An open-source software project like Drupal will only thrive and improve if the community that builds the software is strong. So, it is vitally important that we all work to foster a friendly and welcoming community for the Drupal project. You can contribute to building the Drupal community by:

The health of the Drupal community is fostered and overseen by the Community Working Group (CWG), whose mission is to foster a friendly and welcoming community for the Drupal project and to uphold the Drupal Code of Conduct. The CWG's section on Drupal.org has much more information and resources for improving the health of the community.

Tasks and Roles in this area

Community Health Team member (Contributor role)
Maintain processes and documentation related to the health of the Drupal community
Duration:
ongoing
Conflict Resolution Team member (Contributor role)
Help resolve conflicts in the Drupal community
Duration:
ongoing
Discover Drupal mentor (Contributor role)
Share your experience and expertise with an underrepresented student in the Discover Drupal program
Duration:
ongoing
Drupal Association board member (Contributor role)
Help establish policy and budget for, and oversee the Drupal Association
Duration:
ongoing
Drupal meetup organizer (Contributor role)
Organize a regular local meetup for Drupal enthusiasts
Duration:
ongoing
DrupalCon Trivia Curator (Contributor role)
Test others knowledge by writing questions for Trivia!
Duration:
several days
DrupalCon Volunteer Coordinator (Contributor role)
Oversees everyone who has volunteered to help at DrupalCon and assigns them to available tasks
Duration:
several weeks
Educator/Trainer (Contributor role)
Develop curriculum and facilitate trainings or courses that teach students about Drupal, best practices, and contribution.
Duration:
ongoing
Greeter (Contributor role)
Welcome and direct contributors to the appropriate contribution space at Drupal events.
Duration:
several hours
Mentor (Contributor role)
Inspire, enable, and encourage new core contributors. Work on the core tools and process for mentoring
Duration:
several hours
Provide support via text chat (Contributor task)
Answer questions, provide suggestions and resources to another user through text chat.
Duration:
20 minutes
Provide support via text forums (Contributor task)
Answer questions on Drupal Support forums or Drupal Answers (Stack Exchange).
Duration:
20 minutes
Triage a Community Working Group issue (Contributor task)
Evaluate and respond politely to an issue posted in the issue list of the Community Working Group
Duration:
20 minutes

Skills used

There are tasks and roles in this area that require these skills:

Drupal site administration
Updating site configuration, managing content, managing user accounts
Editing (English)
(needs review) Editing and proofreading English text
Event planning
(needs details) Planning events, including DrupalCons, DrupalCamps, and mentoring events
Marketing
(needs review) Promoting events and software
Mentoring
Build confidence in novices by helping novices complete relevant tasks
Providing support
Sharing knowledge in a way that empowers Drupal users.
Teaching/Training
(needs review) Ability to teach skills or tasks to others in a group or classroom setting
Wrangling volunteers
(needs review) Recruiting volunteers to help with an event or other project

There are tasks and roles in this area that optionally use these skills:

Accessibility
Testing and improving web site accessibility for people with disabilities
Budgeting and finance
(needs review) Creating and monitoring budgets and tracking income and expenses for a project or event
CSS coding
Writing concise and valid CSS code
Database administration
Database setup and administration
Drupal site administration
Updating site configuration, managing content, managing user accounts
Drupal site building
(need review) Installing modules, building content types, creating taxonomy vocabularies, creating views, making menus, etc.
Drupal theming / theme building
(needs details) Using CSS, HTML, and Twig to implement a graphic design as a Drupal theme
Editing (English)
(needs review) Editing and proofreading English text
Event planning
(needs details) Planning events, including DrupalCons, DrupalCamps, and mentoring events
HTML coding
Writing valid and modern HTML code
JavaScript coding/programming
(needs details) Writing code in JavaScript
Local development environment installation
Setting up a local development environment for Drupal sites
Marketing
(needs review) Promoting events and software
Mentoring
Build confidence in novices by helping novices complete relevant tasks
PHP coding/programming
Writing code in PHP
Project management
(needs review) Managing people who are doing a project together
Providing support
Sharing knowledge in a way that empowers Drupal users.
Public speaking
(needs review) Giving talks to groups of people
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
(needs details) Ability to optimize a web site for search engines
Teaching/Training
(needs review) Ability to teach skills or tasks to others in a group or classroom setting
Technical writing (English)
Ability to communicate well about technical topics in written English
Translating
Ability to translate English text to another language
Twig coding
(needs details) Writing Twig templates
Usability and user interface design
(needs details) Ability to design highly-usable user interfaces
Using Git
(needs details) Applying patches, making patches, using branches and tags
Using pattern libraries
(needs details) Familiarity with pattern libraries and how to use them
Web site performance
(needs details) Improving the loading speed of web sites and web applications
Web site security
(needs details) Protecting a web site from malicious users
Wrangling volunteers
(needs review) Recruiting volunteers to help with an event or other project
Writing automated tests
(needs review) Writing tests that check the functionality of a website

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