Downtown Drupal Meetup at Droplabs on December 2, 2014: GLADCamp Announcement, Better Sleep Through Web Security and Drupalgeddon Followup

The 1st Tuesday of the month is coming up again and it's time for another Downtown Drupal Meetup! Join us at Droplabs near Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 between 7-9pm Pacific. This meetup is free.

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

We have a killer lineup this month and are having a GLADCamp 2015 announcement and discussion, an encore presentation of Better Sleep Through Web Security and another Drupal Show & Tell.

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.

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 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

Presentations

Do you have a presentation or job announcement that you'd like to share with the group? Is there a topic about anything you'd like to see a presentation on? Post a comment below to let all the organizers and attendees know what you're interested in. Lightning Talks — brief, 5-minute long presentations on any topic related to Drupal — are very welcome.

GLADCamp and SCALE 13x Announcement and Discussion

GLADCamp, which this year was held at the Hilton Pasadena & Convention Center, has joined forces with SCALE, the Southern California Linux Expo, and is during the February 19-22 mega conference.

That's right, we're bringing Drupal to the biggest volunteer-run open-source software conference in the country our sister event is during the February 19-22 mega conference. To provide the best program we can and bring Drupal to thousands of SCALE attendees, we're going to need your help! Come learn what this all means and how you can get involved.

Better Sleep Through Web Security

Christefano Reyes presents Better Sleep Through Web Security, an in-depth overview of web security, what to do do if your website is hacked, and how to sleep better by following basic web security best practices.

The "Drupalgeddon" vulnerability has been covered in mainstream news including Forbes, the BBC and The Register, and has brought web security, frequently an overlooked part of web development, back to the center stage.

This particular vulnerability, officially known as SA-CORE-2014-005, allows attackers with specialized knowledge to send requests to any unprotected Drupal website that result in arbitrary SQL execution, which in turn may lead to privilege escalation, arbitrary PHP execution and total server control.

Topics that will be covered in this presentation include:

• Security vs. Privacy
• Common Attack Vectors
• Drupal's security record and the Drupal Security Team
• SA-CORE-2014-005 (also known as "Drupalgeddon")
• I've Been Hacked! Now What?
• Best Practices for Helping Others and Yourself
• Resources
• Questions / Answers

Christefano is one of the founders of Exaltation of Larks, a Drupal design and engineering firm with a worldwide team of Drupal experts; and Droplabs, an open source-friendly coworking space and business incubator near Downtown Los Angeles. As an advocate of open source software and self-declared meetup junky, he helps organize meetups and conferences all over the Greater Los Angeles Area, including the Los Angeles Chess meetup and LA Geek Dinners.

Lightning Talks

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.

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:
     • LA Geek Dinner, December 10, 2014;
     • Drupal Coworking Friday, December 12, 2014;
     • Module Development Boot Camp, February, 2015;
     • GLADCamp 2015 (Greater Los Angeles Drupal Camp), February 19-22, 2015;
     • DrupalCon Los Angeles 2015 dates announced: May 11-15, 2015;
     • Interesting events listed at http://groups.drupal.org/events
   Community Questions & Answers

   7:30pm
   Better Sleep Through Web Security   
   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 Droplabs.

   Droplabs
   651 Clover St. (Building 2)
   Los Angeles, CA 90031
Main St. / Lamar St. stop on the the Metro Local 76 bus line. This is also the Lincoln Heights / Chinatown DASH stop.

Free parking is available in the lot or on Clover St.

We'll begin our meetup at 7pm.

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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