Florida

Join us on Tuesday evening, January 15th at 6:30pm for a Brevard County (Space Coast) meetup. The topics for the evening will be:

1. Maggie Ardito suggested a discussion about Drupal owner/operator user groups (her comment below). This will not be a presentation, but rather a group discussion.

This is 2013's inaugural meetup! Come join the fun, learn Drupal and have a few beers!

1. Arbitrarily Sorting Content: NodeQueue vs. Draggable Views

Are you looking for a way to arbitrarily order your data? Do you need to do any of the following?

1. Sort your slideshow pictures into an order that only makes sense to you
2. Put your ecommerce products in a specfic order
3. Organize your FAQs the way that you want them

Within the Drupalverse, there are two popular ways to do this: NodeQueue and Draggable Views. Both have different but similar feature-sets. In this presentation, Mike Herchel will walk you through the pros and cons, configurations and use-cases of each module.

2. Roundtable** Discussion

Have something new and cool that you've done? Need help with a particular topic? Stuck on a View? Bring it up at the roundtable**. This is your chance! Bring it up!

In addition, we'll have

• A [free] 20 minute Drupal beginner session/training for any newbies that attend
• A rundown of the top X Drupal modules - this is always one of our favorites
• Roundtable discussion - What have you done or learned in the last month that's worth showing off?
• A happy-hour / social event afterwards - probably at Harry's or The Top (both are within walking distance)! This'll give us a chance to nerd-talk over a beer or three :)

Details:

• When: Thurs January 10th, 2012 7pm-9pm EDT
• Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
• Room: We'll be in the Foundation Room, which is up the stairs and to the left (follow the wall until you see the sign. Ask for help if needed).
• Afterwards: We'll be going out for food/beer/socializing at a restaurant/bar within walking distance.
• What to bring: Bring your laptop if you have one, if not, don't worry!

**Disclaimer: The table is actually kind of rectangluar.

Broward Meetup (second Wednesday of the month)

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012 2:00pm - 9:00pm

WE ARE HAVING A SPECIAL EVENT THIS MONTH (TEMP LOCATION CHANGE)

This month we will be having our monthly meetup at ITPalooza at Nova Southeastern University. It is South Florida’s biggest holiday event with over 1,000 attendees expected from over 50 South Florida Tech Groups!

Location (same location used for DrupalCamp South Florida):
3301 College Avenue Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33314

ITPalooza South Florida event details:
http://itpalooza.e2mktg.com/

Register:

This will be the initial meeting for people who want to join the FLDC13 Design Committee. Our agenda will be loose, as we'll be delegating tasks to volunteers and deciding on an overall aesthetic for the coming camp.

It will take place on December 11th at 4pm EST. The call-in number is: (805) 360-1000 - use the access code "183551#". Please note that this is not a toll-free call.

The agenda of this meeting will be to brainstorm about not only the camp site's theme design, but the overall design and branding of #FLDC13. We'll be incorporating the Drupal Diver as the main mascot.

Gainesville Drupal Users Group This Thurs, Dec 13th at 7pm

For this December's meetup, the Gainesville Drupal Users Group have 2.5 presentations!

1. Data and Feeds to suit all your needs!

Tired of trying to store all your data as nodes? Need to migrate content into your Drupal site? Brandon Ratzloff will teach you how to create, manage and import database tables using Feeds and Data Module! The best part is, it all works with Views.

1.5 Sublime Text Editor

Brandon Ratzloff will also be giving a half-presentation on Sublime Text Editor, which is an extremely popular cross-platform text editor. From their website: Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, markup and prose. You'll love the slick user interface, extraordinary features and amazing performance.

3. Followup on Version Control Systems (Git)

In addition, Dave Ingram will be discussing the principals and philosophies of Version Control Systems, and in particular, git, the Distributed Version Control System designed by the creator of Linux and used by the Drupal project. Topics discussed will be the ideas behind using a version control system and basic commands and tools to start using git in your own projects. Some specific considerations when using git with Drupal will also be discussed. Finally, hear Dave's thoughts on how git and Drupal truly can make the world a better place.

In addition, we'll have

• A [free] 20 minute Drupal beginner session/training for any newbies that attend
• A rundown of the top X Drupal modules - this is always one of our favorites
• Roundtable discussion - What have you done or learned in the last month that's worth showing off?
• A happy-hour / social event afterwards - probably at Harry's or The Top (both are within walking distance)! This'll give us a chance to nerd-talk over a beer or three :)

Details:

• When: Thurs December 13th, 2012 7pm-9pm EDT
• Where: the Alachua County Downtown Libary (401 East University Ave) Click for Map.
• Room: We'll be in the Foundation Room, which is up the stairs and to the left (follow the wall until you see the sign. Ask for help if needed).
• Afterwards: We'll be going out for food/beer/socializing at a restaurant/bar within walking distance.
• What to bring: Bring your laptop if you have one, if not, don't worry!

For December we'll have another social event as we did for November. Come prepared to talk about any problems you are having or modules you really have been enjoying recently.

We do need a venue. We could use Alot Hotel again like last month if that worked out well or I'm open to other suggestions as well.

In addition I do want to get a speaker/topic scheduled for January. See our topics schedule for ideas: http://groups.drupal.org/node/243873

The first planning conference call for Florida DrupalCamp 2013 will be held Wednesday, December 5, at 4pm EST.

The call-in number is: (805) 360-1000 - use the access code "183551#". Please note that this is not a toll-free call.

We have yet to secure a venue for the event, but are in the process of doing so. Until we do so, we are unable to confirm the date and location for the event.