Drupal is not generally taught in schools. Open source is largely off-topic in universities. Many, if not most, of the leaders in open source, including Drupal, are self-taught experts who bootstrapped their learning process. This doesn't mean they aren't bona fide computer scientists and programmers. On the contrary. But Drupal books aren't on many syllabi.

So we seek to grow the Drupalverse one event at a time, through monthly Drupal meetups ... and, once a year (and hopefully more frequently in the future), collaborating with other sponsors and several volunteers on throwing DrupalCamp Colorado, a two-day, hands-on Drupal conference/meet-up/sprint for people of all levels and all disciplines – designers and coders, website administrators and sysadmins, business people and freelancers, community leaders and entrepreneurs.

When: June 27-28
Cost: only $20

At any hour over the weekend event, there will be simultaneous presentations on topics including development, design, theming, site building, community and business issues, all relating to Drupal and the cutting-edge interwebs 'verse where Drupal lives and breathes.

Plus there will be a lot on e-commerce, because this year DrupalCamp Colorado is combining with Ubercamp, the annual Ubercart conference!

And all these presentations are aimed for audiences ranging from the novice to the expert.

Also there will be "birds of a feather" sessions (BOFs), ad hoc gatherings on a smaller scale where people can explore what interests them with like-minded folks.

We're expecting over 200 attendees!

If you are working with Drupal in any way, or are just curious about it, DrupalCamp Colorado 2009 is an event not to miss! Sign up now! It will be the most productive 20 bucks you ever spent.

(Want to help? Start here, and join us in IRC at #drupal-colorado.)

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