Steve Phenix of the Phenix Rising blog wrote yesterday that he wants PR bloggers to “cowboy up.” Taking a cue from Richard Edelman’s blog, Phenix says,

So tomorrow I’m proposing that all of us in the PR blogging community circle the wagons and devote a post—or two—to why we are necessary, how we make an impact or to simply what we respect and love about this industry.

Tomorrow means today. It’s actually a bit confusing, since in the April 5 post Phenix says, “Tomorrow, (Wednesday, March 6) will you join with me and other PR bloggers in a grassroots blogging campaign…” Sure, he meant April 6, not March 6, but that was bound to make it even less likely he’d get much traction on the grassroots effort. For my part, I didn’t even see his post until I finally got around to a scan of my news reader about 1:45 p.m. today (PDT). Looking at my list of PR blogs, I haven’t seem a single post support the move. Fact is, I haven’t even seen a post from Phenix himself yet.

I don’t believe that’s because the likes of Neville Hobson, Jeremy Pepper, BL Ochman, Kevin Dugan, Elizabeth Albrycht, Robb Hecht, and others wouldn’t be willing to jump on this particular bandwagon. I’m just willing to bet they’re not aware of it. These “let’s pick a day and mobilize” efforts need some time for the word to spread.

So, Steve, here’s my suggestion: Pick another day, maybe two weeks out. Give us a chance to get the message out. And maybe then you’ll see a collection of posts worth pointing to.

Okay, Hoss?