November meeting

One thing I think might be helpful for next time is to limit the scope and time of the meeting. As Michael mentioned, as some point our spouses are going to catch on to the all-night format and protest.

I enjoyed doing what we did this time, with informal presentations from each member about what they were currently doing with Drupal. However, we probably could have done one or two people and have it fit in a better time frame. One thought is that it might be good to have one or two people slotted for presentations of some kind, and have informal, optional discussion afterwards about things. I'm sure we all have something we can share, and can probably do some kind of round-robin, switching each meeting. If the group decides to maintain a module, that will give us something else to cover in meetings, but until then it seems good to keep with the cross-pollination of techniques and experiences.

I know a lot of us also attend the Boise Web Technologies Meetup. There's a meetup scheduled for that group on the 8th, so two evenings of back-to-back meetings may be a bit much for some of us (me included).

It appears they have a regular meeting on the second Thursday of the month. Perhaps we ought to select something like the third or fourth Wednesday of a month. This time around, how about the 14th?

I like Eric's offer to do a presentation on patches, and unless someone else has a presentation idea, I can do 15-20 minutes on tweaking Drupal's workflow to match user needs.

Michael Samuelson
aka mlsamuelson

Well, I can do the 14th if that works for everyone else. I'm scheduled to teach a class on th 15th - 17th, so it will just mean yet another night away from home.

BTW: it looks like the Idaho Statesman is using Drupal. I just signed up there to post a comment on a discussion thread, and it sure looked like Drupal (with some customizations) to me. Anybody want to see if their admin would like to join us?

The 14th works just fine for me as well. Just to clarify, are we meeting at 6:30 pm at The Coffehouse in Meridian?

Since I am the new guy... you all set the meeting and I'll just show up.

I am looking forward to the discussion as I have been working with Drupal for about 3 whole weeks now. Fortunately, I have spent about 60 hours per week, modified a module and built a theme (or had my "guy" do it anyway)... so hopefully, I can contribute a little.

Corey Smith

Ok. The meeting room at the Library Coffee house in Meridian is reserved for us from 7:00 to 9:00 on the 14th. I have another meeting earlier in the evening, so I may be a little late getting there, but the room is in my name. See you all there.

Hi Folks,

Up above I think we were talking about having the meeting earlier, since we had agreed that that last meeting went a little too late. 5:30pm sounds good, as was mentioned by msamuleson above, and that way Corey would make it, too. Would that work for you, dwight? Would you be willing to re-schedule the meeting room for 5:30-7:30?

Thanks!
Chris

President of Implied By Design Web Design and Development and Drupal fan

@Kim - we'd love to have you at the meeting.

@everyone - It seems it's pretty sketchy when I get the email updates I subscribed to for this group (will have to look into why!) so I'm going to have to be more diligent about checking in. :)

As it sounds like room availability may be an issue, and due to the short notice, I'm suggesting we go with 7-9pm (though I'll probably have to leave early).

We've picked up some new (potential) attendees since we last met (expecting 2-3 new people), so we may need to think about a new venue... And we ought to formalize (as much as possible) our meeting days and times.

So, agenda:

1. Introductions (15min)
2. Meeting time and venue. (20 min. discussion and decision based on group concensus)
3. Remainder: presentations and sharing.
   • ejhildreth is prepared to do a short presentation on how to make and apply patches to Drupal.
   • I can do a short workflow demonstration if there's nothing more interesting to do...

So, to reiterate: 7-9pm at the Library Coffeehouse in Meridian. Look them up on the web for directions, etc.

See you there.

Sorry I can't make it tonight to meet you all.

In the future, I should be pretty good with a set meeting time. Tuesdays are not the best time. But I can make it work if that is what you all decide.

Since I work for myself, time is fine and I'll stay as long in a meeting as long as we are talking about ways I can be better at Drupal.

Have fun!

If someone takes notes, be sure to post them to the group.

Corey Smith