Whether you attended the 2007 convention or not, we'd like to get your feedback so we can continue to make decisions that are in line with the values of our community.

To that end we've created a short feedback survey that you can complete by following this link.

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The big announcement at the Saturday night keynote with Gina, Markos and the hilarious line-up of Laughing Liberally comics was the name change of the YearlyKos Convention to Netroots Nation.

Netroots Nation, say Convention organizers, gets to the heart of what this gathering is all about. The name reflects the event's inclusivity of so many progressive organizations.

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unConventional, YearlyKos: Citizens, Focus and Action, will be available for purchase right outside the main ballroom!

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Due to the people's business in Washington, DC, none of the "Meet the Leaders" panel participants are able to make it to YearlyKos. There will be no 8am keynote on Saturday.

We have confirmed with the Clinton campaign that Sen. Hillary Clinton will be attending a breakout session as part of the Presidential Leadership Forum.

Sen. Clinton will be doing her breakout session before the Leadership Forum begins at Noon Central time in S106. You must have the appropriate wristband to attend the breakout session.

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Books, Authors and MORE!

I got it; I got it! I got my hands on the fourth copy of unConventional to come out of the box! To hold it in my hands, to flip through all your phenomenal phaces...the incredible photography, the candid essays. The exquisite lack of dangling participles since I personally edited every single solitary brilliant essay that you wrote.

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The Screening Series has expanded their line-up at the 2007 YearlyKos Convention with a new Friday night line-up.

Thanks to Warner Independent Pictures we'll be presenting 2 full length, first run, Hollywood feature films, made by Oscar nominated filmmakers, and featuring oscar-winning and nominated actors, including Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, and Leonardo Di Caprio, and a trailer for an upcoming film. And as an attendee of the convention you'll get to see these films before they hit the theaters, and before anyone else on the planet other than people in the "industry" get to see them! If that isn't enough they will feature a Q&A session with the filmmakers afterwards.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Second Annual Gathering Invites Attendees, Speakers and Candidates to Text Out Loud

July 30, 2007—The YearlyKos Convention announced today that the convention will use LocaModa's Wiffiti® interactive platform to extend and enhance the connection among attendees, speakers, candidates and web-based communities.

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Our scout has returned from the festival circuit with an excellent sampling of this year's progressive films. We invite you to join us in the Screening Series room at the YearlyKos Convention on Thursday, Aug. 2nd. Each film tells a different story of tragedy and the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

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Yesterday we made an online form available to submit questions to be considered for the Leadership Forum. Those questions will be evaluated and selected by an advisory board and we can now reveal the members of that board.

We are proud to announce today the twelve individuals serving on the Advisory Board for the YearlyKos Presidential Leadership Forum to be held August 4 in Chicago.

Advisory Board members are: Sen. Gary Hart; Vice President Walter Mondale; Sen. George McGovern; strategist Donna Brazile; John Aravosis, AmericaBlog; Eric Davis, Democracy for Illinois; Adam Green, MoveOn.org; Taylor Marsh, TaylorMarsh.com; Ari Melber, The Nation; James Rucker, ColorofChange.org; Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Drum Major Institute; and Christy Hardin Smith, Firedoglake.com.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Second annual convention invites presidential candidates to answer questions from the blogosphere and engage netroots participants in unscripted citizen dialogue.

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