Santa Barbara, CA

Drupal Camp LA 2008 commemorative t-shirts

Chris Charlton — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:41:54 +0000

Help support LA Drupal, Drupal Camp LA, and local Drupal community efforts by purchasing and wearing a commemorative shirt celebrating the 2008, second annual, community training event. Hundreds of you registered and attended, and we're proud of the event but looking forward to help make 2009 a reality we're looking to make sure folks have ways to support the group and purchasing our commemorative apparel will help do that.

See all the shirts

Drupal Camp LA T-shirt - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_shirt-235897092826435939

Drupal Camp LA womens t-shirt - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_womens_t_shirt-235141426948959987

Drupal Camp LA 2008 Flame Shirt (White) - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_2008_flame_shirt_white-235560627359...

Drupal Camp LA 2008 Flame Shirt - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_2008_flame_shirt-235275421491414852

Drupal Camp LA 2008 Flame Shirt (Women) - http://www.zazzle.com/drupal_camp_la_2008_flame_shirt_women-235741697710...

More information on Drupal Camp LA - http://drupalcampla.com

Southern California

Proposal for a Drupal Camp San Diego in early 2009

kscheirer — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:27:44 +0000

Introduction
Several of us have been talking (well, actually Karl has been doing most of the talking) about hosting a Drupal Camp in San Diego. It's a fun town, there's a lot of Drupalites in and around the downtown area, and it's only 100 miles striking distance from Los Angeles. The LA DUG folks can come too!

So here's what we propose. Let's get a small contingent of dedicated organizers and see if we can make this happen. Joel has full support from WorkHabit, Karl has full support from Achieve, and we can even tap the knowlegebase of the illustrious Crystal Williams for advice, direction, and whatnot. Sound like a plan?

If you like this idea, post a comment under this thread and tell us! This page is a wiki, so I'm sure it'll be edited and revised and changed quite a few times in the coming month as we begin to prep for this event. We'll try to mark new sections in green so you can tell what's new from the last time you read it. Yeah, we're so advanced and cool that we're thinking about you. And your overtaxed brains.

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Joel Farris             Karl Scheirer              Andrew Root
Workhabit, INC          Achieve Internet           Conference Coordinator


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A camp is a one to two day event that focuses on many aspects of Drupal in one location. Its focus is knowledge sharing amongst the community. Essentially, you’re getting the community together to do some community training. The term "Camp" comes from Barcamp, like an informal non-conference that happens at a bar. It’s not fancy. Camps are basic. They take a bit of organizing, but in general it’s pretty easy to run a camp.

DATES

Do we want to try a Friday/Saturday camp, or Saturday/Sunday?
Target weekends are

January 16-18
January 23-25
Superbowl weekend
Feb 6-8
Feb 13-15

any sooner and its too close to the holidays, any later and its too close to Drupalcon.

VENUE

There's a good possibility that something on the UCSD campuses might be available in January. We're checking on it, but if you have any suggestions for a venue that can hold up to 100 people and has AV equipment in at least two rooms, please let us know.

A lot of the non-metro area folks have mentioned that proximity to public transit would be very helpful. If the venue could be connected to Amtrak, the Coaster, light rail, etc, we make it a lot easier for folks to attend. A school/university connection is excellent as well - good chance of getting a free venue with wireless, and they're enthusiastic about hosting a tech conference. Other things to consider are parking, and the availability of food nearby.

SESSION TOPICS + SCHEDULE

Theming
Development
Scaling
How to sell Drupal
Views 2 (We can do 3 or 4 hours worth of sessions on views, intro, filters/exposed filters, arguments, attachments, theming, etc)
ImageField/ImageCache, connected to the Views 2 sessions above
Panels 2
Context: Using the context module to set active menu items
Build a non-profit website - I saw this done at DrupalCamp Chicago and not only was it a good way to give back to the community it was a good way to help educate new Drupal developers
\#\#\# ADD MORE TOPICS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE \#\#\#

REGISTRATION COSTS

Initially, we were thinking of $20 per person to register for the event. This is mostly to make sure that people who register really show up. There's nothing worse than having a head count of 100 people who say they'd love to attend, and then wake up on Saturday morning and don't really *feel* like driving anywhere.
It would also mean we'd need a lot less sponsorship money in order to to make this happen, and will have shirts and food for the event. I'd suggest making exceptions for students who want to attend - the fee shouldn't actually prevent anyone from attending. Other opinions?

BUDGET + MATERIALS

We're thinking $1,000,000 should cover the free stickers, right? Truthfully, we don't have a projected budget pulled together yet. Come on, we only thought this thing up a few days ago! But please tell us, what do you think would be a valuable thing to factor into the materials budget? Free scarves? Drupal Tattoos? Balloon Rides?

The budget picture will become a lot clearer once we have a venue. Hopefully the space will be donated, we will still need to account for wireless access, AV equipment, t-shirts, and then a big variable is food. If there's something nearby we can reduce costs here, but if not, it can be expensive to feed 100 people 4 meals.

Southern California Group reboot > A call to group managers

Mike Stewart — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 02:58:23 +0000

come checkout the new-ish SoCal Drupal group - it's been revamped. like totally. I've redone the homepage and added a "recent" tab. PLUS, I've added "locales" & "skills" that allow for better categorization of posts.

why? as I see it the main goal of the group is twofold:

to help users in SoCal without formal groups to connect
to help existing formal groups to find new users and more easily share information with each other, especially events.

in the spirit of sharing and community, I'd also like to invite all group managers in southern california to become an admin of this group. anyone else got spare time? ;-)

also, (possibly most importantly) please post events directly in the southern california group, and cross post as necessary to your own group. Unless (until?) we can share taxonomy between groups? apparently if posts are created in another group and cross posted to Southern California - taxonomy terms can't be added to the post for categorization. (bummer)

also notice the new WIKI with SoCal info.
do you have other ideas or goals for the group? suggestions? please share... !!!

Southern California

Santa Barbara meetup on November 12, 2008

christefano — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:56:37 +0000

Let's do a Drupal meetup on Wednesday, November 12th! It's been a while since the last one and we (Lee and Christefano) would love to play host for another one.

When: 7pm to 9pm on Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Where: Java Station on 4447 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Topics

This group is just getting off the ground and we're open to any and all ideas for topics. A popular format we've seen in other Drupal groups are lightning talks, where everyone has an opportunity to spend 5-10 minutes to do a demo, ask other attendees questions about a Drupal problem, etc.

Location

We're meeting at Java Station, a quiet and low key café on the corner of Hollister Ave. and Arboleda Rd. Their phone number is (805) 681-0202.

Java Station on 4447 Hollister Ave, Santa Barbara, CA 93110

Sign up!

Sign up by logging in and clicking the "Signup" button below. Knowing how many people are interested in attending can help us better select good locations in the future. People who sign up will also have last minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meetup.

Also, if a new version of the Signup module is released (and installed on groups.drupal.org) in time before the meetup, you might receive an automatic email reminder a day or so before the event. If you'd like that to happen, please help test the 5.x-2.x-dev version that now includes this functionality.

Southern California

Drupal Developer to finalize BETA site | eleven23

myarusso — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:32:07 +0000

Looking for part-time/contractual Drupal Developer Assistance to finalize drupal site in BETA stage. Need the Newsletter block to function, 4th level navigation to work with paging, account user sign up and a few remaining issues. This is a 2 week project wrap up and looking for someone to help finalize site before launch date in mid November.

We are located in PST and are available for conference calls 9am-8pm PST.

Please respond if interested

Thanks!

matt@ethosdesign.net

Site in progress --v

Santa Barbara, CA

LA Drupal October 2008 meeting

Chris Charlton — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:11:39 +0000

When? Tuesday, Oct. 28th, 7pm-9:30pm

Where? RMI Los Angeles located at 525 Venezia Ave., Venice, CA 90291 No RSVP required.

Topics

Beginner / Intermediate Topics

Digital Dollhouse - OVERVIEW & LAUNCH (30min): Christefano, Lee, Scott Nelson, and Beverly Tang
Writing Your First Drupal Module! Learn everything you need to get started writing modules! Session comes with homework and code samples that follow along the presentation and illustrate specific points and techniques. Karl Schierer
Views 2 module (30min): Blake -> moved to November mtg

Int -> Advanced Topic

Drush (~30min) - drush.module itself doesn't provide any actual tools or commands - but it's still amazingly cool! showing us why and how to do some cool tricks John De La Cruz. - moved to November mtg

Plus...

In addition to our presentation(s) of the night we have open-mic opportunities for those who have general Drupal questions or need help, time for those who are hiring or looking for consultants, upcoming Drupal training announcements, prizes for attendees, and as always, the end of the meeting networking session with the fun and knowledgeable LA Drupal crowd.

Tags for the night:
Post photos on Flickr with the tag "ladrupal".

Upcoming.org machine tag: upcoming:event=1195647
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1195647

Southern California

LA Drupal meetings (video podcast) on iTunes

Chris Charlton — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:20:24 +0000

Our video channel (provided by Blip.tv) allows us to broadcast our videos in a feed for you, iTunes, Yahoo, and Adobe's Media Player. I've spent some time massaging these settings and we're now live on iTunes under the Podcast section. Subscribe or just feel free to download videos there.

The first videos that are listed are our May 2008 recordings of Scott Nelson covering the Services module and AMFPHP module (four parts).

Videocasters

Planning ahead for DrupalCamp in LA

Markus Sandy — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:47:25 +0000

Anyone in the SB/Ventura area planning to attend DrupalCampLA in September?

I can carpool with a few folks from Ojai/Ventura area if anyone needs a ride.

I wondering whether to go for one day or two. Last year, there was no actual camping at the AOL head quarters and so we had to get (none-too-cheap) hotel rooms or find ways on to roof-tops ;) The last BarCampLA was the same. I'm hoping this will change, but it depends on venue availability of course. In any case, it's good to plan ahead.

If we go two days, anyone know any good places to crash?

Santa Barbara, CA

webmaster | Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara

barron — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:25:07 +0000

Career position with a prominent international institute housed on one of the most scenic campuses.
Looking for a seasoned drupaler who hates surfing (or likes bad surfing ;)

Santa Barbara, CA

Ever wonder what the LADrupal meetups are like?

Mike Stewart — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:35:55 +0000

we're mostly friendly. and mostly fun. but we're pretty geeky. in a cool way, of course. but this month we're a bit melancholy on the news Crystal is leaving us for Seattle. :-/

the good news is that we taped our meeting. ya, real geeky. but LA area is HUGE. and sometimes making it to the meeting in person can be difficult. so there you go... we're geeky but thinking about everyone that wanted to join us, but couldn't.

I hope to tape and stream the next meeting in July - with questions available in real-time in either IRC or dimdim. but that depends on Internet - last two months we've had sketchy connection - whats up with that RMI?! ok, not dogging the venue, cuz its simply awesome... and free, and comes with overhead projector, and TONS of seating. It's just the Inet connection has sucked lately. but we really need internet for some of the presentations.

anyway, back to the point of this post. like a lot of the drupal world we're using blip.tv to post our video. bookmark or digg or del.icio.us, etc our show URL: http://drupal-la.blip.tv. ya, nomenclature just like our IRC channel

the June meeting rocked. I've still got a lot more uploading to do,,, but there's enough up there to keep you occupied. also, Tom Friedhof was cool enough to host the slides for download (since they're bigger than the 1MB limit of groups.drupal.org (gdo). Tom Rocks!

Santa Barbara, CA

June Santa Barbara Drupal Meetup! - Thu., 6/12, 6-10pm

grugnog — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:52:25 +0000

Based on the discussion thread and chatting with a couple of folks offline, I think we might as well set a date! With 16 of us (and more to come, surely!), it is unlikely we will find a date and place that works perfectly for everyone, but I suggest we start with this (second Thursday of the month) and see how it goes.

The meetup will be at the Daily Grind coffee shop which is a pretty easy walk from downtown, has free WiFi, a wide range of caffeinated drinks and a very fine line in muffins and other food. If you are coming from highway 101 exit at Mission and you are right there - there is parking available. It's walkable from downtown, or a very short walk from several bus routes.

I put time as 6pm until 10pm (which I believe is the closing time) but feel free to just drop by for an hour or 2 if you have other engagements. Please click the sign-up link so we have some idea of how many are planning on coming.

Look for people with laptops (bring your own!) and/or Drupal t-shirts and rambling on about 'nodes', 'modules', 'hooks' and other stuff that is unlikely to come up in non-Drupaller conversation :)

Hope to see you there!

- Owen

Santa Barbara, CA

Drupal Fundamentals Class - Santa Barbara California

lauramba — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:16:52 +0000

This two day course is designed for new and intermediate users of Drupal. Overview and best practices for installation and configuration of Drupal core, contributed modules, and themes. Includes user permissions and roles, site configuration, site information and maintenance, input formats, and post settings. Content types, taxonomy, panels, media, and views will be discussed in detail.
Two Break Out Sessions: "Practice Installations and Problem Solving" and "Design and Implement a Theme"
Special Session: Using Drupal for Intranets, Extranets, and as a Project Manager Site.
Learn More - Enroll in Class

Santa Barbara, CA

We're planning a Santa Barbara Drupal Meetup soon, who's interested?

lxpk@drupal.org — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:26:02 +0000

Are you interested in meeting up with other Santa Barbara Drupal folks to build a community here? Introduce yourself and what your Drupal interests are. We're thinking to meet in a cafe like the Daily Grind. Feel free to post your venue suggestions and ideas for the group. What would you like to get out of a local drupal community?

Southern California

A Round of Introductions!

grugnog — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:29:06 +0000

Hi All,

I figured a good place to start would be for us to introduce ourselves - where abouts we live, and what our interest and experience with Drupal is etc. Please add your introductions as comments!

-- Owen

Santa Barbara, CA

Gold Coast Drupal sites

Tyler Suchman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:03:18 +0000

Following is a list of known Drupal websites for companies and projects in SB, SLO and Ventura Counties.

Live Sites

Apperceive.com - digital urban planners who design, build and work in community-based web sites and social media networks.

Under Construction

Laurel Springs School (5.x) - estimated launch 03/07/08
Towngroove (5.x) - estimated launch 05/08
OjaiGiving.org - estimated launch 06/08

Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara, CA

Drupal Camp LA 2008 commemorative t-shirts

Proposal for a Drupal Camp San Diego in early 2009

DATES

VENUE

SESSION TOPICS + SCHEDULE

REGISTRATION COSTS

BUDGET + MATERIALS

SPONSORS

Southern California Group reboot > A call to group managers

Santa Barbara meetup on November 12, 2008

Topics

Location

Sign up!

Drupal Developer to finalize BETA site | eleven23

LA Drupal October 2008 meeting

Beginner / Intermediate Topics

Int -> Advanced Topic

Plus...

LA Drupal meetings (video podcast) on iTunes

Planning ahead for DrupalCamp in LA

webmaster | Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara

Ever wonder what the LADrupal meetups are like?

June Santa Barbara Drupal Meetup! - Thu., 6/12, 6-10pm

Drupal Fundamentals Class - Santa Barbara California

We're planning a Santa Barbara Drupal Meetup soon, who's interested?

A Round of Introductions!

Gold Coast Drupal sites