Agenda   •
         •
             Welcome
             News – Ryan Cross
         •   Case Study – Magda Kostrewza
         •   Support & Hackfext
         •   Pub




  Drupal Monthly Meetup
Drupal News
July 2012
•   European Drupal Conference
•   August 20 – 24th
•   Munich, Germany
•   http://munich2012.drupal.org
•   Regular Priced Tickets (€ 475)

• Schedule Announced
    • http://munich2012.drupal.org/news/session-schedule-
      announced



Event: DrupalCon Munich
•   South America Drupal Conference
•   December 6 – 8th
•   Sao Paulo, Brazil
•   http://saopaulo2012.drupal.org

• First DrupalCon outside of N. America or Europe
• Sessions Open




Event: DrupalCon Sao Paulo
• Event ran last week with great turn out
• Anyone here go?
• Slides/Recordings will be posted soon




Drupal as Career
• Core                            • Contrib
  • Core release was                • Live Themer
    postponed                       • Campaign Monitor
  • http://groups.drupal.org/no     • Spaces
    de/239558                       • Node Embed
  • Next expected – late July       • Borealis
• Distributions                     • Drupal Ipsum
  • Commerce Kickstart              • Translator Management
  • RedHen CRM                        Tools (TMGMT)
  • Drop Jobs                       • Drupal for Facebook
                                    • Apache Solr (RC
                                      candidate)


Release Cycle
• Drupal 8 Feature Freeze – Dec. 1, 2012 (136 Days Left)
• New Plugin System in Core!
  • http://drupal.org/node/1497366#comment-6235640
• New Layout System Prototype
  • http://bojhan.nl/blocks-layout-prototype
• Spark WYSIWYG Selection
  • http://wimleers.com/blog/spark-update-wysiwyg-choice
• Help Needed on Multi-Lingual Content
  • http://hojtsy.hu/blog/2012-jul-13/just-45-months-until-
    feature-freeze-all-hands-needed-help-multilingual-content


Core
• Jacob Redding stepping down as DA Exec Director
  • http://buytaert.net/transitions-at-the-drupal-association
• Governance Sprint
  • http://buytaert.net/drupal-governance-sprint
• Documentation Team Lead Changing
  • http://groups.drupal.org/node/243443 (open)
• Supporting Aaron Winborn (ALS)
  • http://aaronwinborn.com/blogs/aaron/special-needs-trust




Community
• Drupal Star Fleet
• http://drupal.org/node/1205556#comment-6104530




Fun
                      https://www.acquia.com/blog/drupal-t-skirt
• Signup for notifications
  http://2013.drupaldownunder.org




Event: Drupal DownUnder
Sydney
• Signup for notifications
  http://2013.drupaldownunder.org
• Major Announcement!




Event: Drupal DownUnder
Sydney
• Signup for notifications
  http://2013.drupaldownunder.org
• Major Announcement!




Event: DrupalCon Sydney
•   Wed – Sat, Multiple Tracks, Sessions, BoFs, Training, etc
•   Crown Plaza in Coogee Beach
•   Sign up for updates - http://sydney2013.drupal.org
•   Dries Buytaert will Keynote
• Looking for
  •   Track Chairs
  •   State/Regional Reps
  •   Marketing
  •   Customer Service
  •   And more...

  https://association.drupal.org/drupalcon/volunteer/sydney




Call for Volunteers
Questions?
....on to the more interesting people
• http://learndrupal.org/
• A site that was developed out of the Boston Initiative to
  help Drupal user groups develop and share and develop
  materials for learn sprints and issue sprints. Looks like
  there is some good work being done there.
• Free Video series on Drupalize.me
  • http://drupalize.me/blog/201205/release-day-free-series-
    learn-drupal-ladder
  • http://drupalize.me/series/learn-drupal-ladder



Learn Drupal
• http://drupal.org/drupalgive

Moshe Weitzman has started a community initiative for
each organization to create a /drupalgive page highlighting
that organization's work for the Drupal project.

http://crossfunctional.net/drupalgive
http://www.acquia.com/drupalgive
http://chapterthree.com/drupalgive

http://drupal.org/project/drupalgive



/DrupalGive

Sydney Drupal News July 2012

  • 1.
    Agenda • • Welcome News – Ryan Cross • Case Study – Magda Kostrewza • Support & Hackfext • Pub Drupal Monthly Meetup
  • 2.
  • 3.
    European Drupal Conference • August 20 – 24th • Munich, Germany • http://munich2012.drupal.org • Regular Priced Tickets (€ 475) • Schedule Announced • http://munich2012.drupal.org/news/session-schedule- announced Event: DrupalCon Munich
  • 4.
    South America Drupal Conference • December 6 – 8th • Sao Paulo, Brazil • http://saopaulo2012.drupal.org • First DrupalCon outside of N. America or Europe • Sessions Open Event: DrupalCon Sao Paulo
  • 5.
    • Event ranlast week with great turn out • Anyone here go? • Slides/Recordings will be posted soon Drupal as Career
  • 6.
    • Core • Contrib • Core release was • Live Themer postponed • Campaign Monitor • http://groups.drupal.org/no • Spaces de/239558 • Node Embed • Next expected – late July • Borealis • Distributions • Drupal Ipsum • Commerce Kickstart • Translator Management • RedHen CRM Tools (TMGMT) • Drop Jobs • Drupal for Facebook • Apache Solr (RC candidate) Release Cycle
  • 7.
    • Drupal 8Feature Freeze – Dec. 1, 2012 (136 Days Left) • New Plugin System in Core! • http://drupal.org/node/1497366#comment-6235640 • New Layout System Prototype • http://bojhan.nl/blocks-layout-prototype • Spark WYSIWYG Selection • http://wimleers.com/blog/spark-update-wysiwyg-choice • Help Needed on Multi-Lingual Content • http://hojtsy.hu/blog/2012-jul-13/just-45-months-until- feature-freeze-all-hands-needed-help-multilingual-content Core
  • 8.
    • Jacob Reddingstepping down as DA Exec Director • http://buytaert.net/transitions-at-the-drupal-association • Governance Sprint • http://buytaert.net/drupal-governance-sprint • Documentation Team Lead Changing • http://groups.drupal.org/node/243443 (open) • Supporting Aaron Winborn (ALS) • http://aaronwinborn.com/blogs/aaron/special-needs-trust Community
  • 9.
    • Drupal StarFleet • http://drupal.org/node/1205556#comment-6104530 Fun https://www.acquia.com/blog/drupal-t-skirt
  • 10.
    • Signup fornotifications http://2013.drupaldownunder.org Event: Drupal DownUnder Sydney
  • 11.
    • Signup fornotifications http://2013.drupaldownunder.org • Major Announcement! Event: Drupal DownUnder Sydney
  • 12.
    • Signup fornotifications http://2013.drupaldownunder.org • Major Announcement! Event: DrupalCon Sydney
  • 13.
    Wed – Sat, Multiple Tracks, Sessions, BoFs, Training, etc • Crown Plaza in Coogee Beach • Sign up for updates - http://sydney2013.drupal.org • Dries Buytaert will Keynote
  • 14.
    • Looking for • Track Chairs • State/Regional Reps • Marketing • Customer Service • And more... https://association.drupal.org/drupalcon/volunteer/sydney Call for Volunteers
  • 15.
    Questions? ....on to themore interesting people
  • 16.
    • http://learndrupal.org/ • Asite that was developed out of the Boston Initiative to help Drupal user groups develop and share and develop materials for learn sprints and issue sprints. Looks like there is some good work being done there. • Free Video series on Drupalize.me • http://drupalize.me/blog/201205/release-day-free-series- learn-drupal-ladder • http://drupalize.me/series/learn-drupal-ladder Learn Drupal
  • 17.
    • http://drupal.org/drupalgive Moshe Weitzmanhas started a community initiative for each organization to create a /drupalgive page highlighting that organization's work for the Drupal project. http://crossfunctional.net/drupalgive http://www.acquia.com/drupalgive http://chapterthree.com/drupalgive http://drupal.org/project/drupalgive /DrupalGive

Editor's Notes

  • #7 Core release last Wednesday of the month