TriDUG IRC planning session on Tues July 3rd @ 11:30AM

[11:33] <CGMonroe> hey all... short 1 hour meeting ran long..lol
[11:33] <CGMonroe> Who's here for TriDUG?
[11:34] <barbbar> me
[11:34] <CGMonroe> Erik said he had a meeting till 11:30... so he's probably a little late
[11:34] * gloryfish raises hand
[11:35] <CGMonroe> Hey Jay... you monitoring for David et al...lol
[11:36] <CGMonroe> Well, first some news.... I asked David Minton if he was able to do the SEO talk they did in charlotte this month
[11:36] <gloryfish> Haha, for once I added this to my calendar AND set a reminder
[11:36] <CGMonroe> he said he could do it...
[11:36] <CGMonroe> So that takes care of the "big" portion of the meeting.
[11:36] <shrop> I hate I missed that talk.. Hoping to get it whenever the video comes out from DCC..
[11:37] <barbbar> cool
[11:37] <CGMonroe> I'd like to have another presentation... any ideas/offers
[11:37] <enewby> hey everyone
[11:37] <CGMonroe> hey.
[11:38] <barbbar> If you need another location in Durham - Robert at bull City coworking said we could have meetings there. It may be out of the ballpark/DPAC parking range.
[11:38] <barbbar> He let's meetups meet for free.
[11:38] <CGMonroe> Kewl... nice to know.
[11:39] <CGMonroe> Here's some Ideas I had for a second presentation (I could do)
[11:39] <CGMonroe> The Rules module
[11:40] <CGMonroe> or An intro to CSS Selectors and Drupal
[11:41] <CGMonroe> FYI - Rules is an advanced way to have Action happen with certain things happen on your site.... without coding
[11:41] <enewby> CGMonroe: if I remember correctly, some folks seemed interested in front end work. CSS selectors would prob be a good start
[11:41] <CGMonroe> The CSS Selectors thing would be using Firebug to walk thru some "stock" drupal things and point out the way to select specific things to theme with CSS
[11:42] <enewby> right
[11:42] <CGMonroe> E.g. blocks, nodes, views, etc.
[11:42] <barbbar> I like the CSS selectors topic
[11:43] <CGMonroe> Ok, I'll sign up to do that
[11:43] <CGMonroe> I do it enough 1 on 1 here I can scale it up...lol
[11:43] <enewby> :)
[11:44] <CGMonroe> Seems like the meeting is:
[11:44] <CGMonroe> 6:30 Meet and Greet
[11:44] <CGMonroe> 7:00-7:10 Announcements / Jobs
[11:44] <CGMonroe> 7:10-8:10ish SEO Talk
[11:44] <CGMonroe> 8:10-9:00 CSS Selectors
[11:44] <CGMonroe> Adjourn to Mellow Mushroom
[11:44] <enewby> excellent.
[11:44] <gloryfish> What's the date?
[11:44] <enewby> also glad you got the seo talk lined up
[11:44] <CGMonroe> Next wednesday 11th?
[11:45] <CGMonroe> Speaking of cowork days...
[11:45] <gloryfish> enewby: I've heard the talk, lots of good stuff in it
[11:45] <CGMonroe> You probably heard it 4 times as Dave, etc polished it right?
[11:46] <gloryfish> Yeah :)
[11:46] <CGMonroe> Gloryfish -> Jay Roberts from DH
[11:46] * gloryfish waves
[11:46] <CGMonroe> Here's a random thought about the co-work days... could we work a set of drupal training into them?
[11:47] <CGMonroe> Maybe not "classroom" stuff... but have a "view this tutorial and come with questions" thing
[11:47] <barbbar> I like it - I was thinking about something like that - or an hour for open questions.
[11:47] <barbbar> there are some newer folks coming
[11:48] <barbbar> it would be a great way to focus some of the questions.
[11:48] <CGMonroe> I know at Drupal con the training was done with a selection of videos to preview... then more q&a/workshop stuff
[11:48] <enewby> man I wish I could go. It sounds like it's great
[11:48] <barbbar> It is fun - we talked about maybe doing one in Raleigh as well if enough folks are interested.
[11:49] <CGMonroe> Sigh, I need to take the day off to go...lol. Everyone's on the road here M-T so a lot of meeting get set on Fri.
[11:49] <barbbar> cgmonroe: you are nearby - you could come for lunch!
[11:50] <CGMonroe> Yeah, thought about that last time.
[11:50] <CGMonroe> I WILL!
[11:50] <barbbar> Yay!!!
[11:50] <barbbar> There is a Lily's pizza right behind the new place - yum!
[11:50] <CGMonroe> Barb - any thoughts on a Lunch meetup in Raliegh?
[11:50] <mrconnerton> Almost made it to the last lunch. just happened to be in town giving training for two days before but needed to get home :-(
[11:50] <barbbar> Excellent leadin!
[11:50] <barbbar> I need some ideas.
[11:51] <barbbar> Maybe a short presentation, and a "wow I did this" session.
[11:52] <barbbar> I've thought about doing something on Drupal Gardens (I know, not very technical), but I think it is a great way for new folks to see the whole big D7 picture without having to mess with the server setup.
[11:52] <CGMonroe> Then maybe a discussion on hosting options?
[11:52] <barbbar> Their theming tool is nice.
[11:53] <barbbar> Ah - good idea. We had someone at the coworking day we talked out of GoDaddy.....
[11:53] <CGMonroe> a.k.a -RunAwayDaddy
[11:54] <barbbar> :D
[11:54] <CGMonroe> or is that Go(far far away) Daddy
[11:54] <CGMonroe> :P
[11:54] <barbbar> okay - I'll set it up. I can talk about DG, and then we can open it up. I'll ask folks to bring their hosting recommendations and horror stories.
[11:54] <barbbar> Acquia cloud apparently is a challenge as well.
[11:55] <CGMonroe> With the durham meeting early, it might fit in before co-work
[11:56] <CGMonroe> Early Aug probably would work... Erik any news on the "big guys" availablitiy?
[11:56] <barbbar> yup - I'll look at that week in between.
[11:57] <gloryfish> barbar: Yeah, a lot can be said about Acquia, good and bad
[11:58] <barbbar> Thoughts about Wed 7/18 or Friday 7/20?
[11:58] <barbbar> Probably at Kadampa Center again.
[11:58] <CGMonroe> I vote for Friday... cause it give me an excuse to take a half day....lol
[11:59] <enewby> CGMonroe: we're keeping our ears to the ground. no new news yet :)
[11:59] <enewby> will let you know ASAP though
[12:00] <CGMonroe> K, just wondering if we had time for lunch meetup or whatever before he came in Aug... but barb's looking at july.
[12:00] <CGMonroe> Anyway, I think that covers the planning... any other ideas/questions, etc.
[12:00] <barbbar> I'll put it out there for 7/20 and see what kind of response we get.
[12:01] <enewby> I don't think it'll be before Aug
[12:01] <CGMonroe> Yeah, he's european...and is probably taking July off...lol
[12:01] <enewby> haha
[12:02] <CGMonroe> I guess this covers all our business.... I'll post the log, etc...
[12:03] <barbbar> Thanks everyone!!
[12:03] <CGMonroe> Yes, especially since it's the 3rd....lol
[12:04] <CGMonroe> Sorry for the quick IRC setup, I thought the 18th was open and had a week... then when I checked, I saw the Bulls were in town. sigh
[12:04] <enewby> thanks!