Joining the Blogging Alliance of Non-Partisan Canadians

Mission Statement

The Blogging Alliance of Non-Partisan Canadians gathers together Canadian bloggers, regardless of political affiliation, to celebrate and increase awareness of the diversity of thought within the Canadian blogosphere, and to increase the profile and traffic of member websites.

Qualifications

1. Are you Canadian?
2. Do you have a blog?
3. Are you NOT a member of a partisan blogging association, meaning one dedicated to a particular Canadian political party, such as the Green Bloggers, the Blogging NDP, the LibLogs or the Blogging Tories?
4. (Added September 18, 2008) Is your blog something other than a site whose sole purpose is to advertise products or specials? (Note: current advertising sites are allowed to remain under a grandfather clause)

If so, then you qualify. It’s as simple as that.

The Blogging Alliance of Non-Partisan Canadians is happy to attract a wide range of bloggers. Your blog does NOT have to be political in order to belong. Indeed, cultural blogs or photoblogs are welcome as they add to the diversity of the group. Likewise, if you have committed yourself to a particular political party, this does NOT disqualify you, so long as you haven’t already joined one of the partisan blogrolls mentioned above. We are seeking only to grant traffic to a diverse set of quality bloggers who are uncomfortable with joining the explicitly partisan blogrolls in the Canadian blogosphere. We only ask that you display the BANPC blogroll code, so that all the members of the BANPC can benefit from the link your membership provides.

Sites which meet the criteria when they joined the BANPC, and which went on to join other partisan blogging associations will NOT be asked to leave the BANPC. They can stay as part of a grandfather clause. Members of the Progressive Bloggers, the Liberty Logs, the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy and the Red Ensign Brigade are also welcome to join.

Note that large multi-partisan aggregator blogs are not eligible, as they present an unfair advantage for their members without the obligations of joining the BANPC. But that shouldn’t stop individual members of these blogs from joining up. Note also that we reserve the right to refuse membership, however, to pornographic websites, sites advocating hate in contravention of Canada’s legal code, or other things that could get members of this alliance into trouble.

Joining Up

Place the following code somewhere on your website. It can be on your main template, or it can be on a separate links page, but we would appreciate it if you include this blogroll code because that’s how other BANPC members get the benefit of your membership, and vice versa.

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/reader/ui/publisher-en.js"></script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/reader/public/javascript-sub/user/04659667965148757591/label/BANPC?callback=GRC_p(%7Bc%3A%22-%22%2Ct%3A%22%22%2Cb%3A%22true%22%7D)%3Bnew%20GRC"></script>

Once you do this, send me an e-mail containing your name, your e-mail address, your blog name, your blog’s URL and your blog’s RSS or Atom feed (if you have one). You can e-mail me by clicking on the button below:

You can also click the above link to e-mail me if you have any questions about the BANPC.

Once you join, you may also wish to include one of these images ( ) on your site somewhere (images courtesy the Vast Left Wing Conspiracy and Akaash Maharaj respectively), but this is not a requirement for membership.