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About Us

Event Organizer Working Group logoThe 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?

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

Admin Coordinators

  • Megan McDermott (megan_m) - SW Ontario, Waterloo, DrupalCamp Ottawa - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
  • Sean Walsh (seantwalsh) - DrupalCamp NJ - NJ, USA
  • Norah Schrum (teknorah) - DrupalCon Orlando 2027, Drupal GovCon (Drupal4Gov) - Mokena, IL, USA

Initiative Leads

Event Planning Guide
  • Matthew Saunders (MatthewS) - Drupalcamp Colorado - Denver, CO, USA
  • Anushri Kumari (anushrikumari) - DrupalAsia Connect India, Drupal Camp Delhi, Drupal Delhi Meetup - Delhi, India
Community Events
  • Heather Wozniak (heatherwoz) - Seattle DUG, Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit, EOWG/Community Events - Seattle, WA, USA
  • Megan McDermott (megan_m) - SW Ontario, Waterloo, DrupalCamp Ottawa - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Regional coordinators

North America
  • Open
Asia/Pacific
  • Nikita Aswani (nikitaaswani) - DrupalAsia Connect India, Drupal Pune Meetup - Pune, Maharashtra, India
Europe
  • Nico Grienaur (Grienaur) - DrupalAT Board Member, DrupalCamp Vienna, DrupalCon Vienna 2017, Splash Awards AT, Drupal Developer Days 2023, Drupical - Vienna, Austria
  • Open
South America
  • Open
Africa
  • Open

External Initiative Liaisons

Groups Migration
Interest Groups
  • Heather Wozniak (heatherwoz) - Seattle DUG, Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit - Seattle, WA, USA
Community Events
  • Sean Walsh (seantwalsh) - DrupalCamp NJ - NJ, USA

Previous Board Members

  • Mike Miles, Vice President (mikemiles86) - NEDCamp, Boston Meetup
  • Esmeralda Tijhoff, Secretary (esmoves) - NEDA, Dutch Drupal Association (SDN), Dutch Splash Awards
  • John Picozzi (johnpicozzi) - New England Drupal Camp (NEDCamp) - RI, USA
  • Suchi Garg (gargsuchi) - Drupal Melbourne meetup - Melbourne, Australia
  • Mike Richardson (richo_au) - DrupalSouth Treasurer and DrupalAsia Steering Committee chair
  • Aastha Shrivastava (shriaas) - DrupalCon Singapore, Drupal Camp Pune
  • Salim Lakhani (salimlakhani) - Drupalcamp Colorado, Florida Drupal Camp - Denver, CO, USA
  • Avi Schwab (froboy) - MidCamp, Midwest Open Source Alliance - Chicago, IL, USA
  • Leslie Glynn (leslieg) - Design 4 Drupal Boston, NEDCamp - Boston, MA, USA
  • 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
  • Bert Boerland (bertboerland) - drupaljam.nl and splashawards.nl - Netherlands

Notable Blogs

Here are some posts that helped facilitate this effort.