Drupal Association (2012 Planning)
Welcome
The Drupal Association is an educational non-profit organization that tasks itself with fostering and supporting the Drupal software project, the community and its growth. Supported by members like you and organizations the Association uses its resources, network, and funds to constantly engage in new projects and initiatives to help the education people about Drupal and support the Drupal project's growth. Read more on our home page
This public group is used for communicating and providing suggestions to the Drupal Association team. It is actively monitored by the staff, board members, and volunteers of the Association. Jump in, get involved and be a part of the team that supports the Drupal Community. We'd love to have you involved.
Help Us Plan 2012
We are currently planning our 2012 activities and we would like your input. 2011 was a year of growth for us. In our first year of staffed operations we learned how to navigate within and support the community and to be an organization that is truly reflective of the community we support. Now with a year of learning experience behind us and a new governance structure we're looking forward to 2012. Our planning process started with the community and now we're returning to the community to define our plan for 2012. Jump in and help us plan 2012.
This August Dries held his annual State of Drupal survey, which, amongst other things, identified the areas of focus for the Association. In addition the board and staff took feedback from DrupalCon surveys, CxO surveys, and direct feedback received from many of our Individual and Organization members as well as our many sponsors. The board took in all of this information and in a two-day meeting held December 10-11th identified six high-level objectives for 2012. Now we are defining the programs and metrics of success for these objectives.
How to get involved
If you are interested in a specific objective follow the link to it's wiki page. You may either edit the wiki page or leave a comment.
If you have a general comment, suggestion, or advice participate in the general discussion happening here.
2012 Objectives
Listed in order of priority
- Improve the collaboration tools on drupal.org and make it rock for developers
- Organize "Drupal in a day" global trainings to solve talent issue
- Drupal as a career choice through University Programs
- Directory of all trainings to solve talent issue
- Regional events targeted at developers organized by DA staff
- Make d.o awesome for site builders (vs. developers) - module reviews, docs, etc.
Jump in! These are wiki pages, make your voice heard by telling us how you'd meet these objectives
Progress
The plan was approved by the board of directors on January 18th, 2012 with the exception that they would like to see a strong web development team to meet objectives 1 and 6. A more aggressive plan will be presented to the board based on discussions next week at the Business Summit at Sand Camp.
2012 Planning
This is a continuation of a page on http://association.drupal.org
2011 was a big year for the Drupal Association. In our first year of staffed operations the Drupal Association was effective in a number of initiatives but didn't meet our expectations in others. It was a year of growth for us, as we learned how to navigate within and support the community and to be an organization that is truly reflective of the community we support. Now with a year of learning experience behind us and a new governance structure we're looking forward to 2012. Our planning process started with the community and now we're returning to the community to define our plan for 2012.
Election Process Retrospective
Now we've completed the process of running our first community elections, let's put some effort into recording what we did, and think about what we could do better.
We've had some great debates. Some decisions have had to be made quickly for pragmatic reasons, and some problems were not foreseen. So this is a rough wiki space to start noting the "ok, so we should do that differently" issues that have arisen, and may continue to arise.
So in true wikispirit - go forth, edit and BE BOLD :)
Voter Eligibility
What was said: 2012 Drupal Association elections all candidates meetings
In this wiki page we're aiming to capture some of the great discussion that happened at the two all candidates' meetings held with candidates for the 2012 Drupal Association at large director elections.
There are two sections to this page. At the bottom of the page you'll find raw IRC logs from the meetings. Scribes typed in IRC while candidates fielded questions. The IRC logs are a bit hard to read, but give some sense of how the various candidates introduced themselves and fielded questions.
Drupal Association should play fair game for hosting companies, wishing to get listed on http://drupal.org/hosting
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Current practice is that Drupal Association requires from new applicant hosting companies, which wish to get listed on http://drupal.org/hosting, to pass security test of Security Review module. And it is difficult to pass the test without applying additional layer of complexity to certain setups. This practice represents unfair barrier for hosting companies, which want to provide Drupal-specific hosting services and which can not practically pass the test, therefore should be reviewed or cancelled.
2012 Drupal Association elections all candidates meeting #2
This is the second of two all candidates meetings for the Drupal Association's 2012 elections for at large directors, scheduled to enable candidates and Drupal community members in different world regions to participate.
Please join in to meet the candidates and have your questions answered.
Call time
Date: Thursday, Feb. 1st 2012
Time: 17:00 UTC
That's:
- 9 AM PST Thursday, Feb. 2nd in the US and Canada
- 12 noon EST Thursday, Feb. 2nd in the US and Canada
- 3 PM Thursday, Feb. 2nd in Sao Paulo Brasil
2012 Drupal Association elections all candidates meeting #1
This is the first of two all candidates meetings for the Drupal Association's 2012 elections for at large directors, scheduled to enable candidates and Drupal community members in different world regions to participate.
Please join in to meet the candidates and have your questions answered.
Call time
Date: Thursday, Feb. 2nd 2012
Time: 01:00 UTC
That's:
- 5 PM PST Wednesday Feb. 1st in the US and Canada
- 8 PM EST Wednesday Feb. 1st in the US and Canada
- 11 PM Wednesday Feb. 1st in Sao Paulo Brasil
Nominations being accepted for community-elected board positions
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!
3rd meeting to plan Drupal Association at large board elections
Please join in to help confirm the plan for 2012 elections of "At Large" directors of the Drupal Association. This 3rd meeting was tentatively booked but now has been confirmed.
Drawing on decision criteria and options outlined in the elections planning wiki, we will work on further refining the draft proposal for presentation to the Drupal Association board Wed. Jan. 18.
Call time
Date: Monday, Jan. 16th 2012
Time: 19:00 UTC
That's:
2nd meeting to plan Drupal Association at large board elections
Please join in to help confirm the plan for 2012 elections of "At Large" directors of the Drupal Association.
Drawing on decision criteria and options outlined in the elections planning wiki, we will work on firming up the draft proposal for presentation to the Drupal Association board Wed. Jan. 18.
Pad for editing the draft proposal during the meeting: http://lullapad.com/LBd4ZUyGob
Call time
Date: Friday, Jan. 13th 2012
Time: 19:00 UTC
Community election process proposal for Drupal Association Board
Overview
The Drupal Association is holding its first round of elections for "at-large" (community-elected) board members under its new governance structure. This proposal was prepared by numerous community participants, including the Election Committee members, at http://groups.drupal.org/node/199178 and related sub-threads.
Election Timeline
December 30 - January 14 (2 weeks): Election committee works with community to develop plan for elections.
January 15 - 17 (3 days): Final refinement of plan, get election tools in place.
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