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
These posts are shown in the order that they were posted (i.e. events do not appear in the order in which they are scheduled in the calendar).
GLADCamp (Greater Los Angeles Area Drupal Camp) Planning Meeting on February 11, 2013, at Droplabs and Google+ Hangout
Several of the organizers of Greater Los Angeles Area Drupal Camp (GLADCamp) have scheduled a planning meeting and scrum tonight, February 11, 2013 between 7-8pm Pacific (10-11pm Eastern). Anyone who's interested in being part of the organizing effort or is just interested in seeing how this conference is coming together is welcome to join us!
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High Performance Drupal Meetup at Filter Digital in Culver City, CA, and via WebEx on February 19, 2013 at 6-8pm: Behat Overview and Real World Examples
The next High Performance Drupal meetup is meeting once again at Filter Digital, a digital solutions agency in Culver City, on February 19, 2013. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.
At this meetup, we're featuring a presentation on Behat Overview and Real World Examples.
Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes and full-length presentations. As always, we'll also have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks.
We're soliciting additional presentations and lightning talks for this meetup. If there's a topic that you'd like give a presentation on, please leave a comment below. Likewise, if there's a topic that you'd like to learn more about, you're welcome to make a request in the comments below. Thank you!
Also see http://groups.drupal.org/node/282243#agenda for details. We'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 8:00pm.
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Light food and refreshments will be served throughout the evening courtesy of our food, drink and venue sponsor, Filter Digital, a digital solutions agency. Filter Digital's client list spans global brands and Fortune 100 companies to startups and boutique firms. Let us help you create a digital solution that fits your needs!
Our video conferencing and raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
This event is being organized with help from Droplabs (@Droplabs), a collaborative classroom and coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. We're quickly gaining a reputation for being the only coworking space around with a with a low-cost business model: come work here and use our tables, chairs, WiFi and conference room with a low, daily or monthly membership fee and only pay more for the extras, such as 24/7 access, equipment rental and a locker for your belongings.
New Module
Hey Guys,
After Ezra G's keynote at Sandcamp, I decided to contribute some of the custom modules I had created for a client project. I decided to start with something small, but useful (IMO).
Gauging Interest in possible pick-up soccer game in Los Angeles
Update- After a decent amount of interest in the Drupal Fit group, I am adding this to the drupal la audience to see if there is anymore interest. Currently there are 6 people interested in playing mostly on the westside of town but I think we could be somewhat flexible on location.
Hi All,
Read moreDrupal Happy Hour at Takami Sushi & Robata in Downtown Los Angeles on February 5, 2013: Sponsored by Exaltation of Larks
Join us today for happy hour, sponsored by Exaltation of Larks! We're meeting between 5:30-7pm on January 15, 2013, at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant (one floor above Sensis, our venue of this month's Downtown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup at 7pm).
Takami serves the highest quality Sushi, Robata and Japanese-influenced entrees and boasts unparalleled views of the LA area with outdoor patio dining. Happy hour at Takami is between 4-7pm and their phone number is 213-236-9600.
Come one, come all!
Location and Directions
Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant
811 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 2100
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Public Transportation
Our venue is 100 feet away from the 7th Street / Metro Red Line Center Station. For information about bus routes, see http://www.metro.net/riding_metro/bus_overview/images/802.pdf
7th Street / Metro Center Station
660 South Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017
213-922-6000
http://www.metro.net
Parking
Anyone who carpools and parks at United Valet Parking, Inc. (757 South Flower St.) will receive complimentary $5 parking courtesy of our parking sponsor, Exaltation of Larks.
- United Valet Parking, Inc. (757 South Flower St.; 213-622-0137)
Both parking locations are within a 3 minute walk of our venue and have a $5 evening rate if arriving after 4pm.
Street parking is $5 per hour from 8am-8pm Pacific. There are ample parking lots and garages in the immediate area. For additional parking locations, see http://en.parkopedia.com/parking/815_west_7th_street_los_angeles_ca_90017/
To carpool or catch the Droplabs shuttle from Union Station, post below in the comments.
Read moreDrupal Coworking Friday on February 8, 2013, at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles
You don't have to work alone. We're happy to take part in yet another Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, classroom and hackerspace. Join us!
We're in Downtown Los Angeles and are happy to host members of our local community and anyone who is just passing through for some coworking, networking and collaboration. We'll be offering the following FREE services to help rock your workday:
- Free parking on Clover St. and N. Main St. and in our large parking lot
- Free, metered WiFi
- Desks, chairs and Ergotron mobile workstations in our open coworking room (on a first-come, first-served basis)
- Hundreds of square feet of whiteboard space
- Use of our private conference room (unless previously reserved)
- Access to our shared lounge area (unless previously reserved)
- Heat / air conditioning
Droplabs is supported by memberships, donations, sponsorship of our events, venue rental and paid upgrades, including high-speed, unmetered WiFi, access to a full kitchen (with stove, oven, fridges, sinks, etc.), equipment rental, locker space for your belongings and unlimited coffee, tea, filtered water, sodas and espresso.
Read moreDowntown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup at Sensis Agency and via WebEx on February 5, 2013: SANDCamp Debrief and GLADCamp DrupalCamp Planning Meeting
The general Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup is on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at Sensis Agency in Downtown Los Angeles. Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx. This meetup is now on the 1st Tuesday of each month.
At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, raffle prizes, lightning talks (short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations. In previous months, we've had presentations on simplytest.me, Responsive Web Design, integrating Drupal and Redmine (a popular ticketing system), a behind-the-scenes look at BuildaModule.com, and DrupalCamp planning meetings.
This time we'll be featuring a SANDCamp Debrief and GLADCamp DrupalCamp Planning meeting. Is there another topic you'd like to see a presentation on at this meetup? Post a comment below!
To carpool or catch the Droplabs shuttle from Union Station, post below in the comments.
Drupal Happy Hour
Join us between 5:30-7pm for happy hour, sponsored by Exaltation of Larks, at Takami Sushi & Robata Restaurant (one floor above Sensis). Takami serves the highest quality Sushi, Robata and Japanese-influenced entrees and boasts unparalleled views of the LA area with outdoor patio dining. (Happy hour at Takami is between 4-7pm and their phone number is 213-236-9600.)
Thank You to Our Sponsors!
Our venue sponsor is Sensis (@SensisAgency), a cross-cultural advertising agency with digital at its core. We got our start building websites and have expanded into a full service advertising agency, helping our clients take advantage of the fundamental changes taking place in the marketing world.
Our parking, happy hour, video conferencing and raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.
This event is being organized with help from Droplabs (@Droplabs), a collaborative coworking space, classroom and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. We're quickly gaining a reputation for being the only coworking space around with a with a low-cost business model: come work here and use our tables, chairs, WiFi and conference room with a low, daily or monthly membership fee and only pay more for the extras, such as 24/7 access, equipment rental and a locker for your belongings.
Mentored Drupal Training and Fundraiser at Droplabs on February 8, 2013
Join us at Droplabs for a Build a Module.com mentored training. This training is from 12-3pm. Bring your laptop, your lunch and learn Drupal!
This training will be focused on Site Building. Please bring a WiFi-enabled computer that you can use to connect to the internet and watch videos on (and a set of headphones). Those without headphones can buy or rent headphones from the venue.
Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training
Pricing
Suggested donation: $20.
Read moreIntroduction to Drupal Workshop and Fundraiser at Droplabs on February 8, 2013
What is Drupal? For large and complex websites, nothing beats it! Where do you start? What is the best way to organize your project to get the best chance of success? This workshop will help you turn your ideas into a concrete todo list — whether you're building the site yourself, handing it off to a developer to build, or something in-between.
Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training
This is the perfect workshop for you if:
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Drupal booth at SCALE 11x - February 22-24, 2013
Last updated by christefano on Mon, 2013-02-25 10:17
Are you interested in helping to spread the word about Drupal? We need your help! SCaLE 11x is coming and LA Drupal is hosting a booth! SCALE 11x, the premier Open Source Community conference in the South Western United States, will be returning to last year's venue at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport. The first 10 that volunteer a minimum of 4 hours will receive a free FULL Conference Pass Admission to SCaLE 11x!! For those that want to go but are unable to volunteer, SCaLE is giving members of the Drupal Community 50% off. Use the coupon code DRUPL (leave out the A) when you sign up.
Following are some of the planning details. It is a WIKI so please feel free to add corrections and additional information.
There are many interested LA Drupal members with great ideas about the booth for this year. Who are you, and what exactly are you thinking of? PLEASE give the details about your contribution to the booth, or your contributed idea about the event that can be implemented or expanded upon to turn this into a tremendous example of who we are at LA DRUPAL!
Want to Volunteer?
- Step 1: signup
- Step 2: commit to a time slot on the schedule and send Scott Knight your contact info and I'll send you a code to register.
- Step 3: edit this wiki with information everyone should know
The easiest thing to do is to volunteer for a time slot at the booth, so edit the Schedule below to pick your times.
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