A few of us were in IRC and talking about our various meetup plans. As we have a few meetups planned, we decided to have a Skype call on April 16 at 1pm EDT (11am MDT, 5pm UTC, 7pm CET - Find your time) so we could all meet and share thoughts and ideas. After this initial call, we'll schedule another to talk about how it all went. This call is open to anyone who is going to hold a Learn Drupal meetup, or wants to.
UPDATE: I created a free conference call account we can use for the call (it takes up to 96 callers):
Dial in #: +1 209 255 1000
Access code: 882565
This service will also record the call, so we can post the recording for folks who can't make it.
Also, everyone should review the new info posted on learndrupal.org (on the home page) about how to run sprints. (thanks Bryan!)
Here's a quick thought to an agenda for this initial call. I consider this an introductory call and we can schedule more if people want to hash things out on the phone instead of the group discussions or issue queue. I'm mostly looking to:
- introduce ourselves (who are we, what group are we with, why we're here)
- make sure everyone knows what resources we already have for meetups
- have anyone who has done a LD meetup share their thoughts and experiences so others have a better feel for what is involved
Comments
Awesome.
Looking forward to hearing everyone's ideas about how to put the ladder into practice with their user group!
This is so exciting, and
This is so exciting, and re-ignited, or helped fuel, my excitement in this project. I'm looking forward to presenting this at my meetup. I really want it to be successful.
Feeling so good about it
This is really exciting, and I am waiting to listen to you all folks and I am pretty sure it will be awesome.
A big +1
We had a sputtering first start at our last S. Colorado meeting: http://www.meetup.com/Southern-Colorado-Drupal-Users-Group/events/58581022/
Everyone here is stoked.
The only problem I see is that we will need to consciously include a newbie topic every month so we don't scare away the content managers we have attracted in the past.
Rick Nashleanas
www.monarchdigital.com
I'm sure we'll talk about
I'm sure we'll talk about this on the call, but the way I understood how they were doing things in Boston was that, rather than choosing a ladder rung or particular issue for the group, people would first determine where on the ladder they fell, then pair up with someone of similar experience and work through a lesson or issue that was at their level.
Or at least, that's how I'm going to try the first event here, and I'll let you know how it turns out!
I love that idea Brock,
I love that idea Brock, perhaps for the second 1/2 of the first meetup. I guess one of my concerns, approaches, is not everyone who attends the meetup (1) went to DrupalCon (although here in the Denver area the odds are better that they did) and (2) may not be familiar with the Learn Drupal model.
So, one thing I'm looking for is how to introduce it to the members the first time, and then coordination going forward.
My 2 cents FWIW.
My current plan
Yeah, so the way I'm planning to attack this is to start the meetup with 15 minutes to explain what we are going to do - what the ladder is. Then everyone finds where they are on the ladder and does the lesson on the rung above where they are. Each person works on their own lesson, but they have everyone in the room to ask questions of, if needed. If the lesson isn't completely written out yet, then they can research where docs are for that topic and help with getting the lesson more info. We'll see how this works out, but that is my current plan. Then, at the end I have time scheduled to talk about the meetup, what people thought, what they liked and what we can change to make it better, etc.
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This call sounds like a great
This call sounds like a great idea. Thanks for coordinating add1sun. Lookin' forward to talking with you all at 1pm on 4/16.
Notes
My very rough notes from the call
On the call:
Rick in Denver
Bryan ran through the outline of the two types of sprints
Question for Boston people: How do you know how to space them out? Alternate learn and issue sprints?
Bryan and Kay would love to talk to people before they run their first sprint in their area to help answer questions and touch base
We will Doodle call next week to recap the two sprints happening this week. Scheduling info on that coming later.
Thanks Brock! Recording?
I appreciate getting a sense of what was discussed.
add1sun suggested the call was recorded... Is that recording available?
Sorry
I thought I was recording the call, but I didn't. :-( I'll be sure to record the next one.
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