The 2nd WordCamp in the Philippines, organized by the Mindanao Bloggers Community and hosted by the Asian Institute of Management and co-presented by Mozilla, was a success! It was smaller in terms of participation, with only 120 attending this year, but it was just as enjoyable and informative. I was happy to see many new faces this year, which could be a clear sign that many more are now using WordPress in the Philippines.
We did broadcast the whole event via Ustream.tv, so I’m sure many more were able to tune in. Speaking of which, we will be coming out with a video of WordCamp-PH’09 very soon, courtesy of the very generous Buddy Gancenia.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank all who have contributed their time and energy to see this event through. First of all, the members of my organizing team: MiGs™ Hipolito, Winston Almendras, Chattee Lara, Jaime Haw, Lyle Santos and Brendel Balaga, as well as our Manila-based coordinators, Regnard Raquedan and Juned Sonido. The on-site volunteers also deserve our deepest gratitude for their selfless contribution: Earth del Mundo (blog upcoming!), Ron del Rosario, Elcie Cunanan & EJ Bautista, Jonel Uy and Aames Aguas (no link because he prefers to keep his blog private… for now).
Special thanks to Jehz Laurente and Janette Toral for being there when we need them, as always.
To our generous sponsors, you made WordCamp Philippines 2009 possible!
- Mozilla
- Asian Institute of Management
- Buddy Gancenia Reality TV
- OLX Free Classifieds
- Jupiter Suites
- Peach Interactive
- WooThemes Premium WordPress Themes
To our speakers, you were the heart and soul of WordCamp. Thank you for the valuable input and the sharing of knowledge!
- Beau Lebens of Automattic.com
- Markku Seguerra of BlogBank
- Seth Bindernagel of Mozilla
- Prof. Danilo Arao of Hannam University / Linton Global College
- Jeff Villafranca of TechVi.com
- Coy Caballes of VideoChops.com (among others)
- Gail Villanueva of Sheeromedia
- Karla Redor of Rockersworld.com
- and of course, Matt Mullenweg, for sending us that video greeting!
Since WordCamp here is being organized by the Mindanao Bloggers Community, I was very pleased to see more campers from the South this year, especially from Cagayan de Oro City, led by ChiQ Montes. Cagayan de Oro and the CDO Bloggers will be the host of the 3rd Mindanao Bloggers Summit, to be held this 24 October 2009.
Next year, the plan is to have a new format for WordCamp Philippines, as well as meatier, more substantial talks. And based on campers’ feedback, there will be two tracks: one for power users & developers, and one for beginners. Plus, a developers-only session with WordPress experts is already in the works for WordCamp Philippines 2010.
See you all next year!!
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The travel was all worth it… Im looking forward for the next Wordcamp. Hope to see all the bloggers on the Mindanao Blogger Summit 3 here in Cagayan de Oro this October 24, 2009.
Looking forward for the next Wordcamp PH..
@sir blogie ask ko lng about the contest for the Woothemes.. hehe..
@venussmileygal — Yep, see you guys in CDO this October!
@jlapitan — Sorry kiddo, but the WooThemes certificates have all been given away. Remember, I announced that, if you wanted to get one, just approach me.
[...] I was in the big city last week for WordCamp Philippines 2009, my organizing team and I stayed at a delightful little hotel in Makati, Jupiter Suites. Honestly, [...]
sir wala na talaga nun woothemes? kala ko kasi papacontest nyo.. syang.. fanatics pa nmn ako ng woothemes.. hehe..
Matt on WCP2009…
This is the video greeting from Matt Mullenweg for the participants of WordCamp Philippines 2009. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to attend this year’s WordCamp, so I asked him to send a video greeting instead. Very gracious of Matt to have o…
Hello po sir blogie… I have registered and paid for the registration fee and hindi ako naka-punta becoz the conflict of my schedule last September 19.. Pano po yun, pwede po bang i-convert to into WCP-tshirt na lang dun sa binayad ko… Sayang din po yung $12 na binayad ko..
I will definitely join next year's WordCamp PH!
Cant believe I missed it again!
What was discussed at Wordcamp? Can you give me a link so me and my friends could join next year?
Thanks!
Hi Alisa! Pls bookmark this site (http://wordcamp.ph) for announcements of future WordCamps in the Philippines.
Is majority of the WP-Bloggers came from the Viz-Min? Sana next time Manila naman para de malayo.
Galing ng Pinoy!
The main WordCamp event is always held in Metro Manila.
Show me again this
So when's the 2010 camp gonna happen in Manila?
Pls check http://philippines.wordcamp.org for WordCamp 2010 — there's another group that's handling the event this year.
Hi All! Looking forward for WordCamp 2010
When?? Where? wala bang dito sa CEBU?
Hi there. We're planning a WordCamp for Cebu.