Great weekend everyone!

Where can I possibly begin summing up the weekend, the conference, and my first impressions of Christchurch!

Really enjoyed the event! Venue worked out perfectly with some great variety of beer which is always nice haha

Highlights from the event would have to be:

1. Dave Lane trying to explain to the waitress downstairs what Drupal is, and watching her glaze over and look at me in the eyes, as if to say "Oh shit! What have I just got myself into, when is this guy going to stop"

DrupalSouth is on! Don't forget to tag your blog posts, twitter tweets, photos, videos etc with "DrupalSouth".

There are still a few places available at DrupalSouth. If you, or anyone you know wants to come, there is still time -- register now!

$50 NZD registration fee includes lunch both days and drinks on Saturday afternoon.

DrupalSouth is almost upon us. Are you ready? DrupalSouth is THIS WEEKEND. You are receiving this email because you have registered.

Saturday dinner

We have made a booking for dinner on Saturday night at Mitchelli's, an Italian restaurant across the lane from the venue, the Twisted Hop. If you would like to join us, you MUST sign up at http://drupalsouth.net.nz/dinner -- otherwise Mitchelli's may not be able to cater for unexpected extras. Mitchelli's have arranged a set menu for the group at $30 per person, which is NOT part of the registration fee.

We've arranged a set-menu dinner for up to 30 people at Mitchelli's, across the alley from the Twisted Hop. Join us for excellent Italian cuisine. We need a minimum of 20 people for it to happen, and you need to sign up by Friday 24. You'll need to pay Mitchelli's on the night.

Update Tuesday 28: We're a fraction short of the numbers we need for this to go ahead; if you haven't already done so, please sign up by end of Wednesday 29, thanks.

UPDATE: Buddhika Amila Sampath created the Light Fantastic theme, not Joshua Brauer. Joshua is the maintainer.

The theme used on DrupalSouth.net.nz is called Light Fantastic, which was created as part of the Google Summer of Code 2007 by Buddhika Amila Sampath and is maintained by Joshua Brauer.

If you're tweeting or blogging about DrupalSouth, adding links to Del.icio.us, photos to Flickr, videos to YouTube or any other content or media to other social media/networking services, make sure you include the tag or keyword "DrupalSouth" -- One word.

If you were wondering about the awesome panoramic photo from the Port Hills over Christchurch and the Canterbury plains to the Southern Alps at sunset in the header

Follow DrupalSouth on twitter to get all the latest news in your twitter timeline. You can also get DrupalSouth news by RSS feeds, or email (thanks to feedburner). There are three RSS feeds, for news, discussion and comments.

Grabaseat has cheap airfares today from Christchurch to Rotorua on Monday 3 November, for $69. Move fast; there are only 5 left at time of writing.

Grabaseat frequently has discounted fares on domestic flights to and from Christchurch. They are restricted both in the number of seats available and the dates fares are available for; however now is the time to be checking grabaseat daily for flights to and from DrupalSouth; they seem to publish discount fares for flights about 4-8 weeks ahead.

Also, if you're looking for overland travel, ask in the discussion forum for carpooling or a rideshare.

DrupalSouth is the New Zealand Drupal Event for 2008. DrupalSouth will bring NZ's Drupal community together for the first nation-wide Drupal event and the first ever Drupal camp in NZ.

DrupalSouth runs for two days in the first weekend of November, starting at 9:30 am on Saturday 1st November and concluding at 6 pm on Sunday 2nd November 2008. The morning of each day will be filled with presentations, while the afternoons will be open to less formal talks, discussions, demonstrations, tutorials and hacking.

DrupalSouth sponsors and organisers are excited to (finally) present to you DrupalSouth.net.nz! We have been working hard over the last week getting our hands greasy, pulling in views, nodes, content types, CCK fields and other nuts and bolts.

If you're coming to DrupalSouth, register now! There is only room for 50 attendees at DrupalSouth, and places are already filling up fast.

DrupalSouth registration costs only $50 NZD, which is great value! Just look at what you get;

Development on the site is starting in ernest today.  We're mostly managing the development behind the scenes through a mail list.

We're also working on site layout and content types.

There should be more to see tomorrow.  We may even have actual content...