DrupalCamp Johannesburg 2015 will be held on Saturday the 28th of March 2015, from 09:00 until 15:00 at:
Business Connexion
Block Q
Business Connexion Park North
789 16th Road
Randjespark
MidrandJust off New Road, Midrand
Attendance to DrupalCamp Johannesburg is free; Let us know you are going to be there on meetup.com.
Sponsors
Please consider sponsoring DrupalCamp Johannesburg 2015, we have very affordable options available:
Gold Sponsors: R 6 000
- Logo on a Stage Banner.
- Logo on a large Shark Fin.
- 6 Vinyl (back-of-laptop) Gold Sponsor Stickers.
- Noted, always, on DASA.org.za website as a Gold Sponsor.
Silver Sponsors: R 3 000
- Logo on a Stage Banner.
- Logo on a medium Shark Fin.
- 4 Vinyl (back-of-laptop) Silver Sponsor Stickers.
- Noted, always, on DASA.org.za website as a Silver Sponsor.
Individual Sponsors: R 150
- 2 Vinyl (back-of-laptop) Individual Sponsor Stickers.
- Noted, always, on DASA.org.za website as an Individual Sponsor.
Because we have printed material to prepare, the deadline for confirming that you will be a sponsor and for receiving your creative (logo for landscape, ISO216) is noon the 5th of March. It's urgent to contact info@dasa.org.za as soon as possible to arrange sponsorship. The deadlines are tight and it may be tough to handle a heavier load of work close to the deadline.
DASA Board
DASA Governing Board Members agreed, when we formed DASA, to always stand aside if limited sponsorship options are available and the community wishes to sponsor an event. We have only five Gold and five Silver sponsorship spots open. If the community sponsors those and board members already also booked sponsorship, the board members' sponsorship will be downgraded to the first available lower level sponsorship.
Comments
Sponsorships
Hello Everyone,
I just wanted to remind everyone that sponsorships for the Johannesburg DrupalCamp 2015 are open right now.
E-mail info@dasa.org.za for the bank account details if you want to sponsor.
We have one gold, three silver and six individual sponsors so far and there's a few more in the works: http://dasa.org.za/drupalcamp-johannesburg.html
Thanks you to our sponsors thus far:
And individuals thus far:
The earlier one sponsors, the more exposure time there is for the logos and association.
Our first focus on work was on design, that's likely abating towards the end of this week, right now it's on sponsors and production (prints), then speakers and then we'll put in some work that's already being actioned on now to some degree, on attendance.
Kind regards,
Riaan
The Weekly Drop Features Johannesburg DrupalCamp 2015
Hello Everyone,
Just a note that I contacted Bob Kepford (knew him from before with the TopDrops site work) and he added our camp to the most recent release of The Weekly Drop:
http://www.theweeklydrop.com/
E-mailed Drupal news, tutorials, and articles once a week without hours of browsing.
Kind regards,
Riaan
Remaining Places
Hello Everyone,
It's very early times yet, but so we have loads of places open for attendance. RSVP on meetup.com:
http://www.meetup.com/drupal-association-south-africa/events/220367539/
Places for attendance: 8 of 220 seats booked, 112 of 220 seats available. You can RSVP with up to 2 guests and if the event is fully booked, you can enter an automatic waiting list. If you booked and won't come, please change your RSVP to make space available for people in the waiting list.
Sponsorship is doing very well, we have 1 of 5 gold sponsorships available, 4 of 5 available and we have 3 of 5 silver sponsorships available, 2 of 5 available. There is no limit on individual sponsorships at just R 150, we already have 7 of them.
Thank you to our sponsors thus far: http://dasa.org.za/drupalcamp-johannesburg.html
Lastly, we're also in early days for future DrupalCamps, but DrupalCamp Cape Town, planned for around September, an as yet not confirmed larger conference in October at Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg and DrupalCamp Pretoria planned for around March next year entered our monthly DASA meetings agenda this past Wednesday. Awesome days ahead for Drupal in South Africa!
Kind regards,
Riaan
Final Countdown
Hello Everyone,
Thanks to everyone putting in so much work for this camp!
We have been quiet mostly because we are all working very hard, but you can expect more news in this final week as everything comes together and is finalised.
We are just awaiting a few more submissions of information by our sponsors and speakers and a final decision on catering options.
The camp is about 13% fully booked so far, so please make sure to sign up on meetup.com so that we can plan catering for everyone. We plan a bit of an attendance drive this coming week.
Thank you to our sponsors, http://dasa.org.za/drupalcamp-johannesburg.html - we will present them here on GDoSA in the coming week too.
Our future events:
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how can i participate this camp?
i'm from Egypt? and what about fees?
It's free!
Hello Nourhan,
There's no cover charge and the event is catered too. It's free. Simply come through tomorrow morning.
Hope to see you there.
Cheers,
Riaan
Are you planning?
Are you planning on doing this again? I have family in the area.
Certainly Yes!
We have two events lined up:
DrupalCamp Cape Town 2015 will be on Friday the 4th of September 2015. We're very close to announcements and the micro-site for it is expected to go live this week.
We'll also have a Drupal presence at the MyWorld of Tomorrow, 22-24 October 2015 at the Sandton Convention Center.
No exact plans are set yet for next year, but we have formal metrics adopted by the governing board that will track our success as DASA and several of them touch on the events we organise and how successful they are. Early talk is of a Gauteng-based DrupalCamp, this time mid-week, like the Cape Town one, to be held as a DrupalCamp Pretoria 2015 and then of course a Cape Town one again.
We should, by then, also have the Pretoria and Durban meet-ups up and running and we'll have to see what adoption looks like there to see if a camp in Durban may be viable.
Than you very much for the
Than you very much for the information.
how can i fully contribute to
how can i fully contribute to drupal community
Fully... is a lot ;-)
Hello mutungi,
First just a note: It's usually not a good idea to post a question in a thread (collection or discussion) unrelated to the topic of the exchange and also not to "resurrect" a very old topic unless really needed.
Best to use the "Create Discussion" link on the top right of the page and write a nice new topic out for us all to jump in on ;-)
Your question has such a wide range of answers based on your time and ability. I'd say the best way to start if you want to engage the South African community and start helping out would be to attend your closest Drupal user group meet-up. Each meet-up has an unconferencing session where everyone there gets an opportunity to ask questions and that would be your first stop. Next, after that, join a DASA board meeting.
If you want to help with the greater/international Drupal work, perhaps a good place to start would be to make your way through the Drupal ladder: http://drupalladder.org/ Though, of course, your interests and availability will make a big difference on where to start!
Kind regards,
Riaan