Exaltation of Larks

We're teaming up with Lullabot on Friday, January 21st and we're having a night of fun and collaboration during Webchick's Drupal 7 Tour in Los Angeles!

This event (unlike the Drupal 7 Tour itself, which is $395) is free to all Drupal community members.

Would you like to be a sponsor?

There is a $85 bartender fee if we are to have a cash bar. If you or your company would like to sponsor this event, please contact Christefano.

Thank you!

Join us for a DTLA (Downtown Los Angeles) Drupal meetup to talk about Drupal at the offices of at Oversee.net on March 15, 2011 in Downtown Los Angeles. There will be several presentations as well as open discussions, job announcements and time for networking. Several of us may be going to Weiland's Brewery Underground for a Drupal After Dark afterward.

The meetup begins at 7:30pm but the doors open a little earlier at 7pm for Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal.

Logistics

This event is free and no RSVP is required. To breeze through security and get free or discounted parking, however, you can sign up by logging in and clicking the Sign up button below.

The first 15 people to sign up will get free parking and anyone who signs up after that can get discounted, validated parking at any of the restaurants in the building. Preference is given to those who carpool. All who sign up will also have instructions and last-minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meeting.

Be sure to update your profile with your full name so that a name badge will be ready for you at the front desk. To do this, log in and click My Account → Edit → Personal and fill in the "Real name" field. This is optional, but it makes things much easier for the event organizers and our venue sponsor. In any case, please be prepared to show a valid photo ID at the front desk.

Join us for a meetup to talk Drupal at the offices of at Oversee.net on February 15, 2011 in Downtown Los Angeles. There will be several presentations as well as open discussions, job announcements and time for networking. Several of us may be going to a local restaurant or bar for a Drupal After Dark afterward.

The meetup begins at 7:30pm but the doors open a little earlier at 7pm for Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal.

This event is free and no RSVP is required. To breeze through security and get free or discounted parking, however, you can sign up by logging in and clicking the Sign up button below.

The first 15 people to sign up will get free parking and anyone who signs up after that can get discounted parking. Preference is given to those who carpool. All who sign up will also have instructions and last-minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meeting.

Be sure to update your profile with your full name so that a name badge will be ready for you at the front desk. To do this, log in and click My Account → Edit → Personal and fill in the "Real name" field. This is optional, but it makes things much easier for the event organizers and our venue sponsor. In any case, please be prepared to show a valid photo ID at the front desk.

Join us for a meetup at the offices of at Oversee.net on January 18, 2011 in Downtown Los Angeles. There will be several presentations as well as open discussions, job announcements and time for networking.

The meetup begins at 7:30pm but the doors open a little earlier at 7pm for Users Helping Users, which is a chance for members of the community to help and be helped by others with whatever questions and problems they're having with Drupal.

Several of us may be going to a local bar or restaurant for a Drupal After Dark afterward.

This event is free and no RSVP is required. To breeze through security and get free or discounted parking, however, you can sign up by logging in and clicking the Sign up button below.

The first 15 people to sign up will get free parking and anyone who signs up after that can get discounted parking. All who sign up will also have instructions and last-minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meeting.

Be sure to update your profile with your full name so that a name badge will be ready for you at the front desk. To do this, log in and click My Account → Edit → Personal and fill in the "Real name" field. This is optional, but it makes things much easier for the event organizers and our venue sponsor. In any case, please be prepared to show a valid photo ID at the front desk.

We want your feedback!

During the meetup, we'll be gathered in the #drupal-la IRC channel and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also be checking Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

Drupal Design Camp LA is barely 60 days away and we're having a website sprint on Saturday, December 11th. It will be between 10am-4pm. We might go past 4pm if we're up for it, but please don't show up before 10am.

The plan for the day is to use the Conference Organizing Distribution to set up the site and then write content (venue information, hotel locations, etc.) and add any extra modules that make the cut. We'll also start talking about the volunteer task list for the camp.

Signups are disabled for this event. We're just going to show up, roll up our sleeves and have fun!

Location

We're meeting between 10am-4pm at 4402 West Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90019, which is right on the corner of Pico Blvd. at Windsor Blvd. The nearest major intersection is Pico Blvd. and La Brea Blvd.

Here's a photo from Google Street View that shows the front door. Windsor Blvd. has free on-street parking and Pico Blvd. has metered parking. Out of respect for our neighbors, please do not park on Victoria Park Dr.

This location is on the edge of Wilshire in Los Angeles, but it's also called Mid City and is right next to Victoria Park. Sheesh. If you have trouble finding the place, here's a photo from Google Street View. You can also call LA Drupal's hotline at 855-LADRUPAL (855-523-7872).

Lunch

Lunch will be potluck-style, so please bring enough food and drinks for yourself + one. We have a grill, a fantastic kitchen and a huge dining room table. BYOB if you'd like. Please post a comment below to let others know what you're bringing.

Join us for another LA Drupal meetup at the offices of at Oversee.net on December 14, 2010 in Downtown Los Angeles. There will be several presentations as well as open discussions, job announcements and time for networking. Several of us may be going to a local bar or restaurant for a Drupal After Dark afterward.

This event is free – in fact, there will be raffle prizes and food and drinks will be provided – and no RSVP is required. To breeze through security and get free or discounted parking, however, you can sign up by logging in and clicking the Sign up button below.

The first 35 people to sign up will get free parking and anyone who signs up after that can get discounted parking. All who sign up will also have instructions and last-minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meeting.

Be sure to update your profile with your full name so that a name badge will be ready for you at the front desk. To do this, log in and click My Account → Edit → Personal and fill in the "Real name" field. If you don't follow these instructions, be prepared to show a valid photo ID at the front desk.

We want your feedback!

During the meetup, we'll be gathered in the #drupal-la IRC channel and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also be checking Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

Join us for another LA Drupal meetup at the offices of at Oversee.net on November 16, 2010 in Downtown Los Angeles. There will be several presentations as well as open discussions, job announcements and time for networking. Several of us may be going to a local bar or restaurant for a Drupal After Dark afterward.

This event is free – in fact, there will be raffle prizes and food and drinks will be provided – and no RSVP is required. To breeze through security and get free or discounted parking, however, you can sign up by logging in and clicking the Sign up button below.

The first 35 people to sign up will get free parking and anyone who signs up after that can get discounted parking. All who sign up will also have instructions and last-minute details (if there are any) sent to them before the meeting.

Be sure to update your profile with your full name so that a name badge will be ready for you at the front desk. To do this, log in and click My Account → Edit → Personal and fill in the "Real name" field. If you don't follow these instructions, be prepared to show a valid photo ID at the front desk.

We want your feedback!

During the meetup, we'll be gathered in the #drupal-la IRC channel and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also be checking Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

The next LA Drupal meetup in West Los Angeles is on October 26, 2010. Join us! At this meetup there will be several presentations as well as time for open discussions and job announcements. Several of us may be going to a local bar or restaurant afterward.

Please note that this is a dog-friendly venue and that the owners have their dogs here every day. If this is an issue for you, be sure to bring any necessary medication. We are always looking for venues for LA Drupal events, so please contact the LA Drupal managers if you'd like to become a venue sponsor.

Attending the LA Drupal meetups is one of the best ways to meet and talk with other Drupaleros and we encourage you to attend as many meetings as you can, including the LA Drupal events in Downtown LA, in the San Gabriel Valley and elsewhere on the Westside. Whether it's about finding solutions to problems you've been having, sharing something you've learned or just meeting interesting like-minded people, the LA Drupal meetups are an essential resource for Drupal professionals and hobbyists alike.

This event is free – in fact, there will be raffle prizes and food and drinks will be provided – and no RSVP is required. To have last-minute details (if there are any) sent to you before the meeting, however, sign up by logging in and clicking the Sign up button below.

We want your feedback!

During the meetup, we'll be gathered in the #drupal-la IRC channel and all are welcome to join us. The event organizers will also be checking Twitter for feedback and questions that mention @ladrupal or use the #ladrupal hashtag.

Design for Drupal comes to LA! The first annual Drupal Design Camp LA conference is officially scheduled for February 5-6, 2011, in Los Angeles, California.

Registration for Drupal Design Camp LA is done at http://2011.ddcla.org and you're welcome to sign up. Registering for the conference is as simple as signing up for an account. We'll be launching the full site soon with information about the venue, local hotels, restaurants and coffeeshops, and begin accepting session proposals.

The Drupal Design Camp LA conference follows in the footsteps of the Drupal Design Camps at Standford, in Boston and in Prague, which have successfully brought designers, themers, developers, information architects and usability engineers together. These conferences are just like DrupalCamps but offer sessions and presentations specifically about design and theming topics such as grid design, usability testing, sustainable, additive approaches to theming and so on.

What's Design for Drupal?

Translating a design into a Drupal "theme" is often a high barrier and it has been difficult and costly for many designers to have a "design-driven approach" to Drupal. Feedback from the design community has often focused on the difficulties of designing for the Drupal theme system, which combines several programming disciplines and languages, including HTML, CSS, JavaScript and PHP.

Design for Drupal is a relatively new movement in the Drupal community to help make Drupal more friendly and approachable to designers, information architects and usability engineers, and in general anyone who is interested in customizing Drupal's output to the web page. At its core, Design for Drupal is about inviting the larger design community together to be a part of the Drupal community and enabling designers, usability engineers, developers, information architects and themers to coordinate efforts, come up with creative ideas and work towards making Drupal easier to use and look beautiful.

Join us for another LA Drupal meetup at the Santa Monica Public Library (in the multi-purpose room) on Tuesday September 28, 2010 in Santa Monica. Our meetups include presentations & open discussions, job announcements, breakout groups, and time for networking. Some members may go to a nearby bar or restaurant afterward.

NEW VENUE! Santa Monica Public Library (multi-purpose room)