Downtown Drupal Meetup at Opodz in Little Tokyo and via WebEx on August 6, 2013

The 1st Tuesday of the month is coming up again and soon it will time for the next Downtown Drupal meetup! We're meeting at Opodz in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles, on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 from 7-9pm (happy hour at 5pm). Those interested in attending this meetup remotely are welcome to join us via WebEx.

At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, as well as raffle prizes, community Q&A, lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations. Is there a presentation topic that you're interested in? Post a comment to either request or offer a presentation, or contact any of the organizers listed above.

Drupal Happy Hour ^

Stay tuned to the comments below for information about where the Drupal Happy Hour prior to this meetup will be. Right now we now that it's very close to our meetup venue and it starts at 5pm.

Thank You to Our Sponsors! ^

Our venue sponsor is Opodz (@Opodz), a hot, new coworking space offering desk space and bandwidth in a well-designed collaborative work environment in the heart of historic Little Tokyo and the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles, California.

Our parking, video conferencing and raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a fully integrated, full service Drupal strategy, consulting, development and training company with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles, California. Follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.

Our organizing sponsor is Droplabs (@Droplabs), a network of collaborative coworking spaces, classrooms and participating businesses in and around Los Angeles, California. We offer mentoring, training and coworking services and programs to entrepreneurs, freelancers, remote workers and lifelong learners.

Drupal After Dark ^

Even if you can't make it to happy hour or the meetup, you're welcome to join us afterward for a Drupal After Dark. After we wrap up the meeting and clean up, a group of us will go to a nearby restaurant or pub. Stay tuned to the comments below for suggestions for a Drupal After Dark location.

Agenda ^

We'll start our meeting promptly at 7pm, so if you are at happy hour please be sure to request your check along with your food order.

Our meetups follow a basic format and starts off with Drupal news and announcements, local job announcements, raffle prizes and full-length presentations. As always, we'll also 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. We'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark at 9:00pm.

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

   5:00pm
   Drupal Happy Hour

   6:55pm
   Projector and Tables / Chairs Setup
   Start of WebEx Meeting

   7:00pm
   Introductions
   News & Upcoming Events, including:
     • Module Development Bootcamp at Droplabs;
     • Drupal.LA Project Proposal;
     • Drupal Design Camp LA (October, 2013);
     • Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp (March, 2014);
     • California Drupal Travelers Program
     • Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
   Raffle Prizes!

   7:30pm

   Lightning Talks
   Featured Presentations

   9:00pm
   Wrap-up, Clean-up and Close-up
   Drupal After Dark and More Networking

Join us on WebEx and Twitter! ^

WebEx

The featured presentations at this meetup will be broadcasted via WebEx, courtesy of Exaltation of Larks. WebEx works in your browser, whether you use Linux, Windows or Mac OS X.

To join the meeting, use the following URL or meeting ID:

   URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/detail?uuid=MCVM17V5D9UM5YF0C0N75SU9BQ-2J4J
   Short URL: http://ex.tl/ZQo
   Meeting ID: 193 483 719

To test that WebEx is working for you prior to this meetup, check out this "Join a Test Meeting" page:

   http://www.webex.com/test-meeting.html  

You can also receive the meeting URL and password by email by clicking the Sign up button below (a Drupal.org account is required).

Anyone who registers for the WebEx meeting will also be able to view the recording prior to it being uploaded to our video channel at http://www.vimeo.com/GLADrupal

Twitter

During the meetup, several of the event organizers will also be monitoring Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @GLADrupal.

Featured Presentations

At this meetup, we're having our usual news and announcements, raffle prizes, lightning talks (which are short, bite-sized presentations) and featured presentations.

Is there a presentation topic that you're interested in? Post a comment below to either request or offer a presentation, or contact one of the organizers listed above.

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 free seats to professional Drupal trainings. 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

   Opodz
   362 E. 2nd St.
   Los Angeles, CA 90012

Parking

Anyone who carpools and parks at the parking structure at 382 E. 2nd St. will be reimbursed their $4 parking, courtesy of our parking sponsor, Exaltation of Larks. This parking location is within a 2 minute walk of our venue and has a $4 evening rate if arriving after 4pm.

About Greater Los Angeles Drupal ^

With several weekly and monthly events, the Greater Los Angeles Area is one the most active areas for Drupal in the world.

Formerly named Downtown Los Angeles Drupal, we've been meeting regularly in and around Downtown Los Angeles, California, since early 2010, and now organize a large number of events in the area. Our signature events include the Drupal Job Fairs and the Downtown Drupal, Frontend Drupal and High Performance Drupal meetups.

Our members and organizers have produced hundreds of Drupal events, including job fairs, meetups and workshops, conferences, paid trainings, coworking days, study group sessions, movie outings, FREE tutoring sessions from Drupal professionals, and website barnraisings to benefit non-profits and members of our community.

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

If you aren't already a member of Greater Los Angeles Drupal, it's easy to join our community. Our community calendar is on our "Events" tab on our home page at http://groups.drupal.org/node/219129  

We proudly participate in the California Drupal Travelers Program, which aims to connect businesses and community members who are visiting the area with our local community and events. Inquire within by contacting any of the Greater Los Angeles Drupal organizers, or by joining the global Drupal Hospitality Network.

Sign Up! ^

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