Hollywood Drupal Meetup at Ciplex and via WebEx on April 15, 2014: Drupal Goes Hollywood

Drupal Goes Hollywood once again at the Hollywood Drupal Meetup! Join us again at Ciplex at their Hollywood office on Tuesday, April 15, 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 Hollywood 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.

At this meetup we're focusing on Drupal Goes Hollywood, a presentation on how Drupal is being used by movie studios, including Disney, Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal, Fox, Participant Media, and more. More details TBA.

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

Drupal Happy Hour

We're meeting for happy hour at 5:30pm at El Floridita!

   El Floridita Cuban Restaurant
   1253 N. Vine St.,
   Hollywood, CA 90038

See http://www.elfloridita.com/directions for more information and the comments below for any discussion related to Drupal Happy Hour.

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 technical sponsor and a raffle prize 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.

Another raffle prize sponsor for this event is TenTek. Let us help you find quality professionals to handle your specialized technical requirements, or find a position that matches your skills, experience and career advancement goals.

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:
     Drupal Boot Camp at Droplabs, dates TBD
     Drupal Organizers Meetup, April 22, 2014
     SGV Drupal Meetup, April 24, 2014;
     Worldwide Drupal Happy Hour, April 30, 2014;
     DrupalCamp LA, September 6-7, 2014;
   Raffle Prizes!

   7:30pm
   Lightning Talks
   Featured Presentations
   Drupal Goes Hollywood
   2nd Presentation TBA

   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.

Drupal Goes Hollywood

At this meetup we're focusing on Drupal Goes Hollywood, a presentation on how Drupal is being used by movie studios, including Disney, Paramount Pictures, NBC Universal, Fox, Participant Media, and more. More details TBA.

Is there another presentation topic that you're interested in? Post a comment below to either request or offer a presentation, or contact one of the organizers listed above.

Join us on WebEx and Twitter!

WebEx

   URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=I1AFEIQ159ELKQP4HWASDN3TW6-2J4J
   Short URL: http://ex.tl/ZhM
   Meeting number: 192 583 906

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 Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp (GLADCamp, the Drupal Job Fairs and the Downtown Drupal, San Gabriel Valley Drupal, Hollywood Drupal and 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 Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network.

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