Orlando Drupal 7 Launch Party

Posted by caelon on December 19, 2010 at 5:32am

Start:

2011-01-07 17:30 - 20:00 UTC

Event type:

User group meeting

Drupalers all over the world are celebrating the release of Drupal 7 on January 7. The list is growing every day over at http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org/

We'd like to arrange a party in Orlando. While planning for DrupalCamp Florida, I volunteered to head up the effort but later realized I'll be in New York on that night. I'll be glad to organize everything ahead of time but need people to be in charge that night. Additionally, this isn't a one-man job anyway so anyone who wants to jump in is welcome to pick a topic. We can use this thread to plan.

Topics
- Venue
-- UrbanRethink
-- Bar-like location with a back room?
- Refreshments
- Program
-- Intro of new features in Drupal 7
-- Walkthrough of a current Drupal 7 site (Examiner.com?)
-- Modules not ready for Drupal 7
- Entertainment?

Any thoughts or volunteers to pick up items?

Comments

Urban Rethink is out for the

Posted by jcl324 on December 19, 2010 at 5:13pm

Urban Rethink is out for the venue, I just got notice there is another event already booked there that night. Maybe Stardust?

JCL

John, I think it all depends

Posted by liberatr on December 20, 2010 at 1:52pm

John, I think it all depends on how late we want to stay. The Bad Film Appreciation Society kicks off at 8PM. If all we need is a room for a demo, a projector, and a few beers, I don't see why we can't go from 6-8PM.

Ryan Price
DrupalEasy Podcast

Don, can you edit this event

Posted by liberatr on December 27, 2010 at 8:41pm

Don, can you edit this event so it has the correct address, start time, etc? I asked Michael, who is organizing the next event. He told me we are more than welcome.

Friday, Jan 7th, 2011 - 5:30pm - 8pm

Followed at 8PM by Bad Film Appreciation Society, which has a small cover charge

Urban ReThink
625 E Central Blvd
Orlando, FL 32806
Google Maps

I can bring the projector & screen. We have chairs. I don't know if there will be any internet connectivity, except the wifi from next door.

I can also bring some beers and wine, available by donation to the Urban Think! Foundation. We will also "pass the hat" on behalf of the foundation.

We can ask a few people to throw in snacks.

The last thing is figuring out the content of the event itself. I have built a site in D7 - or at least begun to. Hopefully I will be able to show off a live example (the website for Urban ReThink itself).

Someone should find it easy to go through a list of new stuff about Drupal 7 - I could also bring a copy of the Beginning Drupal 7 book by Jacob Redding. If anyone else has D7 books, that would be fun.

Ryan Price
DrupalEasy Podcast