Looks like Blogathon 2005 is a go: starting at 9 a.m. EDT (that’d be 7 a.m. here in Denver) on Saturday, 6 August, concluding 24 hours later.
Requirements:
- A worthy cause to raise money for.
- Getting pledges for same (via spiffy online form at the Blogathon site).
- Posting something new every 30 minutes during that 24 hours.
They still need to get the donation backend stuff done at the site, but it looks like it’s going to happen. And since (so far) that weekend is not occupied, it looks like I’ll be able to do it.
I suspect (though have not completely decided) that I’ll once again blog for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which protects comics creators and retailers from attempts at state censorship (usually, though not always, through obscenity prosecution based on “comics is just kids stuff” claims). I raised $225 for them last time; let’s see if I can top that this time.
More info as it comes available …
Well, after over a month of silence, the official site claims we’re still on. Online signups for donations are not working yet — promised by the 20th, which would give two weeks.
But be thinking about donations Real Hard, so that you’re ready to rock with it when the site *is* reachable.
More news as I see it.