Metro South

Thanks to the leadership of Allie Micka and R.J. Steinert, the Snowball initiative to provide tools for coordinating and funding Drupal initiatives is coming to the Boston area this long weekend for its first code sprint.

We will focus on building a working alpha so we have something real to share for feedback, to refine, and to build process, message, and governance around.

We'll be working on Friday November 11th, Saturday the 12th, and Sunday the 13th starting at 10am on Friday and no later than that on the weekend days in Somerville, Massachusetts.

If you can dive into helping build this, contact rjstatic or contact mlncn for directions to the venue.

Following on Iconothon Boston on September 3rd, Code for America fellow Chach Sikes is working with Boston-based community organizer/technologist/Drupalistas Benjamin Melançon, Ben Sheldon & Ben Mauer to launch a public directory of community groups. (Ben Sheldon will be a Code for America fellow 2012.) We invite you to join us to kick off this community directory, built on a Drupal 7 distribution, at 11am at MIT, Room E51-151.

CityGroups

On Saturday August 20th, 2011, the Connecticut Drupal Groups will be hosting the 2nd annual DrupalCamp CT on Yale campus at Luce Hall. This is a great opportunity for fellow Drupalists in the New England/New York Drupal Groups to share and learn more about Drupal through interesting discussions, workshops, and a code-a-thons. Whether you are an experienced Drupal user or newcomer; seasoned professional or passionate hobbyist, please come and enjoy a day of learning.

Register, propose a session you would like to submit, learn more at our website at http://2011.drupalcampct.org

Thought this would be of interest to local and media Drupalers, you can RSVP here or e-mail me at my drupal username @gmail.com.

Wondering what news websites will look like in the future? Find out at this panel featuring the people building them from the ground up at both the local and international levels.

Offered at our convenient Waltham, MA facility - this workshop has something for everyone. Day 1 introduces Drupal - its functionality, benefits, and myriad ways to customize the software to suit your needs. We also roll up our sleeves and get some hands-on experience. Day 2 continues the hands-on side of things - expanding your knowledge to work on it yourself or make informed decisions when staff or consultants are implementing it. We are keeping the class size small, so there will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions and speak to our Drupal/Open Source experts.

For heather's birthday, let's Git it together! Wednesday evening.

The theme is Git, and we will attempt to conduct our humble café in the world-renowned Drupal Dojo style. J.P. Licks is not the best location for trying to put anything on a screen (like a dojo video), but we can gather around our laptops. We always manage to secure a good two-to-four tables for our mob.