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Its been months of planning and getting things in place… But last Saturday, September 6, 2008, bloggers, developers, and soon to be bloggers converged at the the De la Salle College of Saint Benilde for the first gathering of mostly wordpress bloggers and developers here in the Country and in South East Asia… WordCamp Philippines!

I was overwhelmed by the large number of participants. We did not expect that everyone will attend… that’s a fact in every event… but still.. more than 250 campers came to learn, have fun, and talk with Mr. Wordpress himself, Matt Mullenweg.

I was surprised with the interest of mainstream media in covering the event. What surprised me more is that i was looking for them but i was told that most of them attended the Morning Breakaway sessions! AHA! They wana learn more about blogging!

We had some problems here and there.. but every problem has solutions and we were able to provide those.

I’ve extended my vacation to give time to recuperate.. Got very exhausted in WordCamp… I was chosen as the host. but it was sooooooooooo worth it. I’ve been reading blogs post about their great experience at WordCamp.

I would like to thank my co-organizers:

Andrew dela Serna
Winston Almendras
RIa Jose
Blogie Robillo
Dave Quitoriano
Paul Pajo
Chuckie Dreyfus
Juned Sunido 

And the Blogger volunteers:

Arbet Bernardo
Sharline Cruz
Rein Langit
Jehzeel Laurente
Arpee Lazaro
ChiQ Montes who flew in from Cagayan de Oro City
Gwen Nava
Fritz Tentativa
Jonel Uy
Paul Villacorta from Cotabato City
Fitz Villafuerte
Melo Villareal

(Thanks to ate ria for the list)

College of Saint Benilde (CSB) Volunteers:

Association of Information Management

Luigi Dollosa
Theo Collantes
Miguel Cueto
Ruther Evaseo
Vince Morales
Tasha Reyes
Aldrich Dorado
Angelie ALcoriza
Shelyn Chua
Mrylyn Lim

Computer Business Association

Angelique De Leon
Casylyn Pantaleon
Steph Tiu
Junette Villahermosa
Louie Lam
Bernadette Buhat
Sheena Payabyab
Christie Garte

And to the staff and management of CSB  headed by the School of Management and Information Technology (SMIT) Dean Benhur Ong (Astig si DEAN! cool and friendly!) Ms. Grace of Logistics/Maintenance, those from GAS and Security, MCO, ACTC, LRC, Engineering, Computer Applications Program, and Information Systems Program.

Thank you to our speakers!

Aileen Apolo
Danilo Arao
Elymar Apao
Gail Villanueva
Hans Koch
Jayvee Fernandez
Karla Redor
Kring Elenzano
Markku Seguerra
Matt Mullenweg
Regnard Raquedan

And finally, thank you to our gracious sponsors:

College of Saint Benilde with AIM and CBA
Cebu Pacific
Spot.ph
i.Ph
Smart Bro (astig smart Bro.. lakas ng signal sa venue.. aside from the wifi of CBS)
My Image Media
Wazzupmanila.com
Buddy Gancenia – the official photographer of WordCamp Philippine 2008
Nuffnang
Performancing Ads
CHOWKING! big thanks to them for the food! (thanks aileen!)
Free Online Flash Games
Real Estate CRM
Real Estate Website Designers
Orange County Real Estate
Auto Insurance Quotes
Lane Systems Inc.
RedMedia
Orange County Business Lawyer

I’ll be making another post about WordCamp… a backstage view of what happened during the event!

To Mr. Wordpress, Matt Mullenweg, thank you for trusting us, Mindanao Bloggers, to head the first WordCamp here in the Philippines… and the second… (hint hint..) and maybe the third, fourth, fifth..

So, See you at WORDCAMP Philippines 2009