More than a year ago, a few bloggers proposed an association by the name of Bloggers Association of Nepal (BLOGAN). The discussion went for some time and then went silent.
KP Dhungana of Hamroblog was one who had always talked about BLOGAN. A few of us invited each other for the talk on the issue at Martin Chautari on the day I talked about blogging in Nepal there. There were only a few – KP himself, me, Darshan of Zade Xpress and Rosha – then a non-blogger, and RP Dahal of NepalInfo who left but said he was with us.
We decided that for the time being the association should act as a social-network group so to gather a few of us and agreed that one of the bloggers would be nominated as the co-ordinator unless we are able to register and form a committee.
As agreed on that discussion, I am proposing the Bloggers Association of Nepal (partly modeled as Media Bloggers Association of USA to which I am a member). As we have agreed, all the bloggers identified as regular and Nepali by origin would be listed as our members unless they choose not to, every blogger is a member.
BLOGAN will be a nonpartisan organization dedicated to promoting, protecting and educating its members; supporting the development of ‘blogging’ as a distinct form of media; and helping to extend the power of the press, with all the rights and responsibilities that entails, to every citizen.
BLOGAN will also celebrate diversity of experience, purpose and opinion thus creating an environment where they can blog as freely as they used to as an individual. It will also believe in the freedom of expression. BLOGAN will accept anonymous bloggers as members provided that it could be confirmed s/he is a Nepali.
What you think? Please provide us with your ideas on BLOGAN, how should we move forward, and about anything else. Also please email or tell your blogging friend about it so that s/he can join the discussion and the association.
