Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit

Posted by RockSoup on July 17, 2009 at 6:02am

I am helping to plan a Drupal Event in late October here in Seattle. This event will be a bit different from Drupal camps as we have done them here in Seattle in the past. The focus will be more on folks already in the "Drupal Ecosystem", people who spend much of their time designing, configuring and engineering Drupal. We will not have a focus on the "beginner" track as we have had in the past, rather we will be having a separate event a few weeks earlier to reach out to those checking out the Drupal Ecosystem. The summit will be more like a regional DrupalCon with the goal of serving the people from Portland to Vancouver who are in the Drupal community through some good sessions, BOF's, and networking opportunities. We have secured a great conference space and are excited about what this event will mean to the PNW Drupal community.

I will be in Vancouver next Thursday, the 23rd link and in Portland for the August Monthly Meeting to talk about and promote the event. Please come out to have your say about what would get you excited about attending an event like this.

The slidedeck from the Drupal User Group tonight is here

Thanks, and please ping me if you have any quesitons.

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Close to Portland DrupalCamp

Posted by bonobo on July 17, 2009 at 7:30am

Hello, Jared,

There is a Portland DrupalCamp currently being planned for pretty close to that time.

It would be good to coordinate efforts/timetables.

Cheers,

Bill

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That would be great Bill.

Posted by RockSoup on July 17, 2009 at 5:00pm

I have been following the developments in the Portland Group and in the PDX IRC channel and could not find any indication that there was a date set or a definite commitment to an event. We chose this date because it had the least conflicts of any we could find looking after Drupalcon and before Thanksgiving.

Coordination of efforts/timetables is what we are all about! I don't want to hijack your event or compete with it in any way. I would like to offer a call for help though. We are looking for help in organizing this regional Drupal event. If you are interested please contact me.

I am planning on attending the August meeting in Portland, and look forward to talking about any and all Drupal events then :)

Thanks,

Jared

-jared

We were aiming for an August

Posted by grantkruger on July 17, 2009 at 5:54pm

We were aiming for an August event, but had to change when the company (CubeSpace) hosting our DrupalCamp went out of business. We do try not to step on each other's toes, but sometimes it's hard to do.

Sala kahle,
Grant

I should add that, though

Posted by grantkruger on July 17, 2009 at 6:01pm

I should add that, though nothing is finalized yet, we were aiming for the third weekend in October. We might want to organize complimentary themes, rather than conflicting ones, or shuffle our dates so that they are at least a month apart.

Sala kahle,
Grant