Drupal booth at Hostingcon, Aug 10-12th, Washington, DC

The Drupal project will have a booth at Hostingcon, August 10-12th, in Washington, DC. This is the second year we will be at hostingcon meeting with members of the Drupal community and talking to hosting providers. The booth will be staffed by Eric Mandell, from Blackmesh hosting, members of the DC Drupal community, and Drupal hosting providers.

Turn over in the Drupal association board and general assembly

A few weeks ago a community member raised concern on the consulting list about turn over in the Drupal association, or rather the lack of it. Since this information is often public, but hard to track down, I thought I'd shed some light.

Ten people have rotated on and off the board of the Drupal
association. Only four original board members are still present.
The board has two new members as of 2009 for the Drupal association, who were not previously permanent members of the association: Tiffany Farriss and Cary Gordon.

Drupal.org infrastructure status and growth presentation

Narayan Newton and I gave a talk at Drupalcon on the state of the http://drupal.org infrastructure. Narayan, Gerhard, David, and myself are currently working on a infrastructure budget proposal for the Drupal association. This proposal will give you some insight into the challenges of running Drupal.org and why it is not just another Drupal site. In fact, our use of Drupal as a web application platform for Drupal.org pushes the Drupal project in many directions that lead to innovation.

Drupal's participation in Google Summer of Code 2009

For the last several years, Angie Byron (aka webchick) has done an outstanding job coordinating Drupal's participation in the Google Summer of Code program. This year, however, Angie has the additional responsibility of being a core maintainer for Drupal 7.

Earlier this year, Angie put out a post asking for help in the Summer of Code 2009. Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg responded, and has been working with other members of the community to prepare for SoC 2009.

So this year, Alex will be Drupal's "organization administrator," or point person within the community for the SoC. In this role, Alex will have a number of duties, and will need your help!

Why and how to apply to be a permanent member or board member

February 10 is the deadline to apply to be a permanent member or board member of the Drupal Association.

Compared to last year, there are relatively few applications and even fewer for board positions. Bringing in energetic and visionary new members is an important part of the Association continuing to build strength and capacity.

If you're considering applying, now's the time!

Here are some pointers on why you might apply, how to do so, and what to expect.