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Hi Montana Drupalistas!

IRC is a venerable Internet protocol for real-time text-based communications. Essentially, chatrooms. Ages before Skype, AIM, etc people were using IRC to chat about thousands of topics, and IRC remains very popular today, especially among geeks.

I have created an IRC channel for the use of our local Montana Programmers group, and I think we should use it for Drupal Montana as well. We can help each other with questions/answers, say hi, and alleviate the isolation of working alone for us home-office folks. It's like a virtual water cooler.

If you already know how to use IRC, just join the #mtprogrammers channel on the Freenode network (irc.freenode.net).

If you need help getting started with IRC, I've provided complete instructions here:
http://www.meetup.com/Montana-Programmers/messages/boards/thread/10053832

If you need any help, just let me know! Hope to see you in the channel…

P.S. The global Drupal community makes heavy use of IRC to stay connected. The Drupal IRC channels are a great way to ask/answer questions, coordinate with Drupal friends in far-flung locales, etc: http://drupal.org/irc

Our friends at Lullabot have recently given our group some wonderful support. They've provided us with their entire set of Learning Series DVDs, over 22 hours of top-notch Drupal training from the most experienced Drupal trainers around. The DVD topics are:

• Understanding Drupal
• Site Building With Drupal
• Administering Drupal
• Learning CCK
• Learning Views
• Theming Basics
• Advanced Theming
• Drupal Module Development

I've established a lending library of these videos, so if you want to borrow any of them just contact me and we'll arrange it. I'll bring any unlent videos to each group meeting, so that's a good time to pick them up.

Lullabot.com is full of great resources for Drupal site builders and developers – be sure to check out their awesome podcast and many helpful articles and blog posts. Their in-person trainings are also excellent (some of us in the group have attended them).

Lullabot also provided us with a healthy supply of temporary tattoos which are just the right accessory for your night out on the town or a quiet evening at home. Just ask and we'll hook you up!

So a hearty Big Sky thank you to Lullabot!