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Drupal 7 Release BBQ in Victoria, BC
Announcing the Victoria Drupal 7 Release Party!
What: Drupal 7 Release BBQ in Victoria, BC
When: Friday, January 7, 2011 12:00 PM
Where: Victoria School of Business & Technology (VSBT)
301-771 Vernon Ave
Victoria, BC V8X 5A7
250-721-9991
Join the Victoria Drupalers in celebrating the launch of Drupal 7 with a community BBQ!
We will be holding one of our famous BBQ's and of course a Drupal Cake to celebrate.
Location: northStudio and VSBT: 301-771 Vernon Ave, Victoria, BC, V8X5A7
When: January 7th 12-3pm
For more information please call 250-721-9991
Read moreNovember Victoria DUG - Irish Times
Hi all!
Looking forward to our next Victoria Drupal User Group! I have reserved the room at the back right of the Irish Times for our meeting and I will bring a Drupal Sign so look for us there!
Again the location info is:
Irish Times ... Read more Pub
1200 Government St
Victoria, BC V8W 1Y5
(250) 383-7775
Remember to bring your computer to show off yer Drupal Skillz!
-Anne
October Victoria DUG
Reminder to all the Island Drupalistas...
Monthly meet up TOMORROW (Tuesday Oct 12)
Where: Irish Times Upstairs
When: 630-830
Sign up on meetup.com to stay connected: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Drupal-User-Group/
Read moreDrupal in a Day - Training Pre-PNW Drupal Sumitt
northStudio, VSBT (Victoria School of Business and Technology) and Acquia are happy to announce the 'Drupal in a Day Course' on October 1st 2010, a day before the PNW Drupal Summit!
Drupal in a Day Course
Are you curious about Drupal? Wondering how it can be used, and what you or your team could do with it? Drupal in a Day is an overview of the fundamental concepts of Drupal. It would be good as a foundation for potential site builders and an overview for decision makers who want to look under the hood.
Course details:
Read moreVictoria Drupal Meet Up
Come join the local Vancouver Island Drupal crew at Peacock's billiards this upcoming Tuesday August 10th, 6:30pm
Please RSVP here: http://www.meetup.com/Victoria-Drupal-User-Group
Meeting Format
-- Introductions (first 10 min)
-- Speed Geeking: Anyone who wants to showcase or share something Drupal brings a laptop and has 7 minutes to present their stuff. A bell will be rung at 7 minutes and the group moves to the next person. (50 min - up to 7 ppl)
Pacific Northwest Summit is calling for Session Proposals!
Attention Drupalists of the Pacific Northwest and beyond! We know you have brilliant ideas, in-depth knowledge, wonderful experiences, and tried and true lessons you would like to share with the Drupal community. This is your chance! Today we are inviting you to submit your session proposals.
Submit your Proposal Here Before August 6th! - http://pnwdrupalsummit.org
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Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit Update - June 2010
Greetings Drupal Community!
It’s exciting times for Drupal in the Pacific Northwest. Planning for the October 2010 Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit in Vancouver, Canada is progressing nicely. Want to find out more, keep on reading!
Background
The process started in earnest last year with a call for participation. From there we established an Organizing Committee and starting laying down the foundation for the conference. Although I was the one that kicked things off I’m extremely pleased to announce that Vanessa Turke of ImageX Media took on the role of Organizing Committee chair and is doing a wonderful job. The Organizing Committee would also like to acknowledge the support we’re getting from last year’s Seattle organizing committee.
Contacts
| Sponsorship: | Phillip Djwa, Phillip [at] agentic DOT ca |
| Volunteers: | Vanessa Turke, Vanessa [at] imagexmedia DOT com |
| Presenters/Keynotes: | Chris Geoghegan, chris [at] imagexmedia DOT com |
| Training: | Dale McGladdery, dale.mcgladdery [at] gmail DOT com |
| General Inquires: | Vanessa Turke, Vanessa [at] imagexmedia DOT com |
The Conference
Here’s what we’ve nailed down about the conference so far:
| Date: | October 2 & 3, 2010 |
| Venue: | UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, BC |
| Tracks: | Developer Design & Theme Site Architecture & Administration Business & Project Management Birds of a Feather |
| Financing: | The conference is primarily financed from sponsorship, with a small contribution coming from ticket sales. |
| Organizing: | There are no paid organizing positions. We’re all volunteer. |
Combining PNW IRC channels
Hey everybody!
So currently there are three Drupal channels for Pacific Northwest cities - #drupal-portland, #drupal-seattle and #drupal-vancouver. Right now there is a lot of overlap between these channels - people who hang out in two or three, but a lot of the time the individual channels are pretty dead. Additionally, since the Drupal Summit last year, there seems to be more of a broad community feeling between all the groups than there has in the past. So I was thinking maybe we should just do away with the three channels and form a new #drupal-pnw channel. It would bring more of us together and for many remove the need to join two or three channels individually. Local-only discussions could still happen on the groups, as it does already really.
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Drupal Social #15
Come on down, friendly locals having some drinks and talking about whatever comes up.
If you are just learning about drupal this is the place to get your feet wet and learn a few things.
Where?
Garrick's Head Pub
It's in the Bedford Regency, right in Bastion square.
See you there!
Read moreDrupal Social #14, Drupalcamp Victoria 2009 here we come
Drupalcamp Victoria 2009 is only a few weeks away, lets get together and talk about what will happen and what you might like to see.
Drupalcamp Victoria Website
It's starting on Friday the 11th of September 2009 and finishing on the 12th. We time it so that people who are interested can also attend the Beerfest event on the Friday afternoon.
Lets meet up to discuss all this and more:
Tuesday, August 25th 2009 at 7PM PST
Where?
Garrick's Head Pub
It's in the Bedford Regency, right in Bastion square.
Drupal Social #13, Where have you been?
The last meetup was the largest yet, somewhere around eight people showed up and we nearly closed the pub!
Who?
Great people, hope to see some new faces at the next one.
What?
Great beers on tap, Drupal talk, hobby talk, anything really.
When?
Wednesday, July 15th 2009 at 7PM PST
Where?
Garrick's Head Pub
It's in the Bedford Regency, right in Bastion square.
Why?
There aren't enough holidays to go around, so I am making one up.
Drupal Camp Victoria 2009
NorthStudio and the Victoria School of Business and Technology are once again proud to host the second annual Drupal Camp Victoria, in Victoria, BC September 11th and 12th. Just like last year, we have timed Drupal Camp to happen around the Great Canadian Beer festival. Please go to http://drupalcamp.northstudio.com/ for more information and to sign up.
Read more25% Off Offer for Open Web Vancouver 2009
We Drupaler's of the Pacific Northwest have been given a special offer for Open Web Vancouver 2009 on June 11/12. The first 10 people using the discount code: DRUPALISTA at registration get 25% off on their ticket.
This is going to a great conference. Not only are Drupal notables like Angie Byron, Karoly Negyesi, and James Walker presenting, there's many presentations relevant to what's happening in the Drupal community. There's presentations on mobile technology, mashups and cloud computing, and Vancouver Drupal's favorite son, Boris Mann, is speaking on semantic web. I'd also be remiss if I didn't mention presentations by locals Rick Vugteveen and Djun Kim.
Read moreDrupal Social #12 Better late than never!
Here we are finally, live and work getting in the way of good beer and Drupal get togethers!
Come one, come all!
Garrick's Head Pub
It's in the Bedford Regency, right in Bastion square. They have several of the micro-brewery offerings on tap, Pipers Pale Ale is good, but when that is as close as it gets to "Micro" one yearns for more.
Be there at 7PM, Wednesday the 10th of June!
Cheers!
Gord.
Drupal Social #11... What rhymes with eleven?
Well, the weekday is moving again, now to Tuesday, and while I'm at it, let move locations too!
Garrick's Head Pub
It's in the Bedford Regency, right in Bastion square. They have several of the micro-brewery offerings on tap, Pipers Pale Ale is good, but when that is as close as it gets to "Micro" one yearns for more.
Be there at 7PM, Tuesday the 31st!
Also, we won't be conflicting with the Web Posse group meeting on Wednesdays.
Cheers!
Gord.
Official Layout Studio Theme
Hi Everyone,
We’ve almost completed the demo and documentation websites for the Layout Studio development theme. This brings us one step closer to having it officially released on drupal.org. Have a look, and please feel free to send me your comments if you see any spelling mistakes or errors.
You can also leave comments on the documentation site.
Until we get approved as a Drupal Project, you can download the theme on the documentation site.
Thanks,
Rene
Drupal Social #10, the cure for your yen
Here we are again, the second meeting of 2009! Last time we had a decent turn out, four in all, even some girls!
Big bad johns at 7PM on Wednesday the 25th of February, I really dislike the spelling of that month by the way...
Remember it gets cozy in there and surprisingly busy for a mid-week night, check your inhibitions at the door :)
Cheers,
Gord.
Seattle's Having a Drupal MiniCamp
Hey neighbors!
I want to extend an invitation to Seattle DUG's upcoming Drupal MiniCamp. We are running it in BarCamp style, so if you have something you want help with, here's a great chance to get it! This is a one day event (Feb. 21), but we'll be running lightening talks where people will pitch their ideas for the Camp two nights before at our monthly meeting (Feb. 19).
Learn more about SEADUG's Drupal MiniCamp
and SEADUG's February 2009 meeting
Read moreDrupal Social #9, so sublime
After a long break during the holidays and recover well into January it is time again!
Join us if you dare, you might learn something, or even teach us...
We are meeting at Big Bad Johns (Part of the Strathcona Hotel)
Meeting time is at 7PM on the 29th of January 2009
Location:
http://www.strathconahotel.com/big_bad_john_s.html
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