Drupal Johannesburg meetup: 18:30 Wednesday 11 March 2009

The next Drupal Johannesburg meetup is scheduled to take place at 18:30 on Wednesday 11 March 2009, at Obsidian Systems, Randpark Ridge, Johannesburg (http://www.obsidian.co.za/contact).

Please bring anything you'd like to drink/eat (or eat beforehand).

As already mentioned (http://groups.drupal.org/node/19067), we want to get more people involved so we're going to be allowing everyone who comes 5 minutes to chat about whatever it is in Drupal that they want to. The idea behind this is to spark off better social interaction/learning/teaching/networking/etc. - by telling other people stuff like (what you're passionate about, the kind of projects you've been working on, what you would like to learn etc.), the door will be open for others with similar interests/projects/issues/skills/questions/answers to connect with you...

To keep things simple, we're not going to be using a projector, so you won't have to worry about slide presentations and any technology failures. It's just going to be talking. For more info on the "lightning talk" format, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_Talk, http://ignite.oreilly.com/ and http://perl.plover.com/lt/osc2003/lightning-talks.html

Some examples of topics:

1. Why my favorite module / add-on package is X.
2. I want to do cool project X. Does anyone want to help?
3. Successful Project: I did project X. It was a success. Here's how you could benefit.
4. Failed Project: I did project X. It was a failure, and here's why.
5. Heresy: People always say X, but they're wrong. Here's why.
6. You All Suck: Here's what is wrong with our community.
7. Call to Action: Let's all do more of X / less of X.
8. A Funny Thing happened to me on the Way to the Mailing List / Newsgroup / Web Forum.
9. Wouldn't it be cool if X?
10. Someone needs to do X.
11. Wish List
12. Why X was a mistake.
13. Why X looks like a mistake, but isn't.
14. What it's like to do X.
15. Here's a useful technique that worked.
16. Here's a technique I thought would be useful but didn't work.
17. Why add-on package X sucks.
18. Comparison of similar add-on packages X and Y.
19. Why we should be paying more attention to X.
20. My Favorite Feature
21. I'd like to connect with people who are involved in or interested in the following...

Please spread the word and invite anyone who you think would be interested, whether they already know Drupal or not.

Thanks again to Obsidian and to Anton de Wet for the venue. Map available here: http://www.obsidian.co.za/contact