Giving Back to Drupal – –
Giving Back to Drupal
Anna Kalata
@akalata
http://annakalata.com
About me: 6 years with Drupal 4 years freelancing I love rabbits
Who are you? And why are you at MidCamp? coder/non-coder hobbyist/employee saw keynote?
Welcome!
We're glad you're here.
"We're all mad here"
Why did you come to this session?What is a Community?
- We are all working together
- We have existing processes and social conventions
Contribution =/= Code
Yes, code is awesome, but there are lots of ways to contribute to the codebase without being an expert in PHP, HTML, Javascript, Symfony, etc.
If you're looking to get started working on core, join us for sprinting on Sunday (or anytime during the camp)! Suitible for all levels, experienced mentors can help you get up to speed.
Can't attend? Check out other in-person events - Global Sprint Weekends, other camps, DrupalCon. I would recommend starting out in person if you're just getting started in contributing code to an open-source project.
As a member of the community, you can:
- Organize an event
- Speak at an event
- Volunteer at an event
- Provide support
- Issue Queues
- Drupal Answers (StackOverflow)
- IRC
- Update/Create documentation
- Use the issue queue to report bugs
"organize an event" note: "attend" was also on this list Doesn't have to be a camp; could be a Meetup group, or even just a lunch-and-learn Anything beyond a 1-time event for a dozen people should have mutliple organizers "Provide support" - Think about all the times you've gotten help (if you haven't you, you will!). The places where you got that help is the same place where you can provide it "Issue Queue" - Tough, but necessary
As an employee or freelancer, you could also:
- Donate money
- Individual sponsorship tickets to events
- Sponsor a group on Meetup.com
- Join the Drupal Association
- Use your professional skills
- Writer
- Designer
- Coder
Writer - blog posts, case studies, news items. Event organizers can often use a hand from communications and wordsmithing experts. Designer - graphic design or user experience, there are always people looking for feedback, or could use a hand when implementing new ideas. Coder - Share your fixes, workarounds, and new ideas - Fixed an issue while working on a client project? Submit a patch! - Write a blog post documenting a new technique
As a company or organization that relies on Drupal, you should:
- Watch (or re-watch) today's keynote
- Sponsor an event
- Host a meetup and/or sponsor refreshments
- Be open about your use of Drupal
- Join the Drupal Association
- Share or sponsor a contributed module on d.o
- Allow employees to use time at work for their own contributions
Sponsor an event -- not the whole thing! Employee time @ work -- more than code!
Important Reminders
We are all human individuals, with:
- emotions
- needs
- wants
- limitations
- challenges
- blind spots
- passions
- friends
- families
The tools we use to communicate can blind us from this fact.
Questions?