. Monty’s photo album is the best one online too.
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Details of the picnic before it happened… and more wrap up.
Watch for details on Saskatoon’s 2007 meetup coming soon on saskblogs.ca!
The day of the BBQ has arrived, and the forecast is partly cloudy with a perfect 22 degrees Celsius. It should be a great day, and if you’re in town for the Rider game too… GO RIDERS!
I’ve scoped out the barbecue picnic site just meters west of the Science Center parking lot, and it looks like a good one to host the:
See the turn to the Science Center from Wascana Parkway/Broad St.
I’ll try to have a Saskatchewan flag on display at our picnic site, because if it’s a nice day there will be other picnickers out in the park too.
How do you get in on the fun and food?
The guest list so far includes the following who have confirmed they are coming, or are thinking about it. (The number they are coming with are in brackets):
Saskboy (2)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/insanitycase (4)
http://www.canadian-money-advisor.ca/
http://krydoristan.blogspot.com/ (4)
http://www.arcologist.blogspot.com/
http://katesmudges.blogspot.com/
John Murney
Jason Hammond
Tanya (4)
Terri S.
Kyle MacDonald
Amanda S.
Stephen Glauser
Ryan A.
Eric E.
Aidan M.
Karen K.
Ross
If you’re not sure what “SaskBlogs” is, it’s a collection of Saskatchewan websites maintained by writers known as “web loggers”. Lance compiled the list, and programmed the Aggregator which lists the most recent writings by the SaskBloggers. The SaskBloggers and anyone interested in meeting bloggers to talk about anything under the sun, are welcome to attend this potluck BBQ. There will be games available such as soccer, and whatever people want to bring to the park.
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