Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup

End the month with some fun and Drupal at the San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College (http://www.pasadena.edu/) on Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 6-8pm!

New to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? See http://groups.drupal.org/node/295838#comment-918913 for notes from a recent meeting. 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!

Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about something you'd like to see a presentation on? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/300633#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in.

Thank You to Our Sponsors! Thanks to our sponsors, we'll be meeting at Pasadena City College each month through August, 2013!

http://groups.drupal.org/files/larks-90-82.png (http://www.larks.la/)Our projection equipment and raffle prizes 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. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA (https://twitter.com/LarksLA) to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.

http://groups.drupal.org/files/dl_scale_logo2.png (http://droplabs.net/)Our meetup this month is being organized with assistance from Droplabs (http://droplabs.net/)(@Droplabs (https://twitter.com/Droplabs)), a collaborative coworking space, classroom and makerspace near Downtown Los Angeles. We're the leading low-cost coworking space in the Greater Los Angeles Area and have shared and private workspaces that are uniquely designed for entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers.

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/300633#signup) button below (or both!) and be notified when the agenda has been updated and to receive the organizers' phone number.

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 something you'd like to see a presentation on? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/300633#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in.

Users Helping Users The meetup this month will include both 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; and Lightning Talks, which are brief, 5-minute long presentations on any topic related to 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/node/300633#drupal-after-dark) at 8pm. We may stay 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!

6pm
Introductions and Job Announcements
News & Upcoming Events, including:
• Module Development Bootcamp;
• High Performance Drupal Meetup on June 18, 2013;
• DrupalCamp LA in Irvine, CA, on July 13 & 14, 2013;
• Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
Community Questions and Answers

7pm
Raffle prizes!
Lightning Talks (http://groups.drupal.org/node/300633#presentations)
Users Helping Users
DrupalCon Portland Redux Roundtable

8pm
Wrap-up, Clean-up and Close-up
Drupal After Dark

What to Bring Just bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need.

Food and drinks are not allowed at this venue, but we will be going to a bar or restaurant afterward for a Drupal After Dark.

Drupal After Dark After the meetup, a bunch of us will walk over to Lucky Baldwins (the one near PCC, not the one in Old Town Pasadena) for food and drinks.

The last time we went to Lucky's, we talked about everything from various forms of non-profit status and fun things to do in Pasadena, to the region's crazy meetup schedule and the differences between some upcoming Drupal workshops.

Raffle prizes! Collect them all! Must be present to win! Raffle prizes at this meetup have been provided by Exaltation of Larks (http://www.larks.la/). 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!

Location and Directions http://groups.drupal.org/files/googlemap-pcc-254%C3%97264.png (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=pasadena+city+college&aq=&sll=37.269174,-119.306607&sspn=11.672559,15.556641&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=pasadena+city+college&ll=34.143919,-118.119249&spn=0.023726,0.030384&t=m&z=15&iwloc=A&cid=1823949646305167945)We'll be meeting in room C163 (C building, room C163; this is on the Eastern side of the building on the lower level).

Pasadena City College (http://www.pasadena.edu/), room C163
1570 East Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91105

Public Transportation

PCC is accessible by bus, including five Metro Local lines, Metro Rapid, Foothill Transit, and some Pasadena ARTS buses. The school provides a shuttle to and from the Metro Gold Line station and the main campus:

http://www.pasadena.edu/police/shuttle.cfm

Carpooling

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.

Parking

Parking in the lot at PCC is just $2.

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