NEW LOCATION!!! Smashing Ideas 1601 Second Avenue, Suite 900
Learn about Drupal and meet local Drupal enthusiasts. We meet from 6 pm until 7:30 pm, then reserve the last half-hour for proper socializing, snacking, and further discussion at Pike Place Brewery (map)
Date and Time: May 20th, 6 - 8 pm PST
Coworking at the same location will begin around 3:30pm.
Location:
Smashing Ideas
1601 Second Avenue, Suite 900
Seattle, WA 98101
Agenda
Introductions- brief introductions.
News- a brief update on some Drupal News:
- DrupalCon Highlights
- Drupal 7 Status
- Seattle Drupal Mini Camp (unconference)
- Drupal Summit 2010 Update
Drupal Ecommerce Presentation
This month Tim Rohaly will be presenting on ecommerce in Drupal. Tim is a maintainer for the Uber cart module, the most widely adopted Drupal ecommerce solution. Tim was also working on the plans for Drupal commerce at DrupalCon in San Francisco and will be filling us in on the status of Ubercart and Drupal Commerce for Drupal 7.
If you want to add items to the agenda, please leave a comment.
Comments
Clinic (beginner workshop)
I would like 5 minutes to discuss the proposal for the 2010 Seattle Drupal Clinic (beginner workshop).
Anyone wanting to be in on more the planning (minimal this year) or wanting to volunteer to help the attendees that day (definitely needed), please go to http://groups.google.com/group/sdc-2010-plan?hl=en and request membership in that email list.
Drupal programmer - http://poplarware.com
Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon
Event announcements
Here are some upcoming events.
Colorado Drupal Camp in Denver the weekend of June 26:
http://drupalcampcolorado.org/
DrupalCon Copenhagen is August 22-27:
http://cph2010.drupal.org/
Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit the weekend of October 2 in Vancouver BC:
http://pnwdrupalsummit.org/news/2010/03/02/2010-pnw-drupal-summit-vancouver
DrupaCon Chicago is March 8-11, 2011:
http://chicago2011.drupal.org/chicago
Drupal programmer - http://poplarware.com
Drupal author - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920034612.do
Drupal contributor - https://www.drupal.org/u/jhodgdon
There is also a Drupalcamp in
There is also a Drupalcamp in Chicago the same weekend as Colorado. Site isn't up yet though.
Butler
Jared has asked me to talk a bit about some of the architecture discussions going on for Drupal 8 at http://groups.drupal.org/butler.
May meeting publicity
Meeting posted to these calendars:
http://www.techvibes.com/event/seattle
http://www.techvibes.com/event/seattle-drupal-user-group-meetup
http://upcoming.yahoo.com/group/2472/
http://www.seattletechcalendar.com/
shared with http://www.techflash.com/events.html
What's "Coworking at ... 3:30pm"?
What is the "Coworking at the same location will begin around 3:30pm" all about?
Erik
http://seattlenewmedia.com
Cowork
SeaDUG coworking is an informal gathering of people working on their individual Drupal projects with laptops. Some discussion happens, but most people work in silence until they need a question answered from the group. Monthly SeaDUG meetings are usually preceeded with coworking.
Coworking also applies to situations where people share spaces on a fee basis. For Seattle spaces see http://wiki.coworking.info/CoworkingSeattle
Or alternately
It becomes social hour and we all chat :) Or some of both.
Silly question, but do
Silly question, but do meeting attendees need to pay a fee to show up early/cowork?
Nope!
Just come on by.
EDIT: ha, didn't see heyrocker's reply. That'll teach me to count on threading.
Awesome
See y'all in a bit...I am finally making it down after meeting most of you at the Summit last October...I'm meeting a colleague there so now I have no excuses!
Nope!
Just come on down!
GoTo Meeting?
If the group was interested, I could set up a GoTo Meeting or GoTo Webinar for the tomorrow's meeting. While there are some limitations (Mac/Windows only), both formats could allow for remote attendance and/or be archived for later viewing. GoTo Meeting allows for 2-way phone conferencing while GoTo Webinar is strictly a 1-way presentation. Thoughts?
GoToMeeting
I think if you were to set it up as audio only on a single computer, that could be a good way for people to participate, though video of the proceedings would of course be better.
Might also want to consider
Might also want to consider using dimdim (http://www.dimdim.com/). Not only is it free for up to 20 remote participants it's also open source. Plus no platform limitations. I think this would be great for those of us who want to participate more often but can't always make it into the city.
taking DUGs virtual?
I didn't get it together to do anything on this for tonight, if drtrueblue or anyone else did that's fantastic! If not perhaps we can discuss it further tonight. I think it would be great to put a plan together, test some things out and eventually consider making it a regular part of the process. I think there is some interest even if it is a small group.
Other comments on this virtual discussion may be found here http://groups.drupal.org/node/64213.
Another agenda item
ksenzee has found a meeting space we can use permanently in South Lake Union at Amazon' new space. The upside is its much bigger and would offer us room to grow. Good network, etc. DOwnside is it is somewhat less accessibly to public trans than a downtown location. You would have to trolley there from Westlake mall if your bus lands downtown. We should talk about this and see if its something we want to commit to.
more info
The actual entry we would use is at approximately 421 Boren Ave N, if you want to map it (not that you can actually see it - satellite pics are of the construction site). There's a whole block of on-street angle parking on the same side of the street, plus it's two blocks off the Mercer St. exit, so for drivers it's very convenient. Can't speak for bus riders, but hey, you know you want an excuse to ride the SLUT at least once a month.
It's basically two conference rooms with a movable divider in between that we could slide back, plus a hallway with restrooms + water fountain + countertop where we could stick refreshments etc. I still need to confirm the guest wifi would be one convenient login we can write on the whiteboard, instead of everybody having to register for access. (I'm 95% certain we can get one login.) There's a projection screen, and I understand a projector is available as well but will have to confirm that too. I'm not sure what the local bar options are but I'm sure someone will know.
If we can find a more convenient permanent space that's big enough, then super. This is just one option in case we can't.
oh, and
Worth pointing out there is some bus service there from downtown - from what I can tell route 17 goes through downtown up Westlake Avenue, and 70 goes through downtown up Fairview. Either one looks like it gets you within two blocks.
Overflow attendance
24 people filled the meeting space at Smashing Ideas.
Four photos posted here
http://picasaweb.google.com/wallingconsulting/SeaDUG_20May2010#