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).
Video How-to and Checklist for Greater Los Angeles Drupal
Last updated by DavidMorris on Sun, 2015-10-11 02:53
This wiki document provides a how-to and checklist for recording, sharing and uploading videos of presentations and meetups for the video channel at https://vimeo.com/GLADrupal published for and by the Greater Los Angeles Drupal user group (formerly Downtown Los Angeles Drupal).
Although this wiki document details how things are being done now (i.e. at the time of this writing), the comments below are an excellent place to discuss and suggest how to improve this process, reduce its costs, generalize it for other user groups and make it more effective and / or collaborative.
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Introduction to Drupal Workshop and Fundraiser at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on December 14, 2012
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 at http://www.larks.la/training
This is the perfect workshop for you if:
- You're new to using Drupal and need a jumpstart in planning a large project
- You're investigating Drupal's viability for your next project
- You're wondering whether to invest time in learning Drupal
- You don't have the time to learn Drupal but will be involved in a Drupal project
| Sign up today at http://www.larks.la/training |
Seating is limited. You'll have access to the experts at Exaltation of Larks — a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company in Los Angeles — learn about Drupal and have a fun day! Sign up now at http://www.larks.la/training
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Drupal Coworking Friday at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles on December 14, 2012
You don't have to work alone. We're happy to take part in yet another Drupal Coworking Friday, a free coworking day at Droplabs, your FREE coworking and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. Join us!
Drupal Coworking Friday is a worldwide event spurred in part by the DrupalEasy Podcast #65, which featured Droplabs.
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 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.
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Barn Raising for Surfcorps.org, Part 2
Hello Everybody:
The original Barn Raising for Surfcorps.org back in October was a great start and it is time to continue work on the Surfcorps site. Please join us at Droplabs on Tuesday, November 27, from 11am to 4pm for this event to move forward with the development of Surfcorps.org.
thanks
Ken Means
Downtown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup on December 18, 2012, at Droplabs and via WebEx + Holiday Party + Food Drive for the LA Food Bank!
Our Downtown Los Angeles Drupal meetup in December is on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 and once again we're combining it with our annual holiday party and food drive. Help us raise even more than we did last year when we raised $500 for the LA Food Bank! See http://groups.drupal.org/node/267768#food-drive for details.
This event is being hosted by Droplabs, your FREE coworking and hackerspace in Downtown Los Angeles. At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, raffle prizes, lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations, and plenty of mingling and networking with your local community during our annual holiday party. See http://groups.drupal.org/node/267768#agenda for our agenda for the evening.
Holiday Party
Even if you can't make it to the meetup, you're welcome to join us after all the raffle prizes, job announcements and presentations for our annual holiday party. We'll be mingling and networking for most of the evening, and the party is potluck-style so bring something to share that you like to eat or drink. Post a comment below to let others know what you're thinking of bringing.
Food Drive for the LA Food Bank
We're organizing another food drive for the LA Food Bank. While the LA Food Bank distributes food to over 640 charitable agencies (Midnight Mission, Boys & Girls Club, etc.). Here are some good ideas of what to bring:
Read moreDrupal rescue project checklist
Last updated by frob on Wed, 2012-11-14 19:44
This wiki page is intended to be a list of best practices for recovering a project that is unknown (asin a new developer to a project) or has been built ignoring Drupal best practices.
Read moreWhen can you meet for the next Surf Corps barn raising?
DrupalCamp Site Visit to USC at 1pm on November 20, 2012
With Drupal Design Camp LA now behind us, we've planned a site visit to University of Southern California (USC) on November 20, 2012, at 1pm, to determine if it will work as a venue for a DrupalCamp we're planning in early 2013. In the tradition of several other site visits that we've gone on, this visit is open to everyone and is an excellent opportunity for anyone who's interested in starting to help organize this event.
After we finish the tour, we'll either head back to Droplabs to talk or go straight to the Downtown Los Angeles Drupal Meetup that's scheduled for the same evening.
Please sign up at http://groups.drupal.org/node/266733#signup or post a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/266733#comments if you're interested in joining us as we tour the facilities. Those who sign up will be on this site visit's mailing list. We'll also send you our phone number and any last-minute details if there are any.
What to Bring
Bring a camera if you have one. This is a walking tour and bringing a laptop, power cables, etc. is not necessary.
Read moreDroplabs "Steak Holder Meeting" at 7pm on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Every Wednesday at 7pm, Droplabs has an open stakeholders meeting with the Droplabs founders, keyholders and members of our community in and around Los Angeles, California. These meetings are a great opportunity to kick back after a day of coworking, get to know your fellow community members and request, offer and brainstorm new services and upcoming events to serve our members and larger community.
Read moreNext Barn Raising for Surfcorps
Hey everybody: The first barn raising for surfcorps.org was a blast. A lot of progress was made. Let's have another one and move this project along.
Currently, I'm available on weekends but I have a project ending soon and will be more available. Droplabs in downtown LA is available as a venue. Who wants to join in and what days and times are good for you?
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