[DUG-TO] DrupalCamp 2009

Mon Jul 27 19:12:18 EDT 2009

If we go in August or October the Bahren Centre is better than CSI.

Personally, I can't make the August date. I'm prepared to have JMA  
Consulting sponsor again this year, but heh, no T-shirts?? ;)

I noticed there is a push going on for D7 to have releases for the top  
40 contrib modules when D7 is released in order to avoid the takeup  
problems that D6 had. Perhaps we could have some sort of sprint  
component, maybe code reviews, testing, documentation, clearing out  
issue queues, working with a couple module maintainers intensively,  
whatever.

Cheers,
Joe

Sent from my iPhone

On 2009-07-27, at 6:49 PM, dug-to-request at lists.openject.com wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:50:52 -0400
> From: Jane Zhang <jane at bitfog.net>
> Subject: Re: [DUG-TO] Drupalcamp...the continuing story of an event
>    trying    to happen
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> I have doubts that CSI is the right venue for this but rescheduling
> Drupalcamp to Oct is fine with me. When we've had events with over  
> 60 people
> at CSI the place feels crowded. Weekends are going to be tricky for
> elevators etc as they are locked down and requires a key each time.
>
> Please let me know by noon tomorrow what the decision is. I will  
> cancel our
> venue at UofT if we want to re-schedule DrupalCamp for October.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jane
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> I am in Joe's camp on this. October will give more time to drum up
>> sponsors, and gather momentum and there is no excuse for good  
>> weather to
>> spend outside.
>>
>> Remember that we have yet to see summer this summer.
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Joe Murray <joe.murray at jmaconsulting.biz 
>> >wrote:
>>
>>> Let's try to do it in October. With enough lead time I can book  
>>> space
>>> here at the Centre for Social Innovation for a weekend event to
>>> coincide with the other OS event that month.
>>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Jane Zhang <jane at bitfog.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay....
>>>
>>> Good news: We have the use of Bahen Centre at UfoT, Room 1130  
>>> (fits 160)
>>> from 8:30am-5:30pm on Saturday the 15th and Sunday the 16th.
>>>
>>> I am going to beg for two smaller rooms. Would that be sufficient?  
>>> That
>>> will give us 3 rooms to present in. Is there someone from UofT on  
>>> this list?
>>> That would make life easier for me to get access etc. please email  
>>> me
>>> offline if you can help out.
>>>
>>> Will confirm if we can have additional rooms later today or  
>>> tomorrow.
>>>
>>> Does this mean DrupalCamp is now a go? please say yes.....
>>>
>>> Jane
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:51 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin <kb at 2bits.com>  
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Noam Eppel <noam at targetdirectories.com 
>>>> >wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> A University is probably the best bet. Has anyone tried to connect
>>>>> with the Centre for Social Innovation <http:// 
>>>>> socialinnovation.ca/> ?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The first ever DrupalCamp Toronto was held at CSI (was it 2006?).
>>>>
>>>> The space there is very limited, even with less number of  
>>>> attendees that
>>>> we had then.
>>>>
>>>> Unless they have other spaces that we can use, I am not sure it  
>>>> is the
>>>> correct
>>>> venue.
>>>>
>>>> Several folks on this group are CSI tenants and may have a better  
>>>> handle
>>>> than me to assess that.
>>>> --
>>>> Khalid M. Baheyeldin
>>>> 2bits.com, Inc.
>>>> http://2bits.com
>>>> Drupal optimization, development, customization and consulting.
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>> 2bits.com, Inc.
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> From: "Jocelyn Stretton" <jocelyn at ninjagirl.com>
> Subject: Re: [DUG-TO] Drupalcamp... the continuing story of an event
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> Appreciate the leg work Julian!
>
> I would also very much like to see DrupalCamp2009 still happen be it  
> August
> or later.
>
> I think someone's already said they were working on the site, but if
> anything's changed I can jump in.
>
> -- Jocelyn
> jocelyn at ninjagirl.com
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> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:34:12 -0400
> From: "Bruce Cole" <bcole at plumcom.ca>
> Subject: [DUG-TO] 2010 Toronto Conference - New topic/Idea
> To: <dug-to at lists.openject.com>
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> After a brief chat with Julian, Julian thought the best approach would
> be to post this idea and gauge the level of interest.
>
> I am a professional live face-to-face event producer. I currently work
> on IT360.ca, itcloudconference.com and the annual Asterisk & Open
> Telephony conference sponsored by TAUG (Toronto Asterisk Users  
> Group). I
> also produced on their behalf the Global Smalltalk Conference for two
> years in Toronto as part of LinuxWorld Canada.
>
> Would there be an interest in my working with a committee of Drupal
> users to create the first annual CANADIAN DRUPAL CONFERENCE? It  
> would be
> co-located with our other events on April 7, 2010 at the Metro Toronto
> Convention Centre. This event could be Canadian focused and marketed
> coast to coast. I would need the committee to work with me on three
> elements: content, outreach to other Drupal communities and  
> sponsorship.
>
>
> I would handle all the operations and logistics including AV, sound,
> registration, badging, hotel contracts, space rental and web site
> (please forgive me, but it is in Joomla ;-)
>
> This would be a full one day event of international and local  
> leaders in
> the DRUPAL community covering key concerns and learning. There would  
> be
> a suggested fee range of $249 to $399. Deliverables and timelines  
> would
> need to be worked out. There would also be a small revenue stream back
> to the Toronto group after registration reach 50 paid delegates that
> could be banked to cover the costs of future local Drupal activities.
>
> That's the gist of my idea. If there an interest in supporting this
> activity aiming for Wednesday April 7, 2010, then the next step  
> would be
> to have a meeting of core volunteers prior to your next monthly or  
> camp.
> There is too much to cover in one email, so I'll stop my ramblings now
> :-)
>
> Kind regards
>
> Bruce Cole
> www.it360.ca
> http://www.it360.ca/index.php/asterisk-open-telephony-conference.html
> www.itcloudconference.com
>
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:48:52 -0400
> From: Andrew Berry <andrewberry at sentex.net>
> Subject: Re: [DUG-TO] Drupalcamp...the continuing story of an event
>    trying    to happen
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> On 27-Jul-09, at 5:15 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
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>> I am in Joe's camp on this. October will give more time to drum up
>> sponsors, and gather momentum and there is no excuse for good
>> weather to spend outside.
>
> +1 as well for October. Seems like a good time to have a camp with the
> upcoming code freeze. Would just have to be sure to avoid the
> Thanksgiving weekend.
>
> --Andrew
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> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:43:08 -0400
> From: Kevin Walsh <kevinjosephwalsh at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [DUG-TO] 2010 Toronto Conference - New topic/Idea
> To: Drupal Users Group Toronto <dug-to at lists.openject.com>
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>
> This sounds more like a DrupalCon proposal.  I don't follow the Drupal
> Association discussions about DrupalCon 2010 and beyond, does anybody
> on this list?  Not too long ago they were considering "outsourcing"
> the organization of DrupalCon (probably to O'Reilly) at some point in
> the future, but after the huge success of DrupalCon DC, organized by
> "the drupal community" (i.e. mainly Development Seed, a drupal shop
> based in DC) that idea may have been placed on the back burner.
>
> Of course the goals and format of DrupalCon and DrupalCamp are quite
> different, and so is the format.  Maybe there's room for something in
> between, like a national or regional conference.  But either way, it
> seems like a separate discussion from DrupalCamp, as you well
> indicated Bruce.
>
> Kevin
>
> ps.  People won't come to a Drupal conference that has a Joomla
> website ;-)
>
>
>
>
>
> On Jul 27, 2009, at 6:34 PM, Bruce Cole wrote:
>
>> After a brief chat with Julian, Julian thought the best approach  
>> would
>> be to post this idea and gauge the level of interest.
>>
>> I am a professional live face-to-face event producer. I currently  
>> work
>> on IT360.ca, itcloudconference.com and the annual Asterisk & Open
>> Telephony conference sponsored by TAUG (Toronto Asterisk Users
>> Group). I
>> also produced on their behalf the Global Smalltalk Conference for two
>> years in Toronto as part of LinuxWorld Canada.
>>
>> Would there be an interest in my working with a committee of Drupal
>> users to create the first annual CANADIAN DRUPAL CONFERENCE? It
>> would be
>> co-located with our other events on April 7, 2010 at the Metro  
>> Toronto
>> Convention Centre. This event could be Canadian focused and marketed
>> coast to coast. I would need the committee to work with me on three
>> elements: content, outreach to other Drupal communities and
>> sponsorship.
>>
>>
>> I would handle all the operations and logistics including AV, sound,
>> registration, badging, hotel contracts, space rental and web site
>> (please forgive me, but it is in Joomla ;-)
>>
>> This would be a full one day event of international and local
>> leaders in
>> the DRUPAL community covering key concerns and learning. There would
>> be
>> a suggested fee range of $249 to $399. Deliverables and timelines
>> would
>> need to be worked out. There would also be a small revenue stream  
>> back
>> to the Toronto group after registration reach 50 paid delegates that
>> could be banked to cover the costs of future local Drupal activities.
>>
>> That's the gist of my idea. If there an interest in supporting this
>> activity aiming for Wednesday April 7, 2010, then the next step
>> would be
>> to have a meeting of core volunteers prior to your next monthly or
>> camp.
>> There is too much to cover in one email, so I'll stop my ramblings  
>> now
>> :-)
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Bruce Cole
>> www.it360.ca
>> http://www.it360.ca/index.php/asterisk-open-telephony-conference.html
>> www.itcloudconference.com
>>
>>
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