Calgary

In just two weeks, Drupal designers and developers from Alberta, BC, PEI & Montana will gather at the University of Lethbridge for Drupal Camp Alberta 2008.

In the past week - we secured our speakers & sponsors, opened registration and are expecting approx 100 attendees - many of who are holding out on registration right now :-)

DCA08 is unlike any corporate conference you've ever attended - and for good reason. Focusing on "Drupal" - an open source content management system and application framework, DCA08 is a low-cost, highly collaborative "unconference" held in at the University of Lethbridge, in Southern Alberta, Canada.

Gone are the days of sponsored vendor presentations and for-profit registration fees. Our peer taught, volunteer-run sessions will by heavy with "doers", and light on the "talkers".

Join us July 3 & 4 from 8am - 5pm both days (Networking event on July 3rd)

After a short discussion with the powers that be at the University of Lethbridge, I have full approval to host Drupal Camp Alberta 2008 in June or early July.

Our facilities are top notch http://www.uleth.ca/conference/ (open WIFI, theatres, breakout rooms, entertainment and fitness facilities, AND campus housing summer rentals) - so we are going to take the bull by the horns and spread the word.

I know the organizers for DCV08 put it together at the speed of light, we are going to follow suit.

While rating modules is against the spirit of the Drupal contrib. community, I'm sure many of you have seen www.drupalmodules.com - which has some great peer reviews and suggestions for modules for your next project.

One of the main drawing points to Drupal as a CMS is the size of the community, the quality of the code base (and contrib modules), but also the dizzying array of module choices available to us. Drupalmodules.com helps reduce the noise - and so far, the top module list is bang-on.

One new module I found through this method is the "Admin Role" module.

My experience at Drupal Camp Vancouver left me wanting more from our own web dev community here in Lethbridge.

DCV08 sold out in two days, was $21 bucks (including lunch and a shirt) and was the best exchange of info from frontline developers I've seen in a long time!
I'd love to offer the same experience to Drupal developers in Calgary and the rest of Southern Alberta. It would be super cost-effective (but realistic?) to take over the Galt for a two day Drupal camp of around 100 people. I'm unsure if developers from Calgary would make the trip.

Hello Neighbours to the North!

You might not know it, but there's a budding Drupal community just a bit South of you in Lethbridge.

We've started our own group (awaiting moderation) and would love to connect with other themers and Drupal developers in Calgary and the rest of Southern Alberta! I'll post again when our group is ready for prime time.

I recently returned from Drupal Camp Vancouver 2008 and would love to see a similar event in terms of quality and size of community. Whaddya think?

M.

Need a person to upgrade our ecommerce site to the new Drupal version.

This will also include implementing Canada Post, UPS and a credit card system.

Please send us your resume/cover letter @ danna@dannabananas.com.
http://www.dannabananas.com

Need a person to upgrade our ecommerce site to the new Drupal version.

This will also include implementing Canada Post, UPS and a credit card system.

Please send us your resume/cover letter @ danna@dannabananas.com.

Cool (and well-funded) technology startup in Calgary is recruiting a Drupal developer. Experience building modules on Drupal is a must. We're smart fellas, but are pretty new to Drupal - we'll be looking to you to mentor us.

Competitive pay, stock options, benefits, challenging work, fun and energetic atmosphere, downtown location (blocks from Ship and Anchor!)

Please contact Ryan via this site, or by phone @ 403.237.7875 x204

The Calgary Linux Users Group is hosting a Drupal Workshop on 15 Jul 2007. This workshop will take place at the local Calgary DeVry building (corner of Memorial Drive, and Barlow Trail) in room 216 from 9:00am to 5:00pm. Details about the workshop can be seen on CLUG's site and on my personal site.

This workshop is free and open to the public. A donation to CLUG is encouraged, but not mandatory, if you are not a member of CLUG.

Tidal Multimedia Incorporated (www.tidal.ca) is a local design studio specializing in creating websites and multimedia presentations for our clients.

Pay: $35 - $50+ an hour (depending upon experince)

We are seeking to develop a long term relationship with an experienced & talented freelance programmer to work on a variety of web projects.

Specific skills required:
- Experience with Drupal and other open source CMS an asset
- Strong html, css & JavaScript skills
- Able to work with PHP & MySQL
- Able to work with Dreamweaver including templates, library items etc.

Since I know internationalization is a big deal to Canadians, I figured I'd cross-post this to some groups. Please don't kill me, this is important. :) There's very little time to get these patches in before code freeze! (June 1)

The following patches desperately need reviews from people familiar with internationalization of site content. The goal is to get Drupal 6 to have internationalization right in core:

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- translation of site settings, content types, user profile fields
and so on by storing translations of their string properties with

So the Calgary DUG has made it to double digit membership. Are we ready for a real live meet-up? Whadya all think?

Wondering how many people from cow-town there are on here?