Downtown Drupal Meetup at Barbara's at the Brewery and via Webcast on August 5, 2014: Show & Tell and AbleOrganizer

The 1st Tuesday of the month is coming up again and it's time for another Downtown Drupal Meetup! Join us at Barbara's at the Brewery near Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, August 5, 2014 between 7-9pm Pacific. This meetup is free and there will be food, drinks, and raffle prizes!

Those who would like to attend remotely are welcome to join us via webcast.

Are you new to Drupal or the Downtown Drupal meetup? Come learn about Drupal and how others like yourself are using it for their project, business or organization. We promise not to talk down to you.

At this meetup we're having another Drupal Show & Tell. After some quick introductions and light news and announcements, we'll be going into 5-minute presentations (called lightning talks) on the projects that each person is working on. We won't be able to get to everyone, but everyone who attends will be expected to present on something.

Did you recently attend a great Drupal or tech event that you want to tell us about? Are you currently having a problem that you need help with? Did you solve a problem recently and now have a solution to share with the group? You'll have up to 5 minutes to present and then up to 5 more minutes for Q&A with the other attendees. We'll be using a chess clock to make sure that everyone has enough time.

That's right, it's like Drupal speed chess! (The difference, of course, is that we're not really competing. We're here to share and learn and not "smack down" anybody.)

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Our technical sponsor and a raffle prize sponsor for this event is Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal design and engineering firm with a team of Drupal experts in Los Angeles. Visit us at www.larks.la and follow us at @LarksLA to learn more about our Drupal services and upcoming trainings.

Our organizing sponsor is Droplabs (@Droplabs), a coworking space, classroom and computer lab in Downtown Los Angeles, California. We're the leading low-cost coworking space in the Greater Los Angeles Area and have services, programs and workspaces that are uniquely designed for entrepreneurs, freelancers, remote workers and lifelong learners.

Zoom, the cloud meeting company, is our phone and video conferencing sponsor. Thanks to Zoom we can present (and record) our meetings to a worldwide audience. Details for joining this meeting remotely are below.

What to Bring

Just bring your laptop, your business cards or whatever else you need. You're also welcome to bring some light food, sodas or beers to share with others at the meetup.

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

At this meetup we're having another Drupal Show & Tell. After some quick introductions and light news and announcements, we'll be going into 5-minute presentations (called lightning talks) on the projects that each person is working on. We won't be able to get to everyone, but everyone who attends will be expected to present on something.

Did you recently attend a great Drupal or tech event that you want to tell us about? Are you currently having a problem that you need help with? Did you solve a problem recently and now have a solution to share with the group? You'll have up to 5 minutes to present and then up to 5 more minutes for Q&A with the other attendees. We'll be using a chess clock to make sure that everyone has enough time.

That's right, it's like Drupal speed chess! (The difference, of course, is that we're not really competing. We're here to share and learn and not "smack down" anybody.)

Due to this particular meetup's meeting format, the end time for this meeting is fairly fluid and is determined by the number of attendees. Once the meeting is over we'll finish off the night with more networking and a Drupal After Dark.

Our meeting starts promptly at 7pm, so if you're somewhere nearby for happy hour please be sure to request your check along with your food order.

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.

   6:55pm
   Projector and Tables / Chairs Setup
   Webcast Begins

   7:00pm
   Introductions & Job Announcements
   News & Upcoming Events, including:
     • Drupal.LA Project and Code Sprint, dates TBD;
     • DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015 dates announced: May 11-15, 2015;
     • Drupal 8.0.x being branched for semantic versioning
     • Introduction to Drupal workshop in Marina Del Rey, August 8, 2014;
     • Drupal Coworking Friday, August 8, 2014;
     • LA Geek Dinner, August 13, 2014;
     • Module Development Boot Camp, dates TBD;
     • EXTREME DRUPAL MEETUP in Marina Del Rey, August 19, 2014;
     • Burning Man Drupal Meetup at Black Rock City, August 30, 2014;
     • DrupalCamp LA 2014 in Irvine, CA, on September 6-7, 2014;
     • LA Geek Dinner, September 10, 2014;
     • Silicon Beach Drupal Meetup in Marina Del Rey, September 16, 2014;
     • Drupal Design Camp LA in Los Angeles, CA, on October 17-19, 2014;
     • BADCamp (Bay Area Drupal Camp) in Berkeley, CA, November , 6-9, 2014;
     • Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
   Community Questions & Answers

   7:30pm
   Drupal Show-and-Tell   
   Raffle Prizes!

   Wrap-up, Clean-up and Close-up
   Drupal After Dark and More Networking

Join us on Twitter and Webcast!

Webcast

Join via webcast with Zoom on a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device:

   Please click this URL to start or join. https://glad.zoom.us/j/314665870
   Or, go to https://glad.zoom.us/join and enter meeting ID: 314 665 870

Join from dial-in phone line:

   Dial: +1 (415) 762-9988 or +1 (646) 568-7788
   Meeting ID: 314 665 870
   Participant ID: Shown after joining the meeting
   International numbers available: https://glad.zoom.us/zoomconference

Twitter

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

Raffle prizes! Collect them all! Must be present to win!

Our raffle prizes at meetups 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 either before or during the meetup. Thank you!

Location & Directions

This event is hosted at Barbara's at the Brewery, a familiar venue for anyone who's been to any the Drupal Happy Hour and Drupal After Dark events we've had there.

   Barbara's at the Brewery
   620 Moulton Ave, #110
   Los Angeles, CA 90031

Check the website at http://barbarasatthebrewery.com for a map and directions and call 855-523-7872 (855-LADRUPAL) if you have any questions or problems finding the venue.

Free parking is available in the Brewery's large parking lot and is first-come, first-served.

We'll begin our meetup at 7pm. Happy Hour at Barbara's is from 4-6pm. Here's a review by The Happy Hour Tour ran back in 2009.

This location is a 5-minute walk from Droplabs, a collaborative coworking space, computer lab and classroom in Downtown Los Angeles.

   Droplabs
   651 Clover St.
   Los Angeles, CA 90031

Barbara's is a 5-10 minute walk from the Main St. / Lamar St. stop on the the Metro Local 76 bus line. This is also the Lincoln Heights / Chinatown DASH stop.

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 Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp (GLADCamp, the Drupal Job Fairs and the Downtown Drupal, San Gabriel Valley Drupal, Hollywood Drupal, the EXTREME DRUPAL MEETUP (formerly the High Performance Drupal meetup) and Silicon Beach 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.

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