Northwest Suburbs Drupal Meetup - Any interest?

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m3fan's picture

Looking to host a monthly Drupal meetup for the northwest suburbs. We are located in Arlington Heights and can provide the venue (nice conference room) along with food (pizza?) for a monthly evening meetup. Meetups would include networking and presentations by the group on a wide range of Drupal topics, focusing somewhat on dev ops, coding, and configuration.

Please reply if you'd have any interest in something like this, as well as what days and times would work best for you.

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Can we help?

plettster's picture

Hi Joel, We're a Drupal training company in Schaumburg and we've been thinking a meetup is needed in our area! We have large classrooms available if you find you need more space then a conference room. Let me know if you're interested.

Yes, please

gjangelo's picture

As far as scheduling, a weekday in the last or first week of the month would be good, as the downtown meetups at Duo Consulting are usually mid-month (3rd week?).

Maybe reach out to them to avoid scheduling conflicts in advance, and maybe even share resources? It would not be a bad if a person that gave a presentation at one meet-up gave it again at another location 2 or 6 weeks later.

Good input so far. I know the

m3fan's picture

Good input so far. I know the guys at Duo pretty well so I would be happy to coordinate with them on the timing. We love their CDMUG meetings but it can be tough to get to the loop after work and then back to the suburbs with families, etc.

NW Suburb Meeting

nxtteam's picture

I agree the downtown meetings are good but not easy to get to. As plettster mentioned above we have a good size classroom in Schaumburg if we needed a bigger space. In any event, please let us know how we can help.

Tom Flynn
President
NxtTeam, Inc.

Support from the Chicago West group

jason.bell's picture

I'm sure a number of our group that meets in the Fox Valley area a bit south of you would be interested in attending and supporting another meetup. We try to meet on the third Wednesday of the month, so if you can avoid schedule conflicts that would be great. We have a number of members who come down from the NW suburbs that would probably appreciate a shorter drive now and then. I'm also sure some of us will make the drive up to make connections.

http://www.meetup.com/The-Fox-Valley-Drupal-Meetup-Group/

Awesome. I saw that Fox

m3fan's picture

Awesome. I saw that Fox Valley meetup group at meetup.com before and have always wanted to attend. Just haven't gotten down there yet!

How does the first Monday of

m3fan's picture

How does the first Monday of the month look? Starting in July perhaps?

Pick a date and go with it.

gjangelo's picture

You are not going to fit everyone's schedule, so just pick a date and go with it. Some people will make it, some will not.

Put it up on meet-up and see how many rsvps you can get in the next 18 days. The first few meetups will probably be sparsely attended, but having a pattern that people can adapt to will build attendance in subsequent dates.

I would attend

Bithmus's picture

I live in Mount Prospect and work in Des Plaines. I would be interested in joining a NW Suburbs Drupal user group. We have a training room and conference rooms in Des Plaines next to the Allstate Arena if we need a location.

September meeting is next week

m3fan's picture

We're making this a reality so stop by next Tuesday night if you can! http://www.meetup.com/Northwest-Drupal-Meetup-Group/events/136710882/