San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup in Old Town Pasadena
Details
Drupal meetups are officially back in the San Gabriel Valley and are now on the 4th Thursday of each month. Following our reboot of the SGV Drupal group with our Reboot and Drupal After Dark (http://groups.drupal.org/node/227343) at Intelligentsia on May 17th, we're meeting this time at Il Fornaio (http://www.ilfornaio.com/?page=138&restaurant_id=3152) in Old Town Pasadena on Thursday, August 23, 2012 from 6:30-8:30pm. Join us!
Those interested in participating remotely during the featured presentations are welcome to join us via WebEx (http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#webex).
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
http://groups.drupal.org/files/larks-90-82.png (http://www.larks.la/)The projector, raffle prizes and video conferencing support for this event are being provided by Exaltation of Larks (http://www.larks.la/), a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Follow us at @LarksLA (https://twitter.com/LarksLA) to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
For any changes to our agenda for the evening, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up (http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#signup) button below (or both!) and be notified when the agenda has been updated and to receive the organizers' phone number.
What to Bring
Just bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need.
Although we're meeting at a restaurant, there is no obligation to buy food or alcohol.
Join us on WebEx, Twitter and IRC!
This featured presentations will be broadcasted via WebEx around 7pm, courtesy of Exaltation of Larks (http://www.larks.la/). WebEx works in your browser, whether you use Linux, Windows or Mac OS X.
To join the meeting, click the Sign up (http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#signup) button below to receive the meeting URL and password (a Drupal.org account is required).
During the meetup, several of us will be in the regional #drupal-la (http://webchat.freenode.net/%23drupal-la) channel on IRC (http://groups.drupal.org/la/glossary#irc) and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also be monitoring Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @SGVDrupal (https://twitter.com/SGVDrupal).
Users Helping Users
The meetup begins at 6:30pm but you're welcome to come earlier at 6pm for 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 a Drupal professional 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.
After the meetup, we'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark (http://groups.drupal.org/la/glossary#drupalafterdark) at 8:30pm. We may go out for coffee or tea at Intelligentsia or over to Jake's or Lucky Baldwin's for something stronger.
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!
6:30pm
Introductions and Job Announcements
News and Upcoming Events (Drupal Coworking Friday, Drupal Design Camp LA (http://ddcla.org/), LA Drupal Business Summit, etc.)
Community Questions and Answers
7:30pm
Start of WebEx Meeting (http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#webex)
Presentations and Lightning Talks (http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#presentations)
Raffle prizes!
8:30pm
Wrap-up, Clean-up and Close-up
Drupal After Dark
Presentations and Lightning Talks
Presentations are being lined up for this meetup. Do you have a job announcement that you'd like to make? Is there a presentation you'd like to give or see given? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you'd like to present.
Location and Directions
Il Fornaio (http://www.ilfornaio.com/?page=138&restaurant_id=3152)
24 W. Union St.
Pasadena, CA 91103
We are meeting in one of Il Fornaio's back rooms (http://www.ilfornaio.com/?page=138&type=banquets&restaurant_id=3152) and will be given a room appropriate for the size of our group. Click the Sign up (http://groups.drupal.org/node/249718#signup) button below to be notified when the agenda has been updated and to receive the organizers' phone number.
Old Town Pasadena (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Town_Pasadena) is connected to Downtown Los Angeles via the Metro Gold Line. A group of attendees will likely be carpooling together from Droplabs, a coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. Leave a comment below if you'd like to carpool or offer a ride.
About San Gabriel Valley Drupal
We've been having Drupal meetups in the San Gabriel Valley since June, 2010. In addition to scheduling monthly meetups, our organizers hold occasional trainings and workshops and get together for social gatherings.
Attending SGV Drupal events is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupaleros and we encourage you to attend meetings and special events regularly. See our event schedule at http://groups.drupal.org/sgv for more.
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 SGV Drupal events are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike.
The San Gabriel Valley Drupal group proudly participates in the California Drupal Travelers Program (http://groups.drupal.org/california/drupal-travelers-program) and can host businesses and community members who are visiting the area. Inquire within by contacting any of the SGV Drupal organizers.