New points to ponder:
- Since its not mandatory to join I think its better to drop the "national" or "philippine" in the bloggers association name.
- Since its not mandatory to join would it discriminate the others who are non-members since you'll be making business dealing formally?
- While some bloggers make money from blogging the income stream is not as stable and as regular as someone who is employed and receives regular pay. Having an organization would pave the way for someone to propose mandating tax on bloggers.
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One of the episodes at DigitalFilipinoTalks series caught my attention. It was the episode with Tonyo Cruz talking about The Need for a Philippine Bloggers Association.
He said its time for the bloggers in the Philippines to become progressive and become one and be represented by a single and formal organization that will focus on the bloggers right especially with regards to copyright issues, code of ethics, and income sharing since there's an existing informal community/organizations already. In short, he said its high time we set a standard to blogging in the country.
I suggest you watch the video clip of Tonyo's interview with Ms. Janet Toral to get a better grasp of his idea of the association:
