The Drupal community movement carries on to all corners of the globe with volunteer-run, peer-taught Drupal Camps! The Raincity Studios crew will proudly participate at events coming up in Vancouver, Canada, Sydney, Australia (for the entire Asia/Pacific region) and now, a newly-announced camp in Shanghai, China in conjunction with Open Source Camp Shanghai.

As a media partner of eLiberatica, I've enjoyed seeing their hard work bear such great results as the conference is shaping up with a top-notch roster of speakers. Congrats to ROSI - Romanian Open Source and Free Software Initiative and Agora Media for their hard work in assembling a great list of speakers presenting in what looks to be a splendid location with natural wonders abounding.

[Cross posted from my personal blog]

Herewith my Grassroots Open Mobile Web presentation (original PDF) that I presented Monday April 14, 2008 at the Open Web Vancouver conference.

{Cross posted in various forms at Vancouver Drupal Camp Group, Urban Vancouver and Now Public - please spread the word}

First there was an idea, then we chose a date (May 9-10), set up a relevant Drupal Group, now there is a location (SFU Wosk Centre and Workspace) and finally a Drupal Camp Vancouver website.

Indeed, the rag-tag band of volunteers is steadily working to wrangle Drupal Camp Vancouver into a knowledge-sharing fest of unparalleled fun and untold benefits.

Consider this notice that DrupalCampVancouver.org is alive and slowly percolating up with the relevant details and useful information including Sponsor info (and checklist), Volunteer info (and organizer props), and the important Call for Speakers.

Registration will open this week so keep your eyes open for details to be among the chosen.

For those who don't know, Drupal is an open source Content Management System which powers many of your other favorite community driven sites.

How can you help?

Great question! 'Tis a busy time for all (including many involved with Open Web this week) so volunteers are important to spread the work around. Big thanks to those who've signed on so far. Have a bit of time? Then consider signing up by Contacting the organizers to help out (no big deal eh) and see ya at DrupalCampVancouver.org.

Raincity Studios' Dave O and Roland Tanglao at New Town Bakery in Chinatown discussing upcoming Vancouver social media and open technology conferences, Northern Voice (including Moose Camp and Internet boot camp) and Open Web Conference - both in Vancouver in the coming months.

They talk about some presentation ideas, advantages of attending and handy tips for transport and sustenance while enjoying bowls of tasty food and strong tea.