Utah

Hi Drupalistas,

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cheers,
--Rob

Hello everyone,

Agenda:

• 6:00 - Pizza, come to socialize. Post below to let us know you're coming for the pizza.
• 7:00 - Official start of the meeting & Introductions
• 7:10 - More theme stuff by Logan Farr

Who has access to drupalutah.slack.com ? We brought up the idea of using that at the discussion today, and I'd like an invite! Anyone?

Brett

We will have the meeting next Tuesday.

Direct link to the office:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5288399,-111.8935621,19z

12244 S Business Park Drive
Suite 270
Draper, UT 84020

Last time we spoke of a few topics people wanted to present. Who wants to take this one?

Meetup.com link
http://www.meetup.com/Utah-Drupal-Users-Group/events/221681862/

This is a list of topics to be discussed during the monthly evening Drupal User Group meetings every 4th Thursday of the month.

Here's the meeting template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bVq5tg2ObQjtv3mQ0dBTvVbjT23bvq-NQ_va...

I would recommend one 30-45 minute presentation per meeting, or two 20 minute presentations.

2017
Jan - D7 Features vs D8 Config management
Feb - Building a simple module: a comparison between D7 and D8 - Chuck (@webchuck)
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2016

Agenda:

• 6:00 - Pizza, come to socialize. Post below to let us know you're coming for the pizza.
• 7:00 - Official start of the meeting & Introductions
• 7:10 - Upgrading Modules to D8 by JC Tenney
• 7:45 - More theme stuff by Logan Farr

Forcontu is offering 10 x Training Scholarships for the Expert in Drupal 7 online course (valued at USD1350). If you want to apply, complete the form before April 15, 2015. On April 16 we will announce the 10 winners of a scholarship to join the course completely free. The course will be conducted from May 4 to December 4 (7 months).

More information and registration at:

http://www.forcontu.com/en/10-drupal-training-scholarships

NOTE THIS IS NOT TODAY LIKE IT SHOULD BE :)

We're pushing this back a week for internal reasons here. Sorry for the confusion!!

We will have the meeting next Tuesday.

Direct link to the office:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5286862,-111.893873,20z

12244 S Business Park Drive
Suite 270
Draper, UT 84020

Also, let's get some discussion going on what people want to discuss!

Just wanted to get an "official" discussion going about DrupalCon LA. Going to a DrupalCon is a great experience and LA isn't that far from Utah. So I wanted to get a thread going to get people talking about travel plans. I'd really like to see a large representation of Drupal Utah at this DrupalCon.

If you need a ride, can give a ride, or want to split the cost of a hotel room please comment here so others can coordinate with you.

The OpenWest conference is coming up, May 7-9 in Orem, and the organizers are looking for sponsors. We had a great list of sponsors for our recent Camp, and so many companies looking to hire developers here in Utah. OpenWest may be another great opportunity to get your name out into the greater PHP community and snag a talented PHP developer who can be taught the "Drupal Way" and help grow our community.

If you're interested in sponsorship, please contact Steve Meyers at steve@stevemeyers.net.

Another great DrupalCamp today! I look forward to helping build on the momentum by continuing to make this group a valuable resource to Drupalers throughout the region!

And kudos to Dave and his wife Lisa for hosting a very cool and yummy afterparty!

Chris will be in town Thursday, so there's a plan to get together with him Thursday about 5 PM for dinner, location TBD based on group size, but will be downtown SLC somewhere. If you're interested, please RSVP via meetup.com by Thursday morning.

http://www.meetup.com/Utah-Drupal-Users-Group/events/220748097/

We now have brochures (attached here) for DrupalCamp and the monthly DUG meetings. Thanks Derek!

I've sent them out to various Universities so we can start plugging into their comp-sci students. Next, I want to build a list of businesses already using Drupal, either internally or as consultants. Any contacts you have would be awesome. Please add them here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17Ppkw5ocS2uXcy-2XwPDDYD12FAUBQVO...

I am working with a company who is considering opening an office in the Greater Salt Lake City Area.

The immediate need would be for back end drupal developers who could help support existing drupal websites, build custom modules, and launch mobile applications.

Does anyone have recommendations for developers or development firms in the area? They want to get a sense for the depth of the local talent pool. Type of work would require PHP system architecture and development experience and developing/designing open source applications (Drupal, WordPress, Elgg, Ruby on Rails, MySQL, etc.)

This DUG meeting will be held at the Smart Rhino Labs office located right off of I-15 and 12300 South in Draper.

Direct link to the office:

https://www.google.com/maps/@40.5286862,-111.893873,20z

12244 S Business Park Drive

Suite 270
Draper, UT 84020

Also, let's get some discussion going on what people want to discuss!

Meetup.com link:
http://www.meetup.com/Utah-Drupal-Users-Group/events/220282700/

Option 1:

8:30 - 9 am: checkin, breakfast, socializing

9am: Welcome, sponsor messages, and keynote

10:30am: Session 1.1
10:30am: Session 1.2
10:30am: Session 1.3

11:30am: Session 2.1
11:30am: Session 2.2
11:30am: Session 2.3

12:30pm: Lunch

2:00pm: Session 3.1
2:00pm: Session 3.2
2:00pm: Session 3.3

3:00pm: Session 4.1
3:00pm: Session 4.2
3:00pm: Session 4.3

4:00pm or so...: Closing remarks, and Prizes

2014 Officers

Head DUG meeting cat herder: JeremyR
Head DCU cat herder: JeremyR
Treasurer: JeremyR
Successfully avoiding responsibility: Everyone else

2015 Officers

Head DUG meeting cat herders: pandapowder and joetip
Head DCU cat herder: webchuck
Treasurer: aytee
Successfully avoiding responsibility: JeremyR

More positions added as needed...

First Salt Lake Meetup of the Year!

Agenda:

• 6:00 - Pizza, come to socialize. Post below to let us know you're coming for the pizza.
• 7:00 - Official start of the meeting & Introductions
• 7:10 - Short DCU recap meeting (just to make sure everything is still on track)
• 7:30 - How to build a "One Pager" with Drupal 7 that does NOT use blocks. (eeewww blocks)

We had another great meeting out with Bret and the Rhino crew. Ping pong definitely needs to become a more prominent part of that gathering!

We continued discussion about formalizing group leadership. One clear barrier arose: nobody wants to step on anyone's toes. While we don't currently have formal leaders, we definitely have leaders... those who have been stepping up in recent years.