CAPTIONS BEGIN MOMENTARILY >> IF YOU ARE A SPONSOR, BUT NOT AN EXHIBITER, ALL THE EXHIBITERS SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A FOLDER THIS MORNING WITH ALL THEIR BADGES AND THEIR LUNCH TICKETS. IF YOU ARE A SPONSOR AND HAVE NOT PICKED UP YOUR FOLDER GO TO THE FRONT DESK AND GET THAT, THAT INCLUDES YOUR LUNCH TICKET FOR TODAY. SPEAKING OF LUNCH, IT WILL BE SERVED OUTSIDE IN THE TENT. WE'LL HAVE TWO LINES. AS YOU APPROACH THE TENT WILL BE ONE LINE, AROUND TO THE BACK WILL BE THE OTHER LINE. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A FAIR NUMBER OF PEOPLE HERE. WE ARE TRY TO MOVE THE LINES AS QUICK AS WE CAN. IF YOU ORDERED A SPECIAL I BELIEVE THAT'S AT REGISTRATION. SO A SPECIAL MEAL THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE MAIN THING, GO TO THE FRONT DESK AND THEY WILL HELP YOU WITH THAT. YOUR BADGE GETS YOU YOUR LUNCH, IT SHOULD SAY AT THE BOTTOM WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. THAT'S ASSUMING YOU'RE CONFIRMED FOR LUNCH. IF YOU DIDN'T CONFIRM LUNCH YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE INITIAL WAVE TO GO THROUGH, THEN WE'LL OPEN UP TO EVERYBODY ELSE THAT DIDN'T CONFIRM FOR LUNCH. IF YOU WATCH THE SLIDES ON THE SLIDE, NOTICE WE ALREADY BOOKED THE DATES NEXT YEAR, WE'LL BE BACK HERE NEXT YEAR JULY 24th, THROUGH 26th, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY. GIVEN SUCCESS WITH THE PRE-COMPS TRAINING YESTERDAY WE'LL TRY THAT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL MY LOGISTICAL STUFF. THERE'S BATHROOMS ON THE EDGE HERE AS WELL AS UPSTAIRS AND YOU FOUND THE COFFEE ALREADY, SO I THINK THAT'S EVERYTHING. SO WITH THAT I'LL BRING UP SCOTT MCFARLAND. >> THANK YOU, JAMES. IT'S S TROM MCFARLAND. WELCOME TO DRUPAL GOVCON 2018. WE IMPLEMENTED FEDERAL BASED DRUPAL BASED DECISIONS. WE BUILD RESPONSIBLY DESIGNED APPS THE FIRST SUCCESS WAS THE WHILE HOUSE MOBILE -- WHITE HOUSE MOBILE APP FOR THE EVIDENCEIOUS ADMINISTRATION FOLLOWED BY APP FOR THE NAVY. AFTER THAT WE DISCOVERED DRUPAL FELL IN LOVE AND BEEN PROVIDED SOLUTIONS TO THE FEDERAL AGENCIES EVER SINCE. WE WORK WITH NOAA FISHERIES TO ENCOMPASS 17 SITES INTHE A UNIFIED RESPONSIVE OFFERING TO SUPPORT THE SCIENCE MISSION AND FISHERIES MISSION. AT USGS WE BUILT THE WEB PROPERTY BY END OFFICE QUALE YEAR WILL SUPPORT MORE THAN 300 PROGRAMS GROUPS AND SCIENCE MISSION AREAS, ALSO REDESIGNED THE USGS STORAGE TONE ABLE PUBLIC TO PURCHASE MAPS FOR GEOGRAPHIC AREAS AS WELL ADS HISTORIC APPS. IT'S SMOOTHLY SCALED PUBLIC PARK PASS PURCHASES. AND ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR WE WERE PRIVILEGED TO HELP NASA HAVE A GOOD DAY, DREW THE SAME AWARD WINNING AGENCY BASED WEB SITED THAT HANDLES DAILY TRAFFIC WE BUILT TOGETHER OVER OUR PARTNERSHIP. DRUPAL SUCCESS IS BASED NOT JUST ON OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND EXCELLENT ENGINEERING BUT ON THE STRENGTH OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THE QUALITY AND COMMITMENT OF ITS MEMBERS. WE ARE HONORED TO SUPPORT THIS CONFERENCE AND BY YOU ADAM BERGSTEIN'S TALK. HERE IS A SAMPLING TO WHICH ADAM SUPPLIED HIS SECURITY KNOWLEDGE AS CONTRIBUTOR AND ARCHITECT. PASS PASSWORD POLICY, KEY. ENCRYPT. TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION. PASSWORD STRENGTH. FILE ENCRYPT. GOOGLE AUTHENTICATOR LOG IN. PUBLIC ENCRYPT. MANY MORE. ADAM HAS GONE WELL ABOVE DOING TECHNICAL WORK THAT HE LOVES TO NURTURE AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BY PROJECTS LIKE THE DRUPAL COFFEE EXCHANGE, SIMPLE TEST.ME PROJECT. THREE TERMS OF GOOGLE SUMMER OF CODE AND SECURITY SPACE. CONTRIBUTED TO DRUPAL COMMUNITY GOVERNMENTS AND HAS GIVEN KEYNOTES AND SPEECHES OVER THE YEAR. WE ARE EAR PROUD TO INTRODUCE TO YOU TODAY ADAM BERGSTEIN DOSIMETRY THANK YOU, SIR. LET ME GET MY SLIDES HERE. THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT INTRODUCTION. THAT WAS AWESOME. >> THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. >> ALL RIGHT. OKAY. HI. SO THE TALK TODAY IS CALLED A COMMUNITY FOR ALL. IMPACT THAT CHANGES THE WORLD. THE TALK IS DEDICATED TO THOSE THAT REALLY WANT TO TRY TO HELP TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ALL HERE. MY NAME IS ADAM BERGSTEIN, I GO BY NERDSTEIN. THIS IS A COMPLETELY REAL NOT PHOTO SHOPPED PICTURE OF ME. I'M A VP OF ENGINEERING AT HOPE 42, THANKS TO MY TEAM SOME WHICH ARE HERED TODAY FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE COLLABORATING WITH ME ON THIS TOPIC AND GIVING ME TIME TO INVEST IN THIS SPEECH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. GOVCON, I HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY YEARS BUT IT'S SPECIAL FOR ME, A GREAT EVENT. SO THERE THERE'S OOH SO MANY AWESOME PEOPLE, GREAT PRESENTATIONS AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CONNECTIONS THAT ARE MADE. I HAVE ALWAYS ASPIRED TO BE RIGHT HERE ON THIS STAGE GIVING THIS SPEECH. [APPLAUSE] >> SO JOINING THE LIKES OF PEOPLE LIKE LAURA BELL, JEFF EATON, MICHELLE CRATY, ANGIE BYRON, BRIAN HERSH AND SO MANY MOTHER THAT I PERSONALLY LOOK UP TO IN THE COMMUNITY. ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED. LET'S DO IT. ALL RIGHT. BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE TALK. WE WILL WALK THROUGH THE HEROS JOURNEY, PROMOTING IMPACT, A LITTLE DRUPAL COMMUNITY VISION AND CALL TO ACTION. LET'S DIVE IN. I GOT A LOT OF SLIDES. IN THIS SECTION I WANT TO SHARE PARALLELS BETWEEN PARTICIPATING IN THE COMMUNITY TO THE STORIES THAT FOLLOW THE HEROES JOURNEY. LET'S LOOK AT DRUPAL. WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF DRUPAL. RIGHT? IT'S AS AMAZING. 18 YEARS, 8 MAJOR VERSIONS MILLIONS OF THOUSANDS OF CONTRIBUTORS ACROSS THE GLOBE. THIS IS SERIOUSLY IMPRESSIVE. LOOK AT THE SCALE, IT'S AWESOME. WE HAVE DONE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT THINGS IN THE WORLD AND THIS SHOULD REALLY BE CELEBRATED. BUT OUR WORK IS NOT COMPLETE YET. WHO HAS EVER SEEN THIS PICTURE? RIGHT. I WOULD GUESS SEVERAL OF YOU. AND I THINK THIS PICTURE WAS CREE CRATED BACK IN THE DAY WHEN THINGS LIKE MOD X WERE MAJOR TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS IN CMS SPACE. BUT I FEEL LIKE IT'S STATEMENT ON DRUPAL RINGS TRUE STILL TODAY. SADLY. IT SHOULD BE OF NO SURPRISE TO PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM THAT LEARNING DRUPAL IS ACTUALLY HARD TO DO. THIS MAKES SENSE, BECAUSE IT'S HIGHLY EXTENSIBLE, IT'S A POWERFUL TOOL, VERY FLEXIBLE, CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS. ANY GIVEN DAY IN DRUPAL YOU CAN BE ENCOUNTERING ANY TYPES OF TOOLS OR TECHNOLOGIES LIKE PHP OR DRUSH, COMPOSER, CSS JAVA SCRIPT, HTML TWIG, TESTING FRAMEWORKS AND THERE'S STILL MORE. EVEN IF YOU KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY OWN CONVENTIONS AND OWN BEST PRACTICES THAT CAN AND SHOULD BE OBSERVED. SO STARTING TO USE DRUPAL IT'S DAUNTING. THIS IS LONG BEFORE PEOPLE EVEN CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. SO I HOPE THIS PICTURE RIGHT HERE IS NOT EVERGREEN. THAT'S MY HOPE. SO A LITTLE ADVERSITY. LIKE LEARNING DRUPAL, IS NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING. IN FACT IT CAN ACTUALLY INSPIRE PEOPLE. WHEN I WAS LITTLE I WANTED TO BE A BUTT KICKING NINJA TURTLE, I SUBSTITUTE THE WORD BUTT. BUT NINJA TURTLES OVERCOME ADVERSITY. THEY FIGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, COMBAT EVIL, THEY ARE HEROES IN MY VIEW. WHILE NINJA TURTLES ARE NOT REAL THEIR STORIES AND OTHERS INSPIRE PEOPLE. WOULD YOU AGREE? SO THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THE HEROES JOURNEY. STORIES LIKE NINJA TURTLES, STAR WARS, MATRIX, SO MANY MORE FOLLOW THE SAME NARRATIVE OF A HERO OR HEROINE OVERCOMING ADVERSITY TO BECOME THE HERO THEY ARE KNOWN FOR. JOSEPH CAMPBELL WROTE A BOOK CALLED THE HEROES JOURNEY THAT DISCUSSES THIS PHENOMENON, IT DISCUSS IT IS SYMBOLISM OF A CHARACTER'S ART, THE JOURNEYS OF UPS AND DOWNS AND TRIALS AN TRIBULATIONS THAT END UP ACHIEVING A VERY DEEP AND TRANSFORMATIONAL THING. THIS TRANSFORMATION IS CAPABLE OF HAVING SIGNIFICANT IMPACT WITHIN THE WORLD. SO IN THIS BOOK CAMPBELL DESCRIBES THESE PARALLELLED STEPS THESE STORIES OFTEN FOLLOWS AND THEIR SEGMENTED INTO THINGS CALLED ACTS. SO THE FOUR ACTS ARE SEPARATION, DEACCIDENT, INITIATION AND RETURN. -- DECENT, INITIATION AND RETURN. WHO HAS WATCHED STAR WARS? SEEN THIS GUY? I LIKE THOSE MOVIES, CLASSIC GOOD AND EVIL STORY. BUT THE RELEVANCE TO OUR DISCUSSION IS LUKE SKYWALKER THE HERO ON THE PHONE WHO GOES THROUGH THE JOURNEY TO BECOME THE MOST AMAZING FAMOUS JEDI THAT COMBATS THE EEL EMPIRE. LET'S REVISIT STEPS IN CONTEXT OF HIS JOURNEY. FIRST, SEPARATION. LUKE BEGINS TO RECOGNIZE THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT HIM AND HE'S DIFFERENT. THEN HE DECIDES TO LEAVE ALL HE KNOWS FROM HIS HUMBLE BEGINNINGS INTO -- AND HIS ORDINARY WORLD AS THEY SAY IN THE HEROES JOURNEY, AFTER DISCOVERING THAT HE SHOWS SIGNS OF THE FORCE. HE MEETS A MEANTOR OBIWANKENOBI, AT THIS PONT HE SEES SOMETHING AND MADE A CHOICE HE CAN'T TURN BACK FROM. SECOND STEP IS DESCENT. AT SOME POINT HE REALIZES THE MAGNITUDE OF THE CHALLENGE HE FACES. IT'S A BIG DEAL. HE'S TRYING TO DO SOMETHING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE ABOUT FIGHTING THIS EMPIRE AND IT'S REALLY HARD. HE REPEATEDLY BATTLES DARTH VADER AND FAILS AND STRUGGLINGS AND HE RESENTS THINGS AND REGRETS MAYBE MAKING THAT CHOICE TO LEAVE WHAT IS COMFORTABLE FOR HIM. THE NEXT STEP IS INITIATION. HE REAFFIRMS HIS COMMITMENT, DIGS HIS HEALS IN, AND CONTINUES TRAINING AND CHALLENGES HIMSELF TO BECOME THE BEST JEDI HE CAN POSSIBLY BE. HE SHOWS PROGRESS AND HARNESSING THE FORCE AND FINALLY HE SUCCEEDS, HE HAS SOME SUCCESS, THAT'S PART OF THE MOVIE. THEN THERE'S THE RETURN. THE END OF THE MOVIE, WHERE HE BASICALLY REFLECTS ON HIS JOURNEY, HE TRIES TO GO BACK TO THE LIFE THAT HE ONCE LIVED AND HE'S FOREVER CHANGE AS A PERSON. ALL HIS OUTLOOK AND ALL HIS PERSPECTIVE IS DIFFERENT NOW. SO WHEN WE REVISIT THIS DIAGRAM, THIS SPEAKS TO THE HEROES JOURNEY, IN MY MIND, FOR SOMEONE WHO REALLY DESIRES TO LEARN AND CONTRIBUTE BACK TO DRUPAL. WE HAVE SOLVED REALLY HARD PROBLEMS IN THE DIGITAL SPACE. THAT'S A FACT. HARD PROBLEMS ARE JUST THAT, THEY ARE HARD. THEY ARE NOT EASY WINS. THEY ARE CHALLENGING. THEY DON'T COME WITHOUT WORKING HARD, THEY DON'T COME WITHOUT FACING ADVERSITY, LOTS OF LEARNING AND VAST AMOUNTS OF COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, RESEARCH, AND PROBABLY PAIN AND SUFFERING. THE END RESULT HOWEVER IS SOMETHING THAT CHANGES YOU AN CHANGES THE WORLD. THIS IS WHAT THE DRUPAL COMMUNITY OFFERS. THE NEXT SECTION IS PROMOTING IMPACT AND HOW THE JOURNEY IS RELEVANT. MY BELIEF CONTRIBUTING TO FREE AND OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE HAS POTENTIAL TO CHANGE THE WORLD. I BELIEVE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS ROOM LOOKING OUT IN THE THE VAST BIG ROOM HERE, ALL OF YOU CAN HAVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT YOU AND CHALLENGE YOU O THE FIND YOUR PART IN THIS. I THINK YOU CAN. WHEN I WAS YOUNG I THOUGHT I COULD CHANGE THE WORLD BY MYSELF. MY NINJA TURTLE DREAMS SHIFT AD BIT INTO MORE A PRACTICAL ONE OF BUILDING AMAZING SOFTWARE FOR PEOPLE. I JUST GRADUATED WITH A COMPUTER SCIENCE DEGREE AND I LOVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND PROGRAMMING, IT'S LIKE I CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF IT, IT'S AMAZING. I FOLLOWED A PATH BASICALLY WHERE IEEIATED MY OWN CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FRAMEWORK. I LEARNED ALL THE INTRICACIES AND PROBLEMS THAT ARE INVOLVED AND I LOVE THE AUTONOMY, I CAN SIT AT A KEYBOARD AND GO NUTS. BUT I WAS NAIVE ABOUT ALL OF IT AND THIS TOOL AND THIS FRAMEWORK I BUILT DIDN'T SCALE AT ALL. I WANTED TO USE THIS TOOL SOMEHOW AS A LAUNCH PAD FOR CHANGING THE WORLD AND HOPEFULLY GETTING RICH AND SELLING PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE, AND THAT DIDN'T REALLY PAN OUT. I ALSO WORKED AT ONE POINT AT PENN STATE UNIVERSITY AND DURING MY TIME THERE WE DID EVALUATION OF CMS TOOLS AND VENDORS FOR A BIG PROJECT WE WERE WORKING ON AND THIS WAS A VERY EYE OPENING EXPERIENCE FOR ME. WE LOOKED AT DRUPAL. WE STARTED ASKING SOME QUESTIONS, WHAT IS THE TOOL VIBRANT, HOW MUCH OUT OF THE BOX FUNCTIONALITY COULD WE LEVERAGE, WAS IT CUSTOMIZABLE. COULD IT HANDLE THIRD PARTY INTEGRATIONS, COULD IT HANDLE THE WAY WE NEED IT TO, HANDLE HOMO BILL DEVICES, IS IT SECURE? SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS TO LOOK AT AND DRUPAL CHECKED THESE BOXES, SO IS IT'S A GREAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY. COOL. BUT SOMETHING MADE ME CURIOUS. HOW CAN SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETELY FREE AND MOSTLY VOLUNTEER LED CHECK ALL THOSE BOXES? WHAT IS THE DEAL? SO I STARTED TO THINK ABOUT HOW THIS WAS EVEN POSSIBLE. I STARTED LOOKING AROUND AND ASKING SOME QUESTIONS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. DRUPAL KIND OF PRESENTED THIS LIKE DEEP PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE FROM THINGS THAT I HAD ALREADY SEEN AND UNDERSTOOD IN THE WORLD. WHAT WAS THE APPEAL? HOW DID IT WORK? SO WHY WOULD THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD LARGELY VOLUNTEER THEIR TIME AND GIVE AWAY THEIR WORK FOR FREE? THOSE THAT USE THE TOOL GIVE BACK TO DRUPAL TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER. THAT'S THE KEY. THERE ARE TONS OF PEOPLE USING IT. USAGE DROVE MATURITY AND GROWTH AND THE REACH AND CAPABILITY OF THE TOOL ITSELF. PEOPLE CONTRIBUTED THOUSANDS OF SOLUTIONS THROUGH BOTH CORE AND CONTRIB AND FIXED THOUSANDS OF BUGS THROUGHOUT THE SYSTEM AND MADE IT EVEN BETTER AND EVEN STRONGER. THE SHEER SCALE OF ALL THIS WAS STAGGERING TO ME. AMAZING. AND THAT WAS MY MOMENT OF ENLIGHTENMENT, I WOULD SAY. THE CMS REVIEW DONE BY PENN STATE OPENED MY EYES TO AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT WORLD OF POTENTIAL AND I REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO TURN BACK FROM THAT. BUT THERE'S MORE TO THIS STORY. HOWARD'S INN HAS A GREAT QUOTE FOR THIS. SMALL ACTS WHEN MULTIPLIED BY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CAN TRANSFORM THE WORLD. TINY INVESTMENTS MADE ACROSS OUR COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE CREATES THE SCALE THAT WE SEE TODAY. IT DOESN'T TAKE ANY ONE PERSON DOING EVERYTHING. THAT'S NOT THE POINT. THAT'S WHAT I PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. SO PERSONALLY THIS SHIFTED MY ENTIRE PERSPECTIVE ON WHAT WAS POSSIBLE AND WHAT IMPACT I COULD HAVE ON MY OWN, TO WHAT IMPACT I COULD HAVE WITHIN THIS MODEL. I DECIDED TO TRY IT. IT WAS REALLY HARD AT FIRST. KIND OF PAINFUL. I HAD A LOT OF RESERVATIONS GIVEN MY PAST AND MY OLD PHILOSOPHIES. AND EVEN SUBMITTING A PATRON AND ISSUE WAS A MAJOR CHALLENGE. I HAD NO PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE, I HAD NO CONFIDENCE AND I THOUGHT I WOULD LOOK REALLY STUPID. BUT I TOOK THE LEAP AND I CONTINUED TO DO IT AND I CONTINUED TO GROW MY SKILLS AND I CONTINUED TO GIVE BACK AND SHARE THE KNOWLEDGE THAT I GAINED. IT SLOWLY BECAME EASIER AND MORE NATURAL. I LEARNED A LOT JUST BY STICKING WITH IT. IT WAS JUST LIKE LUKE SKYWALKER'S JOURNEY AND THE FORCE, EXCEPT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY ENEMIES INVOLVED. AND IT'S SO MUCH MORE THAN A BENEFIT TO JUST YOU. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD USE DRUPAL. BY SOLVING PROBLEMS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO YOU OR YOUR EXPERIENCES, GIVING IT BACK MEANS THAT YOU CAN SOLVE THE SAME PROBLEM FOR COUNTLESS OTHER PEOPLE IN THE WORLD. AND THAT IS TRUE IMPACT AND THAT IS WORLD CHANGING. THIS PERSPECTIVE ON GIVING BACK CHANGED MY LIFE DRASTICALLY. I CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE MYSELF EVERY DAY, I STARTED SOLVING HARDER PROBLEMS T PORTING MODULES, I GIVE TALKS NOW, I EXPLORE NON-TECHNICAL AREAS OF DRUPAL NOW IN THE COMMUNITY AND I FINE IT ALL TO BE VERY REWARDING. EVERY SINGLE THING. THIS PHILOSOPHY SPREADS. I LEARNED FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S CONTRIBUTIONS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT ROUTINELY HELPED ME. IT'S NOT JUST ME. I GET STUCK A LOT. I FOUND MENTORS AND I REACHED OUT TO PEOPLE THAT HAVE EXPERTISE BECAUSE I DID NOT DO THIS BY MYSELF. SO THIS ENTIRE APPROACH HAS HUGE SOCIOECONOMIC BENEFITS AS WELL, JUST TO BE CLEAR. OUR COMMUNITY HELPS PEOPLE BECOME BETTER QUALIFIED FOR JOBS. IT'S HELPED ME PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY IN WAYS THAT I COULD NEVER HAVE IMAGINED BACK IN THE DAY. SO I'M VERY FORTUNATE. BY CONTRIBUTING TO SOMETHING BIGGER, I LEARN THAT EVERYTHING THAT I DO HAS POTENTIAL FOR THIS IMPACT. I FINALLY FEEL LIKE I'M ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE AND I'M ALWAYS THRILLED TO HEAR HOW SOMETHING I HAVE DONE HAS POSITIVELY AFFECTED SOMEBODY ELSE. NONE OF THIS IS POSSIBLE WITHOUT A COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WORKING IN THIS WAY. DRUPAL NEVER GOT TO WHERE IT IS ONLY BY HAVING PEOPLE SIT ON THE SIDELINES. CONTRIBUTION IS THE CORNERSTONE OF DRUPAL'S SUSTAINING AND BEING VIBRANT. ROBERT F. KENNEDY SPOKE TO THIS CLEARLY AS WELL, HIS QUOTE IS, ONLY THOSE WHO DARE TO FAIL GREATLY CAN EVER ACHIEVE GREATLY. WHILE YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN HAVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY IN YOUR OWN SPECIAL WAY, SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE AFRAID TO DO SO. AND I CERTAINLY WAS WHEN I STARTED. THERE ARE MANY REASONS FOR THIS, IT COULD BE IMPOSTER SYNDROME, WHERE PEOPLE BELIEVE THEY ARE INADEQUATE OR THEY MIGHT BE EXPOSED IF THEY TRY. IT ALSO COULD BE A PROTECTION MECHANISM FOR SOMEONE'S PUBLIC OR PROFESSIONAL PERSONA. ROBERT'S QUOTE SPEAKS TO THIS PERFECTLY, IF WE AS PEOPLE SEEK THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPACT, WE NEED TO NOT BE AFRAID OF FAILING. WE HAVE GOT TO STEP UP. JAPANESE SAMURAI HAD A TRADITION CALLED DYING BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE. I KNOW SOME OF MY FORMER CIVIC ACTIONS PEOPLE IN THE ROOM APPRECIATE THIS. AND THIS REALLY SPOKE TO THE ROLE OR THE CONCEPT OF FEAR. THEY KNEW AND RECOGNIZED THAT THEIR WORK WAS DANGEROUS. THE SAMURAI FUTURE DOING DANGEROUS STUFF BUT THEY KNEW ONE OF THE POSSIBLE OUTCOMES COULD BE PHYSICAL HARM OR EVEN DEATH. BUT THE EXERCISE OF DYING BEFORE GOING INTO BATTLE HELPED THEM IMAGINE AND ULTIMATELY ACCEPT THE REALITY IN WHICH ANY OUTCOME COULD BE POSSIBLE. AND THAT WAS FINE. THEY ALIGN WITH THEIR MISSION, THEY OWNED THE POTENTIAL FOR THEIR WORK TO PROMOTE A GREATER GOOD. AND THIS EXERCISE FREED ONE'S SELF FROM FEAR. IT DEFINED A REALM OF POSSIBILITIES AND DETACHMENT FROM A SPECIFIC OUTCOME. WE ARE ALL IN SOME STATE OF LEARNING. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. WE ALL FAIL SOMETIMES. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE AS PEOPLE RECOGNIZE THIS IN OURSELVES, AND WE RECOGNIZE IT IN OTHER PEOPLE. WE MUST FOSTER ENVIRONMENTS THAT ALLOW FOR FAILURE TO HAPPEN AS A NATURAL AND EVOLUTIONARY THING. KELSEY HIGHTOWER WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE KUBERNETES COMMUNITY HAS RELATED THIS TO OPEN SOURCE RELATED WORK. DON'T BE AFRAID OF LEARNING IN PUBLIC. THE JOURNEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DESTINATION. FOR YOU TO GET THE MOST OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY YOU NEED TO NOT BE AFRAID TO GET INVOLVED AND THANKFULLY WE ARE NOT TALKING LIFE AND DEATH LIKE THAT OF A SAMURAI. FAILURE PRESENTS THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH. OUR COMMUNITY IS A PLACE THAT OFFERS THESE OPPORTUNITIES AND SUPPORTS YOU SO YOU CAN EXPERIMENT, YOU CAN LEARN, AND YOU CAN GROW. IT'S MY BELIEF THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SOME CHANGES IN OUR COMMUNITY TO BETTER SUPPORT PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THIS JOURNEY. I WILL SHARE SOME IDEAS THAT I HAVE. JUST A FOREWARNING, SOME OF THESE CHANGES MAY SEEM SIGNIFICANT. MAYBE MY FUTURE VISION SPEAKS TO YOU AND MOTIVATES YOU TO GET INVOLVED IN NEW WAYS. I'LL ALSO SHARE STORIES AND INITIATIVES THAT ARE ALREADY HAPPENING THAT SUPPORT THE POINTS THAT I'M RAISING. SO I WANT TO START BY SAYING THAT CHANGE ITSELF CAN BE INCREDIBLY HARD. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE NATURALLY LIKE CHANGE. IT'S HARD TO DO IT WELL AND IT CAN BE HARD ON PEOPLE AS THEY ARE GOING THROUGH IT. DOING THINGS TOO QUICKLY CAN SOMETIMES BE SLOPPY OR CARELESS. DOING THINGS TOO SLOW CAN FEEL LIKE THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T CARE OR DON'T PRIORITIZE CHANGE FAST ENOUGH. AND THIS CAN BE SUPER FRUSTRATING FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THIS. EVERY SINGLE PERSON. BUT CHANGE IS NECESSARY. IT IS NECESSARY NOW, AND IT'S NECESSARY FOR US TO BE ROUTINELY CHANGING AND EVOLVING TO STAY RELEVANT IN THE WORLD. WITH THIS FRAMING, LET ME PROPOSE THAT WE ACCEPT A DEGREE O UNCERTAINTY AND PROCEED BOLDLY. THINK BIG, CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS. THAT'S THE FAMOUS QUOTE. LET'S NOT COMMIT TO GETTING THINGS PERFECT EITHER. BUT RATHER, LET'S BE QUICK ON OUR TOES AND LET'S MAKE A COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS LEARNING. BECAUSE WE SHOULD BE DOING ONGOING EXPERIMENTS, WE SHOULD BE FINDING WAYS TO SCALE IDEAS AND WE SHOULD BE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD INTENTIONS BEHIND ALL OF IT. SUCH A PROCESS ALLOWS US TO MOVE FORWARD NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE. IN THE LAST FEW YEARS DRUPAL HAS REALLY BEEN TRYING TO GET BETTER ABOUT DEFINING ITSELF. I THINK IT WAS IN MID 2016 I BELIEVE THAT DREESE WROTE A BLOG POST WITH A VERY BOLD STATEMENT SAYING DRUPAL IS FOR AMBITIOUS DIGITAL EXPERIENCES. THIS HAS GARNERED IN MY OPINION A LOT OF ATTENTION, SOME POSITIVE AND SOME NEGATIVE. BUT I WANT TO FOCUS ON ONE WORD IN THAT SENTENCE, THE KEY WORD IS FOR. THE PERSPECTIVE AS I UNDERSTAND IT FROM THIS BLOG POST IS REALLY A GUIDE POST FOR DRUPAL AS A TECHNOLOGY. WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF AMAZING TECHNICAL WORK AND WE SOLVED A LOT OF HARD PROBLEMS. THAT SHOULD BE APPLAUDED. HOWEVER, AN EMPHASIS ON AMBITIOUS DIGITAL EXPERIENCE MAY HAVE DISTRACTED US FROM THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY. IT'S YOU. THE DRUPAL COMMUNITY IS FOR THE PEOPLE. WE NEED TO BETTER SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR NEEDS. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE FOSTERED A COMMUNITY THAT PEOPLE ALIGN WITH, IT'S ABOUT THE HUMAN CONNECTION. SUPPORTING YOU IS WHAT I BELIEVE MAKES DRUPAL IN OUR COMMUNITY EFFECTIVE. EMPHASIZING YOU ENSURES THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT PATH, THE RIGHT SUPPORT AND THE RIGHT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTRIBUTE BACK IN YOUR OWN WAY. ALBERT EINSTEIN HAD A GOOD QUOTE THAT HIGHLIGHTS THIS. WE CANNOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF THINKING THAT CREATED THEM. WE NEED YOU. OUR GREATEST INNOVATIONS AS A COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN SOLVED BY THOSE WITH AN IMAGINATION TO CREATE A NEW FUTURE. WE NEED NEW IDEAS. WE NEED EVERYBOD TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND BRING THEIR EXPERIENCE AND PERSPECTIVE TO THE TABLE. WE NEED TO ENSURE WE AS A COMMUNITY START PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY MEMBERS'S NEEDS ADS PEOPLE. IT IS MY BELIEF PRIORITIZING THIS ENSURES THAT WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO DO GREAT THINGS. I BELIEVE IN YOU. NO ONE SPENDS ANY TIME ON ANYTHING THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY BELIEVE IN. SO IN MY EYES IT'S OF THE OUT MOST IMPORTANCE FOR DRUPAL'S LONG TERM VIABILITY VIABILITY THAT WE ALIGN WITH PEEP. I WANT TO REVIEW KEY POINTS HERE THAT I BELIEVE WILL CREATE SOME ALIGNMENT FOR US AS PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND CLARITY, SIMPLIFICATION, INCLUSION AND INNOVATION. THE FIRST POINT IS CLARITY. ALIGNMENT COMES WHEN OUR COMMUNITY HAS CLARITY. THIS STARTS WITH A VERY CLEAR IDENTITY SO PEOPLE CAN IDENTIFY WITH IT. I BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY DOES HAVE AN IDENTITY. I ACTUALLY SEE IT, I FEEL IT, ALL THE TIME, EVEN HERE TODAY, JUST TALKING WITH PEOPLE. IT'S PRESENT. BUT THIS IDENTITY IS NOT COMMUNICATED CLEARLY ENOUGH. SO I WANT TO SHARE MY THOUGHTS ON THIS. THE MATERIALS AN RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED ARE LACKING SOME OF OUR ANTIQUATED AND THEY DO NOT CONCISELY COMMUNICATE WHO WE ARE. THERE'S MANY RECENT EFFORTS TO HELP EVOLVE THIS. SO THAT'S GOOD. RIGHT? IN NASHVILLE DREESE ANNOUNCED DRUPAL'S VALUES AND PRINCIPLES, THE VALUES HE IDENTIFIED SINCE DRUPAL WAS CREATED BACK IN THE DAY. VIEW THIS MORE AS AN ALPHA RELEASE OF A PRODUCT OR SOMETHING THAT IS VERY FIRST DRAFT. RIGHT? BUT IT WAS AN IMPORTANT START TO THIS CONVERSATION. THIS NEEDS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY FEEDBACK. REFINEMENT, AND ONGOING SUPPORT AS WE CONTINUE TO LEARN WHO WE ARE. IT WAS ANNOUNCED BACK IN MAY THAT THERE WAS A FORMATION OF A NEW VALUES AND PRINCIPLES COMMITTEE TO DO JUST WHAT I DESCRIBED. AN OPEN APPLICATION PROCESS WAS USED WHEN IT WAS ANNOUNCED BACK IN JULY TO TRY TO RECRUIT PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE AND I THINK THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT WORK. IN THIS SPACE. OUR COMMUNITY CODE OF CONDUCT IS ALSO A KEY TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE VALUE AS A COMMUNITY. CURRENTLY THE DRUPAL COMMUNITY WORKING GROUP, THE CWG AS THEY WILL CALLED, IS NOT ONLY TASKED WITH MAINTAINING THIS COLD OF CONDUCT, THAT YOU'RE ALSO TASKED WITH THE CONFLICT RESOLUTION WHEN ISSUES ARISE IN THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A LOT TO ASK OF ONE GROUP. WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE LOOKING FOR MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. BY THE WAY. IT'S MY BELIEF THAT SPLITTING UP THIS GROUP INTO A CONFLICT RESOLUTION GROUP AND A COMMUNITY BASED GROUP MAY AFFORD SOME BETTER FOCUS AND MORE PROGRESS IN THIS. IT IS A LOT TO ASK ONE GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS TO TAKE ON THAT MUCH, AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S ONLY THREE PEOPLE. THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB AND MAJOR KUDOS AN PROPS TO THEM BUT WE NEED TO HELP THEM MORE AND RECOGNIZE THERE'S TOO MUCH ON THEIR PLATE RIGHT NOW. GOVERNANCE IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AND I KNOW THERE'S PEEP IN THE ROOM, DAVID HERE TOO FROM THE TASK FORCE THAT WE CREATED WHICH I'LL ELABORATE ON. BUT IT'S A HUGE INTEREST AND CAN HUGE IMPACT FOR US AS A COMMUNITY. IT'S ALSO INCREDIBLY HARD TO DEFINE. SEW GOVERNANCE IS BASICALLY THE PROCESSES AND THE STRUCTURES FOR HOUR OUR COMMUNITY WORKS. IT TOUCH POINTS OF AUTHORITY, DECISION MAKING, WORKING GROUPS AND A LOT MORE RELATED FACTORS ALL AROUND THAT. AFTER SOME COMMUNITY EVENT OCCURRED, MANY, MANY PEOPLE RAISED CONCERNS AROUND OUR COMMUNITIES GOVERNANCE. SEEMED LIKE NO ONE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS CLEAR ON WHAT NEEDED TO BE DONE OR WHO WAS DOING IT. I'M INVOLVED WITH AN EFFORT CALLED THE GOVERNANCE TASK FORCE THAT IS TRYING TO IMPROVE THIS. WE'RE TRYING TO GET INCREDIBLY INFORMED ABOUT WHAT GOVERNANCE MEANS TO US. WITH RESPECT TO THE COMMUNITY AND OUR IDENTITY. WE ARE TASKED WITH CREATING A PROPOSAL TO HELP EVOLVE GOVERNANCE INTO ITS NEXT PHASE. FOR OUR COMMUNITY. ALL THIS IS COMMUNITY LED AND I'M HAPPY TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY IN THE ROOM THAT HAS IDEAS THEY WANT TO CONSIDER. IT'S MY SINCERE HOPE THAT OUR PROPOSAL CAN HELP PAVE THE WAY FOR A FUTURE THAT SERVES ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY NOW AND CREATES A FRAME, WORK FOR THE FUTURE, CLARIFYING OUR GOVERNANCE TODAY SHOULD HELP PEOPLE TO BE INFORMED ABOUT HOW THE COMMUNITY WORKS. IT DOESN'T STOP THERE. IN MY OPINION WE AS A COMMUNITY ACTUALLY LACK STRATEGIC VISION. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY CENTRAL DEFINITION OF SOMETHING THAT I WOULD SAY IS A GUIDE POST FOR HOW WE AND WHAT WE CARE ABOUT AS A COMMUNITY. I DIDN'T SEE IT. I WANT TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING. I HAVE SEEN TECHNICAL AND PRODUCT ROADMAPS FOR DRUPAL AS A TECHNOLOGY. THAT IS COOL BUT WHERE ARE WE AS PEOPLE HEADED? THIS CAN HELP TO GUIDE US TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND ALIGN WITH A BIGGER PLAN. I FEEL LIKE IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT. ONCE WE HAVE THESE TOOLS AND THESE PIECES, I THINK WE NEED TO ACTIVELY PRACTICE VALUES AND PRINCIPLES AND STRATEGIC VISION AND OUR DAY TO DAY WORK THAT WE DO. IT'S THE ACTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE TO BE PRESENT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO ALIGN THAT. THIS IS NOT A GUARANTEE THAT WE WON'T HAVE ISSUES AS A COMMUNITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME I THINK WE NEED TO DO OUR BEST TO ENSURE WE HAVE THAT GUIDE POST. AND OUR ACTIONS MATCH THAT. ONE OF THE MAJOR CHALLENGES RIGHT NOW IS REALLY JUST SHEER SCALE OF THINGS GOING ON WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. I LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY ALMOST LIKE AN ELEPHANT, AS AN ANALOGY, AN ELEPHANT IS HUGE, IT'S A BIG MAMMOTH ANIMAL. AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE WHOLE ELEPHANT AT ONE POINT IN TIME. SUCH IS DRUPAL. I DON'T THINK ANYONE CAN CONCISELY SAY WHAT DRUPAL REALLY IS RIGHT NOW, WHAT ALL OF IT EMBODIES. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF THINGS THAT USE DRUPAL'S NAME, THINGS FROM GROUPS AND EVENTS AND TECHNICAL PRODUCTS AND PEOPLE IDENTIFYING AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS. BUT WE HAVE VERY FEW STANDARDS AROUND THE USE OF DRUPAL'S NAME SAKE. THIS IS A LOT DEEPER THAN BRANDING. THIS IS NOT REALLY A MARKETING THING. I THINK IT'S CONFUSING. ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO IDENTIFY THEIR EFFORTS WITH THE NAME DRUPAL. IF SOMEONE CEASE SOMETHING QUESTIONABLE THAT HAPPENS RELATED TO SOMETHING THAT IDENTIFIES AS DRUPAL, IS THIS REALLY WHO WE ARE AS A COMMUNITY. WE DON'T HAVE CLARITY ON WHAT EFFORTS ALIGN WITH OUR IDENTITY, OUR VALUES OR OUR PRINCIPLES TODAY. EVERYTHING IS LABELED AS DRUPAL ADHERES TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE LIKE LIE EXPECT. -- LIKELY EXPECT. THAT'S A PROBLEM. THE ISSUE IS AROUND DECENTRALIZATION. PEOPLE MAYBE WORKING ON SOME REALLY AMAZING IDEAS BUT WITHOUT HAVING A LEVEL OF BROAD COMMUNITY VISIBILITY. AS LARGELY DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITY, THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, THIS HAPPENS CONSTANTLY. FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SCALE AND EVOLVE, IT'S MY OPINION THAT WE NEED TO BE -- TO HELP RAISE AWARENESS AND CENTRALIZE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY, IT NEEDS TO BE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND IDENTIFY THE ENTIRE ELEPHANT WHICH MAKES UP THE DRUPAL ECOSYSTEM. CENTRALIZATION CAN MAINTAIN OUR DISTRIBUTED COMMUNITY EFFORTS. BUT IT CAN HELP TO MAKE THESE EFFORTS MORE VISIBLE AND HELP OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS IDENTIFY WITH THEIR PASSIONS AND THEIR INTEREST AND THEIR MOTIVATIONS TO PROVIDE A MORE CONCRETE WAY TO PARTICIPATE. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. ANY CENTRALIZATION EFFORT NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE VARIOUS KINDS OF SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF JUST OUR VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY. AS A SIMPLE EXAMPLE, IT COSTS MONEY TO RUN EVENTS, IT COSTS MONEY TO RUN DRUPAL.ORG AND ADVANCE SOME IN THIS CASETIVES THAT WE HAVE. OUR COMMUNE -- INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE. OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AN PARTICIPANTS NEED ASSURES LIKE LEGAL SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, TRAINING AND NEXTS TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE INHERENTLY. THIS IS WHERE THE DRUPAL ASSOCIATION COMES IN. COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE OFTEN BEEN CRITICAL OF THEM. SOME OF THIS IS OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE. WE VIEW THEIR WORK AS AN EXPECTATION, THAT WE HAVE FROM THE COMMUNITY, YET WE DON'T ALWAYS SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR US TO SUPPORT THEM. THE WORK THAT THEY DO IS NOT FREE. WE NEED THE MAKE SURE THAT WE HELP OFFSET THE COST OF THEIR WORK. WE OFTEN USE THE WORD DONATE TO TALK ABOUT THEM BUT TO ME IT'S NOT OPTIONAL. IT'S NOT AN OPTIONAL THING TO DO. WE WONDER WHY THEY'RE NOT DOING MORE FOR US. I THINK THAT'S THE BIG COMMUNITY RUB RIGHT NOW. BUT THE REALITY OF IT IS, WE NEED TO MAKE INVESTMENTS INTO THEM FOR THEM TO BE MORE SUCCESSFUL AND FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HELP US. SO I FEEL LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE IN OUR PERSPECTIVE FOR MAKING DONATIONS TO INVESTING IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BENEFIT US POTENTIALLY. BUT THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THEY AS IN THE DRUPAL ASSOCIATION CAN'T IMPROVE. I KNOW THEY CAN. BUT THIS GETS BACK TO OUR DECENTRALIZED COMMUNITY AND LACK OF A STRATEGIC PLAN. THEIR MISSION IS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY YET THERE ARE WALLS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND THE DA BECAUSE THERE IS NO JOINT STRATEGY FOR THEM TO EXECUTE ON. THIS NEEDS TO CHANGE FOR THE DA TO ACHIEVE THEIR MISSION OF SERVING US. I'M PROPOSING THE CURRENT DA BOARD ELEVATE TO A COMMUNITY BOARD, BECOME TASKED WITH PROVIDING THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. UNDER THE BOARD WOULD BE THE DA, OTHER COMMUNITY-LED GROUPS FOR GOVERNANCE, BUT EVERYTHING THAT WOULD BASICALLY BE NON-TECHNICAL. THE BOARD WOULD BE TASKED WITH PROVIDING THIS DIRECTION TO THEM AND THEIR EFFORTS. THIS HELPS TO DISTRIBUTE AUTHORITY AND LEADERSHIP, BETTER ALIGNS THE DA WITH THE COMMUNITY AND MORE IMPORTANTLY SERVES US BETTER. IN MY OPINION. THE NEXT MAIN SECTION IS AROUND SIMPLIFICATION. IF PEOPLE HAVE TIME AND INTEREST IN IN CONTRIBUTING WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY RESOURCES ARE AS EASY TO FINDS AS POSSIBLE. DRUPAL IS NOTORIOUS FOR HAVING ANTIQUATED DOCUMENTATION. IT'S OKAY, IT'S JUST WHO WE ARE. BUT THE TECHNICAL STUFF, THAT CAN BE A MAJOR BARRIER. DOCUMENTATION CAN BECOME INCOMPLETE, BECOMES DATED AND REALLY AT TIMES JUST HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE, WE NEED TO KNOCK DOWN THOSE WALLS FOR PEOPLE. THE CLOSEST EFFORTS I SEE HAPPENING IS THE DOCUMENTATION INITIATIVE, STARTED BY MATTHEW GRASMIC, NOT SURE HE'S HERE. BUT WHEN I HEAR DOCUMENTATION, I THINK TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION BUT THIS CAN AND SHOULD APPLY TO MUCH MORE. AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THIS IS NOT JUST AN EFFORT TO MAKE DOCUMENTATION ACCURATE, IT'S ALSO AN EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THE DOCUMENTATION IS EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND USABLE. THIS IS GREAT. THIS ACTUALLY IS EMPHASIZING THE NEEDS OR SHIFT FROM SOMETHING THAT IS A TECHNICAL ARTIFACT TO SOMETHING THAT SERVES PEOPLE. SO IF YOU WANT A CLEAR AND MASSIVELY IMPACTFUL OPPORTUNITY, PLEASE GET INVOLVED WITH THAT. EMPHASIZING USABILITY CAN BE APPLIED TO SUBSTANTIALLY MORE MATERIAL IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING A NEW COMMUNITY SITE. WE CAN TOTALLY BENEFIT FROM HAVING A REALLY GOOD DRUPAL COMMUNITY SITE. THAT EMPHASIZES THE NEEDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SOMETHING THAT'S SIMPLE, STRAIGHT FORWARD AND COMMUNICATES WHO WE ARE IN A CENTRAL EASY TO FIND WAY. WE HAVE SO MUCH DISPERSED INFORMATION ACROSS THIS ENTIRE ELEPHANT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. WE NEED TO AUDIT THE RELEVANT CONTENT, PERFORM INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE EXERCISE, CONSOLIDATE AND HAVE USERS TEST IT TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT WE PUT ON THIS SITE IS APPROACHABLE. LET'S START WITH OUR COMMUNITY IDENTITY, OUR MISSION VISION VALUES AN PRINCIPLES AND THE STRATEGIC PLAN. THEN EXPAND TO GROUPS AN THINGS THAT HAPPEN THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY. FINALLY THIS EFFORTS NEEDS TO HAVE CLEAR DEFINED PATHWAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET INVOLVED IN THINGS THAT THEY CARE ABOUT. PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO SUBMIT THE THINGS THEY'RE ALREADY DOING. FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPARENCY. BOTH TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL. SIMPLY TEST ME IS AN EXAMPLE OF AN EFFORT THAT WAS MADE TO TRY TO SIMPLIFY THINGS FOR PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. IT IS BASICALLY A PROJECT AND A SERVICE THAT I HELP TO RUN, THAT PRIMARILY FOCUSES ON LOWERING THE BARRIER OF ENTRY TO DRUPAL. USERS FILL OUT A BY SICK FORM ON SIMILAR -- BASIC FORM ON SIMPLY TEST ME ON WHAT THEY WANT TO TEST OUT AND THEN THEY GET A SPAWN DRUPAL INSTANCE CONFIGURE THE WAY THEY SPECIFIED. ALL THAT IS AUTOMATED. AND THE FACT THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH AN INSTALLATION AND INSTALL A MODULE AND DOTHER OTHER THINGS, HELPS PEOPLE GET RIGHT INTO THE SYSTEM AND USE IT. INCLUSION. INCLUSION IS A HUGE TOPIC FOR ME PERSONALLY AND I KNOW IN THE COMMUNITY. I WANT EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE AND I WANT THIS COMMUNITY TO RECOGNIZE AND ACKNOWLEDGE CONTRIBUTION IN ALL FORMS. SO WHY INCLUSION? CHRIS SIMS RESEASONLY TWEETED ABOUT THIS. ONE IMPORTANT TRAIT OF HIGH PERFORMING TEAMS IS THAT THEY USE DIVERSITY TO COME UP WITH BETTER SOLUTIONS. DIVERSITY AND INSOLUTION ARE CRITICAL TO COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY. EVERY PERSON HAS THEIR OWN PERSPECTIVE TO ADD TO THIS GREATER GOOD. EVERY EXPERIENCE PEOPLE HAVE EVER HAD, EVERYTHING THEY LEARNED IN ALL OF THESE THINGS SHAPE THESE PEOPLE THAT CAN BRING THIS PERSPECTIVE IN NEW AND UNIQUE WAYS TO OUR COMMUNITY. WE NEED TO BE CHALLENGED TO MOVE IN NEW DIRECTIONS, THAT'S PART OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. AND WE NEED BETTER SOLUTIONS TO EVOLVE. SUSTAINABILITY IS NOT WHERE THE STORY ENDS THOUGH. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION, IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S JUST LIKE THE MORALLY CORRECT THING. WE HAVE SUCH A MASSIVE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE UNDER-REPRESENTED PEOPLE, TO HELP IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. IT'S DONE THAT FOR MANY OF US ALREADY. WE CAN SPREAD THIS. THIS NEEDS TO BE OPEN TO THOSE THAT NEED IT THE MOST, AN EFFORT TO BETTER PROMOTE EQUALITY AND FAIRNESS THROUGHOUT OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY. COWORKER OF MINE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THIS. SHE LEFT A CAREER AS A HOSPICE NURSE TO JOIN OUR COMMUNITY. SHE WAS A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL AND SHE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT EMPATHY AND UNDERSTANDING THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAD CHALLENGES. AND SHE -- THAT'S HER PASSION. SHE NOW CHANNELS THAT ENERGY TO HELP PEOPLE AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH THE WEB AND THE TOOLS THEY USE. SHE'S -- SHE HERSELF EXEMPLIFIES THIS WORK. SHE'S NOT A TECHNICAL PERSON, THAT'S NOT HER BACKGROUND. THROUGH THE COMMUNITY WORK SHE DOES. CHARRY TEENLY IMPROVES DRUPAL PROJECTS, THE DOCUMENTATION, THE INFORMATION THE INTERFACES THAT PEOPLE USE, AND SHE LOWERS THE BARRIER OF ENTRY EVERY SINGLE DAY WITH THE WORK SHE DOES. IN THE COMMUNITY. IT'S REALLY GOOD STUFF. HOW DO WE HELP FOSTER AND IMPROVE INCLUSIVELY WITHIN OUR COMMUNE THE? LET'S ACKNOWLEDGE OUR COMMUNITY IS DAUNTING, IT'S HUGE. WHERE DO WE START? HOW DO YOU BEGIN? COMMUNITY ON BOARDING IS A KEY INITIAL STEP IN SOMEONE STARTING THEIR JOURNEY. THERE'S A SIMILAR NEED FOR EXISTING COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT MAY WANT TO START CONTRIBUTING IN NEW WAYS OR LEARN NEW THINGS. MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE REPEATEDLY SHARED HOW IMPACTFUL IT IS TO HAVE A MENTOR THAT GUIDES YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY. THEY LET YOU ASK SILLY QUESTIONS, THEY HELP YOU IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES, THEY FIND CONNECTIONS FOR YOU WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND THEY HELP YOU WHEN YOU GET STUCK. THIS BUILDS TRUST AND ESTABLISHES THAT HUMAN CONNECTION THAT I FEEL LIKE SOME OF US MIGHT BE MISSING. THE CLOSEST INITIATIVE WE HAVE NOW IS THE DRUPAL MENTORING PROGRAM LED BY THE AMAZING ELLI, IS SHE AROUND HERE? MAYBE. HELLO. I HOPE I DIDN'T BUTCHER YOUR NAME. I APOLOGIZE. IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM, THE MENTORING PROGRAM IS GREAT. THEY'RE DOING GOOD THINGS. AS A COMMUNITY WE NEED TO EXPAND ON THAT AND GROW AND CHANNEL NEW ENERGY INTO IT TO HELP BUILD MORE OF THAT CONNECTION. MENTORING NEEDS TO HAVE A MUCH STRONGER PRESENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY BY PAIRING PEOPLE UP. IT'S A PROMINENT PATHWAY PEOPLE CAN BE BRIDGED AN LINKED AND START THEIR JOURNEY. EXPANDING THIS OFFERING INTO THINGS THAT ARE MORE ACTIVE ENGAGEMENT LIKE A HELP DESK THAT WOULD BASICALLY TAKE REQUESTS AND SEEK OUT ANSWERS FOR PEOPLE, WOULD BE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN MY MIND. IT WOULD BE VERY POWERFUL FOR REDUCING THE BARRIERS OF ENTRIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY TO GET INVOLVED. COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE ALSO SHARED HOW IMPACTFUL IN PERSON EXPERIENCES ARE TO FEEL CONNECTED. WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB WITH CAMPS AND MEET UPS, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF IT. BUT EFFORTS NEED TO BE EXPANDED ACROSS THE GLOBE. WE NEED BETTER POLICIES IS AND ENFORCE STANDARDS AN ENSURE PEOPLE FROM ALL LANGUAGES ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW TO ME IS A BIG BARRIER FOR PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE. THAT IS EVOLVING. GROUPS ARE FORMING IN REGIONS LIKE GERMANY, NETHERLANDS AND INDIA THAT PROVIDE LOCAL REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR GOVERNANCE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, THIS SHOULD HELP PROVIDE PEOPLE FROM THESE AREAS WITH DEDICATED SUPPORT, THAT CONSIDERS CULTURAL AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES. THESE ASSOCIATIONS ALSO HELP REPRESENT THE VOICES FROM THEIR REGIONS WITHIN A BROADER COMMUNITY VOICE. FINALLY, WE HAVE TO HONOR OUR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WITHIN THE NEW COMMUNITY SITE THAT I PROPOSED. IT HAS TO BE TRANSLATED IN MULTIPLE LANGUAGES. IT HAS TO BE. IT'S NOT FAIR. SO THIS HAS TO BE A PRIORITY FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACHIEVING THE GREATEST REACH. ANOTHER CASE STUDY OF SOMEONE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO DOESN'T LIKE TO HAVE ATTENTION DRAWN TO HIMSELF THAT PROMOTES INCLUSION IS KEVIN THALL. WHO JUST WON THE ERIN WENDBORN (PHONETIC) AWARD. HELP SHARE DRUPAL KNOWLEDGE IN SPECIFIC REGIONS, THIS INCLUDES CAMPS AND MEETUPS THAT HAPPEN PERIODICALLY BUT EVENS HAVE TWO MAJOR DRAW BACKS, ONE THEY COMPOS MONEY, SEE DRUPALCON. TWO, THEY ARE GEOGRAPHICALLY DISPERSED AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED TO TRAVEL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE IT OR ATTEND. KEVIN SAW A NEED AND HELPED US OUT IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY BY RECORDING PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. ALL RECORDINGS HAVE BEEN SHARED OPENLY AND PUBLICLY FROM CAMPS AN THINGS HE RECORDED. ANYONE CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS. KEVIN RECENTLY PASSED A MILESTONE OF RECORDING HIS 1,000th PRESENTATION AT A DRUPAL EVENT. WHAT A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT. IMAGINE [APPLAUSE] >> WHY DOES THIS RELATE TO INCLUSION? LET'S BACK UP. IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF KNOWLEDGE PEOPLE HAVE GAINED THROUGH THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE WITHOUT HAVING TO ATTEND A CAMP. IMAGINE THE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WOULD NOT HAVE EXISTED IF HE DIDN'T DO THE WORK THAT HE DOES. HE IS HELPING TO INCLUDE AND INFORM ANYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT JUST HAS AN INTERNET CONNECTION. WELL DONE. INNOVATION IS THE NEXT SECTION. AND THIS IS REALLY CRITICAL WHERE WE NEED TO GO AS A COMMUNITY, I BELIEVE. WE'RE ALREADY DOING GREAT TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS, WE'RE DOING THAT VERY, VERY WELL. SO LET'S KEEP DOING THAT. IT'S STILL GREAT WAY FOR ANYBODY IN THE ROOM TO PARTICIPATE TECHNICALLY AND DO AWESOME THINGS. SO I HOPE FOR THOSE IN THE ROOM THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THAT, KEEP GOING, DO IT. IT'S AWESOME. BUT WE HAVE THE GREATEST OPPORTUNITY TO GROW IN MY OPINION IN OTHER WAYS. WILLIAM PLOMER HAS A GOOD QUOTE TO APERTURE THE ESSENCE OF MY THOUGHT. CREATIVITY HAS THE POWER TO CONNECT THE SEEMINGLY UNCONNECTED. INNOVATION IS NOT ABOUT THE IDEAS THAT I HAVE, IT'S ENSURING THAT OUR COMMUNITY IS WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE TO NEW IDEAS FROM ANYONE. THIS IS HOW WE GET CREATIVE AND ULTIMATELY STAY VIBRANT. YOU ALL ARE THE DRIVER BEHIND THIS. SO I WANT TO FOSTER A COMMUNITY THAT CAN HARNESS YOUR CREATIVITY AND YOUR WISDOM TO BRING COOL NEW THINGS. OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS DEFINED PATHWAYS FOR SCALING THESE IDEAS. WE CAN HAVE AN INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY FULL OF PEOPLE CAPABLE OF MAKING AN AWESOME AND HUGE IMPACT. BUT IT MEANS NOTHING IF WE DON'T HAVE WELL DEFINED WAYS TO SCALE THOSE IDEAS. IF WE DO A GOOD JOB OF BEING A COMMUNITY THAT IS INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE, THEN WE NEED THE FIND A GOOD WAY TO HARNESS IT TOO. RIGHT NOW OUR TOOLS AND PROCESSES ARE LACKING. IN A COMMUNITY OF THIS SIZE, WE HAVE NOT DONE A GOOD JOB OF HELPING PEOPLE TO SCALE IDEAS. CAN ANYONE IN OUR COMMUNITY CLEARLY DEFINE HOW YOU TAKE AN IDEA FROM CONCEPTION TO FRUITION? SEEMS TO BE A WEIRD MIX OF ISSUE QUEUES, TWITTED TWITTER, COMMUNITY DISCUSSIONS, GETTING BUY IN FROM VARIOUS LEADERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT REALLY DEFINED BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T SCALE. WE NEED A GROUP DEDICATED TO THIS SERVICE, THE GROUP WE MANAGE THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT CAN BE THERE TO LISTEN, FACILITATE DISCUSSIONS, GET INFORMED, FORM CONNECTIONS, AND DO RESEARCH, SEEK CONSENSUS AN ULTIMATELY HELP TO MAKE DECISIONS. THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE TO SCALE& THEIR THOUGHTS AND IDEAS. THIS COULD BE THE SAME GROUP I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THEY COULD BE SPLIT UP WITH THE CWG, WE DON'T NEED A MILLION NEW GROUPS. BUT THIS GROUP CAN PRIORITIZE WORK BASED ON THE IMPACT OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY CAN ALSO HELP TO FIND BETTER TOOLS FOR HOLDING DISCUSSIONS, AND ACTUAL PROCESSES THAT ARE CLEAR, FAIR AND TRANSPARENT. THIS IS CAN ALSO HELP DISTRIBUTE AUTHORITY IN OUR COMMUNITY SO IT DOESN'T SEEM TOP DOWN. LARGE DECISIONS CAN BE REVIEWED OR ESCALATED TO THE BOARD AND POTENTIALLY INFORM THE NEXT STRATEGIC PLAN. BUT ONE UNDER-REPRESENTED AREA TO ME WE NEED TO INNOVATE IN IS HAVING FUN. HERE IS A PICTURE OF JAM AND GREG ANDERSON FROM DRUPALCON BALTIMORE, THE MEETING OF THE MUSTACHES. WE NEED TO HAVE MORE FUN. THIS IS NOT ABOUT SERIOUS TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS ALL THE TIME. WE'RE PEOPLE. I WANT US TO EBB JOY EACH OTHER AS -- ENJOY EACH OTHER AS PEOPLE. WE NEED TO PROMOTE NEW AND FUN THINGS THAT LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP IT FUN. WE NEED TO CELEBRATE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT WE DO. I WANT TO SEE MORE PEOPLE SMILE AT EVENTS, I WANT TO GIVE MORE HUGS AND SEE PEOPLE GIVING HUGS AND LAUGH A BIT MORE AND RECOGNIZE ALL OF THE GREAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE BRING TO THE TABLE. LINDSEY JACKSON COMMUNITY MEMBER FROM AUSTRALIA IS TRYING TO TELL GREAT STORIES BY REBOOTING COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS. SHE SHARES PERSONAL STORIES OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S FUN TO READ AND LEARN ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING COOL AND DIVERSE THINGS. CHRIS ALBREC IS ALSO DOING SOMETHING, REBOOTING A PODCAST CALLED MIND THE SCREENS, HE'S SHARING STORIES AN INTERVIEWING THEM AND WHO THEY ARE. EFFORTS LIKE THIS NEED TO BE EXPAND AND HOPE THE DRUPAL COMMUNITY FINDSES NEW WAYS TO DO SO. Q1 QUIRKY IDEA I HAD IS THE DRUPAL COFFEE EXCHANGE. MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY NOW HAVE A WAY TO SIGN UP AND SEND EACH OTHER COFFEE THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY. AND YES, IT'S TRIVIAL, SILLY. BUT I THINK IT'S A LOT OF FUN. WE NOW HAVE OVER 60 PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND SEND EACH OTHER COFFEE EACH QUARTER. WE HAD OUR FIRST COFFEE BUFF AT DRUPALCON LAST YEAR AND I'M ENJOYING THE CONNECTIONS AND COFFEE PEOPLE SEND. THIS TYPE OF INNOVATION DOES NOT NEED TO BE COMPLICATED. SO WHAT IS MY CALL OF ACTION TO YOU? ANDREW HOOKER POSTED ON TWITTER WITH A GOOD QUOTE. HE SAID YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN A TINY INVESTMENT ON YOUR PART WILL HAVE A GIGANTIC IMPACT ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S. THERE'S SO MUCH POTENTIAL BEHIND ANY TYPE OF CONTRIBUTION. SOMETHING YOU MAY CONSIDER SMALL OR TRIVIAL, BUT IT MIGHT JUST BE THE THING SOMEBODY ELSE NEEDS. IF YOU HAVE AN OBSERVATION ON SOMETHING YOU'RE LIKELY NOT ALONE. MAYBE YOU RUN INTO A CHALLENGE WITH SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE DOING OR FOUND AN EXPERIENCE OR SOME PHRASING TO BE AWKWARD. DON'T BE SHY. CONTRIBUTE IT. IT MAY HAVE A HUGE IMPACT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING AND THAT PHENOMENON IS KNOWN AS THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT. INITIAL CONDITIONS WERE CHANGE IN ONE STATE HAVE A LARGE DIFFERENCE IN ANOTHER STATE. EVERYBODY'S STORY IS DIFFERENT SO WHAT WILL YOUR STORY BE? HOW WILL -- WHAT WILL YOU HAVE TO SHARE LOOKING BACK ON YOUR HEROES JOURNEY? THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS YOU AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP YOU IN THIS JOURNEY. YOU GOT THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HOPE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL GOVCON. [APPLAUSE]