Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup - Tuesday, July 20, 2010

The Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup Group will be holding its next educational and interactive, face-to-face meeting on Tuesday, July 20th from 7pm to 9pm at Trinity College, MCEC 246, as it continues to build and strengthen the community of Drupal developers, designers, administrators, content creators and other stakeholders in Connecticut. Come meet fellow Drupalists. Come learn what Drupal can do for you and the best practices to apply when using Drupal. Come help steer our group to become an invaluable source of information and networking opportunities. We are a passionate and fun group, enthusiastic to grow and help all those interested in Drupal - beginners, journeymen and experts - by sharing our collective knowledge, expertise, experiences and ideas.

Logistics

When: Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Trinity College, MCEC 246, Hartford, CT

Our July 20th Meetup will be held at Trinity College, Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering Center (MCEC), Room 246 in Hartford, CT. Here are directions to the college and a campus map. MCEC is building 29 on the campus map. Please arrive a few minutes early to insure access to the building, or let me know if arriving on-time will be a problem.

Thanks are due to Trishan de Lanerolle, Director of the Humanitarian FOSS Project at Trinity College for hosting and arranging the space.

Agenda

• Introductions
  • Who are you? What brings you to this Drupal Meetup? What do you do? How do you use Drupal? What are your websites? For what companies do you work?
• Welcome to Drupal Newcomers
  • A Quick Introduction to Drupal (when those new to Drupal are present)
• Group Business
  • Selection of Presentations and Activities for Future Meetups
  • DrupalCampCT Announcement and Organization
  • Group Project Discussion

• Presentations, Discussions, Hands-On Exercises and other Activities

  • Developing a Drupal Subtheme, Joseph Daddario, Web Developer at CASE Partners, Inc.
    Joseph Daddario, Web Developer at CASE Partners, Inc., will give an advanced presentation on theming. He will walk us through the steps of implementing a subtheme and exploring template inheritance in Drupal.
  • Drupal Challenges
    Attendees are asked to bring a challenging Drupal problem on which they have been working - something that you have not solved, something that you have solved but want to explore better solutions, or simply something that you have wondered how one might implement that feature into a Drupal site - and we will discuss those challenges as a group.
  • Group Project Discussion
    Can we find a common project to work on as a group that satisfies the interests and constraints of a adequate number of group members?

• Informal Group Discussion

  • What have you been doing with Drupal? What help do you need with Drupal? What assistance or resources can you provide with Drupal to other Meetup attendees?

Additional Information

Please visit the wiki page entitled Central Connecticut Drupal Meetup Group for additional information about our Meetup Group.