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If you were wondering about the North American DrupalCon selection process for 2013, wonder no more! The Drupal Association has assembled a committee to make a recommendation for the board's consideration and the committee is excited to kick off the community engagement process next week on June 1.

This committee will:

  • Draft communications for *.Drupal.org for North American DrupalCons Selection
  • Promote, monitor, support, and review the community engagement process
  • Review and assess the Event Manager report
  • Make a recommendation for a DrupalCon 2013 location to the Drupal Association Board including a proposed event chairperson in the selected city. The board will be updated on the committee’s progress at each board meeting.

The members of the committee are:

  • Jeff Eaton (General Assembly)
  • Betsy Ensley (Community-at-large)
  • Tiffany Farriss (Board)
  • Emma Jane Hogbin (Community-at-large)
  • Neil Kent (DrupalCon Events Manager)
  • Greg Knaddison (General Assembly)
  • Jen Lamption (Community-at-large)
  • Ex officio: Cary Gordon (Board), Jacob Redding (Drupal Association, Executive Director)

Based on the guidance of the board, we are looking for a major North American city/region to host the next DrupalCon. We’ll be looking at success indicators for previous DrupalCons and as we consider possible locations, we'll be evaluating the following questions:

  • How financially feasible would a DrupalCon be in that location?
  • Is there a dedicated and capable leadership team committed to making this DrupalCon a success? (Note, the leadership team does not have to be local, but it does have to be very committed to that specific location.)
  • Is there an available venue that can accommodate a conference of our size and budget?
  • What is the local community like? What companies and organizations could support the DrupalCon?
  • Is there a strong local/regional business environment outside of the Drupal community?

For this year’s community engagement process, we’ll be using a straw poll (as we did last year) and introducing a nomination form, where interested communities can register their enthusiasm for their location. Both the straw poll and the nomination form will be published on June 1, 2011 and will remain open through June 19, 2011 at 11:59pm Hawaiian Standard Time (UTC/GMT -10 hours).

The goal will be to make a recommendation to the board for their decision later this summer. As with previous years, the finalist cities will not be disclosed, nor will the selected city identified until the venue contracts have been signed.

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