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As a result of doing a bit of voluntary help with the Brighton Chamber of Commerce on their Drupal stuff they're helping us get the word out about our Drupal Discovery Day. As the current text is still a bit geeky for those who don't know what Drupal is we need to make some more words for 'normal' business people ;)

The Chamber have asked for three reasons why people should attend. At the moment I've been trying to work on one which is that Drupal enables access to Enterprise-level technology at SME prices, but that's still a little fluffy as what is Enterprise technology?!

Today sees the launch of the new http://bad-ass.org.uk site, with tickets now available for our Drupal Discovery Day in Brighton on 16th September, part of the Brighton Digital Festival. Please go and book your tickets now before we run out of places - also helps to show support in the attendee list so others can see there's a few people coming along!

I built the site in a few days using the Conference Organising Distribution. We originally had talked about charging a small cover for the afternoon event, however in the end I decided not to, because:

Today (and night it seems!) I've been setting up a copy of COD - the Conference Organising Distribution for our Drupal Discovery Day in Brighton on 16th September and working on copy for the site and promotional material. It's 1am so thought I'd post up what I've got so far before I crash for the night in case anyone wants to give any feedback. Ignore the formatting for the minute (especially seen as I can't seem to get the ULs and LIs working nicely ;) and just think about the words and the kind of people we're trying to attract to this event.

Hi,

We needed to get the details in by the end of the day today which I've just managed to do so thought I'd post here so you all know what's going on, hopefully some of you will come along / help out / spread the word!!! We have some interest from sponsors already (us three so far lol) - I'm also going to apply for https://association.drupal.org/grants which would be cool!

This is a great opportunity for us to spread the word about Drupal and be part of a month-long celebration of digital stuff in Brighton - an opportunity not to be missed! http://brightondigitalfestival.co.uk/

Hi,

Brighton's having a 'Digital Festival' in September - perhaps this could be a good time to get Drupal out to the wider masses?

I originally thought a DrupalCamp would be good, but I don't think the community is strong enough for that just yet - I mentioned again at the meeting last night that perhaps we should do some kind of half-day 'showcase', perhaps some intro tutorials too.

I note that some local companies are finding it hard to get Drupal freelance talent - surely the only way to tackle this is to all join in and help the community grow so there's more of us?!

UPDATE:
We've decided to go to the London party and instead focus on organising a Drupalcamp Brighton in 2011!

Festive greetings to one and all!

The Drupal South East UK club has been fairly quiet since I blew my budget on attending Drupalcon Copenhagen and DrupalCXO in Brussels however I'm keen to get things up and running bigger and better for 2011, starting in just a couple of weeks with a party!

It's that time again - Drupal Brighton next Tuesday 20th.

Any requests? Any offers?

Looking for someone to help finish a couple of projects.

You will need experience of node hierarchy, views, panels, and ideally skinr experience but general theming ok as can explain what skinr is. All the design & CSS done so not looking for any design skills.

Must be in Brighton and have own laptop, we will be working from http://theskiff.org coworking space in North Laine.

Please let me know experiences, rates, and availability.

High possibility of further work for the right person.

Hi,

Can you believe it's that time again already? The Drupal Brighton meetup is scheduled for next Tuesday.

Any requests for topics or offers of presentations?

Don't be shy...

Yet another shout out as I'm getting overloaded with projects again!

Please mail me at steve@purkiss.com if you're in Brighton and interested, detailing your current level of expertise.

Am particularly interested in any uni students/graduates wanting to learn more Drupal and get some commercial freelance experience.

Will be a mix of working from home and our office in North Laine.