Long Beach Drupal Meetup (New Venue) :: @WE_Labs :: Frontend Drupal + Pub crawl

Details and RSVP: http://groups.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/24068

WHAT: Drupal Frontend + pubcrawl
note this is not a contribute meetup

WHEN: Thursday 12/6/2012 at 7p

WHERE: WE Labs in Downtown Long Beach (http://goo.gl/maps/rTqzv)
105 W Broadway (and the corner of Pine Ave)

What do you get when you mix nerds * FOSS * web * co-working * microbrew?

Drupal fun in the LBC. Come join some of the best local talent for a meetup followed by pubcrawl.

Agenda

Pre-meetup dinner & hangout: Come early (by 6 for food) for a Dinner sponsored by the Long Beach web development company: Zaferia Web Works (http://www.zaferia.net). Details tdb -- will post back soon. Probably taco surf or something else nearby and walkable.

Introductions & Announcements: We'll start the evening with introductions followed by announcements. Do you have a job announcement? Are you looking for a Drupal job? Are you looking for talent for your Drupal website? share with us!

Presentation: Drupal 7 Theming: Responsive frontend

Mike Stewart will present how to tame Drupal theming using Zen 5.x for Drupal 7 (http://drupal.org/project/zen). The latest incarnatino of Zen is built on top of css preprocessor: sass (http://sass-lang.com/), compass (http://compass-style.org/), and the amazing http://www.zengrids.com -- which is not exclusive to Drupal. This presentation will be a hands on demonstration of how to setup a zen subtheme and then utilize compass & zengrids for some amazingly fast and flexible mobile-first theming in Drupal. Depnding on the crowd there will be plenty of time for theory, questions, and hands-on demos.

Lightning Talks: standup and share 5 minutes of coolness

Prizes: Thanks to our sponsors, we have http://www.BuildAModule.com and www.NodeSquirrel.com (http://www.BuildAModule.com) we have a prizes to raffle! Plus stickers and other cool badcamp giveaways.

Afterparty: Since this is our last meetup and the year, and the first in Downtown, we'll have a pub crawl. Crowd chooses first venue (or two), and then we end up at the amazing Beachwood BBQ (http://beachwoodbbq.com/) in downtown Long Beach on the promenade!

Venue Details

Special Thanks to our host: WE Labs (http://www.welabs.us)

We Labs is an awesome co-working space in Downtown Long Beach geared toward the local creative and entrepreneurial crowd. From their website: Work Evolution Laboratories is a co-working space for creative freelance professionals where they have access to the tools necessary to succeed in their small business. In addition we assist our members in the marketing of their business, and foster a collaborative atmosphere where creativity can thrive. WE labs is not just a place for people to come to work, it’s where independent business owners come to be a part of a community.

They are generously hosting the meetup in their beautiful & inspiring workspace. If you're looking to find others to connect with and co-work with ... definitely check out their space. WE Labs is great example of what makes Long Beach awesome!

Lightning Talk Ideas

Show off a newly-launched Drupal site Demo a contrib module that you've released Give a preview of changes being made in the next version of Drupal core Share what you learned at a recent Drupalcon or camp

Details and RSVP: http://groups.drupal.org/taxonomy/term/24068