wisconsin

Hello! I'm new to the world of Drupal. Although I want to do most of the work myself, I am looking for someone I can turn to when I hit the eventual snags in this project. I would prefer someone in the Madison area. Although Drupal seems to have an excellent community, I am willing to pay someone as needed for advice, assistance, and problem solving who lives in this my area.

I have some Drupal 7 architecture "cases" or "problems" to present at the next MADDUG meeting.

Can we meet again at 5:30 PM CST, Wednesday, April 4? How about Essen Haus in Madison for a venue? We could have some din-din, discuss these Drupal architecture cases/problems, and have a grand ol' time. If you don't like the date/time, feel free to suggest another. I'm flexible! First round of Hacker-Pschorr (or your favorite beer or soft drink) is on me!

Here's a preview of the Drupal 7 cases I would like to discuss...

Dear Wisconsin Drupal Guys,

Our Madison-based biomedical company has big plans for 2011 and we are looking for help to develop a couple of new websites, B2B tools, and social B2C tools in our favorite open source CMS.

I'm new to the Madison area and don't really have the lay of the land in terms of the depth and breadth of available Drupal resources. In addition to killer coders, we are looking for UI gurus, great graphic designers, and people who are on the cutting edge of social.

I work for a group at the UW that manages a small group of Drupal sites for departments in our building. (No, this isn't a service we extend to just any department, it has to be in our building.)

However, when approached for this service, we always stress how

1) we will give you a blank drupal install, maybe a theme or two, a tutorial on how to use it and let you go to town.
2) we will not do custom design.

Hello Milwaukee Drupal Programmers!

I am the CEO of a new start-up called PosiPair.com and I need to get a basic social network style website on the web within the next 30 days.
What would you do in my situation if you had to make a professional social networking website in 30 days or you would die? (figuratively... :)

Best,
Sarah
608-395-9748

Thought I would mention that I too am doing some business directory work in Wisconsin - A little north of the Coulee Region site. It's constantly a work in progress
http://www.chippewaguide.com

Using cck, views, gmap module, ecommerce, etc.