Central Illinois DUG

I am hoping to get us local Drupal ninjas and any interested together for a monthly meeting. We had the recent meeting at 88 Broadway in Urbana but I was yearning for a computer and internet so we could show things off. I am hoping for more of a hacking/show and tell format that is more familiar to a typical user group meeting. I was thinking of something like the last Wednesday of every month say at 6 or 7 in the evening. I am completely open to other days as well. OJC is more than willing to play host to these meetings until other locations are available.

If you are interested in attending BU Drupal BootCamp on this Friday, May 2nd, 2008 and would like lunch to be provided (free), we need you to sign up by 4:00 pm CST at http://slane.bradley.edu/drupalbootcamp/. If you have particular dietary needs, please contact Steven Merrill or myself so that we can make sure there is something for you to eat.

This call is just for people who would like lunch provided. After this afternoon you can still sign up and attend the event -- we just can't guarantee there will be any food for you -- but campustown is literally just across the street and has a number of different (cheap) food options.

Thanks!

Brian

I thought I'd create this thread as a place to put feedback about DrupalBootCamp UIUC and see what that will mean for our May BU DrupalBootCamp.

This first one comes from one of our IT staff that visited the morning sessions:

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I thought the UIUC Drupal event was very informative. I liked that each speaker had a short stint on their topic, and things moved along at a good pace. Starting off with your presentation provided a nice segue into the rest of the morning topics.

In an effort to compile some great resources for our Drupal Boot Camp Champaign participants, we want you to help us tag your favorite Drupal-related resources on del.icio.us

Please tag your favorite links in the following way:
drupal, bootcamp, [topic]

Where [topic] is one of the following:

• intro -- For resources related to what Drupal is, why people choose Drupal vs. other CMSs, etc
• basics -- Basic Drupal jargon, getting started, installation walkthroughs, etc
• theming -- Your favorite contrib themes, theming guides and help
• modules -- The modules you use most, tips for finding the best modules, etc
• community -- Resources on how to get involved with the Drupal community and hook up with like-minded peers
• inspire -- For resources which showcase just how awesome Drupal is and what can be achieved including but not limited to beautiful feature-rich websites

The Flourish conference is next weekend (April 4th and 5th), and it seems like a logical place to do some Drupal marketing.

It looks like we'd still be able to get a table.

Are there other folks planning on attending that would be up for setting up a marketing table?

Hey Drupalers,

I was talking with some of Bradley's IT higher-ups as part of a portal project that my students are helping skin. Once mentioned that our university webmaster was looking at Drupal, and I immediately began to espouse the benefits of Drupal. (Several of the Slane College sites use Drupal, with several more on the way.)

I mentioned that I'd be willing to help them plan such an implementation, and then someone asked if I could show a few people around Drupal, and maybe do a little training.

In the spirit of the Drupal community, I asked if Bradley could instead sponsor a DrupalCamp. My contacts in IT seemed very receptive to the idea, and said that we could get some labs and some food. We also have a few local multimedia shops who might be able to sponsor anything else that was needed. Bradley has a wireless campus, A/V equipment, and nice labs.

Are there people still interested in a Central IL DUG meet up in Peoria this month? It would need to be near the end of this month (After DrupalCampWI, at least) but I can arrange for a room at Bradley University if there's interest.

Steven Merrill and I were thinking that beyond just socializing we could cover more in-depth on the talk we're giving at DrupalCampWI about Druplash and Druplex (Drupal-powered Flash and Flex). Post back here with preferred times/dates and anything specific you want to hear about (or better yet, talk about).

Video games are also always an option.