NH Meetup Summit - May 7th, 2011

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himerus's picture
Start: 
2011-05-07 13:00 - 16:30 America/New_York
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Drupalcamp or Regional Summit

Drupal Meetup Summit, May 7th, 1pm to 4:30pm @ The Barley House
132 North Main Concord, NH 03301
Directions: http://himer.us/barley-house
Website: http://www.thebarleyhouse.com
Foursquare: http://foursquare.com/venue/252739

Primary Topic/Presentation

As many of us have been discussing in the thread at http://groups.drupal.org/node/135489 the time is here for the first (of hopefully many) NH Meetup Summit.

The primary purpose behind this is simply that with now 4 Drupal user groups in New Hampshire, it seems like a great idea for us to make time to all (as many as possible) of us to get together, share ideas, concerns, etc. regarding the status and direction of the NH user group as a whole.

I've just started on a basic outline for what I personally want to cover, and will post it here when a little more refined.

Besides ALL the great feedback in that initial post I made, if there is anything specifically that you would like to see discussed, please post it in reply to this thread. (Keep in mind, the "primary" agenda is ideas for bettering our individual groups, and NH group as a whole, so nothing in-depth like "How to write a module" will likely be covered!!)

Food & Beverage

The Barley House has graciously rented us a room that will accommodate us easily, holding up to 100 people in the room should something crazy happen, and attendance exceed my wildest expectations. The cost for the room was $100, and I (Development Geeks) am sponsoring it for this initial kickoff summit.

We will have food and drink available off the menu. Don't be shy, and show our appreciation to The Barley House, this will be a relaxed event with plenty of time to eat, down a few drinks, and discuss our favorite framework... Wordpress... DRUPAL!!!

Signup for the Event

Please use the "Signup" option for this event, so that we may have a semi-accurate idea of how many plan to attend!! I look forward to seeing you all there!!!

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Jake have you posted to this

mkmagu's picture

Jake have you posted to this to the Drupal Forum Event area yet?? It may help to get more exposure and involvment.

Mary M.

Where?!

himerus's picture

Mary,

Not sure where your talking about? The main D.O forums?

Yes, under general

mkmagu's picture

Yes, under general discussions there is an events category. http://drupal.org/forum/28

Mary M.

Just wanted to give a quick

tfhakala's picture

Just wanted to give a quick thank you for choosing a location that looks to have an awesome gluten free menu!

Looking forward to this, see

pcorbett's picture

Looking forward to this, see you all tomorrow!

kbaringer's picture

Had a great time on Saturday meeting with everyone, putting faces to handles and bouncing around ideas for keeping the NH User Groups united and for DrupalCampNH 2011... very exciting stuff! Thanks again to Jake (himerus) for making this happen!

~ Kevin

Thanks to everyone!!

himerus's picture

I just wanted to take a moment to really thank everyone for making it to the Summit this past weekend.

I think it went really well, and it was great to put faces to names/handles, and get the group of us together to discuss how we can do things better. At the very least, I think it was a great start to actually starting the conversations we need to have (here on GDO) to continue down the right path.

It was also excellent to see all the groups represented, and I look forward to doing this again in the future!!!

Let's do it again...

rggoode's picture

Definitely worth doing and I look forward to future Summits. Really nice to meet new people and the Saturday afternoon format was relaxing and fun.

I took some photos while we were there, and a few even came out. I can post them at our Facebook group if nobody objects.

Thanks again Jake. Great job.

Roger

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francis.patterson's picture

Are there any notes from the Summit this weekend?

Most...

himerus's picture

Most of what we have is thanks to Kevin, and his basic notes we took on getting DrupalCamp NH 2011 off the ground.

http://groups.drupal.org/node/147524#comment-489429

other than that, there isn't much... I CAN post the slides I had (mainly just notes) at some point here soon.

+1

cdulude's picture

It was so great to meet other NH Drupalers this weekend! I'll echo the thanks to Jake for coordinating the summit and Kevin for taking notes. Looking forward to future summits, and of course to DrupalCamp NH!

New Hampshire

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