What’s going on — BIG and small:

• Updated the blog to WordPress 3.0 (Beta-1). Sure, it’s beta, but the next beta should be out within a few days, and the final version should be ready by the first of May.
• Updated the theme.
• Working on a list of bloggers to contact regarding their ideas, suggestions, support, and input.
• Working on a business model that will (ideally) make the co-op self-sufficient, and provide some modest compensation to contributors.
• Working on an editorial model that will allow staff and reader content to be submitted, edited, and available for use by the blogging community.
• Developing the list of categories for stories we will cover. A separate post on those will follow soon.
• Looking at the best options for licensing distributable content.
• Spreading the word. This may seem small, but it is probably the biggest thing that needs to be done.
• Whatever else needs to be done.

If you have ideas or suggestions, please comment here, or email info@blognewscoop.com

And that’s just not right.

Bloggers should be a natural resource. Why?

• There are thousands of us. We are in every part of the country and many parts of the world.
• We have a wide spectrum of backgrounds, interests, and areas of expertise.
• While nearly all bloggers work at something other than blogging for their 9-5, not all 9-5′s take place from 9-5, if you know what I mean.
• One thing that most bloggers have in common is that they like to write. That doesn’t make us all good writers, but it’s a start.
• If all goes according to plan (once there is more of a plan than what exists now) we will be able to cover a wide range of topics, stories, geographic areas, and more.

For now, this is pretty much a test post. More later.