Drupal meetup at Media Temple :: Contributing to Drupal :: September 27, 2011

Mark your calendar and come join us for an evening of Drupal sharing, learning, and general open source goodness: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at the corporate headquarters of Media Temple in Culver City, CA.

• THEME: Contributing to Drupal (how you can join in and make the kool-aid)
• PRESENTATION: Contributing to Drupal by everyone.
• Talks and topics: Lightning Talks: Tools of the trade, Plus 9-minutes of LA Drupal speed-dating (aka geek networking LA Drupal style).
• Free food, drinks, and raffle prizes!!!

AGENDA: Contributing to Drupal

Contributors are Drupal's most valuable asset, and are the sole force behind improvements to the platform and the community itself. But like anything out there, Drupal has many places where improvements can be made. And as the Drupal Community continues to grow at the rate that it has grown it, it is becoming more and more important that people get involved to try and make it better. Come find out about all the different ways you can make Drupal better for everyone.

AGENDA: The remaining agenda is (mostly) less formal and much more interactive

• BADCamp: Preview on what is happening at the camp and why you should go.
• Time permitting: Beginner Talks: Intro to IRC. Are you on IRC? The Drupal community thrives on IRC... if you're not using it, you should! A quick demonstration of IRC.
• Job Announcements: please contact one of the organizers at the meetup before the meeting starts. We'd like to introduce you and allocate time for your announcement. (important note: out of respect for our host, please do not solicit MT employees for jobs)
• BOF: Let's get groups of folk talking about something they want to share / need to know.
• Group networking and hanging out. Bring your business cards.

Miscellaneous Info

Venue

In addition to providing the largest local venue for our monthly meetups (and coolest architecture!), Media Temple also provides the LA Drupal community with free food, snacks, and beverages (water, soda, & beer). Plus, Media Temple has also been a sponsor of DrupalCamp LA 2010 and DrupalCamp LA 2011!!! Media Temple is a webhosting and virtualization service provider and has one of the largest virtualization deployments in North America, with more than 85,000 customers and more than 600,000 domains on both coasts of the United States. When looking for a host that supports community, please add them to your list to check out!

Parking

There is on-street parking as well as a parking lot on Hayden Ave.

Come Early

The meetup begins at 7pm but the doors open a little earlier at 6:30pm for eating, meeting, and Users Helping Users; which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal. Please note that while Users Helping Users is not designed to be a replacement for bonafide consulting from a Drupal professional that there are plenty of Drupal experts and professionals who attend our meetups and sometimes they need help, too!

We want your feedback!

During the meetup, we'll be gathered in the #drupal-la IRC channel and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also be checking Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

Presenters / Lightning Talks

If presenting, be sure to bring your laptop (and power and display cables) and whatever else you need.

Lightning talks, which are 5 minute presentations from attendees who would like to share something with the group. They tend to be less formal -- and no questions (during the talk). It'd be great if you have a lightning talk that fits with the evening's theme!

As always, please feel welcome to leave a comment below and let others know what you'd like to present ahead of time.