Going to Netroots Nation?

Netroots NationNetroots Nation is coming up soon.

The third annual gathering of the Netroots (formerly known as the YearlyKos Convention) will be held July 17–20 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. Netroots Nation 2008 will include panels led by national and international experts; identity, issue and regional caucuses; prominent political, issue and policy-oriented speakers; a progressive film screening series; and the most concentrated gathering of progressive bloggers to date.

While I won’t be able to attend, I’m looking forward to reports from others who will be there. The agenda looks interesting. I see that Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be there for a session.

It looks like the registration is still $375, which I think is quite reasonable. And it will be a great opportunity to hang out with progressive bloggers from across the country.

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This entry was written by vjp and posted on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 9:14 am and filed under General with tags . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

14 Comments

  1. Newport News Dem
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 9:23 am | Permalink

    Hanging out with the character assassins of HRC, and paying for the privilege. I already have an important conflict at the\at time, watching paint dry somewhere.

  2. Tex Taylor
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 10:58 am | Permalink

    WOW! A perfect occasion to try out the new satellite guided thermobaric bombs…

    But I think the name change could pose a problem. The KKKos Konvention is so much more memorable.

    You mean there are actually people that pay to listen to Nanzi Pelosi speak?

  3. MB
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 11:05 am | Permalink

    Look, bi-partisan amusement!

  4. TheGreenMiles
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 11:44 am | Permalink

    I’ll be there. And I’m mildly impressed how many sessions on the environment they have so far! I was expecting it to be all Iraq Bad/Bush Bad/McCain Bad.

  5. MB
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 12:01 pm | Permalink

    There’s an incredible range of expertise and diversity of interests, there. Seriously, if you can squeeze out the time for it, it’s much recommended.

  6. Anon E. Mouse
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 12:03 pm | Permalink

    I wonder how many attendees/presenters will bike there, to save the environment.

  7. eileen
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 8:38 pm | Permalink

    OMG, Miles!!! You’re going to be there too!!! I’m soooo excited about that. We’ll have to get together and do some podcasting or live blogging from it.

  8. ChenZhen
    Posted Monday, July 7, 2008 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    I really, really hate the word “netroots”.

    Sorry, but that is all I have to add.

  9. vjp
    Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 12:19 am | Permalink

    I’m not a fan of the word, either. What alternative would you suggest?

  10. ChenZhen
    Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 4:12 am | Permalink

    Beats me. But it would appear that we’re stuck with it.

  11. Silence Dogood
    Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:27 am | Permalink

    I have to confess, I chuckle softly at “eTards,” but it’s certainly not a label I would apply to everyone.

  12. MB
    Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:34 am | Permalink

    Me, I’d use the word “citizens.”

  13. Silence Dogood
    Posted Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 10:39 am | Permalink

    It’d be nice if everyone used that word, but for whatever reason there is a cadre of people out there who feel the need to be special.

  14. lasertag
    Posted Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 7:00 pm | Permalink

    i’m excited to hear krugman actually

    also excited for friday night laser tag:

    https://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/netroots-nation-laser-tag/overview