LA Drupal monthly meetup at the Santa Monica Public Library :: Jan 10th, 2012

Join us for an evening of Drupal sharing, learning, and open source goodness - new venue - new meetup date - new open lab & mentor time - now doors open earlier - Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at the Santa Monica Public Library (main branch). Note that our new venue will have tables and chairs perfect for laptops, lab time, and great way for mentorship/breakout groups. The library is our new monthly venue; expect the next few regular monthly meetups to take place here on the second Tuesday.

• PRESENTATION (General Audience): TBA (to be announced)
• PRESENTATION (Advanced): Powerful Drupal Administration Using Drush part 2, by Chris Charlton
• Talks and topics: BadCamp 2011 recap, Lightning Talks, LA Drupal speed-networking, info on DrupalCon Denver 2012.
• Open lab time from 6pm-7pm.
• Wi-fi and raffle prizes!!!

When: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 from 6:00-9:00pm

Where: Santa Monica Pubic Library (main branch; multipurpose room). 601 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401 (parking is $1/hr. under the library in a dedicated parking structure; we meet in the "multipurpose room")

After hours: After the meetup, it is typical for many of us to meet at a local restaurant or pub for additional Drupal networking. If you have a suggestion, please leave a comment.

AGENDA:

One presentation will be "Powerful Drupal Administration Using Drush part 2", presentation by Chris Charlton, Senior Consultant at Stauffer New Media Development


Long time LA DRUPAL luminary and author, Chris Charlton continues his new power tools series for Drupal & Drush that goes beyond the basics*. This is the second part of an ongoing series exclusive to LA DRUPAL monthly meetup audiences that will not be recorded.

Time to take things up a notch with your Drupal skills this year. Learn the higher level uses of Drush in this multi-part series and become the most efficient Drupal users in the world! If Drush is not yet a part of your Drupal workflow then you are behind and missing out. Do things faster and better with Drupal using Drush.



*Drush basics are covered in video screencasts available online recorded from our previous events.

About our presenter: Chris Charlton – Senior Consultant at Stauffer New Media Development
Author and community leader, Chris Charlton is a long time presenter to the community, and is the creator of famous software products revolving around open source and commercial software. Chris is responsible for the Drupal plugins to Adobe Dreamweaver and Eclipse IDE.

About Stauffer New Media Development

Stauffer New Media Development is this year’s top sponsor of our big annual Drupal camp (DCLA 2011) and is headquartered in Los Angeles. Stauffer New Media Development is hiring and open for new clients - call us to join our team or to complete your Web projects.

AGENDA: less formal and interactive

• DrupalCon Denver 2012 Proposal Preview - If you already have submitted a session proposal for DrupalCon Denver, or are planning to submit a session - we’d like to hear it! Share proposal details to the crowd and, if desired, solicit early feedback or suggestions. Giving the crowd a sneak peek may help your proposal when session voting starts.
• Lightning Talks: come prepared to do a five minute talk of something related to Drupal you learned this month. Come share! No talk is too small, and we promise to be kind.
• Job Announcements: if you wish to announce a job opening, please contact one of the organizers before the meetup so we know to expect you. (important note: out of respect for our host, please do not solicit their employees for jobs)
• Raffle Prizes - every attendee has a chance to win one of our awesome prizes!
• Group networking and hanging out. Bring your business cards.

Miscellaneous Info

Parking
There is on-street parking and a dedicated parking structure under the library building that costs $1 per hour (make sure you get the library to validate).

Come Early
The meetup begins at 7pm but the doors sometimes open a little earlier (6:00pm) for eating, meeting, open lab time, 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 professional consulting from Drupal experts, there are plenty of Drupal pros who attend our meetups so be sure to bring your business cards or resume.

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 try to incorporate messages from Twitter for feedback or questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

Presenters / Lightning Talks
If presenting, be sure to bring your laptop, power adaptor, and display cables... and whatever else you need.
Lightning talks are 5 minute presentations from attendees. They tend to be less formal -- and there are no questions during the talk (not enough time). People can ask you all their questions during the networking session. Consider doing a lightning talk if you’re new or planning to present for the first time. 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.