http://growingventuresolutions.com/taxonomy/term/143/0 en http://growingventuresolutions.com/blog/drupal-7-release-parties-and-december-sprints <p>GVS has had a busy December and great start to 2011!</p> <h2>NYC and Denver Drupal 7 release parties</h2> <p>The NYC Drupal 7 Launch Party, hosted by Growing Venture Solutions, Treehouse Agency, and ThinkDrop took place on January 7, 2011.</p> <p>We were delighted at the turnout and enthusiasm for Drupal 7!</p> <p><a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-crowd.jpg"><img src="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-crowd.jpg" alt="Crowd of attendees" /></a><br /> Happy crowd!<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-group.jpg"><img src="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-group.jpg" alt="Group photo of organizers and speakers" /></a><br /> The speakers were Rob Purdie (Economist), Todd Ricker (New York Stock Exchange) and Thomas Turnbull (Zagat). The organizers were Lisa Rex, Claudina Sarahe, Ezra Gildesgame, Amy Cham and Ben Jeavons.</p> <!--break--><!--break--><p><a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-dries-skype.jpg"><img src="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-dries-skype.jpg" alt="Photo of Dries on Skype" /></a><br /> We did a video link up with the Boston party. Oh look, it's Dries Buytaert!<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-denver-skype.jpg"><img src="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-denver-skype.jpg" alt="Photo of Greg Knaddison and Kevin Bridges on Skype" /></a><br /> And then we did a video link up with the Denver and Austin parties. Everyone say hi to Greggles and Kevin Bridges!<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-jacob.jpg"><img src="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-jacob.jpg" alt="Photo of Jacob" /></a><br /> And Jacob Redding wore his Drupal suit and tie!<br /> </p> <p><a href="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-raffles.jpg"><img src="http://growingventuresolutions.com/gvsfiles/d7rp-raffles.jpg" alt="Photo of giving prizes away" /></a><br /> We gave away raffle prizes from Lullabot, Packt Publishing and Mastering Drupal, and there was some additional sponsorship support from CivicActions and Bluestocking Collective.</p> <p>The official photographer for the NYC Drupal 7 party was <a href="http://www.mattcham.com">Matt Cham</a>. Additional <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/treehouseagency/tags/d7rpnyc">d7rp_nyc party photos</a> are on Flickr.</p> <p>GVS also co-hosted the Denver party, with Greg Knaddison in attendance. The next three photos are by Keith Stansell.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sole_i/5335033688/in/set-72157625647129263/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5125/5335033688_f2a3162117.jpg" alt="Danomanion, Andrea, Aaronnott, Greggles, Justin Christoffersen and friend" /></a><br /> Dano Manion, Andrea, Aaron Nott, Greg Knaddison and Justin Christoffersen. I'm holding up a nice <a href="http://certifiedtorock.com/">Certified to Rock</a> sticker ;)</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sole_i/5334889102/in/set-72157625647129263/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5043/5334889102_e4b4f7d1fa.jpg" alt="Matthew Saunders and Andy of Examiner.com" /></a><br /> Andy Packard and Matthew Saunders from the team at <a href="http://www.examiner.com/">Examiner.com</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sole_i/5334269451/in/set-72157625647129263/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5334269451_93b25fd081.jpg" alt="Jyee making Drupal 7 and 7" /></a><br /> Jason Yee making <a href="http://atendesigngroup.com/blog/drupal-7-and-seven">Drupal 7 and Seven</a>.</p> <h2>GVS &lt;3 sprints</h2> <p>GVS and Treehouse sponsored a D7CX code sprint at the offices of GVS neighbor HUGE in Brooklyn, NY.<br /> Progress made at the sprint included working automated tests for the Nodequeue module, a stable Drupal 7 release of the Security review module, <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/115009">amongst other work.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/35549722@N00/5260602391/"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5123/5260602391_404b046bce.jpg" /></a><br /> <br /> Ezra, Vikram Yelanadu, Thomas Turnbull, Andrew Morton, Steven Merrill</p> <p>Meanwhile, Lisa participated in the <a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/105309">Drupal Docs sprint weekend</a> in Vancouver where the core documentation team hashed out directions and problems the Docs team face (see <a href="http://drupal.org/project/issues/search/infrastructure?issue_tags=docsyvr2010">issues tagged docsyvr2010</a> for things that were raised during the meeting). On Saturday, there was a Docs team sprint with special guests chx, dmitrig01, and webchick!</p> <p><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5253327904_3249d63ef5.jpg" alt="Docs team" /><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arianek/5253327904/sizes/m/in/set-72157625579478132/" title="http://www.flickr.com/photos/arianek/5253327904/sizes/m/in/set-72157625579478132/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/arianek/5253327904/sizes/m/in/set-721576255...</a></p> http://growingventuresolutions.com/blog/drupal-7-release-parties-and-december-sprints#comments Planet Drupal code sprints d7rp doc sprints documentation Drupal 7 release party Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:03:53 +0000 Team GVS 1192 at http://growingventuresolutions.com