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DrupalCampPDX Presentation Ideas
Last updated by linuxpoet@drupal.org on Fri, 2008-04-25 07:05
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DrupalCampPDX will be held Saturday May 10th 2008.
If you're interested in presenting a topic or would like to suggest a topic then make a note on this page.
I'd like to offer the following advice to anyone who's hesitant to sign up to lead a session: You know more than you think. Ask yourself what presentation would you have liked to have seen six months ago. We're going to have a wide range of people attending and the odds are very good that you know more about at least one subject than the rest of us do.
You're encouraged to team up with other people. Having two people present works really well. If you're doing a demo one person can "drive" while the other describes what's going on and when you hit the inevitable snag you've got someone to keep talking while you get it straightened out.
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Drupal Social
We'll skip the whole "presentation" and go straight for the food and beers. Come down to the Lucky Labrador Brew Pub (915 SE Hawthorne Blvd) and get social with your fellow Portland Drupalers.
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Links to development info
I thought I'd post a couple of quick links to some of the development resources mentioned by me and others last night at the PDXDUG meeting. (Andrew, maybe you can add a link to the module metrics you were talking about).
As we said last night, don't play on your production site; create a dev/sandbox copy where you can wipe everything out if it gets gnarly (and maybe this is obvious, but make sure you're using a different database that the main site too!).
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DrupalCampPDX Programming
So we are having our DrupalCamp on May 10th. One hell of a crowded meeting last night, so clearly DrupalCampPDX is something we as a group are excited about. Folks came from other parts of Oregon too, including one from Eugene, a sure sign that it's going to be a statewide event at the very least. I volunteered to organize programming. Of course I'm really a Joomla! spy, so get ready to talk a lot about Joomla!. Okay, okay, I'm kidding, no need to write a Grant_is_a_Sod_Bastard module.
A group of volunteers will soon be getting together and talking about programming and general organization and touring the available function space. This will give us a better idea what we can do with programming. Not surprisingly, given the name, you can expect to see plenty of BarCamp-style programming, but we will also have some pre-planned topics, many with a panel of speakers.
Of course programming content will not be determined by me, it will be determined by all of you. Our resident cheerleader drewish set up a wiki (thank you drewish) so please add your panel ideas there, and mention whether you are willing to join a panel on any panel ideas already listed. It's open to all of you so please chip in. We will be having some items where there will be 3 to 5 speakers (one of them a moderator), so feel free to add yourself to an item if you want to volunteer. Also add yourself if you are willing to present either lightening talks, lightening presentations or lightening demonstrations, all around 5-6 mins max, and timed. With enough interest we will group several of you together and make for a fun hour or two.
Please reply to this post if you have any general comments or ideas on programming that may not fit on the wiki.
Please also reply here if you're willing to help me with the organizational side of programming, as time is quite short. Drewish, you are involved by default I think ;) (and I assume you will be at the "Organizing Committee" meetings).
Thanks,
Grant
May 10th Drupal Camp Location locked in
I just wanted to let everyone know that I have secured the PSBA as the location for our Drupal Camp on Saturday May 10th. I will go over the logistics with my fellow committee members at our first meeting....whenever that is.
Thanks
Kerry
Read moreWorking Plans for OSCon 2008
Last updated by todd_tomlinson on Wed, 2008-07-23 16:11
Time is running short but there is a lot of momentum for having something as OSCon 2008. We also have some great people in Portland so lets get organized and bring some Drupal to OSCon 2008! This is a WIKI to help us manage who is doing what, deadlines, etc. etc.
Attendees
if you will/can be at OSCon (in person, not in spirit) add your name here
- Nate Angell (nato@drupal.org; my blog)
- Andrew Morton (drewish@drupal.org)
New Drupal Modules Site
Not sure if this has been widely publicized yet, but the new drupal modules site is operational. Hopefully this will develop into a meaningful way to evaluate the quality and adoption of contributed modules. It is outside of drupal.org, though, so maybe it will not really reflect actual drupal use.
The module finder is way cool, though. check it out!
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Drupal.org database infrastructure
Our pal Narayan has an interesting blog post regarding some of the database infrastructure backing the Drupal.org site:
Easter Sunday With Heartbeat And MySQL
Read moreState of DrupalCampPDX programming
So our DrupalCampPDX committee met tonight and many things were discussed. Many plans were made and many beers were drunk. Others will post soon enough I'm sure, but here's two IMPORTANT PROGRAMMING ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- If you would like to be a part of formal programming then you need to update the DrupalCampPDX wiki as soon as possible. We have to finalize our programming lineup soon, so we will be freezing the programming wiki in a week (Wednesday 2nd April). Thereafter we aim to present a tentative schedule to the next Monthly meeting one week later. Remember to add your names to existing items if you would like to be part of a panel discussion. We still need need more "lightening" programming items, though we will also have sign-up for these and other BarCamp style items at con.
- Those of you who have already volunteered programming items, we need you to edit the wiki and add an estimate of how long you think you need (30 mins, 45 mins, 60 mins, 75 mins or 90 mins). Better we don't have to guess ;).
Programming suggestions are still very welcome. You are all the ones setting the agenda. The evening will have casual discussions and ideas for programming are welcome. Anyone want to run werewolf or something like it? Other ideas?
Some other programming and related notes (subject to change):
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DrupalCampPDX: Organizers need your help!
Here is the current list of individuals organizing specific parts of the event - each of them needs additional help! If you are interested in helping out with specific tasks or day of needs, please contact the following people:
Promotion & Registration: Andrew Morton (drewish)
Location & On-Site Logistics: Kerry Finsand (kerryf)
Scheduling & Presentations Grant Kruger (grantkruger)
