Meetups

The next meetup will be held from 6 to 9pm July 30th at Mansueto, 7 World Trade Center / 250 Greenwich St., 29th Fl..

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Naturally, we will discuss the upcoming DrupalCamp, which will be in August or September. An exact date is still being worked out. The rest of the meetup agenda is up to you and will be determined based on your comments. Experts, please offer topics you'd like to present on.

Sorry for the short notice, but tonight's meetup should be a good one of NYC Tech4Good should be of interest to Drupalistsas and open source folks.

WHEN: TODAY, JUNE 18 at 7pm at the Oxfam International Offices.
RSVP: Click "Signup" link below

WHERE:
355 Lexington Avenue, between 40th and 41st street
3 floor, Conference Room
Women and Development Organisation's offices (WEDO)/Oxfam
Please bring a couple bucks to help with refreshments

WHAT:
Massive self-organizing volunteer communities are developing the best software in the world, but why aren't we seeing this same drive when it comes to online campaigns? While volunteers are giving millions of hours to Firefox, Drupal, Joomla and more, they aren't giving the same efforts to nonprofit endeavors. The most common reason: Nobody asked.

With a few notable exceptions, organizations are not tapping the the web to harness the power of volunteers. Organizations need to learn from the success of the OS model and change how they build campaigns. Campaigning needs to become more collaborative and transparent.

With our special guests we will discuss the lessons from Open Source software development that could be used to create powerful on and offline campaigns. We will include some specific examples and needs, so be ready to get your hands dirty, because this time YOU WILL BE ASKED.

WHO:
YOU
Guests:
Karina Brisby, E-campaigns Director for Oxfam: Karina will discuss their upcoming projects and how other organizations and volunteers can collaborate as well as ask for the groups input on a specific project.

Joshua Wiese, Online Director for EveryHumanHasRights.org, TheElders.org: Josh will talk about the EHH campaign to teach people about everyone's rights under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as we approach the 60th anniversary of the document in December. EHH is using online and mobile tools to invite individuals to sign the UDHR.

Danny Moldovan, VP Strategy and Communications for Change.org: Change.org is a social network dedicated to empowering individuals to create the change they want to see in the world.

P.S. There will be Beer.

So the June Meetup is just around the corner. It will be held from 6 to 9pm at Mansueto,
7 World Trade Center / 250 Greenwich St., 29th Fl..

You must sign-up by 3pm June 24th to attend. Please click the sign-up button and make sure that you have your real name in your profile.

In honor of the recent conference call about improving the organization of local groups we should probably touch on the highlights of that.

Also, Joomla developer Anthony Ferrara has been talking with Oleg and offered to give a presentation about how Joomla works. While I'm a little concerned about the need to hire extra security to protect poor Anthony from the slings and arrows of Joomla haters, I do recognize that many people are interested in learning about the similarities and differences between Drupal and other content management systems. A poll has been posted here. Please vote.

Post comments on all other topics that you would like to present or discuss and we'll add them to the agenda.

We'll be having the Meetup on Wednesday, May 21st from 6 to 9pm at Mansueto,
7 World Trade Center / 250 Greenwich St., 29th Fl..

-UPDATE- The following is the meetup agenda that emerged from your comments:
Determine a good time for a DrupalCamp this summer. Get volunteers.
Learn about NYU Project - Christopher Evjy
Learn how Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning is using Drupal - Schuyler D
CCK AnnotationField module - Schuyler D
Alternate Search Engines for Drupal - Michael Haggerty / Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg
Go a little deeper into Views 2 - Rob Loach
Q: Experiences upgrading from Drupal 5 / Views to Drupal 6 / Views 2
Working with Panels 2 - Christopher Pelham & others
Q: How does the Context feature work in Panels 2? - WayGee Ho
Q: How do you tie two different views together (view of Artist and Albums) - WayGee Ho

Joomla NYC are discussing 'Joomla vs Drupal' at their April meeting, Thursday April 10th.

April's meeting will be held at Robert Half (245 Park Ave, 25th Floor) on Thursday, April 10th starting at 6:00pm. (location via Google Maps)

Wednesday April 23rd, 6pm - 9pm, at the usual location at Fastcompany (location at end of post)

Proposed Meetup Outline

This is just a proposal - if there's something else you'd like to add or discuss instead, please add it to the discussion! We're looking for someone to run the beginners/intermediate session, so if you have experience of setting up TinyMCE or know anything about Kupu, or if you're familiar with the debate and pros and cons of different approaches, then please offer to help out!

NYC Drupal Community, we are pleased to announce that the February
Drupal Meetup will be Feb. 27th 6pm-9pm.

Fast Company has graciously offered their plush downtown digs for the
event.

Location:
7 World Trade

Mansueto Ventures
250 Greenwich Street, 29th floor
New York, NY 10007

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