Mike McCaffreyMar 4

One of the #Drupal's biggest problems is attracting new and younger contributors to the project, and doing things like having a gala that costs $125 to attend seems antithetical to having an open and welcoming community.

https://dri.es/drupal-25th-anniversary-gala-at-drupalcon-chicago

Anyone interested in organizing a counter-event during that same time that is open to everyone and explicitly welcoming to new and casual contributors?

Drupal 25th Anniversary Gala at DrupalCon Chicago

Dries is the Founder and Project Lead of Drupal and the Co-founder and Executive Chair of Acquia.

Show threadJürgen HaasMar 5
@mikemccaffrey That's only telling half the story, right? There are tickets for $25 as well, including food, drinks, music, and community. I'd say that's not a bad deal.
Show threadjpoesen | 🇪🇺 | 🏳️‍🌈Mar 5
@jurgenhaas @mikemccaffrey The other half of the story is the DA and so many people finding it super normal to spend thousands to travel to a fascist shithole to go and party like nothing's wrong while the country that set itself on fire is also setting the world on fire.
Show threadAdam Varn

@jpoesen @jurgenhaas @mikemccaffrey
The event is being thrown by the Midwest Open Source Alliance, who is the financial sponsor of many Drupal Camps in the US (they provide a bank account and a way for Camps to collect funds), and is partially run by Kevin Thull from the Drupal Recording Initiative.

This isn't a DA event, it’s a community event because none of the bigger entities wanted to throw a solo party this year, so it was this or nothing.

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Mar 5 at 12:51pmWeb