[drupal-devel] Drupal conference, Amsterdam

[Chris Messina]

I would like to volunteer to do microformats and Flock sessions. Not
exactly Drupal-specific, but certainly tangentially related.

Chris

On 9/27/05, Bèr Kessels <berdrupal at tiscali.be> wrote:
> I really would like to see a discussion and meeting for a better (newer) media
> handling in Drupal.
>
> So I still volunteer for this (in addition to my relations talk, not instead
> of) media:
>
> Title: Drupal in media communities
> Description: Look at the present state of media handling in drupal. Look at
> communities around media in Drupal. Podcasting, Vodcasting, Remixing,
> Creative Commons, scattered file storage (flickr), import of media and so on.
>
> Talk about how the future in this should look. Are we ready for it yet?
>
> Bèr
>
> On Tuesday 27 September 2005 07:46, Dries Buytaert wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > any more proposals?  We could use a dozen more. ;-)
> >
> > On 22 Sep 2005, at 14:54, Dries Buytaert wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > --
> > Dries Buytaert  ::  http://www.buytaert.net/
>