I’ve been doing my version of shouting this message from the rooftop, and since I can use this forum, too, here goes.

DrupalCON 2008 is coming to Boston, March 3rd - 6th.

Details are online at: http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/

For those of you in the news industry who to learn more about the platform, the community and the future of Drupal, this is the best event of the year.

The following events and topics are designed with news professionals in mind:

– Monday, March 3rd features the first-ever Drupal job fair, so your organization can come and recruit Drupal developers and trainers.*

– Monday will also feature a News Industry meetup, which I am hosting. This is the perfect chance to connect with professionals who are working with Drupal to meet the same business needs.

– The conference “Site Building” track is designed to help those new to Drupal learn how to build, host, scale and manage their Drupal sites, with a special emphasis on integrating Drupal with external systems.

There will be four “tracks” at the conference, dedicated to the following topics:

– Marketing and business
– Design and user experience
– Site building
– Community and core

Attendance is $195 per person and covers all 4 days.

For vendors and recruiters, there are sponsorships available:
http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/sponsorships

* Job fair participants must be event sponsors.

If you have any sponsorship questions or ideas for the industry meetup event, please contact me at agentrickard [at] gmail [dot] com.