Pasadena / San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on May 30, 2013: Users Helping Users & DrupalCon Portland Redux Roundtable

End the month with some fun and Drupal at the San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on Thursday, May 30, 2013 from 6-8pm! (Note that for this month only we are meeting on the Last Thursday of the month instead of the usual 4th Thursday.)

New to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? See http://groups.drupal.org/node/295838#comment-918913 for notes from our last meeting. Here's a testimonial from a happy attendee:

This is a very well organized and informative session. We got a good mix of senior developers and new comers and some in between. It is a pretty good turn out with 11 people considering it is in Pasadena right around rush hours. People are just terrific, very friendly and ready to help others. Feels like I have moved forward by leaps and bounds. Thanks everyone! Christefano got an amazing newbie friendly random generator for the ruffle prize, all us new comers got a prize :)

Our meetup this month will include both Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal; and a DrupalCon Portland Redux Roundtable, dedicated to reviewing all the news and developments from DrupalCon Portland!

Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about something you'd like to see a presentation on? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/300633#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Thanks to our sponsors, we'll be meeting at Pasadena City College each month through August, 2013!

SSD Software Solutions is a full service interactive development and design company. We specialize in back-end development, building custom applications, design, software development, content management systems, maintenance, and e-commerce tools for any web, mobile, or tablet platform. Based in Los Angeles, California, since 2005, SSD has built a sterling reputation for the quality of our work and attentiveness to our client's needs.

Our meetup this month is being organized with assistance from Droplabs (@Droplabs), a collaborative coworking space, classroom and makerspace near Downtown Los Angeles. We're the leading low-cost coworking space in the Greater Los Angeles Area and have shared and private workspaces that are uniquely designed for entrepreneurs, freelancers and remote workers.

Our projection equipment and raffle prizes are being provided by Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. We create fun websites, mobile apps, virtual worlds and e-commerce sites. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.

For any changes to our agenda for the evening, stay tuned to this meetup announcement or click the Sign up button below (or both!) and be notified when the agenda has been updated and to receive the organizers' phone number.

Presentations and Lightning Talks

DrupalCon Portland Redux Roundtable

We'll be reviewing all the news and developments from DrupalCon Portland! The exact number of DrupalCon attendees is still unknown but 3500 tickets were sold, making it the largest conference ever for all things Drupal. At this meetup, we'll have a roundtable discussion of personal highlights from members of the group, followed by presentations and lightning talks that dive deep into our favorite topics.

Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about something you'd like to see a presentation on? Leave a comment at http://groups.drupal.org/node/300633#comments to let the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in.

Users Helping Users

The meetup this month will include both Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal; and Lightning Talks, which are brief, 5-minute long presentations on any topic related to Drupal.

Please note that while Users Helping Users is not designed to be a replacement for bona fide consulting from a Drupal professional that there are plenty of Drupal experts and professionals who attend our meetups and sometimes they need help, too!

Agenda

Our meetups follow a basic format and start off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes and full-length presentations. As always, we'll have community Q&A, during which time anyone in attendance can ask questions, divine answers from the crowd and give brief, 5-10 minute-long presentations known as lightning talks.

After the meetup, we'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 8pm. We may stay at Intelligentsia or over to Jake's or Lucky Baldwin's for something stronger. Even if you can't make it to the meetup, going to the Drupal After Dark is a great way to meet your fellow Drupal community friends and colleagues. Join us!

   6pm
   Introductions and Job Announcements
   News & Upcoming Events, including:
     • Module Development Bootcamp;
     • High Performance Drupal Meetup on June 18, 2013;
     • DrupalCamp LA in Irvine, CA, on July 13 & 14, 2013;
     • Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
   Community Questions and Answers

   7pm
   Raffle prizes!
   Lightning Talks
   Users Helping Users
   DrupalCon Portland Redux Roundtable

   8pm
   Wrap-up, Clean-up and Close-up
   Drupal After Dark

What to Bring

Just bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need.

Food and drinks are not allowed at this venue, but we will be going to a bar or restaurant afterward for a Drupal After Dark.

Drupal After Dark

After the meetup, a bunch of us will walk over to Lucky Baldwins (the one near PCC, not the one in Old Town Pasadena) for food and drinks.

The last time we went to Lucky's, we talked about everything from various forms of non-profit status and fun things to do in Pasadena, to the region's crazy meetup schedule and the differences between some upcoming Drupal workshops.

Raffle prizes! Collect them all! Must be present to win!

Raffle prizes at this meetup have been provided by Exaltation of Larks. Our raffle prizes often include discount codes, magazines, DVDs, books and tickets to attend professional, paid Drupal trainings. Some raffle prizes may be available to remote attendees (at the discretion of the meetup organizers and raffle prize sponsors).

We are always grateful to our sponsors for their continued support. If you have any items you'd like to donate to the raffle, please contact any of the organizers at the meetup. Thank you!

Location and Directions

We'll be meeting in room C163 (C building, room C163; this is on the Eastern side of the building on the lower level).

   Pasadena City College, room C163
   1570 East Colorado Blvd.
   Pasadena, CA 91105

Public Transportation

PCC is accessible by bus, including five Metro Local lines, Metro Rapid, Foothill Transit, and some Pasadena ARTS buses. The school provides a shuttle to and from the Metro Gold Line station and the main campus:

   http://www.pasadena.edu/police/shuttle.cfm

Carpooling

A group of attendees will likely be carpooling together from Droplabs, a coworking space in Downtown Los Angeles. Leave a comment below if you'd like to carpool or offer a ride.

Parking

Parking in the lot at PCC is just $2.