We are glad to have seen some posts on this event already and we will be tracking them in due time. We also hope to put up (links to) pictures and video soon. Feel free to place your link to your post on the event in the comments section!

We also appreciate feedback so feel free to pop in what you thought about the event for reference to other committees who plan to organise similar events in the future.

However, we know the event wasn’t perfect so apologies for …

… those who had to wait for dinner.
… those who felt the speeches dragged on for too long.
… those who came and had payment matters raised.
… (insert complaint here!)

video of the event from zan azlee of fat bidin.
photo album from wattahack.

Kuala Lumpur is Home – Engaging and embracing at the BUM2007 gathering, Lake View Club
Politikus – BUM 2007 rocked!
Jeff Ooi – BUM2007… Blogger conversations start
Rocky’s Bru – Bum 2007 a success!
The Sensintrovert – What You’ve Been Missing If You Didn’t Attend BUM 2007 Last Night…
Tengku Mohd Ali Bustaman – EMBRACE & ENGAGE
Bibliobibuli – BUM Baring!
Ancient Mariner – The Gathering (not the movie)
Benny Loh – All Blogs Meet
Maverick SM – Bloggers United Gathering 2007
Maverick SM – B.U.M. Gathering (Pic Updates)
Nuraina A Samad – Bloggers Gathering
Desiderata-ylchong – It was Such a Night!
the __earthinc – Of BUM 2007
Nik Nazmi – Bloggers Embraced and Engaged!
WattaHack? – STAND-UP, BE COUNTED & BE HEARD…
Nathaniel Tan – teeny words on bum 2007
Elizabeth Wong – BUM2007 :)
Lucia Lai – fu-yoh!! awesome gathering!!
John Lee – Information, Ideas and Blogging
Mahaguru58 – Bloggers Gathering at Lakeview Club 19th May 2007
Pak Idrus – A Blogger Evening, May 19…
Khoo Kay Peng – B.U.M 2007
Julian Hopkins – B.U.M. 2007 – Some thoughts
Howsy – Some Unpublished (Read: Exclusive) Photos From BUM2007…
Jess – My First Bloggers Gathering
M. Bakri Musa – Malaysia’s Special Freedom Zone
Julian Hopkins – BUM 2007 – the online event…
Dr Busarin – Bloggers United Malaysia: Embrace and Engage
World of Possibility – Bloggers, have your say
Telco Talk – BUM 2007

Further details below.

Name
Bloggers United Malaysia Gathering 2007 – Embrace and Engage
An event in conjunction with World Press Freedom Day on 3rd May

Date
19th May 2007

Time
6.00pm – 11.00 pm.

• Forum: 6.00pm – 8.00pm
• Drinks: 8.00pm – 8.30pm
• Buffet: 8.30pm – 11.00pm

Venue
The Lake View Club
Lot 3606, SS12/1, Subang Jaya
47500 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Malaysia
Tel: +603 3733-8342

The club also has a prayer room available for use. Fits 8 persons max.

Transport details here.

Attire
Smart casual

Speakers
We have confirmed attendance by Jeff Ooi, Marina Mahathir, Tony Pua, Tian Chua and R. Nadeswaran (of Citizen Nades fame) and Sonia Randhawa (executive director of the Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ) Malaysia). Ahirudin Attan (Rocky) will be a special speaker.

What to expect
Each panellist will share their thoughts based on their field of activity, expertise and experience, for 8 to 10 minutes each.

They will spend the last 2-3 minutes of their speech on stating if they agree OR disagree with the following
statement:

That the media environment under the present Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s administration is more open and liberal compared to the previous administration under Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

Special speaker Rocky will speak on the National Alliance of Bloggers.

Hope to see you all there! :)