Drupal was at OSCON 2016 in Austin, TX, represented by a team of volunteers and Association staff members. Big thanks to Mika Aguilar, Stephanie El-Hajj, Michael Favia, Jeff Linwood, Michal Minecki, Emilie Nouveau, Cole Pacak, Jakob Perry, Ed Reel, Patricia Silva, and Jason Yee for helping out.

Thanks to the media partnership between DrupalCon and O'Reilly Media, we received a table in the exhibit hall to promote Drupal to the wider open source audience of OSCON. Here is how the days went, according to our volunteer crew:

It was great to meet so many Drupalistas in the Texas open source community and let them know about local meetups and the Texas Drupal Camp being planned. Everyone that came through was excited to talk about Drupal 8 and how they’re using it. And so many stickers were handed out!

— Emilie Nouveau (DyanneNova)

I’m excited to see OSCON come back to Austin next year. I attended the last two years in Portland and was happy to see it follow me to Austin. Lots of people stopped by the Drupal booth - many who had once used or installed Drupal, and then wandered away. They were surprised (and I think excited?) to hear about Drupal 8! It was a great opportunity to showcase Drupal 8’s new, modern features and functionality.

If I had to pick a favorite after-hours event, it’d have to be PayPal’s (old) Ghostbusters screening at the Alamo. You haven’t experienced the local scene until you’ve waved white and red glow sticks at a screen with a hundred fellow nerds to mime the Proton Blaster energy ray at the Alamo. And adult milkshakes.

— Stephanie El Hajj (stephelhajj)

The best part was meeting some new PHP developers right out of school who had learned development, but weren’t sure exactly what Drupal was, or how it could help them start their careers. This was a great opportunity to tell them about Drupal 8 and modern PHP web development using Symfony.

— Jeff Linwood (jefflinwood)

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