http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/taxonomy/term/246/0 en http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/hosting-meetups-camps-and-virtual-classes-building-community-builds-drupal <p>Drupal has a fantastic tradition of involving newcomers, from all sorts of backgrounds, in the project. From IRC help and banter to mentored/sponsored projects to a vibrant local meetup scene, "the community" this helps build is a major reason people stay with Drupal and how it keeps getting more awesomer.</p> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-bio-booklet"> <div class="field-label">Speaker bio:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Copresenters to come; nominating yourself is welcome! Benjamin Melançon does Drupal development with Agaric, which builds powerful web sites for people who do things. Sharing code, ideas, and helping connect everyone and everything goes well with his personal goals of the economic justice, genuine liberty, and collective organizing for all sorts of progress. </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-co-presenters"> <div class="field-label">Co presenters:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/drupal-users/stella" title="View user profile.">stella</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/drupal-users/ceardach" title="View user profile.">ceardach</a> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/drupal-users/amye" title="View user profile.">amye</a> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <a href="/drupal-users/susan-macphee" title="View user profile.">Susan MacPhee</a> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/hosting-meetups-camps-and-virtual-classes-building-community-builds-drupal" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://paris2009.drupalcon.org/session/hosting-meetups-camps-and-virtual-classes-building-community-builds-drupal#comments community building involvement learning Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:24:11 +0000 Benjamin Melançon 1269 at http://paris2009.drupalcon.org