Posted by tgeller on January 22, 2013 at 11:53pm
Bummer that there was no Drupal Rainbow gathering at DrupalCon Munich (that I knew about, anyway). This thread is to plan one for Portland. Any locals have ideas?
Categories: bar, DrupalCon Portland, LGBTQA, queer
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Portland Perspective
While I suspect there are others actually living IN Portland that may have more current knowledge... I'm from there, just up the road, and have quite a few connections.
There are bars and nightlife just across the Willamette River from the OCC, site of DrupalCon Portland... it really just depends on what sort of event/gathering we'd be looking for. :)
I'm in favor of nightlife
I'm sure there'll be a BOF; the tricky part is having an event away from the con. And the tricky part of THAT is finding a time when there aren't any huge, can't-miss events.
Perhaps we should revisit the specifics in a couple of months, after the other big evening events have been announced. We can fit in in the cracks.
10pm on any night is probably safe, although that could threaten to exhaust us for the next day. And there's always dinner.
Thoughts?
Tom Geller * Oberlin * San Francisco * TomGeller.com
Author/Presenter, Drupal video series at lynda.com
Creator of materials for Drupal-focused companies
10pm -> bar is totally fine.
10pm -> bar is totally fine. I know I will be out :) Wonder what the best way to organize that is? We could start a groupme.com list or something.
sethviebrock.com
How about a hashtag like
How about a hashtag like #dcrainbow ?
Done!
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Tom Geller * Oberlin * San Francisco * TomGeller.com
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Creator of materials for Drupal-focused companies
As we did in Denver last
As we did in Denver last year, my company will treat to the first round of drinks if we can figure out a time/place.
Principal, 601am | http://601am.com | aaron@601am.com
Hiring Drupal devs: http://jobs.601am.com
Bladwin and I have just moved
Bladwin and I have just moved to Portland on 4/1 and we've been to the Fox & Hounds (https://www.facebook.com/thefoxandhoundspdx) several times now. It's just over the river from the convention center and since we should all have the free 5-day Trimet pass it's a quick train ride. It's a decent size space and they also serve pretty decent food.
I hope we can organize maybe a BoF or something else during the day (?) so we don't compete with all the other evening parties/events. Maybe just again like we did in Denver, we grabbed our lunch and took it to a room and hung out. We'll have to see if the same logistics (empty room, boxed lunch) could work this time too.
JCL
Side note on a daytime meeting
In Denver I went to that lunch after just having my nails painted by... who were those two people? I think they were sisters who are also Drupalists. They did a great job putting a Druplicon on my thumb. :)
I just had a vision of asking them to come and paint nails while we lunch. Not that painted nails = queer. Just fun! (regardless of your gender).
Tom Geller * Oberlin * San Francisco * TomGeller.com
Author/Presenter, Drupal video series at lynda.com
Creator of materials for Drupal-focused companies
My 2¢
Hey guys,
I have my Portland tickets booked and it would be great to join for a few beers. I would suggest around 7 or 8pm at a pub on one of the nights, so the early people can make an appearance, and the late crowd can drift in when they like.
Hi Everyone, Dharmesh and I
Hi Everyone,
Dharmesh and I are at the Lullabot party right now, and wondering if the group will be doing anything this week. I live in Portland, so can make a few suggestions. Crush is my favorite gay bar in town: excellent drinks and great food.
Any interest in going there one night this week?
Dan
O.K., I'm calling it: 9pm Wednesday at Crush
Are y'all in? The address is 1400 SE Morrison Street. Their website (http://crushbar.com) appears to be down, but the Yelp page at http://www.yelp.com/biz/crush-portland is informative.
Public transit from the convention center's not great, but it's only a mile and a half, so cabs should be reasonable.
See you there! My number's 415-317-1805 if you need to check in.
Tom Geller * Oberlin * San Francisco * TomGeller.com
Author/Presenter, Drupal video series at lynda.com
Creator of materials for Drupal-focused companies
To recognize me at Crush
I'll be wearing a gray t-shirt with a big pink squirrel on it. Or a green button-down if I forget to change. :-P
Tom Geller * Oberlin * San Francisco * TomGeller.com
Author/Presenter, Drupal video series at lynda.com
Creator of materials for Drupal-focused companies
I'm in. Bladwin is in the
I'm in. Bladwin is in the foosball tournament at Metal Toad so I might there a little later.
JCL
I'm in. What time? We've
I'm in. What time?
We've created a GroupMe group to stay in touch easily. You can join here: https://groupme.com/join_group/4511340/3JTWHT?source=Copy
Also, I'll buy the first round of drinks and if you know of any Drupal devs looking for work and can refer them to me, I'll buy you as many drinks as you want. :)
Principal, 601am | http://601am.com | aaron@601am.com
Hiring Drupal devs: http://jobs.601am.com
I'm in. What time? We've
I'm in. What time?
We've created a GroupMe group to stay in touch easily. You can join here: https://groupme.com/join_group/4511340/3JTWHT?source=Copy
Also, I'll buy the first round of drinks and if you know of any Drupal devs looking for work and can refer them to me, I'll buy you as many drinks as you want. :)
Principal, 601am | http://601am.com | aaron@601am.com
Hiring Drupal devs: http://jobs.601am.com