While Malaysian ministers struggle to engage the blogger Indonesia’s Information Minister Muhamed Nuh is breezing effortless to yet another well received engagement with bloggers.
Pak Son, Nuh’s PA, earlier today SMS’s Romi Satria Wahono saying the minister would like to meet bloggers for a dialogue. He wasn’t specific about the topic. It just looked like Pak Nuh just wanted an exchange of ideas with bloggers. Pak Nuh, some of you may recall, was the Indonesian Minister that opened Pesta Blogger 2007, told bloggers that Indonesia had freedom of expression and bloggers would not be censored, and declared October 27 National Bloggers Day.
Romi e-mailed the top bloggers about the meeting which would be held at 7pm this coming Monday (April 7) at the meeting room on the 7th Floor of Nuh’s Ministry.
So far among the prominent Indonesian bloggers that have responded are: Romi Satria Wahono, Riyogata, Harry Sufehmi, Budi Putra, Muhammad Aulia Fahmi. Enda Nasution (going to Singapore) and Unspun sent apologies (off to see Cherry Blossoms and pretend to look attentive in a meeting in Tokyo, but would have loved to join in the dialogue).
What they’ll discuss (probably the antics of Presidential technology advisor Roy “the Boy” Suryo – for rollicking satire see here) and whether anything comes out of the meeting remains to be seen.
What is clear so far is the exemplary way in which the Indonesian minister engages bloggers. Perhaps Pak Nuh should be sent to Malaysia to teach the neighbors Seberang a thing or two about how the government should engage bloggers?
Unspun…
Not to throw a cat amongst the pidgeons here…but this meeting is for top bloggers in Indonesia? Top “Indonesian” bloggers? or are there some other criteria involved in being invited to a meeting of this kind, like you have to be in the top 10 or 20 or 30 or something on a recognized blogger list?
Nah, don’t get me wrong here! I do not consider myself a top blogger
just a fella with a laptop and an Internet connection that amuses myself with my own blog entries and offends others sometimes with comments on their blogs!
I am also not fishing for an invite rather my curiousity got the better of me and I thought I would ask how these things are done…
Japan sounds nice at this time of year!
Unspun…
I must be a spammer…Akismet caught me again!
@Rob: you’re probably right and top may be too careless a word. I supposed established or recognized may be a more appropriate word. Thanks for keeping Unspun Unspunned.
You’re also right. Japan is beautiful this time of the year. The sun is shining, the cherry blossoms are blossoming. So ta ta because Unspun is out of his hotel room to soak in some cherry blossom pollen for his hy fever
I think the Malaysian ministers would hardly dare to make a commitment like Indonesia’s Information Minister. I doubt the Malaysian Minister understands blogging in its totality. At least the previous one definitely didn’t! The new minister seems better. We’ll see.