Main Monthly LA DRUPAL Meetup Jan 8th, 2013 at Coloft - Topics: Drupal Themes & Responsive Web Design

Join us Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 at Coloft for presentations on Drupal Themes: Responsive Web Design.

Every month experts guide our local community showcasing professional Drupal techniques, industry standards, and best practices. LA Drupal brings a spectacular lineup of topics and presentations centered around Drupal. We help users answer questions, and resolve issues with solutions surrounding planning, supporting, and developing with Drupal.

Mark your calendars for the second Tuesday of each month as "LA DRUPAL DAY"! This event is FREE.

Join us Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 at Coloft for presentations on Drupal Themes: Responsive Web Design.

Every month experts guide our local community showcasing professional Drupal techniques, industry standards, and best practices. LA Drupal brings a spectacular lineup of topics and presentations centered around Drupal. We help users answer questions, and resolve issues with solutions surrounding planning, supporting, and developing with Drupal.

Mark your calendars for the second Tuesday of each month as "LA DRUPAL DAY"! This event is FREE.

7pm-9pm (sharp!)

• Main presentations: Drupal Themes: Responsive Web Design by various presenters such as Ishmael Sanchez, Chris Charlton of SpaceX, and other talented local Drupal members.
• Lightning Talks: (5min ea) Open Floor. Come share something cool, new, and Drupalie! (post a comment to lock in your spot now)
• Raffle prizes from: Build A Module DVD's & monthly memberships, +Job announcements, +Networking, +Wi-fi, and more!
  

When: Tuesday, January 8th, 2013 from 7:00-9:00pm (repeats every second Tuesday night of the month)

Where: Coloft
920 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Park on the streets, but be mindful of the signage!

Thanks to Our Sponsor: Coloft

A big up to our venue sponsor, Coloft, a community and work space focused on empowering entrepreneurs, startups, & freelancers. They love tech. And they believe in awesomeness. Meet and network with talented, like-minded people and be as productive as you can possibly be.

Follow @CoLoft or learn more about who they are.

AGENDA:

7pm-9pm

• News & Announcements
• Job announcements
• Main presentation
• Lightning Talks
• Users Helping Users
• Raffle prizes & Giveaways
• Networking - bring your business cards

9pm-Late
After hours ("Drupal After Dark"): After the meetup, it is typical for many of us to meet at a local restaurant or pub for additional Drupal networking. Please make a suggestiong (with link to map) in the comments, based on suggestions we'll decide as a group during meetup and everyone is welcome to join!

For any changes to our agenda for the evening, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below to be notified when the agenda has been updated.

Lightning Talks

We have time as well for lightning talks, which are 5 minute presentations from attendees who would like to share something with the group. If you'd like to give a lightning talk, be sure to come a few minutes early and bring your laptop (and power and display cables) and whatever else you need.

If you'd like to give a lightning talk, presentation, announce a job position or ask any questions of the group, please leave a comment below and plan to come a few minutes early.

Join us online remotely / We want your feedback!

During the meetup, we'll be gathered in the #drupal-la chat channel (IRC) or our live Google+ Hangout (Video), and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also check Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

As always, please feel welcome to leave a comment below and let others know what you'd like to present ahead of time.

Job announcements

At the beginning of each meetup LA DRUPAL provides an opportunity for local businesses to make job announcements and ask for referrals and recommendations.

Raffle! Prizes! Collect them all!

We love our sponsors and have several raffle prizes from our sponsors in the Los Angeles area and around the world. Raffle prizes for the night include:

• Drupal video training.
• Drupal books.
• Drupal Development Best Practices training ticket for Friday Nov. 16th. (a $499 value). More information about this intermediate/advanced training can be found at: https://www.larks.la/training/2012/11/16/drupal-development-best-practices

If you or your company would like to sponsor a raffle prize at the LA Drupal meetups, please come early or contact the LA Drupal managers.

Food sponsored TBD

Want to sponsor the food and get community love for it? Contact any of the organizers, let them know you want to feed us during the meetup!

What to bring

Bring a co-worker, maybe your laptop or tablet, but definitely bring your business cards for networking. We do a lot of networking!

About LA Drupal

LA Drupal is Southern California's largest hub for all things Drupal, and is one of the world's largest regional Drupal user groups. We host a monthly meeting on the second Tuesday of every month. LA Drupal also produces the annual DrupalCamp LA conference, one of the largest independent annual Drupal training events world-wide since 2007, and host to Drupal Design Camp LA a traveling design-oriented conference.

There are also other member led social gatherings and meetups throughout the southland. Visit http://groups.drupal.org/la for more details.

Attending LA Drupal events is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupaleros and we encourage you to attend meetings and special events regularly. Whether it's about finding solutions to problems you've been having, sharing something you've learned or just meeting interesting like-minded people, the LA Drupal events are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike.

If you aren't already part of LA Drupal, it's easy to become a member (read below) and find events announced at http://groups.drupal.org/la/events

LA Drupal welcomes you and encourages your input & participation!