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[Lynda Brown-Ganzert]

Countdown: 23 Days to National Digital Media Day

Here's what I know is happening so far for September 25th and who the primary contact is for the respective event. Please email me if I have missed your event or if you want to get involved.

- PEI networking event (Mark Sandiford)
- Ontario democamp/networking event (John Carson, Ana Serrano, Ian Kelso)
- Ottawa MP lobbying (James Lewis, Ian Kelso)
- Digital Road Map Release (CIAIC, CHRC, James Lewis, Lynda Brown-Ganzert, Susan Annis)
- Quebec Event (Rene Barsalo (pending) Alliance NumeriQC)
- Manitoba democamp/networking event (Coree Francisco, Wayne Clark)
- Saskatchewan barcamp (Ryan Lejbak, Ginger)
- Calgary democamp (Ron Thiele, Sarah Blue)
- Edmonton democamp (Ron Thiele, Larry...tbc)
- Vancouver networking event, NMBC AGM and New Forms event (Kirstin Richter)
- Webcasting Production (Maclean at Nimble)
- National Kiss event (Jenny Ouano)
- Nanaimo...(tbc, I have lost touch with the organizer, my fault)
- National Media Strategy with local support planned (Lynda, James Lewis)

In case you missed it, in the last two weeks we have lost the TradeRoutes fund and the Canadian New Media Fund, the only two funding programs for digital media. These are critical times for our industry and your voice needs to be heard.

We have national events planned in almost every province for September 25th. We'll raise the profile of our incredible industry and the valuable contribution it makes to the Canadian economy.

Please get involved. Message me if you want to know how or check out our social network: http://ndmd08.ning.com/

Every voice counts. Lynda

[Miss604]

Hi Lynda,
I will also be traveling across the Greater Vancouver area (5 cities on the list so far) and live blogging from each location/pit-stop. My day will end with a charity event live blog while there is also the Vancouver Blogger Meetup Group event that anyone is welcome to attend.

[Lynda Brown-Ganzert]

That would be great you guys! And yes, there are press release templates coming...James (from the CIAIC) and I are working on them this week. Kim, can I get your email again? And yes, feel free to share the 'how it started' document. Thanks a ton!

[Joyce Lindemulder]

I would be happy to do the same here in the Comox Valley.

[Kim]

Yup I'm still here, and Nanaimo is going to be a social mixer.

Can I use your article about how National Digital Media Day started to send to our Nanaimo paper? I think it would be a great opportunity to shake some hidden colleagues out of the woodwork. Or are there official press releases coming soon????

[Carol Parnell]

Lynda - it's Kim Lear who has a small event in the works for Nanaimo. She will contact you directly.