Contribution Events Initiative meeting / 6 June 2022 5am UTC

Meeting will happen in #contribution-events on drupal.slack.com.

Hello and welcome to this asynchronous, biweekly Slack meeting for the Contribution Events Initiative! :wave:

This meeting:
➤ Is for Drupal community members interested in how to better organize, promote, and improve contribution events. We discuss upcoming events, lessons learned from past events, ideas for increasing event participation, how to improve documentation, and more.
➤ Happens every two weeks in alternating timezones: 5pm UTC Mondays (starting 23 May 2022) and 5am UTC Tuesdays (starting 6 June 2022).
➤ Is done over chat.
➤ Is actively facilitated for 1 hour, but is open asynchronously for 24 hours from the meeting start time.
➤ Happens in threads, which you can follow to be notified of new replies even if you don’t comment in the thread. You may also join the meeting later and participate asynchronously!
➤ Transcript will be exported and posted to a project issue for this meeting. For anonymous comments, start with a :bust_in_silhouette: emoji. To take a comment or thread off the record, start with a :no_entry_sign: emoji.

:zero: Who is here today? We’ll keep the meeting open for 24 hours to allow for all timezones. Comment in the thread to introduce yourself and let us know [insert social question, e.g. if you have any interesting plans for the weekend, what is a recent book/movie/series you enjoyed, what is a new song you like, have any fun vacation plans].
:one: Do you have suggested topics you are looking to discuss? Post in this thread and we’ll open separate threads for them as appropriate. Please use the additional threads for discussion.
:two: Are there any contribution events coming up that you know about? Regular events?
:three: Did you participate in a contribution event recently? Feedback?
:four: Are you looking for a contribution event to help as an organizer, mentor, or participant? Or are you an event organizer that doesn't have contribution activities yet and would like help? 
:five: Do you have any resources or documentation suggestions? Do you have suggestions for where to look for existing documentation (even outside of Drupal)?
:six: What do you think the short term and longer term goals of the Contribution Events Initiative should be?
:seven: What existing marketing channels do you use for advertising events?
:eight: What are some contribution events that have their own drupal.org projects?
:nine: Should this initiative have a drupal.org/community child page?

[add additional topic threads here]

:last: Thank you for attending! You are welcome to keep chatting in the threads. Please add any suggestions for improving the meeting agenda or structure of this meeting in this thread.

• For #1, don't copy/paste the topics exactly unless they are clear and short enough. Otherwise, summarize the information so it's easy to understand. Then start each of those topic threads with the first item acknowledging the person who suggested the topic, e.g. [@ name] raised this. This is preferred over adding it in the topic to keep the main channel cleaner.
• For #2, add this for first item in the thread:

  In addition to adding events here, use this issue to add new events and encourage organizers to add these to the Community Events list as well: https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3281974

• For #3, add this for first item in the thread:

  In addition to adding feedback here, use this issue or create a child issue to add any contribution event feedback:
  https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3282885

• For #4, add this for first item in the thread:

  In addition to adding your interest here, use this issue to signify your willingness to help at contribution events: https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/contribution-events-initiat...

• For #5, add these for first items in the thread:

  In addition to adding your resources here, use this issue to note any resources and documentation that might be helpful for contribution events or places we could look (even outside of Drupal): https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3280005

• For #6, add this for first item in the thread:

  In addition to adding your thoughts here, use this issue to discuss our short term and longer term goals: https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3279806

• For #7, add this for first item in the thread:

  In addition to adding your existing channels here, use this issue to note any existing marketing channels for advertising contribution events: https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3279808

• For #8, add this for the item in the thread:

  In addition to adding existing projects here, use this issue to note any contribution events with their own drupal.org projects: https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3280423

• For #9, add this for the item in the thread:

  In addition to adding your thoughts here, use this issue to discuss creating a community page: https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events/issues/3282538

• After #9, review the open project issues to see if there are any topics that should be added for this particular meeting and open numbered threads as appropriate.

0️⃣ Who is here today? We’ll keep the meeting open for 24 hours to allow for all timezones. Comment in the thread to introduce yourself and let us know what's a new band or musician you have learned about in the recent year that you really enjoy. (edited) :heavy_check_mark:1

1️⃣ Do you have suggested topics you are looking to discuss? Post in this thread and we’ll open separate threads for them as appropriate. Please use the additional threads for discussion.:heavy_check_mark:1

2️⃣ Are there any contribution events coming up that you know about? Regular events?:heavy_check_mark:1

3️⃣ Did you participate in a contribution event recently? Feedback?:heavy_check_mark:1

4️⃣ Are you looking for a contribution event to help as an organizer, mentor, or participant? Or are you an event organizer that doesn't have contribution activities yet and would like help?:heavy_check_mark:1

5️⃣ Do you have any contribution event related resources or documentation suggestions? Do you have suggestions for where to look for existing documentation (even outside of Drupal)? (edited) :heavy_check_mark:1

6️⃣ What do you think the short term and longer term goals of the Contribution Events Initiative should be?:heavy_check_mark:1

7️⃣ What existing marketing channels do you use for advertising events?:heavy_check_mark:1

8️⃣ What are some contribution events that have their own drupal.org projects?:heavy_check_mark:1

9️⃣ Should this initiative have a drupal.org/community child page?:heavy_check_mark:1

1️⃣ 0️⃣ Srijan will be running a contribution event sometime around June 22 to 24. They are willing to open this up to the larger Drupal community. If you might be interested in participating in this, please add a comment in this thread so we can follow up with you when the date/time is firmed up.:heavy_check_mark:1

1️⃣ 1️⃣ Alignment of Event Organizers Working Group (EOWG) and Contribution Events Initiative.:heavy_check_mark:1

1️⃣ 2️⃣ Since synchronous attendance is light for this meeting, I'll ask: if this meeting was shifted a few hours earlier, would you be more likely to attend during the facilitated part?:heavy_check_mark:1

1️⃣ 3️⃣ Thank you for attending! You are welcome to keep chatting in the threads. Please add any suggestions for improving the meeting agenda or structure of this meeting in this thread.:thankful:1:heavy_check_mark:1