Thanks to Shyamala of UniMity for hosting the D7 party. The Drupal enthusiast were no doubt enthusiastic about the party but were surprisingly pleasing bunch of varied technology enthusiasts. There was a round of introduction by the members of the Chennai Drupal Group. Some of the members have been with Drupal since its 4th version and many of them have deployed number of web sites on Drupal. One of the revelation of the party was that the community showed the supporting and nurturing attitude amongst its people. It suggests that the new comers to the community will have ample opportunity to grow and contribute to the Drupal community. Which in turn will multiply the number of members and also its contribution to the Drupal in the coming years. The introduction was followed by a quiz, 20 rounds of question were thrown at the people, the correct answer to each question brought a pen to the winner ! Some lucky folks, rather Drupal geeks walked home with many pens !
The folks from US, Ben, Ezra and Lisa Rex joined the party on Skype, and there were exchange of questions and answers. The BLUE Drupal 7 cake was cut by Shyamala, who also celebrated her birthday on this day of Drupal 7 release ! Finally the snacks and drinks(soft !) and socializing took place to conclude the Drupal 7 party !
Attendees on Skype:
Ben, Ezra and Lisa Rex
Attendees:
G.Suresh Kumar
Shiv Godi
Sivathanush
A.Arun Kumar
J.Senthil Kumar
T.Srinivasa Kumar
T.Srinivasan
E.Madhusudhanan
B.Parameshwar Babu
Jothivel Moorthy
Mandakini
Vinoth Govindarajan
Vasanth
Karthik Jayapal
Sri Ramados
Kishore Vaishnav
Magesh
A.Karthikeyan
Sathish
A.Dharmesh
Alagunambi Welkin
Anil
Udhay
Selva
Dorai
Rajeev
Shyamala
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Parameshwar Babu of ParamProjects.com expressed interest in increasing awareness about drupal to educational institutions so that more students take up drupal as their main career. He explained it's possible run a profitable business with drupal as the main platform based on his personal experience as an entrepreneur-cum-developer.