Drupal update

via Tao Starbow, Webnet

First the big news: Bowing to popular demand, we are moving the meeting time to lunch. This should allow a lot more people from campus to be there.

When: Wed., May 23rd, Noon to 1:30pm

Where: 290 HMMB (directions)

What: The Berkeley Drupal Users Group (BDUG) is a place to come learn, teach, and network about the Drupal content management framework. Everyone is invited, both on-campus and from the local community. (I am still looking for a good place to post an announcement where students will see it. Any suggestions?)

For more information: see drupal.citris-uc.org (work-in-progress)

The first BDUG meeting went very well. There was a good mix of skill levels and communities (on-campus users, IT support folk, local contractors, etc). We spent some time going around the room and introducing ourselves, then had an open Q&A period, and then had a couple of impromptu presentations. Seems to be a good format, and we will stick with it until something better comes along.

We might be able to swing some food for the meeting, so please RSVP if you are interested in lunch.

See previous post here.

Calling all campus Drupal users, hackers, and fans!

via email from Tao Starbow, Webnet

The first meeting of the Berkeley Drupal Group will meet on Tuesday, April 24th, 7-8:30pm, on the UC Berkeley campus, 290 Hearst Mining Building. (We have the room reserved ongoing on the 4th Tuesday of the month, so please help us spread the word.)

Agenda: This is the first meeting, so it will be mostly about introducing ourselves and the projects we are working on, and finding out what people want to get out of the group. If we have time, we could also do a round of show-your-favorite-module.

Who? This group is open to all: UCB students, UCB staff, and people in the area. In particular, I would love any advice/suggestions on getting the word out to students.

What is Drupal? It is an open source, web content management system. It is a step up in power from blog systems like WordPress or Moveable Type, and a direct competitor to Joomla and Plone. It is currently being used to manage the web sites for campus entities like CITRIS and the iSchool, and probably lots of others I don't know about yet. Worldwide it is used by The Onion, MTV, Amnesty International, and at least tens of thousands of lower profile sites. Lots more info about Drupal at www.drupal.org.

More info about this group here.