myDrupal

Hello Business Leaders!

we plan the Drupal Business Days in Vienna to become a very powerful event that allows you to get your Drupal business further!

On May 3th - 5th we will have three days of business discussions, keynotes, products, startups, pitches, fun and more fun!

Register at: www.drupalbusiness.org - We have several actions for you that give you the perfect possibility to get involved...

• Sessions - Tell us your idea, whom you want to see, or propose your presentation!
• Sponsors - Do you want to position your company as a business leader? Or you know someone who should do so?
• Media Partners - you want to be a media partner, write about or advertise the Drupal Business Days and get some attention in return?
• Drupal Business Associate - You want to be part of the organizational team and help make this event big?

If one of these points concerns you - get in touch with us via the contact form or at office { a } drupalbusiness.org !

More Info here: www.drupalbusiness.org

Drupalcamps Europe [international & english]

Start:  2012-06-15 (All day) - 2012-06-17 (All day) Europe/Madrid Drupalcamp or Regional Summit Organizers:  pcambra rvilar

You can now register for the European Drupal Developer Days that take place from June 15th to 17th, 2012 at the Citilab training & research center in Barcelona.

At the Drupal Developer Days we are offering sessions, trainings, ad-hoc meetings, code sprints and practical workshops about the latest developments and techniques in the world of Drupal 8.

We are now also accepting session submissions. If you want to present in Barcelona, you should start thinking now about a good subject that will capture the attention of a crowd of mainly programmers.
The conference is targeted at Drupal developers with varying skill sets: from the beginners who just discovered Drupal to the experts that push the Certified to Rock meter into the red. The sessions should focus on technical topics.

Please have a look at the speaker's guidelines that we assembled.

If you have any questions, please use our forum, contact form or ping @drupaldaysbcn on Twitter

Keep a close eye on our website and follow the Drupal Developer Days Barcelona on Twitter @drupaldaysbcn, to stay informed on the latest details.

Drupalcamps Europe [international & english]

This strategy document uses the Minimal Viable Product strategy, which you can read more about on Wikipedia.

General Overview

The Drupal 8 Mobile initiative’s goal aims to make Drupal the leading mobile CMS platform. Certainly, there are some fantastic contributed modules that already make Drupal a great starting point for mobile solutions; modules like Mobile Tools, Domain Access, Responsive Images, as well as a whole slew of new ones that have been released in the past few months. But in order for a CMS to earn the moniker "mobile-friendly", setting it all up needs to be easy.

Right now, Web development experts are building mobile apps and websites while looking for integration with existing CMSs. And they are having to build a lot of the tools themselves because there are very few mature tools. The Web development industry as a whole is still trying to figure out the best way to build mobile sites and Drupal needs to engage and become a leader as that work continues.

There are currently at least five different ways to provide mobile solutions:

• Native apps (code compiled to run natively on iPhones, Androids, etc.)
• Web apps (HTML5 and JavaScript-based apps running on mobile browsers)
• Mobile/desktop domain switching (parallel websites: one for desktop and one for mobile, with device detection to switch between the two.)
• Responsive design (a single HTML source that uses CSS3 media queries and JavaScript to respond to different device capabilities)
• RESS: Responsive Design + Server-side Components (a hybrid approach that uses Responsive Design techniques combined with a light amount of device detection to alter the markup before being sent to the user.)

Drupal, whether in core or contrib, should support all of them.

Now that’s a pretty broad spectrum of things to cover and they can’t all be included in core. But, to reach that “mobile-friendly CMS” status, what are the top issues Drupal 8 core should provide?

1. Web services for native app integration
2. HTML5 elements necessary for HTML5 Web apps
3. Ability to use Drupal’s administrative forms in mobile devices
4. All of Drupal 8’s core themes should be responsive
5. Front-end performance improvements

Fortunately, the first two points are already covered by the Web Services and Context Core Initiative and the HTML5 Initiative.

That just leaves the last three items for the Drupal 8 Mobile Initiative to focus on.

 

Objectives Responsive Web design

Responsive design is the hottest technique in producing mobile friendly websites because, relative to traditional mobile building techniques, it lowers the development cost for including mobile device support. Websites that only support large screens will become an anachronism, so converting all of core’s current themes to have mobile-first responsive designs is essential for Drupal to remain relevant. (Incidentally, the Drupal 8 Design Initiative, which is focusing on building new themes for Drupal 8, will also ensure its themes are responsive.)

Mobile-friendly forms

If users can’t create content or administer a Drupal site while on a mobile device, we have a serious problem. Those are the first tasks attempted by users on new Drupal websites. Much as the “ugly themes in Drupal 6” made a bad first impression of Drupal to Web designers, not providing mobile administrative solutions will leave a sour taste in the mouths of mobile developers evaluating CMS solutions. To complete this task, we’ll have to look at the complete stack for administrative tasks, including form definitions, form submit handlers, the Toolbar, the Overlay, and the Seven theme.

The target is 100% mobile-friendly administration via responsive design, but we recognize that certain pages, e.g., the permissions page, may require a dedicated mobile presentation.

Front-end performance

Lastly, performance has always been a priority for websites, but with mobile it becomes critical. Some studies show up to 97% of a page’s render time takes place in the front-end. There are a laundry list of best practices for front-end performance that will help mobile and desktop users. And I’ve seen several members of the Drupal community speak about these issues multiple times this past year.

However, when dealing with responsive design, the single biggest performance concern is image handling. The first demo of responsive design had over-large images being sent to mobile devices. While no single best solution has yet been found, we intend to leverage Drupal 7’s image styles to solve this issue.

 

Program tasks

Program tasks are defined in the following way:

• Must have (essential to success)
• Should have (significant impact to success)
• Could have (should be done, but are not essential)
• Won’t have (future functionality)

1. Must have / Critical Responsive Web design
   • Seven converted: http://drupal.org/node/1088792
   • Stark converted: http://drupal.org/node/1322794
   • Bartik converted: http://drupal.org/node/1192044
   Mobile-friendly administration
   • For all content editing and workflow related pages (adding users, taxonomy terms, menu items, new content, moderating content, etc.)
   • Review of the Toolbar
   • Review of the Overlay
   Front-end performance
   • Responsive images: As the layout is resized, the browser will serve the proper image size (“real” size, not height/width attributes) See Responsive image discussion for current status.
   • Optimized images
   • Sprites used wherever appropriate
   • Optimized css: Evaluate the CSS/JS aggregation process and adjust where improvements can be made. Offer more flexible JS loading options so Drupal can stay current as new tools arise.

   One of the first issues that needs tackling is determining a dependencies list so the critical tasks can be done as quickly as possible. For example, all mobile-friendly admin tasks are dependent on Seven being responsive.

2. Should have / Major
   • A “Mobile Handbook” for how to make websites mobile-friendly using contributed projects. http://drupal.org/node/1341310
   Front end performance
   • Documentation of the use cases that css aggregation serves.
   • Documentation for how to optimize for other use cases.
   Mobile-friendly administration
   • Configuration pages converted (creating a new content type; adding fields to a user profile, etc.)
3. Could have / Normal & Minor

   TBD

4. Won’t have
   • Any impact on Drupal.org; See http://drupal.org/node/951114

Core

Start:  2012-01-18 22:30 - 2012-01-26 00:00 UTC Online meeting (eg. IRC meeting) Organizers:  nedjo webchick highermath

In case you missed the announcement on Drupal Planet, Drupal Association 2012 elections are on! We're currently accepting nominations from now until January 26 at 00:00 UTC. If you're interested in being part of the Drupal Association leadership and helping to represent your fellow community members, please apply!

Nominees will be vetted publicly starting January 26, with voting finishing up February 7. Stay tuned for further announcements, and hope to see your nomination in the list. :)

Drupal Association

Register Now to learn and network for Florida DrupalCamp February 11 and 12 2012!

The Drupal content management system is one of the most popular CMS's in the world, and is used to power sites like WhiteHouse.gov, PGA.com, Grammy.com, Standford.edu, and more!

Learn this powerful content management system at the 4th annual Florida Drupal Camp in Winter Park! The Florida Drupalcamp is the annual regional gathering of Drupal developers, decision makers, end users, and site administrators. The event is friendly and open; provides hands on learning; and active networking.

Drupalcamp Florida Features a Multi-Track Learning Experience:

• Beginner Track - Enthusiasts, first-timers, non-programmers, webmasters, and marketing people, as well as anyone tasked with updating sites will benefit from this practical overview of Drupal. Learn the basics, get practical tips, tap into great resources and gain insight as a real site is built before your eyes.
• Dedicated Drupal Hands-On tracks for programmers, webmasters, themers and others seeking to get insight and best practices from the brightest Drupallers we know.
• A non-profit track for non-technical people, decision makers, and those who need to get a better understanding of what Drupal can do. You'll learn the basic principals, benefits, challenges and advantages to using Drupal.
• Birds of a Feather sessions will be presented in a dedicated room throughout the day where you can get help, get some work done, or create your own unconference.
• Oh yes, and networking! After the last screen goes dark, the Florida DrupalCamp social scene lights up with an evening designed for fun and fellowship in Winter Park. It's a chance to get to know the experts, meet the newbies, and develop a few new friendships.
• 3rd Annual "Coding for a Cause" - We will be building a site for a 501(c)3 organization based on an open selection process. The chosen organization will receive a customized Drupal website built by dozens of volunteers in an all-day marathon Drupal coding event on February12th. Get more details on our website about how you can help!

The cost of this event is only $25 and include lunch, a t-shirt and swag.

Register at http://FLDrupalCamp.org today!

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This planning document produced a plan for the 2012 Drupal Association elections of at large directors that was approved by the DA board.

The Drupal Association is holding its first round of elections for board members under its new governance structure. See the the elections announcement for background and details. To invite community input on how best to run the elections, we've outlined below some possible suggestions, along with their pros and cons. Please tell us what you think by posting comments, or add your ideas!

What aims should a voting system meet?

To clarify our best options in an election system, it may help to capture goals. What are we trying to achieve?

• Meet the requirements as set out in the DA bylaws and Election Committee charter.
• Provide a basis to evaluate the success of this initial round of elections and provide feedback and recommendations.
  Note: We are electing two community members "At Large" to sit on the board of directors of the Drupal Association. We are not voting for a governing body of Drupal. The Board does not "make law" for the Drupal project. The Board is a legal entity set up to administer an organisation whose mission is to "foster and support the Drupal software project, the community and its growth." See https://association.drupal.org/about for the specific ways it does this.

Timeline

In order to get new board members ramped up in time for DrupalCon Denver, the first in-person board meeting of 2012, we need to adhere to the following schedule:

• Have an open nomination period of 1 week. Potential board candidates submit a form with a description of their qualifications and motivations for applying.
• Voting period of 1 week. (see below for who gets to vote).
• 2 candidates are presented to the board for ratification.
• December 30- January 6 (2 weeks): Voting proposal open for public comment (this post).
• January 9 - January 13 (1 week): Drupal Association's Election Committee takes community feedback and prepares final voting proposal for Board of Directors, sets up whatever tools are required for election process.
• January 18: Voting proposal submitted to BoD for ratification (cross-posted to g.d.o). Assuming this is accepted....
• January 19 - January 27 (10 days): Nomination process.
• January 29 - February 7 (10 days): Election process.
• February 8: Elected at-large members submitted to board for ratification.
  That means we need feedback as soon as possible!

Issues to address Indirect elections

It's important to understand that these elections are indirect. The DA bylaws read:

There shall be two At-Large Directors, who are elected by the community and ratified by the rest of the Board to serve one-year terms.

In other words, the community is electing what are essentially candidates for the board, who are then voted on by the other current board members. The process is similar in this way to the selection of "class directors" by the nominating committee. No formal criteria have been developed that the board might use in voting on either class or at large directors.
In the case of the 2011-12 nominating committee's recommendations, two of the recommended candidates were declined (voted down) by the board. It's entirely possible that one or both of the two community-selected candidates will be similarly voted down. In this sense, it may be misleading to refer to this process as "elections", or at least to refer to it as community elections. It may be more accurate to describe it as a nominating process, to be followed by elections in which the board are the only voters.
TBD:

• Can/should the DA clarify in advance criteria by which community-"elected" board candidates would be rejected? Doing so might provide greater certainty for community members participating in the process.
• What will occur in the case that one or more of the suggested candidates is not accepted by the board? Will the candidates with the next most support be put forward? Will there be new elections?

Name recognition

Vote-based electoral systems are sometimes criticized for favouring candidates who are better known, whatever their merits might be. Name recognition alone is said to be a significant factor influencing voting.
In the Drupal community, certain types of community members and contributors may be more prominent than others, giving them a relative advantage going into elections. For example, someone who contributes significantly to Drupal documentation or to local or regional Drupal community organizing may be relatively invisible to the broader Drupal community. In contrast, a Drupal developer who maintains a widely used module or contributes prominently to Drupal core may have a very high profile and broad name recognition among Drupal community members.
Some Drupal community processes exist that may influence name recognition of individuals. These include:
* Syndication on Drupal planet. An individual with a syndicated blog may have higher name recognition than one without.
* Profiling in the Drupal community spotlight.
The factor of name recognition may increase the relative importance of providing means for candidates to become known to the electorate, through e.g. debates, forums, and candidate profiles.

What should be required for nomination?

One facet of the election process that needs to be decided is how nominations happen. Should prospective board members nominate themselves, or should they be nominated by the community? Or some combination thereof?

Criteria for evaluating options

The DA bylaws state:

At-Large Directors shall reflect and represent the Drupal community at large.

Criteria to evaluate nomination requirements might include:
* is likely to identify candidates with the ability to reflect and represent the Drupal community
* is not overly restrictive--does not pose a major hurdle to Drupal community members wishing to run
* can be easily confirmed
Note that existing Drupal Association board members or members of the DA's advisory board are not eligible for election to at-large seats.
Here are some options, as well as advantages and disadvantages:

Self nomination only

Details: Nominations come from individuals willing to run themselves

Advantages

• This eliminates the possibility of adding someone to the ballot who has popular support of the community, but who is unwilling or unable to serve on the board of the Drupal Association.

Disadvantages

• May lead to candidates that do not have support of the larger community

Nomination by others Advantages

• Would help identify people the community would like to see on the board.

Disadvantages

• Could end up nominating people who do not want to serve.
• Requires a vetting process of nominees so votes do not get cast for invalid candidates.
• May lead to many candidates.

Nomination by defined Drupal community entities

Entities could include:
* Drupal User Groups
* Teams such as security, documentation, infrastructure

Advantages

• Would help identify people the community would like to see on the board.

Disadvantages

• Drupal entities may not be set up to make such decisions, especially to do so quickly.
• Could end up nominating people who do not want to serve.
• Requires a vetting process of nominees so votes do not get cast for invalid candidates.

Nomination by self AND/OR others

Candidate can nominate themselves, but must be seconded by someone else. Candidate, if nominated by others, must accept nomination.

Advantages

• eliminates the possibility of adding someone to the ballot who has popular support of the community, but who is unwilling or unable to serve on the board of the Drupal Association.
• help identify people the community would like to see on the board.

Disadvantages

• None. Combines the advantages of two of the other options, and mitigates against the disadvantages of self nomination only or nomination by others.

Qualification to vote

Obviously, one of the most important aspects to elections is who has the right to vote on these members. There are many facets that could be used to determine whether someone is a member of the community or not; some easier to check than others.

Criteria for evaluating options

A key question to consider options against is: who are we aiming to identify by our voting eligibility criteria? The DA bylaws say that the at large directors shall be "elected by the community", presumably the Drupal community.
So who is the Drupal community we're trying to capture in our voting eligibility criteria?

• This is difficult to define, and not necessarily needed at the moment, but should be recognized that this needs to be defined at a later date.
• Note that there will be additional elections. It's ok to make decisions that apply for the 2012 election and work out better in future elections. (Agile FTW :P) We just need to be very clear about it.

Constituents of the Drupal community might include:

NOTE: decent consensus that the decision for this election will be an interim decision for the sake of time, and that we will continue to define voting elegibility further for next year.

Primary
* Participants in Drupal sites like drupal.org and groups.drupal.org. (ie. anyone with a D.o account)
* Drupal users - who are these? (difficult to define in a tecnical sense)
* DA members (ie. anyone with a indiv or org membership)

Secondary
* Participants in Drupal conferences or events.
* Organizers of Drupal events. (redundant to g.d.o membership)
* Owners of Drupal shops and consultancies.
* Members of Drupal user groups. (redundant to g.d.o membership)
* Contributors of Drupal documentation. (redundant to d.o account)
* Contributors of Drupal translations. (redundant to d.o account)
* Volunteers with the Drupal Association.
* Contributors to Drupal code--Drupal core and contributed modules, themes, etc. (redundant to d.o account)
* Financial contributors to the Drupal Association or other Drupal-related projects.
* Drupal contractors, site builders, and Drupal shop staff.
* Drupal user interface designers.

Additional criteria for eligibility tests:

• Lend themselves to programmatic determination, rather than requiring a lot of manual confirmation. For example, can be used to construct a site with accounts for eligible voters based on available data on *.d.o sites.
  Here are some possible ideas we could use to identify voters, as well as their pros and cons. Other ideas welcome!

Is an individual member of the Drupal Association by a certain date. Advantages

• Guarantees that the person is real
• Cost for becoming an individual member is relatively inexpensive (inexpensive for developed countries, but expensive for members in developing countries such as China or India)
• is not overly exclusive

Disadvantages

• DA membership has yet to have any defined rights and, to this point, has only been cast as a way to support the work of the Association. There may be significant pushback from the community along the lines of pay-to-play.

Is a member of drupal.org Advantages

• Broadly inclusive

Disadvantages

• it's very hard to verify that these are "real people" and not fake accounts.
• Possible to tarnish the election results by bulk-registering accounts. Though one option could perhaps be to put a minimum time on the accounts, e.g. must be a d.o user for >= 1 year.

Has a "Certified to Rock" rating that exceeds a given threshold

The Certified to Rock algorithm to assign a numerical score from 1 to 11 "based on the strength of contributions to the Drupal community".

Advantages

• Considers numerous criteria in identifying Drupal contributors
• Highly refined methodology
• Broadly recognized in the Drupal community
• Provides readily processed data

Disadvantages

• May favour certain types of contributions over others
• Exact criteria are not visible to Drupal community

Has attended a DrupalCon in the last year Advantages

• shows active involvement and interest in Drupal

Disadvantages

• would exclude people whose input we value who were busy in the last year and/or cannot afford the travel and entry to the event.

Has attended a Drupal meetup Advantages

• shows active involvement and interest in Drupal

Disadvantages

• very hard to track unless we go by self-reporting in which case it's hard to tell they are not fake accounts

Has made commits to Git Advantages

• Rewards people who help make our software awesome with a say in the board of the Drupal Association

Disadvantages

• Leaves out significant portion of non-developer community members from the voting process.
• Leaves out important contributors to other aspects of the project, e.g. Documentation, User Experience.
• Not all commits are equal

Has contributed to drupal.org

Criteria could include:

• Has contributed documentation (link to page contributed prior to a given date).
• Is a manager of a group on groups.drupal.org (link to group).
• Maintains a project (link to project page).

Advantages

• Recognizes various ways to contribute to Drupal.

Disadvantages

• Relatively difficult to verify--would require either custom data processing or individual confirmation of each voter.

How should the eligibility of voters be determined?

This depends on what criteria we decide to use, but for now here are some ideas.
* On the voting site, programmatically construct a list of accounts for eligible voters based on data available at *.d.o. Assign these accounts a role, "voter", that includes permissions relevant to
* During the elections, provide a means - e.g., an issue queue on drupal.org - for anyone who believes themselves to meet eligibility criteria but has not already been assigned an account to apply for account creation.

How should the community interview candidates?

Once we have the list of nominees, the community needs to be given a chance to ask them questions, find out more about their stances on various issues and particular initiatives they wish to spear-head as part of the board.

Criteria for evaluating options

• Allows Drupal community members with a relatively low profile to gain exposure.
• Enables electors to gain information from candidates on areas of concern to electors.
  Here are some ideas. Of course, these are not mutually exclusive and - time and resources allowing - we could use any or all.

Comments enabled on candidate submission forms

(e.g. "Nomination" node form with comments turned on)

Advantages

• Allows drilling in to one candidate to learn more about them.

Disadvantages

• questions (accusations, recriminations, etc.) are directed toward a single candidates.

questions should be asked of all candidates and be open to response from all candidates Advantages

• having an open forum will, if nothing else, give a measure of a candidate's willingness and ability to express theirself

Disadvantages

• Might get uneven coverge of candidates, depending on availability.

All candidates meeting

Have a meeting on IRC/phone that allows for "real time" questioning of candidates by community.

Advantages

• More immediate feedback on questions
• Better chance to "get to know" prospective candidates.

Disadvantages

• Leaves out people who cannot be there a given time.
• Technology may leave some members of the community out entirely.

Where should the elections take place? Criteria for evaluating options

• Access to potentially sensitive data is subject to stringent access control.
• Work required is feasible within the time and resource constraints.
• Elector accounts can be programmatically created if/as required.

drupal.org Advantages

• Easily accessible

Disadvantages

• Requires vetting a new module for deployment on Drupal.org, will delay election process
• About 100 people, likely some of whom will be on the candidates list, have administrative access

association.drupal.org Advantages

• Already has webform module deployed
• Fits well, since the elections are for the Drupal Association
• Easily accessible

Disadvantages

• Off the "main" site
• About 25 people have administrative access (though likely none who are eligible for candidacy)

A subsite for atlarge.association.drupal.org? Advantages

• Single purpose site with the functionality and security required to run the election.
• Can install relevant modules without worrying about impact on the functioning of D.O or A.D.O
• Becomes an historical record of board elections and outcomes.
• Potentially could be used for other democratic and transparency activities such as plebiscites, referendums, committee elections.

Disadvantages

• We have to build and maintain a whole site.

Who should carry out the elections, e.g., count votes? Criteria for evaluating options

• Only a small handful of extremely trusted people should be able to view who voted for whom. This preserves the ability for people to vote their conscience, even if that means voting against their boss or a co-worker/friend.

d.o infrastructure team Advantages Disadvantages DA election committee Advantages Disadvantages

HERE

How should voting work?

Then, finally, on the voting process itself. Here's some ideas, but we welcome others as well.

Edit: Please discuss specifics in this new thread
How should voting work for electing the "At Large" board members of the Drupal Association?
http://groups.drupal.org/node/200143

Criteria for evaluating options

• Input is maximized from voters--the more voters whose preferences are considered, the better.
• The vote outcome is clear and unambiguous.
• The electoral system is comprehensible to those participating in the elections.
• There are available solutions (Drupal modules) to provide the solutions.
• The voting system can identify additional runner up candidates, in case this is needed if elected candidates are declined by the board.

First past the post (FPTP)

Every qualified voter gets up to two votes of equal weight. They are not permitted to cast more than one vote for a single candidate. The two candidates with the most votes (simple majority) are elected.
For more information on this voting system see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting

Advantages

• No need to sift through votes and perform calculations on first vs. second choices or similar voting mechanisms, a simple, anonymized count would be sufficient.
• Everyone universally understands how this works

Disadvantages

• A candidate with the MOST votes doesn't necessarily represent the MAJORITY of voters.
• People tend to vote for candidates most likely to win to prevent wasting their vote.
• FPTP is a widely criticised voting system.

Instant Run Off Vote / Preferential

Voters rank all candidates in order of preference. The candidate with the least number of votes is eliminated, and the 2nd preference of those votes is transferred to the other candidates, and so on, until one candidate receives an absolute majority - or 50% +1 of all votes.
For more information on this voting system see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting

Advantages

• Ensures the outcome is more representative of the will of more voters.

Disadvantages

• It is more complex to calculate the outcome (Note: Decisions module has implemented an instant run off algorithm)

Questions for candidates

What information should we ask of candidates? This might form the basis e.g. of an information sheet that all candidates are asked to fill in, with their responses being publicly accessible as a basis for evaluating them as candidates.
* Name
* Where located (e.g., city and country)
* drupal.org user name, if applicable
*

Resource needs

For the elections it looks like we'll need a range of web elements that may include some or all of the following:
* A questionnaire for candidates and a publicly visible display of results.
* Likely solution: Webform module.
* A forum for for candidate questions.
* Core forum module?
* One or more real time meetings.
* Video conferencing?
* A voting system
* If first past the post, ?
* If instant runoff/preferential perhaps the Decisions module?

TL;DR (aka, The Short Version)

We welcome community thoughts on the following questions as they pertain to filling two community-elected board positions for the Drupal Association:

• How should nominations work? Should interested parties self-nominate for an at-large position, or should we take suggestions from the larger community? Other?
• Who should be able to vote during elections? Anyone with a Drupal.org account? Anyone who's a paid Individual Member of the Drupal Association? Or some other criteria?
• What should the community "vetting" process of prospective candidates look like? Comments on individuals' applications? A forum of some kind for the community to raise questions/issues and offer all candidates an opportunity to respond? Some kind of "real-time" meeting?
• Where and how should the actual elections themselves take place? Webform module, locked down to only a select set of members to view results? A public voting process on Twitter or IRC? What are your ideas?
  Thanks very much for your participation in a very important step for the Drupal Association's community accountability!

Drupal Association

We want to invite Drupaleros around USA to our event!

English

Drupal Summit Latino, Guadalajara 2012 will take place on the "Universidad de Guadalajara". Drupal Summit Latino aims at being an event to unite and bring together all the Drupal communities, companies and people around the Latin American and Brazil.

Conferences, workshops and coding/documentation/translation sprint are being planned so it will be a great opportunity to learn and share with distinguished members from the Drupal community in the whole continent. Need help with a problem, looking for a Drupal related job, or looking to hire Drupal talent? Come to Drupal Summit Latino GDL 2012.

The event is being co-organized between the Drupal latino community and the University of Guadalajara.

Español

El Drupal Summit Latino 2012 es el mayor evento Latinoamericano de Drupal, que por primera vez reunirá a las comunidades, compañías y drupaleros de toda América Latina en Guadalajara Jalisco.

Se están planeando conferencias, talleres y sprints de documentación/código/traducción, así que será una gran oportunidad para aprender y compartir con miembros de la comunidad drupalera de todo el continente. ¿Necesitas ayuda con un problema, estás buscando trabajo o talento para tu proyecto? Ven al Drupal Summit Latino GDL 2012.

El evento está siendo co-organizado entre la comunidad de Drupal Latino y la Universidad de Guadalajara.

Registration is open at
http://gdl2012.drupal-latino.org

English information in http://gdl2012.drupal-latino.org/node/61

Design 4 Drupal

Start:  2012-01-19 09:00 - 2012-01-21 15:00 America/Mexico_City Drupalcamp or Regional Summit Organizers:  jackbravo koffer develCuy Joyita KarimB Español

Toda América Latina celebra el mayor encuentro Drupal del año 2012!

Por fin podemos anunciar oficialmente el lanzamiento del mayor evento Drupal del año 2012: "Drupal Summit Latino – Guadalajara 2012".

Guadalajara (Jalisco - México) será la sede del segundo evento a nivel latinoamericano dedicado a Drupal los días 19, 20 y 21 de Enero de 2012, en el CUECA de la Universidad de Guadalajara.

Tendremos un sin fin de conferencias dictadas por reconocidos y experimentados drupaleros provenientes de varios países de América Latina, Estados Unidos y Europa.

Se espera la presencia de más de 400 participantes lo que será sin duda alguna, a nivel continental, la mayor concentración jamás vista de experiencia y conocimiento sobre el software de publicación de sitios Web más exitoso del momento: Drupal por supuesto!

¡ Te invitamos a proponer una sesión para Drupal Summit Latino 2012 ! Por favor ten en cuenta que la fecha límite para las propuestas es el 14 de diciembre 2011.

¡ Te invitamos también a patrocinar el evento tenemos distintos planes. Convertirse en un patrocinador de Drupal Summit Latino - Guadalajara 2012 es una gran oportunidad para apoyar el proyecto Drupal y para promover tu organización dentro de la comunidad de Drupal. Es una oportunidad única para conectar con los clientes, socios y proveedores de servicios de México y Latinoamérica.

El evento está siendo co-organizado entre la comunidad de Drupal Latino y la Universidad de Guadalajara.

Regístrate ya en la página web: http://gdl2012.drupal-latino.org

English

We've been preparing this for some time now, and are very excited to announce the second Drupal Summit Latino, to be held in Guadalajara, México. Mark your calendars for 19, 20 and 21 of January 2012.

Drupal Summit Latino, Guadalajara 2012 will take place on the "Universidad de Guadalajara". Drupal Summit Latino aims at being an event to unite and bring together all the Drupal communities, companies and people around the Latin American and Brazil.

Conferences, workshops and coding/documentation/translation sprint are being planned so it will be a great opportunity to learn and share with distinguished members from the Drupal community in the whole continent. Need help with a problem, looking for a Drupal related job, or looking to hire Drupal talent? Come to Drupal Summit Latino GDL 2012.

The event is being co-organized between the Drupal latino community and the University of Guadalajara.

Registration is open at http://gdl2012.drupal-latino.org

Uruguay

Drupal 8 development has been underway for some time now and we're seeing increased activity around issues that aim to improve Drupal usability.

What's been missing is an overview of where we should focus our time and energy when tackling Drupal user experience challenges. This post provides an outline of the topics we want to focus on to make Drupal 8 great.

In a nutshell, we want to:

• Kick off some essential core UX design projects in the next months.
• We will work on the content creation experience, fields UI and extending Drupal.
• And last, we want to position the default profile(s) of Drupal core, and define a community-driven framework for making decisions on their directions.

Read full article: Thoughts on D8UX Strategy.

We are looking for feedback on the overall focus and specific topics.

Web Experience Management

Harrah's--New Orleans, LA
Thursday, December 8, 2011 at 9:00am until Friday, December 9, 2011 at 5:00pm..

Are you Drupal-curious or a die-hard Drupal fan? The best and brightest web developers, designers and those smart business owners, corporate and enterprise execs will gather to see how Drupal can bring the heat like Frank’s Louisiana Red Hot Sauce and enjoy the warm weather and charm of The Big Easy, New Orleans.

If you are a web developers or website designer who wants to spice up your Drupal experience, you will benefit from the informative and interactive workshops, sessions and panels from some of the most influential people in the Drupal Community.

Register for now for the Drupal on the Bayou Summit and be there training, workshops and sessions that will help you to take your Drupal skills to the next level. *Group discounts and student discounts available.

Register at: http://www.drupalonthebayou.com/

Central Alabama

This year's DrupalCamp Austin includes a dedicated training track, so you can immerse yourself in an weekend-long educational experience! Trainings will be given by world-class Drupalers on a variety of essential topics.

Enroll in Drupal training!

You do not need to be registered for DrupalCamp Austin to attend trainings. If you also want to attend DrupalCamp, you can add training sessions à la carte to your registration ticket, combining camp-style sessions with hands-on, dive-deeper training in subjects like site building, security, and responsive design.

This year's trainings include:

Site Building with Drupal 7

• This introductory one-day workshop touches on nearly every aspect of the core Drupal framework and covers many must-have modules. You’ll learn best practices from industry professionals and create a sustainable framework for managing your content. By the end of the day, you’ll have created a Drupal site that looks and functions much like any you’ll see on the web today.
• Cost: $150.00
• When: Full-day (8:30am–5:00pm)
• Trainer(s): Jennifer Lampton

Introduction to Drupal Security for Coders

• The training begins with a review of the most common kinds of vulnerabilities found in Drupal sites. We’ll then break them down and focus on the specific ways to address those problems in both site
  configuration and code.
• Cost: $75.00
• When: Half-day, morning (8:30am–12:00pm)
• Trainer(s): Greg Knaddison

PHP for Non-Programmers

• This is a friendly programming introduction for people new to coding. We’ll take a “Physics for Poets” approach to basic PHP concepts like variables, if/else statements, Boolean logic, functions, and hooks. Participants will write code, read code, and have a clear understanding of how to continue practicing.
• Cost: $75.00
• When: Half-day, afternoon (1:30pm-5:00pm)
• Trainer(s): Diana Montalion Dupuis

Responsive Drupal Theming and Design

• Do your Drupal themes work on all devices, regardless of size or browser complexity? This hands-on, “You can do it” training session will teach you how to create and theme a responsive design in Drupal.
• Cost: $150.00
• When: Full-day (8:30am–5:00pm)
• Trainer(s): Todd Nienkerk, Chris Ruppel

Site Building with Power Tools: Views and Panels

• During our 1/2 day session, we’ll take Drupal 7 beyond the “out of the box” experience and dive into two of the most popular modules - Views and Panels. You’ll learn how to replace your homepage with a custom built page that grabs content from different areas of your site and then we’ll work together to build a site similar to IMDB.com without any coding! We’ll provide a workbook so you can practice this on your own after class. as well.
• Cost: $75.00
• When: Half-day, morning (8:30am–12:00pm)
• Trainer(s): Rob Martin

Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization

• The earlier a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine. Join Erik Wagner, Internet Marketing Manager at Volacci, as he provides a practical walk through showing you which modules to install, which settings to use, and dozens of the most closely guarded “tricks of the trade” to get your web site optimized, higher in the search engines, and more profitable. Volacci’s founder, Ben Finklea, is the author of Drupal 6 Search Engine Optimization.
• Cost: $75.00
• When: Half-day, afternoon (1:30pm-5:00pm)
• Trainer(s): Erik Wagner

Central Texas

DrupalCampNYC 10 will be the largest New York City Camp to date, with 500 anticipated attendees and over 30 high-quality sessions across a spectrum of Drupal-related disciplines.

It's all happening on Saturday, December 10, 2011 at John Jay College in Manhattan, for the bargain price of $20. Your registration fee will not only cover a full day of top-notch Drupal content from some of the finest minds in our community, but breakfast and lunch as well.

DrupalCamp sessions are created and presented by camp participants. For this camp, sessions will be organized into the following tracks:

• Development sessions might talk about topics including module development, security, tools and environments, best practices, etc.
• Site building sessions address topics around the Drupal admin, community-contributed modules and tools, and more. If it's not Development, and it's not Presentation, and it's part of the site creation process, it's probably here.
• Presentation encompasses design, front-end development, and theming.
• Business and end users is more geared toward the non-technical facets of Drupal. This might include project management, team dynamics, tips for content managers and editors, agency issues, marketing, and so forth.
• Sysadmin and performance is the track for things like hosting, database optimization, testing tools and protocols, CDNs, and various other topics.

Within each of the tracks listed, there will be content suitable for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Drupal professionals. Additionally, there will be New/Newish to Drupal sessions early in the day, to help bring up to speed those who do not yet have a deep knowledge of Drupal; birds of a feather sessions will allow participants to engage in open discussion around specific topics.

Finally, each time slot will feature a Community Spotlight speaker. This speaker, drawn from the NYC Drupal community, is a recognized expert in his or her area of Drupal and will speak on a high-impact topic of his or her choice.

Also of note: there are a few sponsorship opportunities still available. Benefits and levels are available here: http://drupalcampnyc.org/sponsors/how-sponsor

The New York City Drupal community is a collection of friendly people that are eager to accept newcomers, who are always welcome to any event. Regardless of your experience with Drupal, or lack thereof, we warmly invite you to join us for DrupalCampNYC 10.

Get know Drupal, grow your skills, share your wisdom, or just make some Drupally new friends.

Tickets will sell out quickly, so register ASAP. See http://drupalcampnyc.org for full information and to reserve your seat!

New York City

English / Castellano

DrupalCamp Foz 2011
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
October 19-21, 2011
Written by Nick Vidal

Photo Credits: Saulo Amui.

I bet Dries never saw so many water drops in his life!

Introduction

The Drupal Latin community has been trying to convince the Drupal Association to organize a DrupalCon outside of the North America / Europe axis since 2009 without much success. One of the last attemps was the Drupal Association planning to hold a DrupalCon together with Latinoware, one of the largest open-source events in Brazil, but it didn't work out and, with 50 days left to Latinoware, the Drupal Association passed the buck to whoever would take up the challenge of organizing a DrupalCamp instead. Obviously 50 days is not a lot of time to organize an event of this magnitude. Nevertheless, I thought it was important to give my best try to prove that we, as a community, can organize a DrupalCon in Latin America! Why is that so important? Because it breaks the long overdue pattern of holding DrupalCons only in North America and Europe. Because it expands Drupal to new horizons and fosters new opportunities in places where it's most needed! If the Latin community can organize a DrupalCon, so can Asia. If Asia can do it, so can Australia. If Australia can do it, so can Africa!

The Venue

DrupalCamp Foz 2011 took place in conjunction with Latinoware 2011 in Foz do Iguassu, Brazil on October 19-21, 2011. Over 4.000 people were part of the eighth edition of Latinoware. The Latinoware venue was Itaipu's Technology Park, situated inside the Itaipu Dam. The Itaipu Dam is the world's largest generator of renewable clean energy. Considered to be one of the seven modern wonders of the world, this magnificent structure is located on the border of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina. Besides the Itaipu Dam, Foz do Iguassu is also known for the Iguassu Falls, considered to be one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The Venue provided by Latinoware was really beautiful, and Latinoware took care of the audio/video equipment, video recording, Internet access, receptionists, translators, security guards, transportation, coffee-break, lunch, and even a Rock concert!

The Organizers

The main organizers of Latinoware were Cesar Brod and Joice Käfer. They both did a fantastic job organizing the event and offered a tremendous support for DrupalCamp Foz during the whole period. They were the ones responsible for convincing Dries Buytaert to come to Brazil for the first time. Also, they negotiated with Latinoware to pay the expenses of two DrupalCamp Foz organizers from Brazil and two DrupalCamp Foz organizers from Latin America.

I was the main organizer of DrupalCamp Foz, and I chose Pedro Faria, a Drupal and PHP member from Rio de Janeiro, to help me. From Latin America, I chose Fernando Paredes Garcia, the previous organizer of the Drupal Summit Latino (that took place in Lima, Peru in January 2011), and Joaquin Contreras, the next organizer of the Drupal Summit Latino (which will take place in Guadalajara, Mexico in February 2012). I wanted to use this DrupalCamp as a meeting point to create a bridge between the Drupal Summits. These Drupal Summits are a demonstration of the power of the Drupal Latin community to organize events.

The Sponsors

Most sponsors need at least 3 months to allocate resources for a sponsorship, but we didn't have that much time, so we mostly had to rely on our own social network to find sponsors and speak directly with CEOs to speed the process. Fabiano Sant'Ana provided our first Gold Sponsorship by putting us in touch with José San Martin, from Chuva Inc (Brazil). Later, Pedro Faria put us in touch with Saulo Amui, from HostSH (Brazil), who offered a Bronze Sponsorship. Next, Leandro Nunes and Alex Weber from Webdrop (Brazil) got in touch with us and offered a Silver Sponsorship. Franz Glauber put us in touch with Bob White from Trellon (U.S.), who kindly offered a Gold Sponsorship. I was able to negotiate a Gold Sponsorship with Jeffrey McGuire from Acquia (U.S.). And finally, Fernando Paredes Garcia put us in touch with Juan Santiago from Santex America (Argentina) for a Diamond Sponsorship. Each CEO had to personally look into this matter and make it happen really fast, so we are very grateful for their amazing support of the Drupal Latin community.

The Speakers

We didn't have much time to make a call for participation neither. We only gave a 2-week time-frame for speakers all over Brazil and Latin America to submit their talks, but the feedback was amazing and we even had to cut some talks in the end. The selected speakers were from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Mexico, and Peru (as well as Belgium and Greenland). They were: Alex Piaz, Capi Etheriel, Diego Teixeira, Dries Buytaert, Everton Pasqual, Fabiano Sant'Ana, Fernando Paredes Garcia, Franz Glauber, Henrique Recidive, Javier Reartes, Joaquin Contreras, José San Martin, Karim Boudjema, Leandro Nunes, Nancy Contreras, Nick Vidal, Pedro Faria, Rasmus Lerdorf, and Tiago Palacios. Thanks to our sponsors, we were able to offer free accommodation to all speakers.

The Audience

With DrupalCamp Foz 2011 being held at the main auditorium, with a capacity for 1000 people, we had really high expectations. But Cesar Brod, an experienced organizer, warned us that he wasn't expecting us to fill the auditorium, specially with only 50 days to organize the event. And in the end, he was right. This just proves that you can't organize a huge event in 50 days! The Drupal community needs time to organize themselves, to talk with employers, to buy plane tickets, to make hotel reservations, and to gather together. We had everything ready to receive those 1000 people, but we didn't give the Drupal community enough time to come. Perhaps we could have pulled it off on such a short-time frame if the event were to take place in Sao Paulo city over the week-end. But this was Foz do Iguassu, a small city 1000 Km (650 miles) away from Brazil's financial hub, and the event occurred in the middle of the week. Nevertheless, the Drupalers that came were really great, and we also had many newbies attending Latinoware interested in open-source, and this was the audience that we tried to reach.

The Magazine

Perhaps one of the biggest successes of DrupalCamp Foz 2011 was the launch of a Magazine to promote Drupal in Latin America. This was a 20-page full-color magazine with many articles and an interview with Dries Buytaert translated into 3 languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Thanks to our sponsors, we were able to print 5000 copies. In Latinoware, we were able to spread 3000 magazines. Just a few days ago, we were awarded a 2500 USD grant from the Drupal Association to print more magazines and spread them in DrupalCamps all over Latin America! We are already in touch with Drupalers from Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru to spread these magazines. Also, in Brazil, we'll be spreading the magazines in the states of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Parana, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goias and the Federal District (Brasilia). So this has been and will be, without a doubt, a big boost in disseminating Drupal in the whole continent.

The DRUP4AL

But the whole continent is not enough for us. We want to help spread Drupal everywhere, specially in places that have so far received little attention from the Drupal community. This is why we also created a new initiative called DRUP4AL, pronounced "Drup for All", with the mission of promoting Drupal in Africa, Asia, Australia, and America Latina. We want to expand Drupal to new horizons and foster new opportunities in places where it's most needed!

But is Drupal mature enough in these places to deserve our attention? We believe that this is a classic chicken-and-egg problem. The more we concentrate our attention in promoting Drupal in North America and Europe, the bigger will the gap get between Drupal adoption in North America and Europe when compared to the rest of the world. Also, there is a tendency for undervaluing the importance of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America. The reality is that, despite the challenges, there are huge markets in these regions. For example, we have Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Furthermore, and most importantly, it's a matter of social responsibility promoting Drupal in these regions, since these are the regions where Drupal has the biggest potential for truly changing people's lives and making the world a better place.

We've just launched this initiative, but within a few days, we have already received support from the whole Drupal Latin Community, as well as the Drupal Community from India, Singapore, and Australia.

Final Remarks

DrupalCamp Foz 2011 was a great event with many initiatives. We only had 50 days to organize this event, but for us this was just a small drop towards making a strong Drupal presence everywhere. We are currently organizing the 2nd Drupal Summit Latino, in Guadalajara, Mexico, and we are preparing to launch a new Magazine during this event. We also look forward to working together with other communities from around the world. There is just so much potential, and we believe that these initiatives will help change the perspective that the core Drupal community has towards the community around them. If we all work together, we can truly change the world and create a better equilibrium in society. I believe that there is no better place to represent this change of attitude than Foz do Iguassu, with the beautiful waterfalls symbolizing the coming together of small water drops from everywhere into this one splendid oeuvre d'art from mother nature. Let's spread Drupal everywhere, and most importantly, let's spread opportunities for all!

Website: http://foz2011.drupal-latino.org/en

Castellano / English

DrupalCamp Foz 2011: Difundiendo Drupal en América Latina y más allá!

DrupalCamp Foz 2011
Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil
Octubre 19-21, 2011
Escrito por Nick Vidal
Traducido al Castellano por @develCuy

Foto por: Saulo Amui.

Apuesto a que Dries nunca vio tantas gotas de agua en su vida!

Introducción

La comunidad Latina de Drupal ha estado intentando convencer a la Asociación Drupal de organizar un Drupalcon fuera del axis Norte América / Europa desde 2009 sin mucho éxito. Uno de los últimos intentos fue el plan de Drupal Association de hacer un Drupalcon junto a Latinoware, uno de los más grandes eventos de open-source en Brasil, pero eso no funcionó y, con 50 días faltantes para Latinoware, la Drupal Association pasó la pelota a cualquiera que tome el reto de organizar un DrupalCamp en reemplazo. Obviamente 50 días no es mucho tiempo para organizar un evento de esta magnitud. Sin embargo, pensé que era importante hacer mi mejor intento para probar, como comunidad, que es posible organizar un DrupalCon en América Latina! ¿Por qué es tan importante? Porque esto rompe el antiguo patrón de organizar DrupalCons solamente en Norteamérica y Europa. Porque esto expande Drupal a nuevos horizontes y fomenta nuevas oportunidades en lugares donde es más necesitado! Si la comunidad Latina puede organizar un DrupalCon, entonces Asia puede. Si Asia puede hacerlo, entonces Australia puede. Si Australia puede hacerlo, entonces África puede!

El Lugar

DrupalCamp Foz 2011 ocurrió junto con Latinoware 2011 en Foz de Iguazú, Brazil del 19 al 21 de Octubre de 2011. Más de 4.000 personas fueron parte de la octava edición de Latinoware. El lugar de Latinoware fue el Parque Tecnológico de Itaipú, situado dentro de la Represa de Itaipú. La Represa de Itaipú es en el planeta el más grande generador de energía limpia renovable. Considerada una de las siete maravillas del mundo moderno, esta magnífica estructura está ubicada en el límite de Brazil, Paraguay, y Argentina. Aparte de la Represa de Itaipú, Foz de Iguazú es también conocido por las Cataratas de Iguazú, consideradas a ser una las siete maravillas naturales del mundo. El lugar provisto por Latinoware fue realmente hermoso, y Latinoware se encargó del equipo de audio/video, grabación de video, acceso a Internet, recepcionistas, traductores, guardias de seguridad, transporte, coffee-break, almuerzo, y hasta un concierto de Rock!

Los Organizadores

Los organizadores principales de Latiware fueron Cesar Brod y Joice Käfer. Ambos hicieron un trabajo fantástico organizando el evento y todo el tiempo ofrecieron un soporte tremendo para DrupalCamp Foz. Ellos fueron los responsables de convencer a Dries Buytaert de venir a Brazil por primera vez. También, ellos negociaron con Latinoware el pago de los gastos de dos organizadores Brasileños de DrupalCamp Foz y dos organizadores de DrupalCamp Foz de América Latina.

Yo fui el organizador principal de DrupalCamp Foz y escogí Pedro Faria, un miembro de la comunidad de Drupal y PHP de Rio de Janeiro, para que me ayude. De América Latina, escogí a Fernando Paredes Garcia, el anterior organizador de Drupal Summit Latino (ocurrido en Lima, Perú en Enero 2011), y Joaquin Contreras, el próximo organizador de Drupal Summit Latino (que ocurrirá en Guadalajara, México en Febrero 2012). Quise aprovechar este DrupalCamp como un punto de encuentro para crear un puente entre los Drupal Summits. Estos Drupal Summits son una demostración del poder de la comunidad Latina de Drupal para organizar eventos.

Los Patrocinadores

La mayoría de patrocinadores necesita por lo menos 3 meses para preparar sus recursos de patrocinio, pero no tuvimos mucho tiempo, así que nos apoyamos mayormente en nuestra propia red social para encontrar patrocinadores y hablar directamente con los CEOs para acelerar el proceso. Fabiano Sant'Ana proveyó nuestro primer Patrocinador Oro al contactarnos con José San Martin, de Chuva Inc (Brasil). Después, Pedro Faria nos puso en contacto con Saulo Amui, de HostSH (Brasil), quien ofreció un Patrocinio Bronce. El siguiente, Leandro Nunes y Alex Weber de Webdrop (Brasil) se pusieron en contacto con nosotros para ofrecer un Patrocinio Plata. Franz Glauber nos puso en contacto con Bob White de Trellon (U.S.), quien gentilmente ofreció un Patrocinio Oro. Yo pude negociar un Patrocinio Oro con Jeffrey McGuire de Acquia (U.S.). Y finalmente, Fernando Paredes Garcia nos puso en contacto con Juan Santiago de Santex America (Argentina) para un Patrocinio Diamond. Cada CEO tuvo que ocuparse personalmente de este asunto y hacer que ocurra rápido, así que estamos muy agradecidos por su maravilloso soporte a la comunidad Latina de Drupal.

Los Ponentes

Tampoco tuvimos mucho tiempo para hacer una llamado para participar. Solamente dimos una rango de tiempo de 2 semanas a los ponentes de todo Brasil y América Latina para envíen sus sesiones, pero la respuesta fue maravillosa e incluso tuvimos que quitar algunas charlas al final. Los ponentes escogidos fueron de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, México, y Perú (así como Bélgica y Groenlandia). Ellos fueron: Alex Piaz, Capi Etheriel, Diego Teixeira, Dries Buytaert, Everton Pasqual, Fabiano Sant'Ana, Fernando Paredes Garcia, Franz Glauber, Henrique Recidive, Javier Reartes, Joaquin Contreras, José San Martin, Karim Boudjema, Leandro Nunes, Nancy Contreras, Nick Vidal, Pedro Faria, Rasmus Lerdorf, y Tiago Palacios. Gracias a nuestros patrocinadores, nosotros pudimos ofrecer hospedaje gratuito a todos nuestros ponentes.

La Audiencia

Con el DrupalCamp Foz 2011 ocurriendo en el auditorio principal, con una capacidad para 1000 personas, tuvimos expectativas realmente altas. Pero Cesar Brod, un organizador experimentado, nos advirtió que el no espera que llenemos el auditorio, especialmente con solo 50 días para organizar el evento. Y al final, el tuvo razón. Esto solamente prueba que ¡no puedes organizar un gran evento en solo 50 días! La Comunidad de Drupal necesita tiempo para poder organizarse, hablar con los empleados, comprar los boletos de avión, hacer las reservaciones de Hotel, y poder juntarse. Tuvimos todo listo para recibir a esas 1000 personas, pero no le dimos suficiente tiempo a la comunidad de Drupal para venir. Tal vez pudimos haberlo logrado en tan poco tiempo si el evento se hubiera realizado en la ciudad de Sao Paulo durante un fin de semana. Pero esto era Foz de Iguazú, una pequeña ciudad a 1000 Km (650 millas) lejos del centro financiero de Brasil, y el evento ocurrió en el medio de la semana. Sin embargo, los Drupaleros que vinieron fueron realmente grandiosos, y también tuvimos muchos novatos que asistieron a Latinoware interesados en open-source, y esa fue la audiencia que intentamos alcanzar.

La Revista

Tal vez uno de los mayores éxitos de DrupalCamp Foz 2011 fue el lanzamiento de una Revista para promover Drupal en América Latina. Esta fue una revista de 20 páginas a full-color con muchos artículos y una entrevista a Dries Buytaert traducida en 3 idiomas: Inglés, Castellano, y Portugués. Gracias a nuestros patrocinadores, pudimos imprimir 5000 copias. En Latinoware pudimos distribuir 3000 revistas. Hace solo unos días fuimos premiados con 2500 USD de la Drupal Association para imprimir más revistas y distribuirlas en las DrupalCamps DrupalCamps por toda América Latina! Ya estamos en contacto con Drupaleros de Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, y Perú para distribuir estas revistas. También, en Brasil, estaremos las revistas en los estados de Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Parana, Minas Gerais, Bahia, Goias y el Distrito Federal (Brasilia). Así que esto ha sido y será, sin lugar a dudas, un gran acelerador para promocionar Drupal en todo el continente.

La DRUP4AL

Pero todo el continente no es suficiente para nosotros. Queremos ayudar a difundir Drupal en todas partes, especialmente en lugares que hasta el momento solo han recibido poca atención de la comunidad de Drupal. Esa es la razón por la que también creamos una nueva iniciativa llamada DRUP4AL, pronunciada "Drup for All" (Drup para todos), con la misión de promover Drupal en Africa, Asia, Australia, y América Latina. Queremos expandir Drupal a nuevos horizontes y fomentar nuevas oportunidades en lugares donde es más necesitado!

Pero, ¿És acaso Drupal lo suficientemente maduro en esos lugares como para merecer atención? Creemos que este es el clásico problema del huevo y la gallina. Cuanto más concentremos nuestra atención en promover Drupal en Norteamérica y Europa, mayor va ha ser el nivel de adopción en Norteamérica y Europa cuando se le compare con el resto del mundo. También, hay una tendencia a menospreciar la importancia de Africa, Asia, Australia, y América Latina. La realidad es que, a pesar de los retos, hay enormes mercados en esas regiones. Por ejemplo, tenemos Brasil, Rusia, India y China. Finalmente, y más importante, es un asunto de responsabilidad social el promover Drupal en esas regiones, ya que esas son regiones donde Drupal tiene el mayor potencial para realmente cambiar la vida de las personas y hacer del mundo un mejor lugar.

Recién acabamos de lanzar la iniciativa, pero en pocos días, ya hemos recibido soporte de toda la Comunidad Latina de Drupal, así como de la Comunidad de Drupal en India, Singapore y Australia.

Observaciones Finales

DrupalCamp Foz 2011 fue un gran evento con muchas iniciativas. Solamente tuvimos 50 días para organizar este evento, pero para nosotros esto fue solo una pequeña gota en el esfuerzo de construir una fuerte presencia de Drupal en todas partes. Actualmente estamos organizando el 2do Drupal Summit Latino, en Guadalajara, México, y estamos preparando el lanzamiento de una nueva Revista durante este evento. También estamos buscando trabajar junto a otras comunidades de todo el mundo. Hay mucho potencial, y creemos que esas iniciativas van a ayudar a cambiar la perspectiva que el núcleo de la comunidad de Drupal tiene respecto de la comunidad a su alrededor. Si todos trabajamos juntos, podemos realmente cambiar el mundo y crear un mejor equilibrio en la sociedad. Creo que no hay mejor lugar para representar este cambio de actitud que Foz de Iguazú, con las hermosas cataratas simbolizando a pequeñas gotas de agua que vienen juntas desde todas partes en este esplendido oeuvre d'art de la madre naturaleza. Difundamos Drupal en todas partes, y más importante, ¡promovamos oportunidades para todos!

Sitio web: http://foz2011.drupal-latino.org/es

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Start:  2011-12-10 09:00 America/Chicago Drupalcamp or Regional Summit Organizers:  Slurpee

Register @ DrupalCampChicago.org

Your invited to our 4th annual DrupalCamp Chicago Saturday December 10th 2011.

Why DrupalCamp:
For more than five years the Chicago Drupal Meet Up Group has highlighted the benefits of an open source initiative. We have helped build bridges from nonprofits and entrepreneurs looking to deploy Drupal to resourceful Drupal development companies, independent consultants and hobbyists in the Chicago area and across the midwest.

The day-long DrupalCamp allows for a more intensive hands-on focus than the monthly evening Meet Ups, and while there are separate beginner and advanced Meetups, DrupalCamp brings everyone of all skill levels together for open communication, education, fun, and a relaxed forum for industry networking.

Not Just for Experts:
An attendee-driven format with advanced resources available makes this event unique. Multiple presentations will run simultaneously—geared to everyone from beginners to advanced developers. People of all skill levels are welcome, and laptops are encouraged.

Need help with a problem, looking for work, or looking to hire Drupal talent? Find someone with a solution at DrupalCamp Chicago. Seating is limited, so register now.

Date and Location:
UBS Tower Conference Center
One North Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
9:00am - 5:00pm

Pricing:

• Cost: $40
• Includes coffee, tea, soda, snacks, and lunch
• Scholarships: Contact us to explain circumstances

Sponsorships Available:

• Gold - $1500 (sold out!)
• Silver - $1000
• Bronze - $500
• Community - $100

Sponsorship details here

Presentations:

• Interested in presenting? Submit a session proposal after registration
• Highlight your Drupal knowledge to other midwest developers and users
• Share your experience and contribute to the growth of Drupal

Tell Your Friends!
Let others know you're attending DrupalCamp Chicago by putting one of our lovely badges on your site, and ping hashtag #drupalcampchicago on Twitter when you register. We look forward to seeing you December 10th at One North Wacker Drive for DrupalCamp Chicago 2011!

Register Today! Or contact us if you have any questions.

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