Welcome to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Drupal Group -- the place to get involved with the Twin Cities Drupal community whether you're new, a core contributor to the Drupal project or somewhere in between. Register for the group to get posting privileges and to be notified of what's going on.
Looking to connect with other local friendly Drupal people? Check out the Events tab for a rundown of our regular meetups and other upcoming Drupal-related events.
You can also join your Drupal peers and mentors in a couple of places:
- Slack tends to be more active these days. Join https://tcdrupal.slack.com. If you need an invite go here to get an automatic invite to the Slack team
- IRC -- #drupal-twin-cities on irc.freenode.net -- to ask questions, propose ideas, socialize. Check out Drupal.org for more info about IRC and Drupal including how to create a new account and connect. Or come to the next local meetup and someone will help you get started.
Twin Cities Drupal Camp Planning
Just over 3 weeks left until we kick off Twin Cities Drupal Camp! Our next planning hangout is Wednesday night, May 31, at 7 PM. We'll post a Google Hangouts link here shortly before 7.
Agenda items:
- Program: session selection, training registration, sprint organization
- Parties: Thursday party venue, Friday/House of Balls details, Saturday/FLOCK details
- Marketing/Comm: Outreach for "Getting Started with Drupal" free training, t-shirt update
- Welcoming: Booklet design/printing, registration/info booth prep
- Sponsorship: general update
- Venue: catering preliminaries
May Drupal JAM & User Group Meetup
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric JAM Session and User Group meeting! Bring a project to work on, ask each other questions, and learn together, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
This month's topics
May Happy Hour @ Wild Mind Ales
Drupal Happy Hour returns to Wild Mind Ales for one more run. We're hoping the doors will be open and we can enjoy the fresh air.
Wild Mind Ales
6031 Pillsbury Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55419
612-345-4514
Not seeing a food truck on the schedule - bring some bbq.
Pub trivia starts at 7.
Come on out for some Drupal chatter. Bring a friend!
No need to sign up - just show up!
Read moreTwin Cities Drupal Camp Planning
Twin Cities Drupal Camp is just around the corner! Organizers are meeting 7PM CT tonight at FLOCK (and online via Google Hangouts) to regroup and tackle next steps.
Advantage Labs at FLOCK
2611 1st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55408
If you'd like to get involved in this year's event, please come! Remote attendance is welcome; here is the Google Hangouts link:
https://hangouts.google.com/call/5av2foyt2nachc6ndiohvwp4quu
Google Docs collaborative notes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vlLLnq2nSGdp_qQIV1omD6fmBJh9G2-PdRmp...
Twin Cities Drupal Government People
I recently attended the Drupal4Gov BOF at DrupalCon Baltimore and was told that government folks are more likely to attend to Drupal events that have specific content targeted at them. Is this true?
I am curious if there are any government folks who use Drupal and would be interested in a 1/2 to full day Drupal 4 Government Summit at Twin Cities Drupal camp this year.
This is not an official announcement, just a probe to find out if there is any interest in the local community. This is something that I would be interest in facilitating, if there is sufficient interest.
Read moreApril Drupal JAM & User Group
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric JAM Session and User Group meeting! Bring a project to work on, ask each other questions, and learn together, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
Presentation!
This month, Jer Davis of Advantage Labs will present on Migrations and Upgrades to Drupal 8.
Location - Flock
This month's JAM is at Advantage Labs' new office at Flock in South Minneapolis!
Flock
2611 1st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
April Happy Hour @ Wild Mind Ales
Drupal Happy Hour returns to Wild Mind Ales!
Wild Mind Ales
6031 Pillsbury Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55419
612-345-4514
The FLAGSMASH food truck is scheduled to be there again from 4-8pm, or you can bring in food from outside. Pub trivia starts at 7. Come on out for some Drupal chatter. Bring a friend!
No need to sign up - just show up!
Read moreTwin Cities Drupal Camp 2017
We're proud to officially announce the venue and dates for Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2017! Join us June 22-25, 2017 at the University of St. Thomas Law School in downtown Minneapolis for four days packed with edifying trainings, fabulous sessions, and inestimable parties. Registration is opening soon!
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Community Appreciation Happy Hour
Pantheon invites you to join your fellow WP & Drupal community members for an appreciation happy hour hosted at our Minneapolis office. Come mingle with old friends, and have some drinks and snacks on us!
Admission is free, just make sure you register so we can buy enough beer. See you all there :)
If you have any questions please email atoosa@pantheon.io
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Looking for a Back-end Developer
We are looking to hire a full-time Back-end Drupal developer at August Ash. Knowing Drupal is definitely a plus but not a hard requirement. We are happy to train anyone with a strong PHP background and a great attitude. We are looking for folks that are a good cultural match and desire to be a leader.
If you are interested, check out the job description at https://www.augustash.com/careers/back-end-developer. Also feel free to connect with me if you have any questions at lwinter@augustash.com.
We would love to have you join our team!
Lynn
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UMN Drupal Users Monthly Meeting
Our next UMN Drupal Users meeting will take place on Thursday, March 23rd, from noon to 1:00pm.
101 Walter Library
117 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
This month we have a mostly open agenda. We will begin with a quick preview of some new group coordination tools. The remainder of the time, however, is an open forum for short lightning talks or questions about how we are using or might use Drupal.
Read moreMarch Drupal JAM and User Group at Advantage Labs (NEW office)
YOU are invited to our free-form monthly Drupal-centric JAM Session and User Group meeting! Bring a project to work on, ask each other questions, and learn together, in a part-social/part co-working environment.
NEW Location - Flock MPLS
This month's JAM is at Advantage Labs' new office at Flock in South Minneapolis!
Flock
2611 1st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55408
There's ample street parking in the surrounding area. For bus riders, the 11 and 18 routes will place you within a block of the venue.
Read moreMarch Happy Hour @ Wild Mind Ales
March Drupal Happy Hour returns to Wild Mind Ales!
Wild Mind Ales
6031 Pillsbury Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55419
612-345-4514
The FLAGSMASH food truck is scheduled to be there again from 4-8pm, or you can bring in food from outside. Pub trivia starts at 7. Come on out for some Drupal chatter. Bring a friend!
No need to sign up - just show up!
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Temporary Drupal Developer position at UMN
Kathleen Meyer from University Services at the University of Minnesota posted the following job announcement to the UMN Drupal user list. I got her permission to post it here as well:
Hi,
I am looking to temporarily hire a Drupal developer that has experience working with UM Drupal. The work would be collaborative or joint development including:
- CSS changes on existing sites
- Custom module changes
- New modules (potentially)
- Layered, complex views (potentially)
If you are interested, please send me an email: meye0419@umn.edu
Read moreGeoCode 3.0
Any other local Drupalists interested in attending GeoCode this weekend? This is part unconference and part hack-a-thon. Registration is free.
I will probably hack on a Drupal project I started with friends at least years GeoCode 2.0, feel to to join me.
http://myfavoritemeetingplace.com/
I also plan on joining some of the unconference discussions. I would love to see more Drupal representation at some of the local civic tech events.
Some information from website:
http://opentwincities.coeventer.com/events/32-geo-code-2017
Learn Drupal 8 Theming and more at MidCamp
Drupalize.Me is excited to be going to MidCamp this year! If you haven't been before, it's a really well-run camp that offers a lot of fun and opportunity. This year, in addition to attending the camp, Joe and Blake are going to be running a full-day workshop on Drupal 8 theming.
Read moreUMN Drupal Users Monthly Meeting
Our next UMN Drupal Users meeting will take place on Friday, February 24th, from noon to 1:00pm. (Yes, that's Friday instead of Thursday, a change due to room availability.)
101 Walter Library
117 Pleasant St SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
This month we have a pair of presentations on using Composer with Drupal. Composer is a tool for dependency management in PHP, and Drupal has been evolving to work with Composer over recent releases.
Read moreRequest For Proposals - local, member-owned, non-profit organization
I have been asked to get multiple proposals to redesign and rebuild a website for a local, member-owned, non-profit gun club. The current site is built using Drupal and they would definitely consider using Drupal again for this rebuild.
The timelines are short:
- Proposals due no later than 8pm, Tuesday February 21st.
- Evaluation and selection of proposals to happen at the club's monthly Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, February 22nd.
- Work to be completed on or about May 1st, 2017.
Twin Cities Drupal Camp Planning: Join a committee!
Planning for Twin Cities Drupal Camp 2017 has begun! Our kickoff meeting was last Monday, January 30, during which we talked about our goals for the year and drew up preliminary committees. This is where you come in!
Committees are small working groups tasked with planning and executing a particular aspect of camp. We have 7 this year:
Sponsorship
- Develop sponsorship level strategy
- Develop opportunities for sponsor benefits
- Identify and solicit potential sponsors
- Communicate with and take care of sponsors before and during camp
Program
Read moreDrupal Camp Planning Kickoff Meeting
Camp planning season is here! Our first face-to-face planning meeting is at Intermedia Arts, January 30 (Monday) at 7 PM.
If you're interested in helping produce the 2017 version of Twin Cities Drupal Camp, now is the time to make yourself known! All are welcome.
If you'd like to be involved in planning for this year's camp but are unable to make it this Monday, please let us know - post a comment here, or join us in the Twin Cities Drupal Slack's #tcdrupal_camp channel.
If you're not already in Twin Cities Drupal Slack, you can get an invite here:
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