This will be a hands-on, one-on-one-ish workshop for setting up Drupal. Because “Everyone in the group should have at least one Drupal site to play with!”.
We'll briefly go through process for installing Drupal (probably both 6 and 7,) then help everyone who wants to install Drupal on their local machine or remote server, (bring a laptop if you've got one.)
Those comfortable with the install process will help those new to it.
I'll recommend using MAMP, WAMP, or XAMP to those who want to quickly set up the Apache/MySQL/php stack on their laptop; (our time is better spent troubleshooting Drupal instead of your system!)
Once we get everyone installed, we'll discuss and help with common next steps for your site: basic configuration, modules, and themes
If you don't have a laptop to install on (or a web host to use,) we'll help you set up a free site on Drupal Gardens.
There's a group in the room til 3pm, so we'll start at 3:15.
http://www.meetup.com/cleveland-drupal/