Rosenberg at Roots Camp

Political progressives are gathering in Denver this weekend for the 2nd annual Roots Camp.

In one of the many break-out sessions, DNCC Internet Communications Director Jason Rosenberg spoke about the blogger credentialing process for the convention and took a number of questions.

I was on hand, and he was very generous with his comments about my work on this blog. I was glad that he was able to weave it constructively into the narrative of the convention, and I hope that it sparks something creative for one of the other bloggers.

A lot of useful coordination has begun within the Colorado netroots, and there were a number of good points raised. One in particular seems worth bringing up here.

December 10th marks the beginning of the application process, but the State Blogger Corps will not be finalized until April. By then, you can be almost certain that nearly all hotel rooms will be booked in Denver. I sent a question along to CEO Daughtry to find out what sort of resources may be available for out of town bloggers, but it does not look likely that the DNCC will be offering much help.

If you are attending as a Guam blogger, I will see what I can do to help provide for your housing, but if you are reading this because you are planning to attend from elsewhere, you might want to look into a few other options.

Obviously, booking your room early... or last month... would be good. Failing that, you might want to keep your eyes out for the housing share page on the ProgressCon site.

Right now, there is just a place holder there, but I spoke to Bobby Clark of ProgressNow and he started to say that they would be filling it out soon, but then he offered the suggestion that perhaps I should take it on. I just might.

Not tonight though. I have to get some sleep and head back for day two.