San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Fuller Theological Seminary
Details
November and December present a problem with meeting on the 4th Thursday, this is usually holiday time. For this reason we will meet on the 3rd Thursday for November and December. Put November 20 and December 18 on your calendar. November's meeting will be November 20, 2014.
Join us from 6-8pm at Fuller Theological Seminary, Glasser 110 on Thursday, November 20, 2014, for Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes, community Q&A, lightning talks and full-length presentations.
You can join the video conference or go to https://zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 129 319 220
What's Drupal?
Drupal is a free, open-source web development platform that is used to run millions of websites, including some of the busiest sites on the web today. Many of them are in the Greater Los Angeles Area, including The Hollywood Reporter, Caltech.edu, UCLA.edu, ICANN.org, DiscoverLosAngeles.com, and LegalZoom.com.
About SGV Drupal
Are you new to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you. Here's a testimonial from a happy attendee:
This is a very well organized and informative session. We got a good mix of senior developers and new comers and some in between. It is a pretty good turn out with 11 people considering it is in Pasadena right around rush hours. People are just terrific, very friendly and ready to help others. Feels like I have moved forward by leaps and bounds. Thanks everyone!
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Sponsors help make our events happen. To learn more about sponsorship of our group and our upcoming events, please contact Christefano on Drupal.org (https://drupal.org/user/104/contact) or on Meetup.com (https://www.meetup.com/greater-los-angeles-drupal/members/10737704/).
Our raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks (http://www.larks.la), a Drupal design and engineering firm with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Visit us at http://www.larks.la and follow us at @LarksLA (https://twitter.com/LarksLA) to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
Zoom (http://www.zoom.us), the cloud meeting company, is our phone and video conferencing sponsor. Thanks to Zoom we can present (and record) our meetings to a worldwide audience. Details for joining this meeting remotely are below.
Our organizing sponsor is Droplabs (http://droplabs.net) (@Droplabs (https://twitter.com/Droplabs)), a Drupal-friendly coworking space, classroom and makerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. We're the leading low-cost coworking space in the Greater Los Angeles Area and have workspaces and services that are uniquely designed for small businesses, entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers.
Presentations and lightning Talks
Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about anything you'd like to see a presentation on? Post a comment below to let all the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in. Lightning Talks — brief, 5-minute long presentations on any topic related to Drupal — are very welcome.
Better Sleep Through Web Security
Christefano Reyes (https://www.drupal.org/user/104) presents Better Sleep Through Web Security, an in-depth overview of web security, what to do do if your website is hacked, and how to sleep better by following basic web security best practices.
The "Drupalgeddon" vulnerability has been covered in mainstream news including Forbes (http://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2014/10/30/did-drupal-drop-the-ball-users-who-didnt-update-within-7-hours-should-assume-theyve-been-hacked/), the BBC (http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29846539) and The Register (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/30/drupal_sites_considered_hosed_if_sqli_hole_unclosed/), and has brought web security, frequently an overlooked part of web development, back to the center stage.
This particular vulnerability, officially known as SA-CORE-2014-005 (https://www.drupal.org/node/2357241), allows attackers with specialized knowledge to send requests to any unprotected Drupal website that result in arbitrary SQL execution, which in turn may lead to privilege escalation, arbitrary PHP execution and total server control.
Topics that will be covered in this presentation include:
Security vs. Privacy • Common Attack Vectors
• Drupal's security record and the Drupal Security Team SA-CORE-2014-005 (https://www.drupal.org/node/2357241) (also known as "Drupalgeddon”)
• I've Been Hacked! Now What?
• Best Practices for Helping Others and Yourself
• Resources
• Questions / Answers
Christefano is one of the founders of Exaltation of Larks (http://www.larks.la), a Drupal design and engineering firm with a worldwide team of Drupal experts; and Droplabs (http://www.droplabs.net), an open source-friendly coworking space and business incubator near Downtown Los Angeles. As an advocate of open source software and self-declared meetup junky, he helps organize meetups and conferences all over the Greater Los Angeles Area, including the Los Angeles Chess (https://www.meetup.com/los-angeles-chess) meetup and LA Geek Dinners (https://www.meetup.com/lageekdinner).
Users Helping Users
The meetup this month will include Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal.
Please note that while Users Helping Users is not designed to be a replacement for bona fide consulting from Drupal professionals that there are plenty of Drupal experts and professionals who attend our meetups and sometimes they need help, too!
Agenda
Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes and full-length presentations. As always, we'll have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks.
We will begin at 6:00
6pm
Introductions and Job Announcements
News & Upcoming Events, including:
• BadCamp Recap
• Drupal.LA Project (https://groups.drupal.org/node/306473)
• Module Development Boot Camp, dates TBD;
• Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
Community Questions and Answers
7pm
Raffle Prizes! Lightning Talks & Featured PresentationsDrupalgeddon and Better Sleep Through Web Security
8pm
Wrap-up, Clean-up & Close-up
Drupal After Dark
What to Bring
Just bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need. Extra points go to anyone who can bring power cords and extension strips.
Do you have a job announcement? Post your job announcement (https://groups.drupal.org/node/add/job?gids[]=219129) first and be sure to bring plenty of business cards and printouts of your job description to the meetup.
Are you looking for work? Update your profiles on Drupal.org (https://drupal.org/user) and LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com) prior to the meetup and bring plenty of business cards and copies of your resume.
If you'd like us to print out copies of your job description or resume and have them ready at our "take a card, leave a card" table, please contact Christefano on Drupal.org (http://groups.drupal.org/user/104/contact) or Meetup.com (https://www.meetup.com/Greater-Los-Angeles-Drupal/message/?recipientId=10737704).
Drupal After Dark
After the meetup ends at 8pm, we'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark (http://groups.drupal.org/node/341068#drupal-after-dark) at a nearby restaurant or pub. Even if you can't make it to the meetup, going to the Drupal After Dark is a great way to meet your fellow Drupal community friends and colleagues. Join us!
Raffle prizes! Collect them all! Must be present to win!
Our raffle prizes often include discount codes, magazines, DVDs, books and tickets to attend professional, paid Drupal trainings. Some raffle prizes may be available to remote attendees (at the discretion of the meetup organizers and raffle prize sponsors).
We are always grateful to our sponsors for their continued support. If you have any items you'd like to donate to the raffle, please contact any of the organizers at the meetup. Thank you!
Raffle prizes at this meetup have been provided by Droplabs (http://www.droplabs.net) and Exaltation of Larks (http://www.larks.la).
Location and Directions
Fuller Theological Seminary, Glasser 110. The campus is located between Walnut and Oakland, between Los Robles and Madison.
Fuller Theological Seminary
Glasser 110
135 North Oakland Avenue
Pasadena, CA
Glasser is Building G in the drawing (http://fuller.edu/Campuses/Pasadena/Parking_at_Pasadena_Campus/?terms=parking). There is street parking on Madison or Green. There is a time limit but they expire at 6:00 so should not have a problem for the meetup.
Carpooling
Attendees are encouraged to save both time and fuel by carpooling to this event. The best way to find out how and who to carpool with is to post an offer or request with your location and contact information in the comments below.
About Greater Los Angeles Drupal
With several weekly and monthly events (http://groups.drupal.org/node/246793), the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world.
Attending Drupal events in the Greater Los Angeles Area is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupaleros and we encourage you to attend as many meetings and special events as you'd like. Whether it's to find solutions to problems you've been having, sharing something you've learned or just meeting interesting like-minded people, the Greater Los Angeles Drupal events are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike.
If you aren't already a member of Greater Los Angeles Drupal, it's easy to join our community (http://groups.drupal.org/og/subscribe/219129?destination=node%2F219129). Our community calendar is on our "Events" tab on our home page at http://groups.drupal.org/node/219129
We proudly participate in the California Drupal Travelers Program (http://groups.drupal.org/california/drupal-travelers-program), which aims to connect businesses and community members who are visiting the area with our local community and events. Inquire within by contacting any of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network (http://groups.drupal.org/hospitality-network).