Contribution event participant agenda

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Here is a checklist/timeline/agenda for participants at a contribution event. Some items are more applicable to large events than smaller events, and some items only apply to in-person events:

1. If possible, and if you plan to test or develop patches during the event, install a local development environment before traveling to the event
2. Arrive at the event
3. Name tags: use a thick marker to write your name on a sticker name tag that can be placed on your shirt (the badges hang below the table edge and people cannot see them)
4. Attend new contributor workshop or watch the new contributor workshop video
5. Find table/mentor
6. Join the #contribute channel in Drupal Slack (some events may use DrupalChat.me or other text chat channels). Say hello to others at your event.
7. Get stack of task cards and select a task, or ask a mentor to suggest a task
8. Log in to drupal.org
9. Fill out your drupal.org profile
10. Turn on email notification for issues you follow (notifications setting in drupal.org user profile)
11. Click follow button on issue(s) you are working on
12. Make a comment on the issue saying what you are about to do
13. Work on task
14. Make a comment on the issue with questions or partial work
15. Lunch
16. Work on task
17. Make a comment on the issue with questions or partial work
18. Show someone else your work
19. Fill out your drupal.org profile (with mentors)
20. Watch the live commit
21. Back to work
22. Meet others in an area of interest
23. Dinner!