orlando

1/12/09 Conference call notes

On the call: Mike, Joe, Andrew, Damien

1. Location - we need to find an additional projector or two

2. Outreach - Andrew will talk to Ryan about MindComet press release

   • Ryan - we need to cross-post with the miami g.d.o.

3. Tracks/schedule - will work on this at this Saturday's meetup

4. Food/drinks/t-shirts/swag

   • Joe will ask for additional books from publishers
   • Andrew will talk to Izea about swag
   • Mike will contact TigerDirect/CompUSA - I-4 and 436, Altamonte Springs
   • Mike will contact LakeMary Computers.com

5. Web site

People in attendance: Ryan, Andrew, Joe, Mike

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Another great meetup, we had 15 attendees and spent 4 hours talking all things Drupal. This was a 4-hour meetup, covering multiple topics. We had some new faces and covered quite a few topics.

Check out everything we covered after the jump...

Selling Online with Drupal e-Commerce
by Michael Peacock
Pack Publishing, 2008, $39.99

Technology books are generally expected to be on the shelves shortly after major releases of a particular software and therefore do not receive the most thorough editing possible. They're also quite expensive considering they have a relatively short shelf life because they're only really in demand until the new version of the software is released. Given that this book delivers on both counts and exhaustively details the cheesy example of Doug's Dino store, it's still a worthy read.

The Florida Drupal User's Group met this past Saturday - about 17 people were in attendance. The group broke down as follows:

• new to Drupal: 6
• less than 1 year: 7
• more than one year: 4

Thanks to Jay and MindComet for letting us use their facilities! If you have a need for Interactive Marketing, please check them out.

Read the meeting notes from ultimike below. We are going to try to grow this group!!! Please help us -- even if you can't make a meeting help us by doing some PR for the group.... and just to show our smiling faces ... I caught most of the group in this picture.

A few things you should check out if you're in/near Orlando.

First, Central Florida PHP and second Florida Creatives.

I organize Florida Creatives, and we have a large number of web developers and designers attend each month. Our next Happy Hour will be at the Crooked Bayou, across the street from the Orlando Library. Our meetings are always 3rd Mondays of the month in the same place.

Hello everyone. I'm currently visiting the parents in Tampa Florida and I'll be here for the next week. Curious if there is a meetup going on in the Tampa and/or Orlando area. I'd love to meetup with some Drupalers/Drupalistas/Drupalites in the area.

36 people on this list.. someone has to be in the area, right?