About Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD)
Greater Los Angeles Drupal (GLAD) is the umbrella group for most of the Drupal activity in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world. We've been bringing more Drupal to more people since 2010, and have as many as 10 meetups and other events dedicated to Drupal topics each and every month.
Our members and organizers have produced hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, conferences, paid trainings, coworking days, study group sessions, movie outings, FREE tutoring sessions from Drupal professionals, and website barnraisings to benefit non-profits and members of our community.
The Greater Los Angeles Drupal leadership team endeavors to actively empower and support volunteers and attendees in the Greater Los Angeles Area, and to provide resources (venues, guidance, equipment, raffle prizes, etc.) and an open governance model with consistency, transparency and accountability.
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Several of our members and organizers proudly participate in the California Drupal Travelers Program, which aims to connect businesses and community members who are visiting the area with our local community and events. Inquire within by contacting any of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network.
What's different about this group? (?)
In addition to our unique open governance model, GLAD has a different geographic focus than other regional groups. Formerly named Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, we've been meeting regularly in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California, since early 2010.
GLAD organizers lead a large number of events in the Greater Los Angeles Area, including Downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, Culver City, Santa Monica, Pasadena, the San Fernando Valley, Orange County, Riverside and Ventura.
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Suggested Topics
Is there a topic you'd like to learn more about? Would you like to offer a presentation, show-and-tell, or quick lightning talk? Please take a look at our Suggested Topics page.
For events by other Drupal user groups in the area, see our Drupal Meetups in the Greater Los Angeles Area page.
News, Events and Discussions
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Drupal Module Development Boot Camp at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on January 13, 2014
We're offering a free, application-based program designed to improve the Drupal skills of beginner- to intermediate-level Drupal and PHP developers. Together as a group, we're going to be diving into Drupal's APIs and helper functions, developing custom modules (many of us for the first time), using version control and other Drupal developer best practices, and advancing our Drupal skills to the next level.
Read moreLos Angeles DrupalCon 2015 Volunteer Interest Sheet
Last updated by Chris Charlton on Tue, 2014-12-16 05:07
THIS DOCUMENT IS OLD. THE NEW VERSION IS HERE: https://groups.drupal.org/node/452283
We do a lot of Drupal in Los Angeles, and with the exciting news that DrupalCon is coming to Los Angeles our city will be the host to thousands of fellow Drupal users, so we'll need a lot of help making sure everyone enjoying the conference has the best time while here.
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DrupalCon coming to Los Angeles (May 11-15, 2015)
DrupalCon is coming to Los Angeles, Spring 2015!
We are all excited at the great news that DrupalCon will be held in Los Angeles in Spring 2015. Final dates to be announced, here's the official website: https://losangeles2015.drupal.org
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Droplabs Open House and DrupalCon Austin Live Stream Extravaganza!
Droplabs is having an open house on Thursday June 5th and you're invited!
We have a bunch of fun announcements, including the launch of Droplabs Academy. Your hosts are Lee (that's me) and Joe Del Rivo. It's free coworking all day and our organized event portion starts at 1:00 PM.
For our Drupal friends, we're hosting the DrupalCon Austin live stream on our big screen for the Closing Session at 1:30 PM.
Read moreDowntown Drupal Meetup via Webcast on June 3, 2014: Show and Tell & DrupalCon Austin Preview
The 1st Tuesday of the month is coming up again and it's time for another Downtown Drupal Meetup! Join us via webcast on Tuesday, June 3, 2014 between 7-9pm Pacific. This meetup is free and there will be food, drinks, and raffle prizes!
Are you new to Drupal or the Downtown Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you.
At this meetup we're having a DrupalCon Austin Preview and a Drupal Show & Tell. After some quick introductions and light news and announcements, we'll be going into 5-minute presentations (called lightning talks) on what each attendee is working on. Everyone who attends will be expected to present on something.
Did you recently attend a great Drupal or tech event that you want to tell us about? Are you currently having a problem that you need help with? Did you solve a problem recently and now have a solution to share with the group? You'll have up to 5 minutes to present and then up to 5 more minutes for Q&A with the other attendees. We'll be using a chess clock to make sure that everyone has enough time.
That's right, it's like Drupal speed chess! (The difference, of course, is that we're not really competing. We're here to share and learn and not "smack down" anybody.)
Read moreWho's going to DrupalCon Austin?
DrupalCon, our community's biggest conference for all things Drupal, is just around the corner. Who's going to Austin? Who's presenting? Where will our group photo be?
To help organize all our activities while in Austin, we have a "DrupalCon LA" group chat on GroupMe. To join the group chat, post a request here in this thread and I'll add you or join the open group at https://groupme.com/join_group/4464455/Xwc6FT
Read moreWorldwide Drupal Happy Hour at Barbara's at the Brewery
Join us on the last Wednesday of every month for Drupal happy hour! We're meeting this time between 5:00-6:30pm on May 28th, 2014, at Barbara's at the Brewery.
There are no sponsors or presentations at this event. Just dinner, drinks and Drupal. Worldwide Drupal Happy Hour is on the last Wednesday of every month and is observed all around the world. Sister events include happy hours in Portland, Oregon and New York City.
This particular happy hour event is just prior to the Open Members Meeting the same evening at 7pm at Droplabs, the world's Top Drupal Location. Everyone is welcome to attend either or both events.
Read moreOpen Office Hours at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on May 21, 2014: Open Source + Startups
Open Office Hours at Droplabs matches experts in startup mentorship, software development and business model generation, with local area programmers, entrepreneurs and small business owners.
This unique event combines one-on-one mentorship with a networking event and provides a fun, high energy experience for everyone. Best of all, participation is free!
Read moreSGV / Pasadena Drupal Meetup and Webcast on May 22, 2014: Drupal Hosting Shootout
We have a great meetup this month in the San Gabriel Valley. Join us from 6-8pm at Fuller Theological Seminary, Glasser 110 on Thursday, April 24, 2014, for Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes, community Q&A, lightning talks and full-length presentations.
This meeting has a featured Drupal Hosting Shootout presentation and discussion. We'll be reviewing various Drupal hosting options, including Acquia, Pantheon, OpenShift, WebEnabled and Platform (which we had a sneek peek of two weeks ago at the Downtown Drupal Meetup).
There's a lot of variety in the Drupal "software as a service" space and we'll also review other people's reviews, including Hosting options for Drupal: Acquia vs Pantheon vs Rackspace Cloud and Best Bang for No Bucks: A Comparison of Free Drupal Hosting Platforms.
Are you new to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you. Here's a testimonial from a happy attendee:
Read moreThis is a very well organized and informative session. We got a good mix of senior developers and new comers and some in between. It is a pretty good turn out with 11 people considering it is in Pasadena right around rush hours. People are just terrific, very friendly and ready to help others. Feels like I have moved forward by leaps and bounds. Thanks everyone!
Did you present at GLADCamp 2014? Please share your slides!
Pasadena Media, one of our GLADCamp 2014 media sponsors, recorded nearly all of GLADCamp, including the keynotes, presentations and several interviews. They've offered to embed the presenters' slides into the session videos. How cool is that? All we need to do is get those slides over to them.
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