TriDUG IRC planning session on Thurs, Jan 12 @ 3:00

I'll try to attend. I'd be curious to know if there is any interest in holding the TriDUG meet ups during the day time instead of evening hours? I can't make the meetings if they are in the evening.

Below is the log from today's planning meeting. Thanks to everyone who came and Paul Thedinga for volunteering to present / get feedback on a site he's working on.

The quick summary:

Meeting agenda for Next Week set (see meeting post).

Lots of interest in doing something at lunch and a "coworking event" - allen freeman volunteered to get this rolling.

(Take 2 with names not removed as bad tags...lol)

[15:01] <CGMonroe> Who's here for the planning meeting?
[15:01] <timswezy> raises hand
[15:02] <paulthed> raises hand
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[15:02] <CGMonroe> shibby you here?
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[15:03] <paulthed> there he is
[15:03] * juliakm raises hand
[15:03] <CGMonroe> hey jason.
[15:03] <jhibbets> hey folks
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[15:03] <afreeman> Sup.
[15:04] <jhibbets> sorry, still in another meeting, but multi-tasking now :)
[15:04] <CGMonroe> lol... that's why your connected as shibby and jhibbets...lol
[15:04] <CGMonroe> anyway, I think we've got 3 things to talk about:
[15:05] <CGMonroe> 1) The meeting next week
[15:05] <jhibbets> yeah, shibby is at my desk and jhibbets is my back-up (when I'm on my laptop)
[15:05] <CGMonroe> 2) Desigh Hammer's offer
[15:05] <CGMonroe> 3) Julia's post
[15:05] <CGMonroe> Anything else?
[15:05] <afreeman> 2.5) Bull City Coworking's offer to host daytime meetups as well.
[15:06] <CGMonroe> That = Julia's post?
[15:06] <afreeman> negative.
[15:06] <afreeman> I was at Bull City Coworking last week and struck up a convo with the guy in charge.
[15:06] <juliakm> afreeman I'm at Bull City Coworking now. Did you talk to Robert?
[15:06] <SteveCory> Julia's = http://groups.drupal.org/node/195983
[15:07] <Druplicon> http://groups.drupal.org/node/195983 => Drupal Coworking Friday Host FAQ => 0 comments, 1 IRC mention
[15:07] <afreeman> Think so, Julia.
[15:07] <juliakm> Well, doing something here sure seems to make a lot of sense. :)
[15:07] <afreeman> On item 1, do we have an agenda for the meeting?
[15:08] <jhibbets> SteveCory, that sounds good for today's agenda
[15:08] <jhibbets> timswezy, i saw your email. and still need to respond
[15:08] <CGMonroe> Not yet... any offers to present
[15:09] <timswezy> jhibbets thanks, no problem
[15:09] <CGMonroe> I have a "Using WYSIWYG / HTMLPurifier" thing I can do.
[15:09] <jhibbets> CGMonroe, is it wirthwhile to summarize the vitrual meeting from December at the next meetup?
[15:09] <CGMonroe> Yeah, that makes since... and expand on it.
[15:10] <CGMonroe> How long do you think? 1 hour?
[15:10] <jhibbets> i was thinking more like 20-30 minutes
[15:11] <SteveCory> Julia stated, "I'd like to propose a base theme comparison night in the new year where we talk about Omega, Fusion, Zen, etc."
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[15:12] <CGMonroe> Should good... but do we have a presenter?
[15:13] <CGMonroe> Or people willing to "rep" on each theme?
[15:13] <juliakm> CGMonroe I could rep Fusion but not sure about this month
[15:14] <CGMonroe> Yeah, I'm in the fusion camp... with a little bit of Zen usage
[15:14] <timswezy> jhibbets I've been out of the loop for a while, can we reconnoiter about printed materials that TriDUG might need at some point? Either at the meeting or via email. Thanks!
[15:14] <SteveCory> Julia? Did you mean for Drupal 6 or 7? Is Omega in D6?
[15:14] <jhibbets> timswezy, sure
[15:14] <timswezy> jhibbets cool, thanks
[15:14] <juliakm> SteveCory I would prefer to talk about Drupal 7
[15:15] <CGMonroe> Following up on allan's suggestion, we can start a little in person polling about t-shirt interest
[15:15] <CGMonroe> I'll make that part of the Dec v-meeting follow up... and maybe we could include it in the next Raleigh meeting
[15:15] * SteveCory wants a T-Shirt AND a Baseball Cap!
[15:16] <jhibbets> Greg, how long would your WYSIWYG preso take, maybe we do an beginner one preso paried with something more techincal
[15:17] <CGMonroe> I can tailor it to the time... an hour would be nice... but could do it faster
[15:17] <SteveCory> http://www.cafepress.com ?
[15:17] <afreeman> cafepress t-shirts are horribly quality-wise, they tend to be expensive, and I support supporting local business where possible.
[15:17] <timswezy> no to cafepress, I can research some better options, at least depending on how much people want to pay
[15:17] <timswezy> local also good
[15:17] <CGMonroe> Hmm, me thinks Steve is volunteering for the TriDUG Wear commitee...
[15:18] * SteveCory falls down
[15:18] <jhibbets> i've got a local t-shirt guy that uses american apparel
[15:18] <jhibbets> any way.....we could put this as a topic for our meeting
[15:18] <timswezy> sounds good
[15:18] <SteveCory> +1
[15:18] <jhibbets> so let's re-group here on IRC and get a preso topic with a presenter
[15:18] <CGMonroe> Yeah, get interest and ask for volunteers there
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[15:18] <afreeman> I want your t-shirt guy's contact info. I've got a batch of Misery t-shirts to make.
[15:19] <jhibbets> afreeman, his name is adam peele
[15:19] <CGMonroe> One thing that worked last year was the "Highlight your Site" thing (e.g. Opensource.org)
[15:19] <jhibbets> i think he's at Design Box - I'll bring his contact info to the meetup
[15:19] <jhibbets> CGMonroe, .com!
[15:20] <CGMonroe> LOL... that would make me finally finish it...
[15:20] <jhibbets> CGMonroe, maybe a crowdsource session ...
[15:20] <CGMonroe> It is also a Drupal 7 site
[15:20] <jhibbets> let people show-off some of their sites
[15:20] <jhibbets> then get feedback on what to work on for 2012 and how to do it with Drupal
[15:21] <paulthed> I could discuss a site we are starting to build internally. It's in early stages, but could use a lot of feedback from all of you
[15:21] <afreeman> Sounds great.
[15:21] <jhibbets> paulthed, do we need NDA's :)
[15:21] <afreeman> The group typically loves a case study.
[15:21] <paulthed> we are also looking to port our internal knowledgebase over to D7
[15:21] <paulthed> so another thing
[15:22] <paulthed> jhibbets: I don't think you'll have to sign NDAs :)
[15:22] <paulthed> I can filter out anything that need be
[15:22] <CGMonroe> +1 ... I get to see what my son's been doing ...lol
[15:24] <CGMonroe> Can you do this next meeting and how long would you need?
[15:24] <paulthed> yeah, I could do it next meeting
[15:24] <paulthed> 30-45 minutes at most
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[15:25] <paulthed> if someone else wants to present a site too, I can trim it down a lot too
[15:25] <paulthed> can be flexible
[15:26] <CGMonroe> How about:
[15:26] <CGMonroe> 6:30 Meet and Greet
[15:26] <CGMonroe> 7:00 Announcements / Jobs needed or offered
[15:26] <CGMonroe> 7:10 December "Virtual Meeting" recap
[15:26] <CGMonroe> 7:40 Paul T.'s site review
[15:26] <CGMonroe> 8:20 Group problem solving
[15:26] <CGMonroe> 9:00 Mellow Mushroom Time
[15:26] <paulthed> looks good to me
[15:26] <jhibbets> I would add in 10-20 minutes for "SWAG" discussion
[15:27] <CGMonroe> K... figure the group problem solve was to fill anytime left
[15:27] <jhibbets> on the back part of the agenda
[15:27] <jhibbets> yes
[15:27] <SteveCory> Isn't that "SCHWAG"?
[15:28] <CGMonroe> You are SOOO going to be on the commitee now....lol
[15:28] <CGMonroe> OK, looks like we've got an agenda unless any objections... going once
[15:29] <jhibbets> CGMonroe, looks good. Gotta run to my next meeting
[15:29] <jhibbets> see everyone next week
[15:29] <paulthed> sounds good
[15:29] <CGMonroe> Any thoughts about Design hammer's offer?
[15:30] <timswezy> what's their offer?
[15:30] <CGMonroe> To host an lunch time meeting in their RTP offices
[15:30] <SteveCory> http://groups.drupal.org/node/200398#comments
[15:30] <Druplicon> http://groups.drupal.org/node/200398 => TriDUG IRC planning session on Thurs, Jan 12 @ 3:00 => 2 comments, 1 IRC mention
[15:30] <CGMonroe> They can set 12 or so... more if we're friendly and don't need seats.
[15:30] <jhibbets> afreeman, isn't that career fair day thing coming up in February at NCSU?
[15:30] <afreeman> Dunno.
[15:31] <afreeman> Re: DesignHammer, I'm happy to volunteer weekday meetups in the Durham area.
[15:31] <jhibbets> i thought TriDUG was getting a table
[15:31] <SteveCory> http://students.engr.ncsu.edu/careerfair/
[15:31] <juliakm> CGMonroe I'd prefer the Bull City Coworking location to DH just because it's closer to home.
[15:31] <afreeman> Why would we have a table at a career fair?
[15:32] <afreeman> I think we should explore both DesignHammer and BCC to see which venue is going to be a better fit for the midday crowd.
[15:32] <CGMonroe> Julia - Can we do presentation type stuff there?
[15:32] <juliakm> CGMonroe hmm. not sure if they have a projector
[15:32] <afreeman> I suspect it'll be BCC but then I don't know how well they're going to respond to having 15+ people piling into the conference room like sardines.
[15:33] <afreeman> I've got a projector the group can borrow.
[15:33] <juliakm> But, if someone at DH wants to coordinate, then I think it should be there.
[15:34] <CGMonroe> Do we want to consider this as an extra meetup or replacement?
[15:34] <afreeman> extra imho.
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[15:34] <CGMonroe> or an new meetup in rotation...
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[15:35] <afreeman> Not sure what that means.
[15:35] <CGMonroe> e.g. RAL -> Durham -> DH/BCC
[15:35] <afreeman> shrug
[15:36] <afreeman> If there's enough demand for a monthly lunchtime meetup in Durham, turnout's good and we get a lock on a solid venue, I don't see why not.
[15:36] <Purdy> durham lunchtime meetup++
[15:37] <CGMonroe> I REALLY like the idea of lunch time meeting...just not sure we can come up with enough content if they are extra.
[15:37] <afreeman> Different group, different batch of potential presentation volunteers :)
[15:37] <SteveCory> I would feel left out in Chapel Hill, that's about 40 mins travel time
[15:38] <SteveCory> Was a Web-Conference part of the discussion?
[15:39] <juliakm> gotta run but let me know if you need me for anything
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[15:39] <CGMonroe> K - Do folks think we can do something the last friday of this month?
[15:40] <CGMonroe> I'm thinking we start this as an "extra"... and then adjust as needed
[15:41] <afreeman> Given the levels of interest expressed by all the drupal folks at Duke we don't normally see in the evenings I'm cautiously optimistic that this midday thing will have legs.
[15:41] <CGMonroe> Re: Web conference - I may be able to work that in.
[15:41] <CGMonroe> I think so to...
[15:43] <CGMonroe> K - lets mull this over and see if we can put something together for around 27th or 3rd?
[15:44] <afreeman> 27th if you want me to organize it.
[15:44] <afreeman> I'm in Houston 1st week of Feb.
[15:44] <CGMonroe> Don't have a preference... just thinking between normal meetings
[15:44] <afreeman> 27th works for me. We'll have to bounce that off DH before putting it on the calendar.
[15:45] <CGMonroe> Yeah... I was thinking DH would be a good place to start.
[15:45] <afreeman> You want to follow up with David and Kosta or should I do that?
[15:46] <SteveCory> http://groups.drupal.org/user/706544
[15:46] <CGMonroe> I'll let you do that.
[15:46] <afreeman> No worries.
[15:46] <afreeman> Regarding Julia's mention of Drupal Coworking.
[15:47] <afreeman> I'm also heavily in support of that and BCC isn't far from my house so that's something I'd be interested in participating in as well.
[15:47] <CGMonroe> If you/DH are managing the meeting, I might be able to run the "web cam" for a web conference part of this.
[15:47] <afreeman> Worth a shot. I'll let them know we're going to try to film.
[15:48] <CGMonroe> BCC - you thinking a true CC event?
[15:48] <CGMonroe> e.g. people just coming to work there
[15:48] <afreeman> It's a coworking facility....
[15:48] <afreeman> that's pretty much what folks do.
[15:48] <afreeman> I'm sure they'd be happy to have the extra turnout.
[15:49] <afreeman> Next time I'm there I'll ask about a group discount.
[15:49] <CGMonroe> Sounds good... there are a lot of people working @home, etc.
[15:49] <CGMonroe> Nice way for the Drupal community to do a bull session
[15:50] <afreeman> I'll talk to them this evening and email you. Maybe we get something on the calendar for next week.
[15:50] <CGMonroe> K, sounds good.
[15:51] <afreeman> Aight. Sounds like I've got my action items. I'm going to dip. everyone enjoy their afternoons.
[15:51] <CGMonroe> L8R