Japan

Drupal Camp India - http://drupalcamp08.drupalindia.in is looking for session proposal ideas.

There are 3 parallel tracks (Marketing - Why Drupal, Drupal for Professionals, Drupal for Students).

Your answer could be in format of "Session" (Track) and you are free to recommend all 3 options in the same track if you wish.

E.g

1) "Session A" (MKTG)
2) "Session B" (PRO)
3) "Session C" (STUDENT)

What is Indian / Asian Drupal Community looking for in Drupal Camp?

As background, I speak Japanese and have lived in Japan for a total of four years in the past. In my past career, I've worked pretty closely in building software businesses in Japan, mostly by working closely with the large systems integrators like NEC, Hitachi, and Fujitsu.

*UPDATE* - This event's details have changed and has been postponed a new date. Please visit http://drupalapc.org for more details

I am pleased to announce that the next large gathering of Drupalers will be held in Sydney, Australia from May 18th - 22nd 2008 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Center Darling Harbor in conjunction with the Open CeBIT expo and conference. We're inviting people from all over the region - and that means you!

The conference will feature dual tracks over 3 days and a single theatre over a day and half that will also be open to the broader Open CeBIT audience. We are partnering with the Joomla community to host a website building contest which will be prominently highlighted at the OpenCeBIT Conference. All attendees will be provided free entry to the CeBIT expo (20th - 22nd) and offered discounted tickets to the Open CeBIT conference. We will also be hosting a booth as part of the CeBIT Exhibition to educate and promote Drupal to businesses, government, and individual attendees of the exhibition.

Hey guys,

I'm sure everyone's already heard about the upcoming Drupal conference, but just in case.

DrupalCon 2008 will be in Boston from March 3rd - 6th. It should be a fantastic opportunity to connect with and learn from Drupalers all over the world.

http://boston2008.drupalcon.com

I'll be going, and I'll bring back notes and whatever else I can, especially as it relates to Drupal in Asia.

It looks like Jacob Redding (Beijing Drupal group) will be doing a presentation on Drupal in China.

Mark and Teru, it was great to meet up with you guys and down some Irish beer! Teru, thanks so much for coming all the way out from Mie! Drupalace, really glad we were able to hook up online.

A quick recap on last night for those who weren't able to make it:

Hello to all the guys there in my Asian neighbor, Japan!

I'm wondering, what would your Druplicon look like?

I'm looking for an item/artifact/symbol that would best visualize Drupal and Japan together.

This would be a good reference for a Japanese Druplicon for you.

Thanks and Regards,

Marc Robinsone San

There's a fantastic Irish pub and restaurant in Kyoto I thought would be a great place to meet.
Fun owner, good food, good drinks, and free wireless internet access (BYOL - bring your own laptop :-)).

京都市にMcLoughlin'sというすごくいいアイルランドのパブがあってそこで最初の集まりを行ったらいいかなと思います。McLoughlin'sはオーナーが優しいし食べ物と飲み物がうまいし無線インターネットが無料で使えます。

The pub website　サイト:
www.kyotoirish.com

I thought it might be helpful to start collecting a list of Japan-based as well as Japanese Drupal sites.
These are the ones I know of so far. Please add to the list :-)!

Drupal Community related sites
http://drupal.jp/

Sites using Drupal (Japanese)
http://drupal-jbox.net/

Sites using Drupal (English)
http://justbento.com/
http://www.fjet.org/
http://ShigaJET.org/

Hatena Blog Entries mentioning Drupal
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/keyword/drupal

Hey guys,

Looks like there's interest in a meet-up, so let's see if we can't get one rolling.

Where would be the best place to do it?

Teru, you're in Mie-ken right? Jon, you're in Okinawa, yeah?
Robert and Marc, sounds like you guys are both abroad.
Drupalace, whereabouts do you live?

I'm in Shiga. markDrupal is in Shiga as well.

Since we're scattered, a single meetup won't work for everyone unfortunately, but as this group grows, I hope we can get meetups happening in different locations around the country.

Hey everyone,

5 subscribers so far. A good start. I started this group with a few things in mind. I wanted to find out who else is working with Drupal in Japan (there don't seem to be that many of us at the moment, but that will change hopefully :-)!) and create a space where we can connect, share ideas, discuss all things Drupal in a Japan/Asia context, and maybe even organize an occasional meet up at a pub to chat or even hack. Finally, I'm interested in seeing Drupal get traction and gain mind-share in Japan.

Let's kick things off with some introductions.