Boston Drupal Meetup - MIT - April 6, 2010 @ 6:30 pm

Posted by moshe weitzman on December 14, 2009 at 2:33pm

Start:

2010-04-06 18:30 America/New_York

Event type:

User group meeting

We will be hosted by the MIT Drupal Group in Cambridge in Building E51 - Tang Center (mapquest) in room E51-149 . Thanks again to Ed Carlevale for hosting us and to Susan MacPhee for securing this space.

Parking and Transportation:
After 3pm, there is an unattended MIT lot folks can use. It is Hayward Lot http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=P5&Parking=go

Lightning Talks

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to present for 10 minutes on a topic of their choosing. You may show off your Drupal site, ask some questions of the audience, give a module demonstration, share some marketing ideas for Drupal, and so on. Just keep it brief. No expertise or planning required - just do it.

Dinner

After the meetup, some of us will continue the conversation over dinner at MIT's Muddy Charles Pub. We will likely pre-order some pizza so it meets us there. We'll take a count about half way through the meeting.

Comments

Another secret long-since announced meetup

Posted by mlncn on April 5, 2010 at 9:59pm

We'll see who is paying attention to the events page, or gets e-mail updates :-)

^{benjamin, agaric}

like posting public meetings!

Posted by lbourn on April 6, 2010 at 8:51pm

In Massachusetts, the government (board of selectmen, school committees, planning boards, etc) generally has to have its meetings in public. These must be posted with the town clerk at least 48 hours in advance. However, there's no requirement for a maximum advance posting date. Most clerks without fancy Drupal-based calendar features have a list on a clipboard sorted by... posting date. So if you posted your meeting 3 years ago, it's legit, but no one will likely hear about it. So you can lawfully meet away from the prying eyes of the public.

Now, to be fair, the general public usually ignores most public meetings anyway, so although it's a loophole that can be used to diminish public participation, it's not really necessary. Rather a shame all around.

It's a fine line between prompt posting in advance, and getting lost in the shuffle.