In the wake of Gnomedex, we're rallying up a crew of Vancouver Drupal geeks heading across the Georgia Strait to Vancouver Island to commune with our Drupal colleagues for another camp.

This shindig is organized by the fun-loving NorthStudio.com crew and The Victoria School of Business and Technology plus feature what's sure to be an excellent field trip to the Great Canadian Beer Fest.

As Boris pointed out in his recent How Drupal Can Help Change The World spiel, beer and Drupal seem to go hand in hand. Is that what make the modules so tasty? For those less lubriciously inclined, the NS crew are also setting up movie night.

With the remnants of Drupal Camp Vancouver coffers, and the organization and driving skills of Ryan Dempsey, many of the Vancouver contingent are riding over in a big ole van.

Now i doubt that it will get quite as *magic* as the web archive company Iterasi's Gnomedex Magic Bus with the sage-like Nat at the wheel taking the assembled geeks on a magical mystery tour of hi-jinks, but I am confident a rollicking ferry ride to the kick off party - followed by (not too early) solid sessions of peer education on Friday and Saturday - will be a winner!

How about you? Are you on the Drupal Camp Victoria bus?

The Deets:

• September 5th (~8:30AM to ~4:00PM)
• September 6th (~9:00AM to ~5:00PM)
• @ Gateway Village 301 - 771 Vernon Ave. Victoria BC.
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• Cost: FREE, Yes Free as in nada, zip, zilch

Accommodation ideas:

Accent Inn, Red Lion, Howard Johnson Hotel & Suites, Thetis Lake Campground & Trailer Park, Sunrise at Island View Campground, Blue Ridge Inn, Travellers Inn, Holiday Inn, Sandman Hotel.

Note: Anyone interested in hosting out of towners at their place? Think of the fun cultural exchange you can enjoy. Drop a comment to find a match.

Get involved:

• Attend: You'd best register first so they know you're coming
• Present: Share your knowledge + speakers receive a comp pass to beer fest
• Sponsor: Bask in link love and kudos from your community
• Document: blog it, twitter it, podcast something, make a vidcast, add your photos  - tag'em all "#dcvic08" to auto-magically add your content to the site

More coverage:

• Our pal Lloyd Budd! Drupal Camp Victoria next Weekend
• Digg - Drupal Camp Victoria 2008
• Groups.Drupal.org DrupalCamp Victoria / Beerfest!
• Drupal Camp Season Ends in Victoria - Techvibes|Blog