Several of the organizers of Drupal Design Camp LA 2012 have scheduled an open conference call on on October 1, 2012 between 6:30-7:30pm Pacific (9:30-10:30pm Eastern). Anyone who's interested in being part of the organizing effort or is just interested in seeing how this conference is coming together is welcome to join us!
For calling in by phone and Skype, we use FreeConferenceCallHD. To receive the conference call information, click the Signup button below. The agenda will consist of discussion around upcoming tasks listed in the DDCLA 2012 planning wiki at http://groups.drupal.org/node/196533#tasks
What's Drupal Design Camp LA 2012?
DDCLA 2012 is our Drupal design, theming, accessibility and usability conference in Los Angeles, California. Our second annual DDCLA conference will be at Droplabs in Downtown Los Angeles, California, on October 12, 13 & 14, 2012.
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Sorry we missed you, boze!
Sorry we missed you, boze! Signups for this were automatically closed due to how the Signup module is configured on this site. Meanwhile, I posted the meeting minutes below.
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Meeting minutes
Attendees during this call were Chhun, Oliver, Stewart, Jerry and Christefano.
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Did I miss anything? Please post your notes here. Thanks!
DDCLA
I think I emailed everyone on the call individually. I just wanted to say I am sorry I had to drop off the call.
My personal opinion is that the change to a venue where you know they aren't going to try and rip you off is wise. It sounds like the price is right at DropLabs. ;)
I also think that a three day event is pretty ambitious. I'd rather see a one or two day event that was packed with activity.
That said, I will pitch in any way needed if you are still determined to try and do this next weekend.
sorry I missed the call
How can I help?
Thanks again for stepping up
Thanks again for stepping up and helping at the event. Everything you did was super helpful and it was great having you at both the conference and Twig code sprint.
Please be sure to update your profile at http://ddcla.org/2012/users/toddzebert and someone on the team will add you to the organizers list.
We want to acknowledge everyone who helped out before we mothball the site and submit it to camps.drupal.org.
I'm baaa-aaack
Sorry I've been silent through the last couple of days. Client emergencies, and since at the moment they're my only client, I had to deal with them.
The following paragraph is not a meant as a criticism of anyone. It's just me feeling my way around Drupal Land and trying to figure out how things are done:
I've been kind of puzzled about this conference, in that it's in just a couple of weeks, and the website wasn't even up. We were going to have local nightlife and attractions on the site, but would anyone from out of town really come to something on this short notice? Like Christefano said above: "With DDCLA's minimal marketing efforts to date and today's recent turn of events, however, the DDCLA organizers don't anticipate that many people." So I think the move to Droplabs is a good one. (I'm eager to see where that room for 100 people is, since all I've seen was a workspace and a conference room.)
Also ... I thought it had been decided that the conference was just going to be two days. Now it looks like three is a possibility again. Again, time seems like a constraint.
Anyhow ... I originally got involved in the conference because I thought helping update the conference site would be a good way to get my feet wet in Drupal. It looks like that train has passed. My non-tech skills are as a writer (though mostly fiction) and editor. What can I do to help?
Thanks,
Nathan
No worries, this event is
No worries, this event is completely organized by community volunteers and Droplabs staff. We're in this to have a good time and are 100% open to your feedback, suggestions and criticism. Be sure to register at http://ddcla.org/2012 and one of the DDCLA organizers will follow up with you.
The DDCLA site is now up, but we definitely need help with updating the content in the days leading up to the event. For example, one of the things we need help with is putting the answers to questions we receive via the contact form (we've had several so far) into a Frequently Asked Questions page.
As you can see, the train hasn't passed at all. Just stay tuned to http://groups.drupal.org/ddcla — and join that group if you haven't already — for news of our next conference call and check-in. We also have an issue tracker at http://drupal.org/project/issues/ddcla
Here are some answers to your other points:
We're not going for a "mega camp" approach with tons of out-of-towners and we didn't do that last year, either. To reiterate, this event is intended to bring together the Los Angeles design community, introduce them to Drupal, and vice versa.
The activities are split across 3 days: Friday is a mentored training, job fair and pre-camp party, Saturday is the design camp with presentations and breakout sessions, and Sunday is our day for sprints and a barn raising to benefit a local non-profit that needs help with its Drupal site.
Regarding space, Droplabs has a main room ("the lab"), two conference rooms and a shared lounge. There have been up to 75 people at events at Droplabs in the past (up to 65 at our meetups and 75 at last year's Drupal job fair) and that was just in the main room alone, we're not concerned about capacity. These spaces have already been reserved and insured.