Hello world, next month, many of us will be in Amsterdam to attend the Drupal conference: http://drupal.org/conference-amsterdam-2005. The goal is to meet in person, to educate new users, to brainstorm about the future of Drupal, to get some development done, and to have fun in and around Amsterdam. Antwerp was fun, Portland was fun, Amsterdam will be fun too so better be there. People can self-organize and get some hacking done in small or large groups; we'll provide the space. To do so, we're renting a venue for either 2 or 3 days -- Ber and Bert are finalizing the deal. Furthermore, Boris secured some funding so the Drupal conference will be free to attend. More details will follow shortly. First things first. We plan to do a number of Drupal presentations and to do so we need people to present. The idea is to do many short presentations (maximum 10 minutes, lightning talks) followed by a discussion (maximum 20 minutes). Possible topics include (but are not limited to): (i) a module you've written, (ii) a module you plan to write, (iii) a website or project you've done, (iv) a proposed core change, (v) the results of a survey, analysis, or benchmark, (vi) a problem or bottleneck you observed, (vii) drupal.org related issues, etc. Anything Drupal can be discussed and everyone is encouraged to submit a topic. The presentations are fun and informal; they have proven to be a great way to get feedback and directions. If you want to present something, please send an e-mail with the topic of your proposed presentation and a two line description. I'll add the presentations to the conference page at http://drupal.org/ conference-amsterdam-2005. If you like to see something presented rather than presenting it yourself, you can request a presentation. Once we have enough presentations, we'll categorize them in groups. I hope to get more than 20 presentations by the end of next week. PS: http://www.expatica.com/source/forum_thread.asp? channel_id=1&thread_id=29858 (thanks Adrian) -- Dries Buytaert :: http://www.buytaert.net/