Event Organizers

Section Maintainers

About Us

Event Organizer Working Group logo The Event Organizers Working Group (EOWG) is concerned with supporting community-led events within the Drupal community. These include camps, summits, training days, contribution days, and meetups. While the material we produce will be open and accessible to anyone (just as much of our best practices have come from other communities), we intend to focus on producing documentation and services to support and promote community-led events.

Here you find a session from DrupalCon Global 2020 about the Event Organizers Working Group.

Our Mission

The Event Organizers Working Group supports community-led teams to grow Drupal through local events.

Purpose. Why Us?

The Drupal community continues to be one of our most valuable assets, and growing and maintaining this community is essential to the project's continued success. For many people, events play an integral role in nurturing their first in-person encounter within the community. With hundreds of events being hosted worldwide by countless volunteers, our aim is to establish connections between these leaders.

Our Goals

Provide a repository of resources to help plan a Drupal event
Establish a community of organizers where knowledge sharing is encouraged
Create a centralized place to market all of our events to the Drupal community
Advocate for supported tools required to organize events
Highlight the individuals who volunteer to produce these events

Membership

Anyone involved in organizing an existing or future community event is welcome to participate in Event Organizer Working Group monthly meetings and contribute to initiatives as directed by the Board.

We ask that participants' events be publicly listed on Drupal.org Community Events.

Involvement in meetings and initiatives will be recognized with credits on the Event Organizers issue queue.

How Can I Get Involved?

Join Our Monthly Open Meeting via Slack on the 2nd Tuesday of the month starting at 16:00 UTC / 12:00 pm ET (listed on a Google Calendar)
Join #event-organizers on the Drupal Slack
Join Our Email Newsletter
Jump Into Our Issue Queue

Governance

The event organizers' working group is an official group that is recognized and reports to the Drupal Association. The EOWG has its own board of directors that meet regularly to help guide the EOWG's strategic initiatives.

Current Board Members

Avi Schwab, President (froboy) - MidCamp, Midwest Open Source Alliance - Chicago, IL, USA
Leslie Glynn, Vice President (leslieg) - Design 4 Drupal Boston, NEDCamp - Boston, MA, USA
Sean Walsh, Secretary (seantwalsh) - DrupalCamp NJ - Eatontown, NJ, USA
John Picozzi (johnpicozzi) - New England Drupal Camp (NEDCamp) - RI, USA
Bert Boerland (bertboerland) - drupaljam.nl and splashawards.nl - Netherlands
Suchi Garg (gargsuchi) - Drupal Melbourne meetup - Melbourne, Australia
Mike Richardson (richo_au) - DrupalSouth Treasurer and DrupalAsia Steering Committee chair

Advisory Committee

Matthew Saunders (MatthewS) - Drupalcamp Colorado - Denver, CO, USA
Mike Miles (mikemiles86) - New England Drupal Camp organizer and Boston Drupal Meetup group lead
Nico Grienaur (Grienaur) - DrupalAT Board Member, DrupalCamp Vienna, DrupalCon Vienna 2017, Splash Awards AT, Drupal Developer Days 2023, Drupical - Vienna, Austria
Kristen Pol (Kristen Pol) - Drupal Contribution - Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Salim Lakhani (salimlakhani) - Drupalcamp Colorado, Florida Drupal Camp - Denver, CO, USA

Previous Board Members

Kaleem Clarkson, President 2019-2021 (kclarkson) -DrupalCamp Atlanta - Atlanta, GA, USA
Baddý Sonja Breidert (baddysonja) - DrupalCamp Iceland, Germany, Europe, Splash Awards - Europe
Suzanne Dergacheva (pixelite) - DrupalNorth - Montreal, QC CANADA
Andrii Podanenko (podarok) - DrupalCamp Kiev - Ukraine, Europe
Surabhi Gokte (surabhi-gokte) - Drupalcamp India - India
Lenny Moskalyk (Lenny Moskalyk) - DrupalCamp Kyiv - Ukraine
Matthew Saunders (MatthewS) - Drupalcamp Colorado - Denver, CO, USA