San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on August 22, 2013

End the month with some fun and Drupal at the San Gabriel Valley Drupal Meetup at Pasadena City College on Thursday, August 22, 2013 from 6-8pm!

Room C163!!

New to Drupal or the SGV Drupal meetup? See http://groups.drupal.org/node/295838#comment-918913 for notes from a recent 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!

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/311628#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!

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.

Micro Trends a full service Computer Shop in Pasadena will supply some extra raffle prizes for this meeting.

Presentations and Lightning Talks

Paul Coleman will be presenting a case study the before picture, describing a large project of moving several websites to Drupal. We can easily detour to talk about lessons learned so far and precautions in place to make sure the transition is easy.

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/311628#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 will walk over to 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 at Droplabs;
     • Drupal.LA Project Proposal;
     • Drupal Design Camp LA (October, 2013);
     • Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp (March, 2014);
     • Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
   Community Questions and Answers

   7pm
   Raffle prizes!
   Lightning Talks
   Users Helping Users

   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 are still determining the meeting room, stay tuned here or watch your email for updates.

   Pasadena City College
   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

Parking

Parking in the lot at PCC is just $2.