Sydney January Meetup

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rcross's picture
Start: 
2009-01-15 19:00 - 21:00 Australia/Sydney
Organizers: 
Event type: 
User group meeting

Happy New Year! I hope everyone's holidays went well. I'm sure a few involved a little Drupal love.

The last meetup went really well and there were a lot of Drupal people enjoying the end of year party. There were a lot of good questions asked, and I think everyone benefited from the ensuing discussions, tips and tricks on all sorts of topics. I also tried to take a few notes during the discussions and highlighted some of the "conclusions".

This month we are going to kick off the year with more great presentations. We'll also be having discussions about what everyone wants to see happen through out the rest of the year.

Sign Up!
When: Thursday, January 15th
Time: 7pm - 9pm (Show up around 6:45!!)
Venue: ABC Centre 700 Harris Street, Ultimo ( Map | Directions )

The ABC Centre has some security issues, so it is important that people arrive early and sign in at the security desk so that James can take everyone into the building at once. Everyone just waits and chats in the lobby, so just look around for us if you're new. If you have problems you can call either of us. Many thanks go to the ABC for providing this venue.

Agenda:

  • Greetings and Welcome new people + Announcements
  • Presentation: File & Link Management System by: Rob Howard
    This presentation will show how Rob built an "asset management"-type system with Drupal
  • Break (on the balcony)
  • Discussion Topic: Community Planning
    This will present a few topics, mostly about what we want to do this year as a community and what/how we can organize it.
  • Module Review: Advanced Profile by: Malini Raha
  • General help/Discussion + Drinks/food

Post below if you can talk about something (anything is ok, everyone has something to share) or if you're are interested in other topics for discussion.

Remember to sign up, and I'll send out a reminder announcement a day before the meeting with all the latest details. This will also help us plan numbers/audience.

Other Details

Venue:
Parking is possible at parking meters around thomas street and mary-anne street. But they take a 2 hour max i think. There are carparks behind the abc $15 (enter from thomas street, but on the chinatown side)

Future Presentations:
- See http://groups.drupal.org/node/15140
- What can you present on?

Resources:
Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/group/sydney-drupal-users-group
Photos: http://www.flickr.com/groups/drupal-au/
Chat: #drupal-au on freenode : Connect

Comments

New Module - Menuwriter

behindthepage's picture

Hi all,

I have mucked around with Signwriter again and come up with a module that creates dynamically generated images for menu items then builds a menu block with them. So now you can have a completely dynamic, menu built with images with text generated by any true type font.
For more info http://drupal.org/project/menuwriter

Regards
Geoff

Regards
Geoff
The user previously known as gpdinoz

I'd love to be there so I'm

meitar's picture

I'd love to be there so I'm signing up but I may not ultimately be able to attend. It really depends on how much work I get through over the next two days. :)

Cheers,
-Meitar Moscovitz
Personal: http://maymay.net/
Professional: http://MeitarMoscovitz.com/

discussion of new volunteer project

amaree's picture

I would like to steal 5mins to talk about a new project i am working on for the OLPC using Drupal, let me know if this will be ok ; ) just want to brief the community and let them know and see if anyone else is interested.

Regards

Aimee Maree

Now you have me intrigued,

meitar's picture

Now you have me intrigued, Aimee. :) OLPC is a worthwhile project, even if the organisation itself is struggling. For anyone with the willingness and time, I strongly encourage you to check out the OLPC Friends web site.

but is she coming :-)

behindthepage's picture

She often doesn't sign up as attending. Naughty girl :-)

Everyone please check out my new module - Menuwriter http://drupal.org/project/menuwriter
and demo page http://www.btp1.info/

I am looking for feedback, suggestions and of course adulation.

Regards
Geoff

Regards
Geoff
The user previously known as gpdinoz

Actually ...

theneemies's picture

I might have to bail I won't be there :(

What I would've liked to discuss http://www.slideshare.net/theneemies/drupal-user-profiles-sydney-meetup-...

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

behindthepage's picture

oooooooooooooo

G

Regards
Geoff
The user previously known as gpdinoz

pressing deadline calleth

petey318's picture

Sorry people - I was looking forward to seeing you this evening, but unfortunately I have an urgent deadline for tomorrow am...
I'll see you in February!

Thanks for organising it.

rimian's picture

Thanks Ryan and James for organising it. It was a strange meeting I must say.

Yes, i must say i have never

gollyg's picture

Yes, i must say i have never been to a drupal meetup quite like it. They are actually normally pretty, well, normal!

Hopefully we will see you at the next meetup to prove it ;)

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