News and updates from the Drupal Association.

Six Drupal.org redesign proposals received, association votes on Monday

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Last night I met with Tiffany Farriss and Drupal association board member Larry Garfield at the Palantir offices in Chicago. I was in town for HostingCon. We reviewed the six proposals we received from 6 design firms.

Improving Drupal.org download process with web analytics

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In the month of June we enabled Google Analytics on Drupal.org as part of an effort to build a user experience toolkit. The toolkit was designed to provide insight on: what users were searching for, what traffic patterns and workflows vistors were following, and what usability feedback we can get from field studies. If you are interested in Drupal.org analytics you should attend the web conference on key performance indicators tomorrow.

Drupal.org re-design business kick-off meeting

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Last week we had a business kick-off meeting for the Drupal.org re-design. The purpose of this meeting was to start two important efforts: establishing business objectives for the re-design, and begin the re-design request for qualifications and request for proposals process.

How to Have a Successful Social Strategy

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Two weeks ago I attended a joint Web 2.0 (conference) and Web2Open (unconference) two part session on building a social strategy for your business. Web 2.0 and social software luminaries Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff presented a session " how to have a successful social strategy" based on their extensive research and book "Groundswell".

Why hasn't my paid association membership shown up in the directory yet?

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First let me thank almost 500 people who've purchased a Drupal association membership. Your support makes it possible to hold Drupal events like Drupalcon North America, Europe, and soon hopefully a Drupalcon Asia. It's also allowing us to purchase the hardware we need to run Drupal.org and help prepare for a redesign.

There's been a backlog in processing memberships and we are working to fix this problem. Let me give you a bit of a technical explanation and then explain what we are doing to fix this.

Announcing Drupalcon Szeged 2008

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After several months of searching for an appropriate city, venue, and team to host this year's European Drupalcon we are happy to announce that Drupalcon will be in Szeged, Hungary! Gábor Hojtsy and Kristof Van Tomme, teamed up the local event planner/travel agency, C&T, are heading up our Drupalcon Europe team and they are doing an outstanding job at organizing this year's conference.

We are expecting a thousand Drupal enthusiasts from around the world; which means that we'll be turning the picturesque student town of Szeged into Drupaltown for almost a week!

Drupalcon has been a major success for the Drupal community, with every conference reaching out to more and more people. Like Boston, Drupalcon Szeged will again provide ample opportunities both for business people, developers, themers, designers, and users in the community: there will be a code sprint, plenty of space for BOF sessions, a job fair and, of course, plenty of opportunity for networking. Start planning, buy your tickets early and be prepared to meet your Drupal community in Szeged, Hungary; Drupaltown!

For more information please read the official announcement on Drupal.org and stay tuned to the official website at szeged2008.drupalcon.org (or drupalcon.org for short)

Drupalcon 2009? We are currently planning the 2009 Drupalcon in North America and Europe. Please submit your proposals and ideas now.

Drupal showcase and case study contest: Books, Hosting, and other prizes

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What will it take for Drupal to break through in to the main stream? Drupal needs better marketing. Specifically Drupal needs more showcase sites and case studies to help evaluators understand what can be done with Drupal. We've already got a good list of case studies, success stories, featured sites, and a list of show case sites. To help rally the community, there will be a Drupal site showcase and case study contest at the upcoming Boston Drupalcon.

Go on over to the Drupalcon Boston site to submit your favorite sites and view and vote for the best ones.

AIIM International Exposition & Conference to Co-Locate with Drupalcon Boston 2008

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Newton, MA, January 29, 2008 – The AIIM International Exposition & Conference (www.aiimexpo.com), the largest, most comprehensive content and information management event in North America, today announced that Drupalcon Boston 2008 (boston2008.drupalcon.org) will be co-located.

Results of the 2008 Drupal Association Election

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On January 15, 2008 (Drupal's 7 year anniversary), the Drupal Association held its first general assembly. This assembly was an important step towards long-term sustainability: when the Association was first created, a small number of known contributors to the broader Drupal community were chosen to act as voting board members. This assembly marks the first opportunity for any interested member of the Drupal community to apply for a position in the Association, guiding and directing its development over the next year.

Announcing Boston2008: our upcoming Drupalcon

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The Drupal Association is pleased to announce that the next Drupalcon will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA from March 3 - 6, 2008 in the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center.

Only local images are allowed.

This Drupalcon represents two big advancements for Drupalcon.

  • Larger capacity. The last two Drupalcons have sold out, capped at 450 people. Depending on final arrangements we may be able to handle 700 at this event.
  • Community expansion. Drupalcon is being held at the same time/place as AIIM International Exposition & Conference, the largest content management technology conference in North America. Though technically independent of each other, the Boston team is working to arrange some cross-event access. The goal: introduce Drupal to thousands of potential new Drupalers.

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