Drupal 7 Release Parties

We encourage users to post events happening in the community to the community events group on https://www.drupal.org.
jpoesen's picture

We all know Drupal 7 will be released shortly.
D7 Release Parties are being thrown all over the world in celebration - most taking place Jan 7, 2011.

I know for a fact the African Drupal Community is much larger and more active than most people realize, so why not take this opportunity to show the world where all the African Drupal communities are hiding?

The official site: http://drupal7releaseparty.org/

I've added the first African release party (Senegal) and I welcome you all to step up and get your communities on the map.

Cheers!
J.

Comments

Mauritius :

Excellent! Bit strange though

jpoesen's picture

Excellent!

Bit strange though that it doesn't show on the map yet.
Maybe a caching issue.

Thanks!
J.

ok its up now. was a

shadcn's picture

ok its up now. was a geocoding issue i think. http://drupal7releaseparty.org/

Going to organise one for

theamoeba's picture

Going to organise one for Cape Town :). will put it up shortly.

Excellent!

jpoesen's picture

Excellent!

great

webdesigncapetown's picture

great

Come on!

jpoesen's picture

Come on, where is everyone?

Ghana, Uganda, Nigeria, Kenya: I'm looking at you.
I know you guys have a growing community. What's keeping you?

Also: South Africa, please announce the party. The sooner the better. Keep the momentum going, even if you don't have all the details yet.

Thanks!
J.

D7 Launch in Joburg, South Africa

Gomez_in_the_South's picture

We'll definitely be organising a D7 launch party in Joburg, details to be finalised.

Keep an eye on:
http://drupal.co.za/content/drupal-7-launch-party-joburg
http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org/south-africa/release-party-joburg-use...

And for all the visitors who flood Joburg during the festive season, you're welcome to come along!

Sweet! I was hoping for

jpoesen's picture

Sweet! I was hoping for this.
Parties are appearing all over the African map, thanks to everyone involved!

J.

Coca-cola dome Johannesburg

Willem van Straaten's picture

Hi all

We can do it at eConsultant offices inside the dome - I have confirmed the "Augusta suite". I am sure everyone who attended last time would agree that its a cool space for a PARTY. On that note I will ensure we have some Champagne and some Snacks. DJ CAz will be making some groovin tunes

I suggest we do it early, sometime between 5 and 8 so no one have to cancel Friday night plans. ... We can obviously make it last as long as we like ;)

will make sure we have a projector to show some other Drupal parties happening around the world with a stream of pictures tagged #d7rp ...

[[http://www.econsultant.co.za|Drupal South Africa]
[[http://www.drupal.co.za|Drupal South Africa community]

Gomez_in_the_South's picture

Thanks Willem.

If you'd like to attend the Joburg event at the Dome, Northgate please sign up at http://drupal.co.za/content/drupal-7-launch-party-joburg so we can get an idea of numbers.

Please note we'll start at 5pm - hope to see you all then.

Nigerian D7 Release Party imminent...

jpoesen's picture

Ok, Nigeria is waking up. The interest is mounting...

If you're interested in attending a party in Lagos or holding one elsewhere in Nigeria, head over to http://groups.drupal.org/node/113894.

Thanks.
J.

Really wish someone can join

youkho's picture

Really wish someone can join me and help organize one in Morocco

http://groups.drupal.org/morocco

jpoesen's picture

Hi youkho

As a first step it would be good to post your intentions of organizing a D7 release party in Morocco on http://groups.drupal.org/morocco.
That way other people in your area can at least see you're working on this.

As soon as you've done this, I can help you with the preparations and try to get more people on board.
I'm in Senegal myself so I won't be able to join you there :)
J.

Someone's already hosting one

youkho's picture

Someone's already hosting one :D http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org/country/morocco