Special May meetup

Hey everyone,

How's it going? I don't think we've had a meetup yet this year! I hope this means our May meetup will be a big one. I have a feeling it will be, especially for experienced developers looking for work. Is anyone going to Drupalcon in Austin, Texas this year? Let me know if you are planning to be there.

Announcements:
Panmedia is looking for developers: https://groups.drupal.org/node/419833

SlashRoots Foundation is looking for developer and designer interns: http://slashroots.org

So for this month's meetup we're having a "learn sprint". What does this mean? See the details below:

Learn Sprint Goal
One hour should be enough time for everyone to: Take the next step on the ladder, identify an issue or two that can be worked an upcoming next issue sprint, or contribute a lesson.

Overview
A learn sprint is a one-hour activity for Drupal User Group meetups. It's part of a community-wide effort to get 1% of active users on drupal.org contributing to Drupal core by 2014. The goal of the activity is to help members of the group work their way up the Drupal Contribution Ladder( http://drupalladder.org/ladder/ee503327-50be-1904-8d04-9499098cad64 ). Whether participants are total Drupal newbies or expert module developers, this is an activity with something for everyone. The activity works like this: People identify where they are on the Drupal Contribution Ladder( http://drupalladder.org/ladder/ee503327-50be-1904-8d04-9499098cad64 ), then they pair up to work through taking the next step on the ladder by following the exercises in the linked lessons. If there are people in the group who aren't interested in the lessons on drupalladder.org, these people can spend the hour helping identify issues for an upcoming issue sprint (explained below) or work on contributing a new lesson to drupalladder.org.

Just reply/post comments if you have any questions. See you all on Thursday, May 8th, @ 6:30pm sharp at Chilitos and remember to signup!