iBlog therefore iAm

As of this morning, there are more than 100 registrants to iBlog, the Philippines’ First Blogging Summit.  So far, we’ve only promoted the event on-line.  Today, we’re going to place 200 posters in different areas around the city to drive more attendance. 

I don’t know whether to be happy or sad.

I’m excited that there’s so much interest in the event (after all, it’s FREE).  I recognize that even though the blogging community is hardly organized, the power of the Internet to connect people has resulted in this convergence of bloggers in one space.   As we suspected, there are lots of bloggers out there.  We’re proud and honored to host this event and we can’t wait to meet this band of bloggers.

On the other hand, our program’s meager resources may not be enough to accomodate everyone as comfortably as we’d like.  The space is big enough to handle 300 people but we may not have enough to feed everyone.  But I’m hopeful.  If you remember the sermon on the mount, Jesus fed thousands from the packed lunch of a child.  There’s another version that says most people brought their own lunch but having seen the child’s generosity, shared their food with others.  Bloggers are a strange bunch but sharing is not alien to them.  Through their blogs, they’ve opened up their lives and most intimate thoughts to us.  It’s that spirit that I’m counting on to help us feed the folks at iBlog. 

Otherwise, please help us get us more sponsors!