Drupal UK meet up

By Robert Castelo on 25 Jun 2005 at 13:32 UTC

Date: July 10th
Location: Thatched House, 115 Dalling Rd, London, W6 0ET
Tube: Ravenscourt Park, 5 minutes walk

Fancy putting a face to some Drupal.org usernames?

Well if you're in London on July 10th, here's your chance. The first Drupal UK meet up will take place over a traditional Sunday roast pub lunch (vegetarian option also available).

Any and all Drupal topics will be up for discussion, and all are welcome. One thing we'll definitely be talking about is the Drupal stand in the .Org village at LinuxWorld Expo (London Olympia - October 5-6, 2005).

This is a Young's pub, so the ale is excellent, the food is good, and there's a beer garden if we get lucky with the weather. Let me know if you're likely to attend so I can secure a big enough table.

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Scotland or Belgium

kuba.zygmunt commented 26 June 2005 at 11:28

I'm going to Scotland for 2 months, then to Belgium for a whole year. Are there any community meetings? do you think I can find there a job as a coder for Drupal CMS?

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Scotland

Robert Castelo commented 27 June 2005 at 08:43

Not sure how many Drupalliers are based in Scotland, you could try to organise a meeting there. You could also come to the Drupal meetings that will be taking place in England this year.

Once you're in Belgium you'll have plenty of Drupal developers to get together with.

My experience is that taking part in meetings can lead to being offered work - so far I've been introduced to two very interesting projects through attending the Antwerp code sprint.

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Not sure how many

adrinux commented 29 June 2005 at 07:44

Not sure how many Drupalliers are based in Scotland, you could try to organise a meeting there.

Well, there's at least me. in Glasgow for at least another 6 weeks, but busy getting ready to move house...

You could also come to the Drupal meetings that will be taking place in England this year.

London is over 8hrs away on the train , even flying would take several hours once you've taken into account getting to the airport and back - a bit too long just to go for a pint :)

How many other Drupalleers are there in Scotland?

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Have a meeting in Plymouth

huw commented 26 June 2005 at 12:04

Have a meeting in Plymouth (UK) and I'll be there :)

Sadly thats the weekend I am

stephenhendry commented 26 June 2005 at 17:33

Sadly thats the weekend I am leaving London to start to 13month placement in Swindon. If there any other UK meets I would be up for going.

Robert Castelo commented 27 June 2005 at 08:56

I'm sure there will be, also you could come to the Linux expo in October.

Safe journy to Swindon.

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I would like to get to the

stephenhendry commented 27 June 2005 at 10:25

I would like to get to the expo. I've taken 2 weeks holiday off work about a week before hand so not sure how happy they be me taking some more time off. I will see if work is going and if so try and get in there.

See you

dmuchance commented 9 September 2005 at 23:47

See you there
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My appetite is already wet,

dikini commented 27 June 2005 at 07:13

My appetite is already wet, so I guess see you there

Oddly enough, I'll be in London!

phillipadsmith commented 27 June 2005 at 19:36

What a strange thing that I'll be in London that day (especially because I live in Toronto, Canada!). I'll definitely try to get out for a pint.

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I've got to come!!!

dansuade commented 28 June 2005 at 05:42

Well...i live around the corner from this pub, so I just cannot miss this..a...I'm new to drupal and wanting to learn and network and even work with anyone who can find me good enough...Hope to see you all there then...I'm checking my work schedule right now!!

Sounds good. I'll try to get

iandickson commented 29 June 2005 at 13:32

Sounds good. I'll try to get there.

Pub

Robert Castelo commented 29 June 2005 at 18:52

Here's a photo of the Thatched House.

Pub

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Drupal House

Robert Castelo commented 29 June 2005 at 18:56

Sadly, they wouldn't change the sign for the big event ....

Pub sign

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Hmm can't make it

richardhall commented 29 June 2005 at 20:21

As it turns out unfortunately I have a prior engagement that day already. I'm in Cardiff if there's anyone else out there up for a Drupal expo in Cardiff let me know...

Cardiff?

dikini commented 30 June 2005 at 07:09

I am in Cardiff. An expo in Cardiff, sounds adventurous, but why not :)

We can always meet up. Ping me.

Well thats two of us, there

richardhall commented 7 July 2005 at 00:31

Well thats two of us, there must be more..

What Time

Sam Deane commented 30 June 2005 at 10:47

When are you planning on getting there?

Noon-ish

Robert Castelo commented 30 June 2005 at 11:29

I'll get to the pub around 11:30 in the morning, and I'll be wearing a red shirt to make me easy to spot.

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Drupal t-shirt

Dries commented 6 July 2005 at 07:14

You should be wearing your Drupal t-shirt. The one from the Drupal Conference in Antwerp. ;-)

PS: if you want to have Drupal t-shirts made for this event, drop me an e-mail and we'll see what we can reimburse/donate.

Tee

Robert Castelo commented 6 July 2005 at 22:00

Thanks Dries, I'll be wearing my Drupal t-shirt under my shirt (with pride). We'll start thinking about what promotional material we need for the Linux show in October.

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The ultimate in recognizability

Steven commented 6 July 2005 at 23:45

Actually, I think for 100% recognizability the best option is still the Drupal superhero mask. There are some action shots too. :)

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Great idea

CdnStrangequark commented 30 June 2005 at 17:56

Kudos to you guys for this. "It's all about the community" right? Hopefully, other Drupallers around the world will pick up on the idea and have there own gatherings.

Anybody else in or near Regina, SK, Canada? (Probably not I suppose...)

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Profile listings

Steven commented 1 July 2005 at 00:33

You might want to check out some of the listings which profile module generates automatically. You can click the links in user's accounts to see.

For example, all the Canadian drupallers.
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I'll definitely try to make

geokker commented 5 July 2005 at 07:25

I'll definitely try to make it. Every event needs a Mr. Grumpy.

Table Booked

Robert Castelo commented 5 July 2005 at 08:28

I booked the table yesterday.

Sunday roast is served from 12 - 6 p.m., after which there's a barbecue.
Beer available all day ;-)

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Sounds good

fjordans commented 5 July 2005 at 08:55

Should be able to make it. See you there.

Focus West

Robert Castelo commented 5 July 2005 at 12:03

I've sent info of the meet up to Focus West to publicise, so we may get some potential customers coming along in the afternoon.

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A reporter?

Dries commented 6 July 2005 at 07:13

Is someone going to document this meetup and follow up with a picture or two? Maybe a summary of the hot discussion topics? Like that, we have a sense of what lives in the UK. ;-)

Book page

Robert Castelo commented 6 July 2005 at 21:56

As a lot of this meeting is going to be informal and unstructured, would
it be practicle to create a book page to report on it, get comments from people who attended, and then collate them back into the book page?

I'll be bringing my camera, so you can be sure of pictures, and captions ;-)

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blogging about it?

dikini commented 7 July 2005 at 08:33

what about blogging about it, and maybe tagging it at technorati?

I will be in london on 10th

Lam0r commented 6 July 2005 at 14:44

I will be in london on 10th of july for a wedding and it would be nice to attend this meeting but its a shame I cant enter pubs due to religious reasons. Couldnt you guys think of a more private place like a small hall ? ( in this case everyone would pay £5 or so at the entrance )

You want to organise a hall, do it

iandickson commented 6 July 2005 at 16:08

Speaking as someone who has been involved in organising things, on a voluntary basis etc, I always get irritated when people (who don't seem prepared to do anything themselves) complain that whatever it is that others, who have got off their arses and done something, have done, isn't good enough for them.

Lamor - you have a choice - if meeting Drupal people is important, go to the pub - you don't have to drink anything. If it's not important, stop complaining. And if you really need to square the circle, I look forward to your organising a hall, in Central London near a Tube Station, for free (or end of meeting whip round).

I'm curious :-)

Robert Castelo commented 6 July 2005 at 21:01

OK, I'm curious - what religion is it that would forbid you to so much as enter a pub?

They serve food all day, so if I describe it as a restaurant would it make any difference?

If you do have to miss out on this meet up, you could always come to the Linux event at Olympia next October.

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It doesnt matter which

Lam0r commented 12 July 2005 at 16:49

It doesnt matter which religion since most forbid such stuff depending how religious the person is. Never mind about this anyways since this is no place to discuss religion :)...

I visited the website of the pub and I wouldnt classify it as a pub :D since it looked to good for a pub with all that cuisine. I might have dropped in if I didnt leave london on saturday 9th

Personaly I dislike pubs due to the majority of the heavy smokers and smell of beer. I will be looking forward to forthcoming drupal meetings.

I see what I can do about

stephenhendry commented 6 July 2005 at 15:40

I see what I can do about coming It only takes an hour to get to Paddington from Swindon so I could try and swing by. Any idea what time it will go on to. I start my new job on the Monday so could not stay too late.
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Afternoon-ish

Robert Castelo commented 6 July 2005 at 21:40

There's no set time for the meeting to finish, I imagine we'll be there for a good few hours, well into the afternoon/evening.

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Lift Offered from Gloucester

iandickson commented 6 July 2005 at 16:14

I am def going.

Anyone in Gloucester/Cheltenham need a lift?

I'll also be going past either Cirencester/Swindon OR Oxford.

How did it go?

stephenhendry commented 13 July 2005 at 06:38

How did it go? Did you all have fun?
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Report Coming

Robert Castelo commented 13 July 2005 at 11:17

I've written a pint by pint account of the meet up, which will be available later this week once the others who attended have reviewed it.

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4 Drupaleers

Robert Castelo commented 14 July 2005 at 11:59

As promised, I've written a pint-by-pint account of the meet up. For the moment you can read it on my blog.

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Report

Robert Castelo commented 16 July 2005 at 23:05

Now also available on drupal.org:

http://drupal.org/meeting-uk-2005

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