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The Drupal Fit Community Spotlight features members of the Drupal community who are dedicated to fitness in one way or another. Whether it's for their own fitness or the well-being of others, this dedication helps us write better open source software and literally strengthens our community.

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Drupal Fit Community Spotlight: Dries Buytaert

Dries Buytaert gives his State of Drupal address at DrupalCon Paris. (Photo by Celine Nadeau.)Dries Buytaert is the creator and project lead of the Drupal project. In recent years, he became the president of the Drupal Association in 2006 and co-founded Acquia in 2007. While Acquia remains his main focus, Dries donned the mask of the relentless crusader in the fight against spam and co-founded Mollom in 2008.

As if he weren't busy enough, Dries is a father of two, Stan and Axl, and recently moved with his wife, Karlijn, and children from his home city of Antwerp, Belgium, to Boston, Massachusetts.

After some chitchat about Boston, the thriving Greater Los Angeles Drupal community and his recent Drupal in a tablet world post, we jumped into the interview.

Christefano: Dries, I'm really grateful that you put time aside for this.

Dries Buytaert: Yeah, no problem. I definitely want to help with Drupal Fit.

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Drupal Fit Community Spotlight: Shannon Lucas

Shannon Lucas, in full cycling gear, looks down at the camera. The camera blinks first.Shannon Lucas is a photographer and outdoorsman who works as a Drupal developer at Four Kitchens. He's a contributor to over a dozen projects on Drupal.org, including the requisite Block Class module and the popular 960 grid theme, Nitobe.

When he's not working or attending Drupal conferences, you can see Shannon on the road as he trains for the Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic or in the skies over Seattle, Washington, as he jumps out of airplanes.

Christefano: Thanks for responding to my request for an interview. What's your personal definition of fitness?

Shannon Lucas: I tend to take a holistic view of fitness that includes mental health as well as physical health. In my mind, enjoying life, expanding your horizons, and having good friends is just as important as exercising and eating right.

C: What do you do to stay fit and how do you incorporate it into your day to day life?

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Drupal Fit Community Spotlight: Denis Voitenko (scripthead)

Denis stands with his Cervelo rocket... er, bicycle at the Miami International Triathlon.Denis Voitenko (scripthead on Drupal.org) is a talented Drupal developer and the founder of Firm Idea, a Drupal shop in Miami, Florida.

In addition to being the maintainer of the Sniff, Mail API, Webmail Plus and Turbo projects (among others), Denis is an avid cyclist, snowboarder and triathlete who regularly competes at events such as the Miami International Triathlon and Orlando Half Ironman.

Denis is now working on qualifying for the Ironman World Championships in Kona, Hawai'i.

Christefano: Thanks for kicking off the Drupal Fit community spotlight. I've gotten to know you through the Miami Drupal meetups and have seen you at recent DrupalCons, but I think Drupal Fit members would also like to hear how what you do to train and stay in shape.

Denis Voitenko: Sure, it's my pleasure.

C: What's your personal definition of fitness?

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