Posted by carwin on October 14, 2011 at 8:30pm
Quick meeting notes, let me know if I forgot anything.
- ensignavenger is setting up the domain http://springfielddrupal.com, and will create an account which we'll share to manage it.
- jackinloadup is going to host it on his sweet Aegir (ai-jeer) enabled server.
- We learned how to pronounce Aegir
- drastik showed us a quick use-case for Display Suite, which I'm pumped to start using.
- We discussed doing a Springfield Drupal Camp, though I think that might be down the road.
- Set official meeting time for 1st Thursday of every month - location to be determined (but probably Pasta Express).
As far as I can remember, that pretty much covers it. I also think we left the ladies in attendance a bit behind - maybe next time we can have a 15-20 minute open training or something where new people can bring in their sites and issues and we try to help. It might be a good way to grab new members / get people interested in Drupal.
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domain is registered
I have registered the domain. Will send access information to carwin and jackinloadup.
Thanks for the report. My wife wasn't feeling well, so she wasn't as engaged as she might normally be, still, she hasn't even started using Drupal yet, so it is all new to her. Connie works mostly with HTML and graphic design, and is just getting started with Drupal, so the more technical stuff is way above their current level. I agree that trying to help those that are brand new should be a priority. Every Open Source project needs new users to keep to community alive and fend of stagnation. At the same time, I don't want the more advanced users to get bored or burned out helping newbs, so as we go forward lets work together and communicate so that we find and maintain the right mix.
My thoughts on the website:
I think we should continue to use groups.drupal.org for discussion.
1) This provides us with wider exposure to the Drupal Community. More exposure generally leads to more opportunities.
2) It isn't perfect, but it works
3) If someone is searching for something we have discussed, it is more likely they will find it on drupal.org (which also searches groups.drupal.org) than if it was on our own site.
I would use our own site for communicating things specific to the group- events calendar, announcements, and what not.
Just my thoughts.