Vancouver Drupal evangelists and ringleaders (and my Vancouver Drupal Camp co-horts) are brewing up another get together for the Vancouver League of Drupallers. Ariane and Dale have sent out a call for a Vancouver Drupal geek festive social with a purpose - code sprinting for Fearless City.
I've interviewed Irwin to learn more about Fearless City's mission, audience, participants, animators, success stories, so stay tuned for more coverage. In brief, they are helping residents and artists in the disadvantaged downtown Eastside gain access to digital storytelling skills and tools and create ways to easily publish and share their creations.
Since, I will be sequestered on a remote island, I have no right to talk about the event, so instead will defer to Ariane's details from Groups.Drupal.org/Vancouver - Christmas Social and Fearless City Code Sprint!!!
Ok, we're a go! This has all come together very quickly, so hope lots of you can make it out!
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In usual Vancouver geek community manner, the Drupalists are stepping up and adding their expertise to the conversation. I talked to Raincity Studios' developer (and frequent Drupal campers) Audrey (aufumy) who mentioned how they've the volunteers are already preparing for the event. Iain (iainduncan) set up an SVN and Trac (for non-devs this allows simultaneous work by many developers, themers etc., issues tickets, without overwriting files and manages file revisions). Ariane set up a wiki for Vancouver Drupal group members with tasks and plans. http://groups.drupal.org/node/17367
Fearless City web crew Scott Nelson is heading up the tech tasks and Raincoaster Lorraine is on top of real-life testing for their unique requirements of serving a low-income and often transient audience. She speaks to this in her comment:
"Fearless is really looking forward to this. We're doing a users panel this Saturday to gather feedback from participants who use the site all the time. Usability is key to the success of the website, especially with a user base facing so many challenges: public computers on which they can't change settings, visual challenges due to no corrective lenses, etc. Everything needs to be as easy to use as possible.
It's great to see the Drupal community support for our project. You guys are stars!"
Check the site for potluck or other food info ... to start this important conversation Drupalist mcantelon says, "I'll bring cookies and/or some nog variant." To which i reply - Excellent news!