As we move into 2014, the Association staff and the Drupal.org Working Groups are focused on increasing the velocity of improvements we can make on Drupal.org. One important part of this process is creating local Drupal.org Development Environments.
If there is one defining attribute of the Drupal community, it is the desire to give. There are countless examples of community members giving time, resources and expertise to help others both inside and outside the community.
In lieu of our normal Association Board meeting wrap up post, we're going to focus this month on the most consequential outcome of the November 13 meeting - the board approval of the 2014 Leadership Plan and Budget.
As you may have read, the Drupal Association is making several more hires over the coming months. And, this time we are hiring the Community Coordinator who has a singular focus - foster and support the community to help it thrive and do great things.
It’s been almost two weeks since the D7 upgrade deployment day. During all of that time we were heads down fixing follow up issues and working on stabilizing performance. Now is a good time to make a quick pause, and look back at how we actually survived the downtime!
Witnessing the overwhelming buzz around DrupalCons in Prague and Portland, few would question the benefits of social media for DrupalCon and the wider Drupal project. Combining YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr and using session recordings and community content, we are able to project the essence of DrupalCon far beyond the four walls of the conference centre.
The Drupal, DrupalCon and Drupal Association social media channels now have well over 100,000 followers and those follower counts keep growing every day. Obviously, social media is an important way for people to get information about Drupal and the various happenings in the Drupal community.
It’s also clear that there could be more transparency around how social media work gets done, including:
The Drupal Association, with the help of a Search Committee comprised of Board and Advisory Board members, is beginning a search for a Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for Drupal.org (not the Drupal software project).
As we move into 2014, the Association staff and the Drupal.org Working Groups are focused on increasing the velocity of improvements we can make on Drupal.org. One important part of this process is creating local 
If there is one defining attribute of the Drupal community, it is the desire to give. There are countless examples of community members giving time, resources and expertise to help others both inside and outside the community.
In lieu of our normal Association Board meeting wrap up post, we're going to focus this month on the most consequential outcome of the November 13 meeting - the board approval of the 2014 Leadership Plan and Budget. 
As you may have read, the Drupal Association is making several more hires over the coming months. And, this time we are hiring the Community Coordinator who has a singular focus - foster and support the community to help it thrive and do great things.
We are looking to launch a new fundraising program on Drupal.org in the next month and are looking for your feedback before we get started.
Witnessing the overwhelming buzz around DrupalCons in Prague and Portland, few would question the benefits of social media for DrupalCon and the wider Drupal project. Combining YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Flickr and using session recordings and community content, we are able to project the essence of DrupalCon far beyond the four walls of the conference centre.
The Drupal, DrupalCon and Drupal Association social media channels now have well over 100,000 followers and those follower counts keep growing every day. Obviously, social media is an important way for people to get information about Drupal and the various happenings in the Drupal community.
The Drupal Association, with the help of a Search Committee comprised of Board and Advisory Board members, is beginning a search for a Chief Technical Officer (CTO) for Drupal.org (not the Drupal software project).
