Drupal NYC June Meetup + Special Event

Our Last Meetup in the Old Space + Party

This month's meetup will be our last meetup at WTC7. After many years we've outgrown the space (those of you who couldn't find chairs know this!) And so we're planning a very special meetup + party. We'll also be announcing the new location.

Afterwards?
We'll head over to Suspenders (just a couple blocks away) for a special going away party sponsored by Acquia!
http://maps.google.com/?q=Suspenders&cid=15798436359602217114

Final list will be given to the venue at 10pm on June 4th (the evening before the meetup)
You need to sign up before then to get in.

Plans?

In addition to really great talks on Views, Drupal 8 and deployment tools, this month's special edition features a look back at the Drupal's history and Drupal NYC group. Joining us will be past organizers of the group to talk about the group's history (such as holding the very first Drupalcamp ever) and we'll also have some talks about Drupal's 13 year history. Other past organizers will be in attendance as well but won't be presenting.

Drupal NYC retrospective

• Noel "NoNeck" Hidalgo
• Scott Trudeau
• Robbie the Geek

What's your Drupal story?
This is something special we're doing just for this meetup which will spotlight stories of the Drupal NYC community. Did you wrestle the performance monster? Solve world hunger? Working on a Drupal based start-up? Add a comment below to tell your Drupal story.

Report from Drupalcon / Code Sprints

Short talks
Have a topic you can present in 5 minutes (with 5 more minutes for questions)? The basic idea is there are patterns for developing sites the "drupal" way ("what would drupal do? etc."). Tell us a quick 5 minute recipe for how to put the Drupal "bricks" together. Theming techniques or other things may also be appropriate. Propose it below in comments. Make sure you mention it is for the "lightning round" otherwise it might get confused with a longer presentation.

• The 10 craziest things I've seen people do in Drupal - Jakub Suchy
• State of Drupal 8 - Jon Pugh
• Drush Bash Wrapper - Fernando Reyes

Longer 20-30 Min Talks
Have a topic that needs more then 5 minutes, we have slots of 20-30 minute talks. The basic idea is there are broader subjects or more detailed discussions this is the type of talk you would want to signup for, please mention 20 min talk when posting your talk description and the audience you expect to speak to.

• Writing a Views plugin - Bleen
• WTF is WFT ? - Skwashd

Break Out Sessions
Breakout sessions take place in the "other room" and are more informal, covering any number of topics.

• NYC Camp planning discussion
- informal, ad hoc discussion to plan next Drupalcamp
• New 2 Drupal BOF table
- New to Drupal? Bring your questions and problems for expert help. If you are new to Drupal and the talks don't apply to you some of us will take a group and talk with you about your issues.
• Other ad hoc breakout BOFs
- Have an interest? Start a BOF at a break out table

Signup Instructions!: 7 World Trade Center security checks your photo id against the list of attendees that we provide.

Where?: 7 World Trade Center, 29th Floor (Mansueto Ventures)
When?: Wednesday June 5th, 6:30 - 9:00 PM

Directions?
http://tinyurl.com/mansuetoventuresdirections

NB: You must have your full name on your drupal.org profile to attend this event. If you do not have your full name on your profile, it will let you register, but your name will NOT be at the security desk at WTC7 when you try to attend the meeting!