Blog Summit, take two

As I noted yesterday, the WisPolitics/ WisOpinion people are holding their first annual Blog Summit in a couple of weeks. The revised schedule is now available, and it does, in fact, include your humble folkbum:

Two more leading Wisconsin bloggers have been added to the March 18 inaugural WisPolitics/WisOpinion Blog Summit to talk about the blogging phenomenon.

Panelists Owen Robinson of Boots & Sabers and Jay Bullock of folkbum's rambles and rants, joined by other citizen bloggers, will discuss ``Why blog? Defining the phenomenon from a citizen bloggers'  perspective'' as part of an afternoon program focusing on the impact of blogs on politics and government in Wisconsin

The event also will feature the 2005 Wisconsin blogger of the year award.

The summit is set for Saturday, March 18 from 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha. It is sponsored by AT&T Wisconsin, WisPolitics, WisOpinion and others. Attendance is free and open to all interested parties, but attendees must register in advance by contacting John Link at link@wispolitics.com

Other participants include:
• Ann Althouse, a nationally recognized blogger and UW-Madison law school faculty member. She will deliver the summit's keynote address.
• Charlie Sykes, Milwaukee WTMJ-AM morning radio host and leading conservative voice.
• Ed Garvey, Madison attorney and former Democratic candidate for governor and U.S. senator, who blogs from the liberal side at FightingBob.com
• Brian Fraley, a GOP strategist, who blogs about politics.
• State Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Madison, who has his own blog.
• Jessica McBride, UW-Milwaukee journalism instructor, radio talk show host and conservative media blogger.
• UW-Madison political scientist Ken Mayer.
• John McAdams, blogger and Marquette professor of political science.
• And Jennifer L. Peterson, attorney in the Madison office LaFollette Godfrey & Kahn, who will address the legalities of blogging.

The program includes two addresses and three panel discussions as well as the award presentation. For a tentative schedule, click here: http://www.wispolitics.com/index.iml?Article=56125 To register, contact: link@wispolitics.com

So there you go--and you had, in fact, better go there. I will be taking attendance!

Also, as long as I have you thinking about state politics and me, here's another reminder that I'm counting on you, my readers, to support me in my quest for a Koufax Award for Best State or Local Blogger! I have slipped out of first place and I'm now, best as I can tell, somewhere around tenth. Voting is open only for a limited time!