Hollywood Drupal Meetup at Cilpex and via WebEx on February 18, 2014: Bootstrap 3.0 & GLADCamp Preview

After taking some time off, we're excited to announce that Hollywood Drupal is starting up again and this time we're being hosted by our friends at Ciplex. Join us at their Hollywood office on Tuesday, February 18, 2014, between 7-9pm Pacific. This meetup is free and there will be food, drinks, and raffle prizes!

Are you new to Drupal or the Downtown Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you.

This meetup features a presentation by Matt Giacomazzo on Bootstrap 3.0 & Drupal 7. We'll also have a group discussion and GLADCamp Preview sneak peak of all the events coming up during the upcoming Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp on March 7th, 8th & 9th, 2014.

Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Our venue, food and drinks sponsor for this event is Ciplex, a 14-year-old interactive marketing agency with offices in LA and Phoenix and a team of Drupal, Magento and WordPress experts.

Our raffle prize and technical sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal design and engineering firm with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Visit us at www.larks.la and follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.

Our organizing sponsor is Droplabs (@Droplabs), a coworking space, classroom and computer lab in Downtown Los Angeles, California. We're the leading low-cost coworking space in the Greater Los Angeles Area and have services, programs and workspaces that are uniquely designed for entrepreneurs, freelancers, remote workers and lifelong learners.

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.

Drupal After Dark

Even if you can't make it to happy hour or the meetup, you're welcome to join us afterward for a Drupal After Dark. After we wrap up the meeting and clean up, a group of us will go to a nearby restaurant or pub. Stay tuned to the comments below for suggestions for a Drupal After Dark location.

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 9:00pm.

We'll start our meeting promptly at 7pm, so if you are at a happy hour nearby please be sure to request your check along with your food order.

For any changes to our agenda for the evening, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) to be notified when the agenda has been updated.

   5:30pm
   Drupal Happy Hour

   6:55pm
   Projector and Tables / Chairs Setup
   WebEx Meeting Begins

   7:00pm
   Introductions
   News & Upcoming Events, including:
     SCALE 12x, the Southern California Linux Expo
     Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp, March 7-9, 2014;
   Raffle Prizes!

   7:30pm
   Lightning Talks
   Featured Presentations
   Bootstrap 3.0 & Drupal 7 by Matt Giacomazzo
   GLADCamp Preview sneak peak and group discussion

   9:00pm
   Wrap-up, Clean-up and Close-up
   Drupal After Dark and More Networking

Featured Presentations

At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, raffle prizes, lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations.

Bootstrap 3.0 & Drupal 7

Matt will be presenting some recent work from Ciplex using Bootstrap 3.0 with Drupal 7 and how it helped streamline the development process with a mobile first, adaptive layout monster of a site. He will share his experience with the implementation and will field questions about the process.

About our speaker

Matthew Giacomazzo (Matt Giacomazzo on Drupal.org) is a Front-End Developer at Ciplex who recently helped his team make the transition to Bootstrap 3.0 with Drupal. A ten year veteran with electronic multimedia, Matt's expertise also spilled over into web architecture, UX, design implementation, process development and more. He is constantly parsing the web to keep Ciplex and himself in the know in a sea of constantly evolving best practices, techniques and resources.

Matt grew up in the frozen northeast area of the country, better known as Maine. He received his B.S. in Electronic Multimedia, Arts & Communications at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Matt has also been known to dabble in other areas including music composition, audio engineering, video editing, graphic design and experimental game design. He also enjoys all kinds of geek culture, transformational festivals and recently becoming a dad.

GLADCamp Preview

We'll also have a sneak peak and group discussion of all the events coming up during the upcoming Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp on March 7th, 8th & 9th, 2014, including:

• DrupalCamp keynotes, sessions and BoFs on March 8-9th
• Drupal Employers Summit on March 7th
• Training day on March 7th
• Non-Profit Summit on March 7th
• Drupal Job Fair on March 8th, 2014
• Code Sprints & Barn Raising on March 9th
• The Extreme Drupal Games from March 7-9th

Join us on WebEx and Twitter!

WebEx

   URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=I8CVBKJAISX1M7HBE0DUI9DKYX-2J4J
   Short URL: http://ex.tl/ZhN
   Meeting number: 199 480 082

To check to see that your WebEx software is installed and up to date, see http://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html  

If WebEx isn't on your computer, try one of the mobile versions of WebEx for iPhone / iPad, Android, Kindle, BlackBerry or Windows Phone:

   http://www.webex.com/products/web-conferencing/mobile.html  

Twitter

During the meetup, the event organizers will be monitoring Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @GLADrupal.

Raffle prizes! Collect them all! Must be present to win!

Our raffle prizes at meetups often include discount codes, magazines, DVDs, books, and free seats to professional Drupal trainings.

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 either before or during the meetup. Thank you!

Location and Directions

   Ciplex
   6121 Santa Monica Blvd
   Los Angeles, CA 90038

Carpooling

To carpool with others, post an offer or request below in the comments.

About Ciplex

At Ciplex the web is our playground. We are a 14-year-old interactive marketing agency with offices in LA and Phoenix, but we service businesses across the country.

We use lean and agile methodologies to build web applications and online storefronts. Our team of experts focus on the Drupal, Magento and WordPress platforms.

We think outside of the box and constantly challenge the way interactive agencies work creating a unique culture of innovation.

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.

Formerly named Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, we've been meeting regularly in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California, since early 2010, and now organize a large number of events in the area. Our signature events include the Drupal Job Fairs and the Downtown Drupal, Frontend Drupal, Hollywood Drupal, High Performance Drupal meetups.

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.

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  

We proudly participate in the California Drupal Travelers Program, which aims to connect businesses and community members who are visiting the area with our local community and events. Inquire within by contacting any of the Downtown Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network.