Adelaide Bloggers and Social Web Media January 2009 Meet-Up

I believe it’s safe to say that our first Adelaide Bloggers and Social Web Media Group get-together of the year started off pretty well. Not only did we manage to get our first venue sponsor (yes – free house wine and softdrinks + 50% off everything else we ordered + free 3 hour parking) via Caffé Primo – Norwood – we even managed to have a pretty decent attendance (25 attendees, even though it’s a long weekend – and a few new folks joined us too + some of our old friends and regulars).

And yes, thanks again to Ara, the owner of Primo Norwood. He even came to talk to the meet-up attendees at the start of the party, to tell us how and why he franchised a Primo. And, his dream of changing and making things better – as well as his general love for the food industry. It was great.

Another thanks, of course, goes to my sister, Sasha Manuel, who made the contact and organised the sponsorship deal. If she lived in Adelaide, I would’ve definitely asked her to keep working on these types of deals. Heh.

I’m really hoping that this is just the start of better and more exciting things to come for our growing group. I’ve got other ideas, and I’m hoping to find ways to pull them off. But yes, social media is definitely alive and kicking here in Adelaide. And, I’m really grateful to all our friends and members who help to make this happen. Thank you, all!

To see individual pics – visit this Facebook Album or our January 2009 Meet-up Page on Facebook. Or, you can also check out the movie slideshow below.

Now, here are the folks who helped us to make this event a success -

• Bern Relos (Facebook)
• Murray Davis (Facebook)
• Stephen Mitchell (Facebook)
• Kay Walker (Facebook)
• Andrew Cox
• Taryn Hicks (Facebook)
• Derek
• Steve Davis (Facebook)
• Jenny Rudd
• Rowan Timm
• Charlie Robinson (Facebook)
• Robyn Sharyn (Facebook)
• Geoffrey Kwitko (Facebook)
• Monique Klein (Facebook)
• Richard Pascoe (Facebook)
• James Govan (Facebook)
• Marilyn Rudd
• Michael Gallagher (Facebook)
• Maria Kleine (Facebook)
• Jim Manning (Facebook)
• Michael Purse
• Anthony Coles (Facebook)
• Steve Thomas (Facebook)
• Sasha Manuel (Facebook)

Also, here are some blog posts about the event (Note: If you’re an Adelaide blogger who joined the event and blogged about it, please let me know so I can add your link here too.) -

• Day 23/365 Adelaide Bloggers Meetup by Steve Thomas
• Trying a short post by Kay Walker

Again, thanks so much for making this happen. Until next time!

Oh, and yes, if you want to be notified of future events, check out our Facebook group page and/or our Meetup Page* (Sponsored by australianblogs.com.au). We have tentatively booked the 24th of April 2009, Friday, 6 to 9pm, as the next meet-up date.

Here’s the video slideshow of photos from the event -

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