We're excited to announce the next Drupal Commerce Meetup, on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, between 6-8pm. This is a new meetup and we meet on the 4th Tuesday of each month at a variety of venues.
We're meeting this time at Droplabs, a Drupal-friendly classroom, coworking space and makerspace near Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this Drupal Commerce meetup, we'll be featuring the Commerce Module Tuesday videos and the various modules covered by the series. We'll also discuss recent news and events, including the release of Commerce Kickstart 7.x-2.7 and Commerce-related presentations at DrupalCon Portland 2013.
Do you have a request or an offer for additional presentations? Let us know by posting in the comments below. Thanks!
Agenda ^
Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes and full-length presentations. As always, we'll also have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks. We'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 8:00pm.
For any changes to our agenda, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) to be notified when the agenda has been updated.
5:55pm
Start of WebEx Meeting
6:00pm
Introductions
Job Announcements
News & Upcoming Events
Community Questions & Answers
6:30pm
Featured Presentations
7:00pm
Lightning Talks
Raffle Prizes!
8:00pm
Wrap-up, Clean-up & Close-up
Drupal After Dark & Networking
What to Bring ^
Just bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need. You're also welcome to bring some light food, sodas or beers to share with others at the meetup.
Do you have a job announcement? Bring a copy of your job description and several business cards for our "take a card, leave a card" table.
Thank You to Our Sponsors! ^
Our meetup this month is hosted by Droplabs (@Droplabs), a Drupal-friendly classroom, coworking space and makerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. We're the leading low-cost coworking space in the Greater Los Angeles Area and have shared and private workspaces that are uniquely designed for entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers.
Our video conferencing and raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
Join us on WebEx & Twitter! ^
WebEx
To join the meeting, use the following URL and / or meeting number:
URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=M4VKR3GH2LYBJ3CFSUCLL077NL-2J4J
Short URL: http://ex.tl/ZQr
Meeting number: 196 424 853
To check to see that your WebEx software is installed and up to date, see http://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html
During the meetup, the event organizers will be monitoring Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @GLADrupal.
Featured Presentations & Lightning Talks ^
At this Drupal Commerce meetup, we'll be featuring the Commerce Module Tuesday videos and the various modules covered by the series. We'll also discuss recent news and events, including the release of Commerce Kickstart 7.x-2.7 and Commerce-related presentations at DrupalCon Portland 2013.
Do you have a request or an offer for additional presentations? Let us know by posting in the comments below. Thank you!
Raffle prizes! Collect them all! Must be present to win! ^
Raffle prizes at this meetup have been provided by Exaltation of Larks. Our raffle prizes often include discount codes, magazines, DVDs, books and tickets to attend professional, paid Drupal trainings. Some raffle prizes may be available to remote attendees (at the discretion of the meetup organizers and raffle prize sponsors).
We are always grateful to our sponsors for their continued support. If you have any items you'd like to donate to the raffle, please contact any of the organizers at the meetup. Thank you!
Drupal After Dark ^
After the event is over, a group of us may go to a nearby restaurant or pub. In the past we've had beers and a bonfire and were serenaded by Skrillex, who was rehearsing next door for the Mothership tour.
We've also gone to a variety of other locations, including Barbara's at The Brewery (at 620 Moulton Ave., just a 5 minute walk away) and Carnitas Michoacan (on 1901 N. Broadway, just a 5 minute drive away).
Location & Directions ^
This event is hosted by Droplabs (@Droplabs), a collaborative coworking space, classroom and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles.
Droplabs
651 Clover St.
Los Angeles, CA 90031
Droplabs is near Downtown Los Angeles at Big Art Labs, just 1 mile down Main St. from Philippes (the first-ever venue for Drupal meetups in Southern California!) and Union Station. We're one block west of The Brewery, the largest live-and-work artists' colony in the world.
Free parking in our large parking lot is first-come, first-served. After parking in the lot, follow the yellow signs that point to Droplabs. (If our lot is full, you can park for free on Clover St.)
Droplabs is a brief walk from the Main St. / Lamar St. stop on the the Metro Local 76 bus line. This is also the Lincoln Heights / Chinatown DASH stop.
To carpool or catch the Droplabs shuttle from Union Station, post below in the comments.
About the Drupal Commerce Meetup ^
What is the Drupal Commerce Meetup about? We have presentations, case studies and roundtable discussions on all the things that make our Drupal-based ecommerce websites work, from payment handling, inventory management and shipping to adding social features that make our websites and applications fun to use. We cover all the systems that work with Drupal and have a primary focus on the open source Commerce framework.
This meetup is one of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal group's "traveling meetups" and occasionally travels from city to city and venue to venue. Would you like to host one of these in your area? Inquire within by contacting any of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers with details about your venue, including parking and good happy hour / after party locations, and we'll follow up with you!
Would you like to organize one of these meetups in your area? Greater Los Angeles Drupal members and organizers are always welcome to request the use of the group's assets and resources for their meetups and events.
About Greater Los Angeles Drupal ^
With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world.
With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world. Our members and organizers have produced hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, conferences, paid trainings, coworking days, study group sessions, movie outings, FREE tutoring sessions from Drupal professionals, and website barnraisings to benefit non-profits and members of our community.
Attending Drupal events in the Greater Los Angeles Area is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupaleros and we encourage you to attend as many meetings and special events as you'd like. Whether it's to find solutions to problems you've been having, sharing something you've learned or just meeting interesting like-minded people, the Greater Los Angeles Drupal events are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike.
Our leadership team endeavors to actively empower and support volunteers and attendees in the Greater Los Angeles Area, and to provide resources (venues, guidance, equipment, raffle prizes, etc.) and a governance model with consistency, transparency and accountability.
If you aren't already a member of Greater Los Angeles Drupal, it's easy to join our community. Our community calendar is on our "Events" tab on our home page at http://groups.drupal.org/node/219129
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Comments
GLAD
Hello, and thanks for allowing me to join GLAD. The collaboration space described in the above meetup post sounds fantastic and I hope to be able to attend a future gathering. I will continue to learn about the group's mission via web and set a goal of making it to a GLAD event this summer. Take care.
Thanks, Gabriel! I'm looking
Thanks, Gabriel! I'm looking forward to seeing you at one of our meetups.
I think one of the big points we'll be discussing at this particular meetup on Tuesday is how to choose between Commerce Kickstart 1, Commerce Kickstart 2 and the stand-alone Drupal Commerce suite. These are all under active development and serve different business use cases.
Maybe there, maybe webex
It's nice to get out of Santa Monica once in a while, but lately it has been a lot more than usual. So . . . I'll try to make it downtown, but if I can't, I'll try webex participation.
Thanks, Peter! This meetup is
Thanks, Peter! This meetup is one of our "traveling meetups" and we can easily bring it to Santa Monica. Do you have any ideas for a venue?
venues
Hmmm . . . as you are probably aware . . . there are a bunch of Cowork spaces in Santa Monica . . . including CoLoft and CrossCampus that are within walking distance of where I live. But I haven't tried arranging events with them, although I have gone to meetups at both (PHP at Coloft, WordPress at CrossCampus). I remember that Drupal had a few meetings at the Santa Monica Library (although I missed those) at one point, and think that is probably free. I don't know whether CoLoft or CrossCampus charge. I don't think so. They probably consider certain events to be a draw of potential members, but they may pick and choose what they sponsor.
I am definitely going to try webex for this Commerce meetup. But I am at the library and won't be able to speak up. So you will probably just experience me as a lurker. Had a bunch of stuff to get done today and won't be able to get downtown by 6:00.
Re: Venues
CoLoft hosts some events for free if they are big enough, otherwise they charge $80 for a two hour evening event. I checked about a year ago.
Where is CrossCampus?
The meetings that were being held at the Santa Monica Library are Currently being held at Stauffer in Playa Vista.
Paul Chernick
CEO
Chernick Consulting
(310) 569-2517
CrossCampus
CrossCampus is the corner of Broadway and 9th in Santa Monica (Coloft is between 9th and 10th on Santa Monica Blvd. -- about a block and a half away, to give you a sense). I suspect that CrossCampus might also want a large meeting, but I don't know for sure.
I live close enough to the Santa Monica library, by the way (in fact, I am there now), and it would be easy for me to arrange THAT as a free venue (as long as there isn't too much demand).
The Commerce meetup has started . . .
Juicy meetup. Super glad I
Juicy meetup. Super glad I joined via WebEx.
Going to attend the next meetup-slash-webinar. Aloha from Manila.
Marckee for Short