There is now a thriving Drupal community in Bristol.
Freelancers and developers from the many Drupal shops are regularly meeting up and sharing Drupal knowledge and experiences.
We're now meeting once a month, on the third Wednesday of the month.
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If you haven't come along to one of the meetups yet, or haven't come along in a while please do - the more the merrier.
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Topic for the May Meetup presentation
May meetup (let's hope it stops raining this year)
A meetup for May - let's explore a slightly more structured format if we can.
I was thinking a 15-30 minute presentation, followed by dividing into groups - perhaps a "How do I" group to get some guided walkthroughs on Drupal related tasks, and a "Let's build a" group, to work on a lightning project, which could ideally be contributed. Bring a laptop if you have one, we can all join in :-)
I'm not sure what the presentation will be on yet, so I'll add a poll after this, with the current ideas in. The most popular one gets to speak ;-)
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IT MegaMeet
Is anyone going to this?
http://www.itmegameet.co.uk/
It's on the 19th of May 2012 at UWE.
Would be good to have a Drupal presence there next time...
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bristol skill swap ideas
Following on from this comment, I'd like to get some comments both from people requesting a talk (or whatever) or people committing to do one on a given topic.
We can worry about where and when later. It would be in addition to the regular informal meetups in the pub.
I've posted a few notes like this before and not had a particularly good response, but more and more the Bristol Drupallers I speak to are asking when 'something useful', so fingers crossed for this time!
Read moreIt's that time again
First Wednesday of the month => Bristol Drupal meet up.
I know some of you won't know until the last minute but please could you either signup to the event here or drop me a line if you will be coming. There was talk of relocating to a venue with a large space available, but I don't think we should bother unless we're sure we'll get the turn out of the last week.
Maybe we can make a better job of optimally re-arranging the tables this time? We are techies after all!
Read moreApril meetup
Happy easter everyone! The April meetup will be on Wednesday the 4th at the Elephant (venue tbc).
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Meet-up for April?
Is there to be an April meet-up? I need to get out more... and could do with a beer next week at the very least.
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Seeking The Guy I Was Talking To At The Elephant
I was talking to someone, possibly you, at the meetup in the Elephant the other night. We were discussing a Drupal 7 site ( www.babazonsoftware.co.uk ) that I'm developing and we discussed the possibility of your helping. If you'd like to get in touch, please go via the contact page. Thanks!
Read more[Bristol, UK] CiviCRM user and administrator training
A comprehensive hands on training course covering the configuration, administration, and every-day use of CiviCRM. This event is aimed at administrators and technical users at organisations that are either using CiviCRM, or interested in evaluating it. It is also useful for staff at organisations that develop or implement CiviCRM who need a complete understanding of "out of the box" features and configuration options.
For more information and Booking - http://civicrm.org/civicrm/event/info?id=176&reset=1
Read moreSouth West CiviCRM Meetup
Regional UK CiviCRM user MeetUp
Februarys London User Group meeting had over 50 attendees, reflecting the growing popularity and take up of CiviCRM. Whether you want to manage your membership, raise funds, organise events and training or keep your supporters up to date it’s becoming more and more obvious to many managers and IT support agencies that CiviCRM provides a comprehensive package of utilities with the ethos of the voluntary sector at it’s heart.
Read moreMarch meetup (and DrupalCamp discussion)
March meetup after work at the Elephant (unless there are other venue suggestions). Just thought I'd get the event up so people can sign up for reminders.
Mike - if you and some of your lot can make it we can talk DrupalCamping
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Planning some kind of DrupalCamp ...
It feels like we might be due for a Bristol & South West Drupalcamp ... I am more than happy to donate time and effort and ComputerMind's pennies for this if needed, and I think we could get a good bunch of attendees - at least 10 of us Minds for starters, plus I am sure a bunch of our clients (both techies and non techies would be very interested) ...
What do you all think? Anyone up for it?
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hi everyone, sorry for not posting anything sooner. we were discussing a change of venue but it's a bit late now.
does everyone fancy going to the elephant again? we can talk about when/if to try another place while we are there.
if anyone new is reading this. although the start time is set to 6pm, it's totally informal (we don't even have a screen) so feel free to drop in later if you can't make it for 6, we're normally there for a few hours
updated to this year :-D
Read moreComputerminds is Hosting a Weekend Workshop Jan 21/22 Cambridge
See http://www.drupalsciencecamp.org.uk/
They claim that rooms are available at £15. Sadly, not any more. Think 40+.
I have 3 spare seats in my car. Interested in splitting the petrol? jebbushell at gmail dot com
Read morefirst Bristol Drupal meetup of 2012!
After work next Wednesday (11th Jan) at the Elephant. I think this might clash with something else for the people in Wales but we can switch back to our first Wednesday of the month rule for the rest of the year.
Signup (using the tab) if you want the reminder email.
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I'm twiddling my thumbs waiting for our American office to wake up - so I thought I'd write yet another post on here about the Bristol meetups.
Thanks everyone for coming yesterday, great to see you all. I think we had 12 or 13 people turn up, and it's nice we're regularly seeing 10+
I won't put an Event up for next year yet. But I don't think we'll get a good turn out if we stick to the first Wednesday rule, as that's the second day back to work. Shall we push it back a week? How would that work for everyone?
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It was pretty quiet on my previous thread about what presentations everyone would like to see at the xmas meetup.
Pipe up on this thread if you'd like to see anything. I was keen on seeing Rupert's Commerce one and am still prepared to do something on panels if you're interested (in fact, I'm not sure if you are around, or reading this Marcus - but aren't you the super duper panels expert?)
Read morexmas bristol drupal meet up - topic suggestions please
we had another good meet up at the elephant yesterday evening. nice to see everyone
Personally, I learnt that responsive design doesn't have to cause the performance issues I've been having. And Commerce is complete enough to use on our next site requiring a payment solution. I should apologise for a JavaScript/Node.JS outburst to the chap from the Uni (sorry, I've got a blank on your name at the moment) who left shortly after talking to me - related? :o)
Read moreremember remember the 2nd of November ...
this months Drupal meetup/drinks
http://groups.drupal.org/node/182259
hope to see as many as possible there tomorrow!
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November Bristol Drupal meet up
November's Bristol Drupal meetup :) Main details here:
http://groups.drupal.org/node/176284
(I'm just making an even to remind myself! Plus there was a bit of interest in IRC.)
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