San Antonio Texas

This was posted in Facebook by the Austin Drupal Meetup group:

Drupal Meetup with Michael Godeck
Host:
Austin Drupal Meetup
Type:
Meetings - Club/Group Meeting
Network:
Global
Date:
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Time:
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location:
CMA Building Room 3.112, Guadalupe & Dean Keeton, Austin, TX
Description
Drupal Database Management, Drush, & Command Line Scripting with Michael Godeck!

Many are still recovering from the sold-out and jam-packed weekend that was DrupalCamp Dallas 2009. Over 100 developers, users, and business owners curious about the Drupal open source platform gathered in Dallas the first weekend of August for two days of Drupal! Here is what some of the attendees said...

"Definitely one of best DrupalCamps I've attended. The Dallas Drupal users are a vibrant and knowledgeable bunch." - Todd Ross Nienkerk, Four Kitchens

I work at channelAustin, a non-profit 501(c)(3) in Austin that is embracing Drupal. Our current web site is a Drupal site. More importantly, we are partners in the Open Media Project and are working collaboratively with other community television stations nationally on Drupal-based tools and are establishing a new channelAustin site. My wife is a board member of a non-profit, the Save Barton Creek Association, and they have recently converted their web site to Drupal. I’m aware of a handful of other Austin non-profits using Drupal, such as Texas Impact. Within the broader open source community in Austin, there is definitely a connection to non-profits and within that connection there are Drupal developers and implementers. It’s not hard to find reports on Drupal and non-profits, like Drupal for Nonprofits, or, How to Build Social Networks for Change and How Drupal Will Save The World. I periodically learn about large national non-profits that have made the switch to Drupal.

I'm helping with the website for the host committee for AA's 75th anniversary in San Antonio in 2010. The event will require around 5000 volunteers to accommodate the 60,000 recovering drunks hitting the Alamo City next July. The organizers would like for volunteers to be able to sign up for time slots for different jobs.
For example, 60 volunteers are needed for the Tuesday 1pm-3pm Hotel Lobby Greeters slot. Once 60 volunteers sign up, that slot should not be available any more, unless someone drops it.

NOWCast, a citizen journalism project, needs a good looking website with a powerful and flexible CMS.
The project is co-funded by the Knight Foundation and the Alamo Area Community Information System, under the auspices of the San Antonio area Foundation.
I've described some of the attributes we're looking for here: http://nowcastsa.wordpress.com/2009/07/07/choosing-digital-printing-press/
We would love to hear proposals immediately from developers who are enthusiastic about exploring new ways to build community and journalism.
Our launch target is Sept. 9.
Our budget is small.

Digett has an immediate opening for a Senior Web Application Engineer/Developer to help us deliver innovative and effective web marketing solutions to clients. This is a full-time position. We prefer applicants from Boerne, TX and surrounding areas, though we are open to a possible remote arrangement with the right candidate. To express an interest, please send your resume to jobs at digett.com or contact us through our website.

What

It's time for another Austin Drupal Users Group Meetup! Several people have suggested that we devote some time specifically to beginner topics. With that in mind, we'll devote the first 45 minutes to an hour on a beginner topic. Any suggestions?

Also, let's try to have some specific intermediate to advanced presentations scheduled. If you're comfortable presenting, please reply with a topic or topics that you would be interested in covering and approximately how much time you would need for each. If we have more topics than we have time for, we can spread them out over future meetings. If there are any specific topics you'd like to see presented, please post those too.

When

Wednesday, May 27, 6:30-8:45 pm

We're driving up to the Austin DUG meetup tomorrow night, leaving here about 4:45. If you're interested in hitching, we've got three extra seats in the minivan.
Holler and we'll get you some directions.
cheers,
Charlotte-Anne

Charlotte Anne and hubby have offered to let us converge upon their humble abode this time around. Please join us as we discuss the wysiwyg api and configuration tips.

Per Charlotte ... "we can get two or three cars in the driveway, and there is plenty of street parking. We'd be happy to do some espresso or coffee, but beyond that it would be byob"

I look forward to seeing you all there.