Twin Cities Drupal Camp, Values Discussion #2

https://www.drupal.org/project/tcdrupal2019/issues/3035735

Thanks to everyone who attended last night. Some meeting notes to share:

AGENDA:
After a quick check-in on DrupalCamp 2019 planning, we jumped into the values discussion again. Given the time committments of Twin Cities Drupal Camp, and a short number of months until the conference, it was decided that our focus should narrow from defining values about our group year-long, we would instead focus on the values of our annual conference (camp) instead.

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We brainstormed on some idea of the core value statements and mission of the annual Twin Cities Drupal Camp. Ideas are listed below.

Camp Value Statements: BrainStorm Idea list

1. Promote the use of Drupal in the Twin Cities
2. Promote the hobbiest to gain pro skills.
3. Give the web professional other perspectives, ideas, case studies
4. Bring together developers from local community and region to network, in general
5. Provide opportunities for job seekers, job providers, and peoples to network.
6. Look for opportunities for Drupal to be used for good in the community
7. Constant Improvement. Analyze processes. Welcome feedback.
8. Provide opportunities to connect with other open source communities.
9. Educating and teaching people about what can be done with Drupal
10. Career opportunities with Drupal
11. How to contribute back to Drupal (open source)
12. Reach out to communities that are under represented in Drupal
13. Provide a low cost camp / low cost opportunities
14. Provide a volunteer run camp, not corporate or profit driven
15. Provide an opportunity for speaking/public presentations to new speakers
16. Produce an awesome event, with content and opportunities for all skill levels.
17. Provide a fun and safe camp for all people and that is inclusive and diverse
18. Grow our audience of camp attendees over time, stay vital and vibrant. Or to meet a threshold that allows us to meet all our goals/. Plan for a capacity and aim for that.
19. Promote the sharing of knowledge over bringing in speakers.
20. Celebrate the contribution of volunteers (nurture and feed)
21. Promote the interaction of people in the Drupal community, local and national

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MATCHING STATEMENTS TO KEYWORDS:
After discussing our list, we then looked at how these statement match the value-based keyword we discussed last meeting.

• Openness
• Welcoming
• Community-oriented
• Non-judgemental
• Beginner-friendly
• Approachable
• Encourage Diversity
• Providing opportunities for learning
• Self Improvement
• Safety
• Open Source
• Sharing
• Fun
• Empowering
• Gratitude
• Impactful / Relevant
• Sustainable

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TLDR;
We really found a lot of energy talking about the types of sessions, and diversity of speakers, in our next camp. This made us rethink how much emphasis we will place on sessions for camp, and the process of encouraging speakers, topics, and selection committee. We could use our new value-based statements as a guide for this process.

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NEXT STEPS:
1) Take these statements and work on specific topics such as session selection, pricing, and whether we have 2 days of sessions vs unconference day
2) Welcome additional feedback and input from our community