Chengdu Drupal Meetup -- August -- (UPDATED Aug 23)

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HyperGlide's picture
Start: 
2011-08-31 19:00 Asia/Shanghai
Event type: 
User group meeting

This is a small get together that is meant to be more of a meet and great opportunity for the Chengdu Drupal Users.

Hope is that we can meet once every month an opportunity to share ideas and perhaps have a few drinks.

I believe most of us are located near city center (tianfu square) and I am not certain if best to meet at a Starbucks or pub.

Location:
Daves Oasis
1号 Binjiang Middle Road, Jinjiang, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=chengdu+china++daves+oasis&hl=en&cid...

Agenda:
1. Get your beverage of choice :-)
2. Self introductions (How long been using Drupal, how using, how long in China/Chengdu, etc.)
3. Discussion -- Things we love about Drupal and $#&$ frustrate us.
4. TBD

Hope to see you all soon!

Please confirm attendance.

Comments

Location

mdryan's picture

Think I can make this Wednesday, I'll certainly try.

Pizza Hut is fine by me. Starbucks works although pubs even better.

I guess somewhere with Wifi might be an idea?

Was looking at next

HyperGlide's picture

Was looking at next week.

Good note on wifi. There is a starbucks next door can always switch there.

You've listed it as 24th

mdryan's picture

You've listed it as 24th above which did seem a little short notice. Next week would be 31st, which is also most likely OK for me.

Not sure my laptop battery lasts long enough for Wifi to be of much use to me anyway at the moment. Although if we're waiting until next week I might be able to show off it's replacement ;)

apologize for the error on

HyperGlide's picture

apologize for the error on the date...

changing to the 31st.

Wifi + Beer?

markwk's picture

a place with wifi is better. a place with wifi + beer is best. but not sure about the combination in chengdu.

Harley-- what's the status on

markwk's picture

Harley-- what's the status on your Drupal site?

Language-Corner.org got a nice structural overhaul, some added features and a a little face lift. Should be live in English and Chinese in a day or two. Hopefully have a sharable distro of the work by the end of the month.

Wifi + beer options :

irishdan's picture

Wifi + beer options : Shamrock, Dave's Oasis, Leg and Whistle. That's all the options I know of, I should probably get out more.

Dan ---

HyperGlide's picture

Hi Dan -- I know some of those.. but are any central Chengdu? Or we all wanna travel for wifi and beer?

Hey Harley Should add the

irishdan's picture

Hey Harley

Should add the bookworm to that list.

The most central would be daves oasis which is by the river, near sofitel hotel. The rest are all south, yulin, chuan da areas.

Book worm is a good

HyperGlide's picture

Book worm is a good suggestion but do think is a bit south as many of us are in the north.

How does daves's oasis look? http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=chengdu+china++daves+oasis&hl=en&cid...

I am not certain they have wifi there.

Thats a very old picture of

irishdan's picture

Thats a very old picture of daves. They definitely have wifi, I was using it last night.

I don't mind where really. One possible place in the north is sims guesthouse. wifi, cheap beer and cheap food, just might be a little crowded these days

Beer and Wifi

mdryan's picture

I'd be surprised if there wasn't Wifi in Dave's Oasis although can't say I've ever noticed it the few times I've been in.

Come on though, Chengdu's tiny, surely anywhere within second ring road can't be that far for any of us. I commute from one side to the other everyday though and any of those suggestions are good as far as I'm concerned.

Another surprisingly good wifi plus beer option that people rarely think of because it doesn't advertise itself as a bar is Namaste -- it's quiet and well lit, their beer's about as cheap as anywhere and their wifi's fast because they never have any customers.

The 5 star hotels tend to have good beer and good wifi, although at least in the case of Mooney's and Kempinski (which have the best beer) they are hardly a quiet meeting environment. Also considerably more expensive.

For beer and wifi in the North -- not sure -- some of the hostel bars perhaps (I'm thinking of Mix or Sim's in particular)

Great minds

mdryan's picture

@irishdan Great minds think alike.

Sims Guesthouse is probably better than Mix Hostel since it's a lot bigger and there's space to sit around tables. Good point that it might be busy this time of year though.

Did we just posted at exactly

irishdan's picture

Did we just posted at exactly the same time!

I agree, anywhere is easy to get to. Not a fan of Mooney's though, only expensive beer with no cheap local beer.

Hey guys I had a word with

irishdan's picture

Hey guys

I had a word with Dave about our meeting. He said he'll do some discounts for us: beer lao 15 kuai (usually 20), guinness (in cans the good stuff) for 40 kuai (or 45 can't remember) and Qingdao for 10 (usually 15). He may have said some others but I can't remember.

Dan

Great News

HyperGlide's picture

Thanks! See you on wednesday.

late

irishdan's picture

hey guys,
Sorry. My bloody school can't seem to make a decent schedule. I'll be late (after nine o'clock), I'm sure I can catch up (beers) if you guys are still there?
Dan

Push meeting till 8?

HyperGlide's picture

Sorry to hear that. How about we push the meeting to 8? okay with everyone?

Thats up to you guys I

irishdan's picture

Thats up to you guys I suppose.
Either way i'll be there a little after nine. If you guys are still there thats great, but I can understand if you guys are already gone.
cheers
dan

Meeting time

mdryan's picture

Later certainly works better for me. 7 would have been pushing it a bit for me. 8 works better and 9 is better still!

That said I'll definitely be there at some stage tomorow evening as soon as possible after whatever time we agree to start.

-Matt

PS - Dan -- is that a challenge on playing catch up ;)

Thank You

HyperGlide's picture

Hello Chengdu Drupal!

Last night was great time of beer, sharing about life with Drupal and beyond!

Our next meetup will be at Dave's on the 14th of September and there after the plan is the 2nd tuesday of each month, unless otherwise noted.

Spread the word.

Cheers,
-h

Nice Post...

Joe Barry's picture

I don't mind where really. One possible place in the north is sims guesthouse. wifi, cheap beer and cheap food, just might be a little crowded these days. I agree, anywhere is easy to get to. Not a fan of Mooney's though, only expensive beer with no cheap local beer...
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