Contribution Events
What is a Contribution Event?
A contribution event is a get-together for collaborative work on a project. Contributions to a project can include organizing events, designing a user interface, translating text, writing documentation, reviewing other contributions, finding or verifying bugs and submitting reports, or writing code among many, many tasks.
This year, Contribution Events happen all throughout the conference. DrupalCon Europe 2021 Contribution Events are listed below.
Who should come?
Everyone! We need: project managers, bug reporters, designers, QA testers, people to help write documentation, front-end and back-end developers, etc… If you are not sure where to get started, we have mentors to assist you.
We welcome participants from all experience levels, backgrounds, genders, races, sexual identities, religions, ages, and abilities. We particularly welcome community members from marginalized groups. The world is diverse and we can only make the best Drupal experience for everyone with your inclusion.
Why contribute?
Contribution is an important part of Drupal's growth, and provides great opportunities to get involved in building Drupal itself. Contributions at DrupalCon are your chance to get started with training and mentoring from friendly, experienced contributors.
If you've already started to work on contributions, come meet other contributors, hang out with them, and work on manageable tasks in the Drupal issue queue. There are many ways to contribute at DrupalCon Europe 2021, please come and collaborate with hundreds of other Drupal community members!
Do I need to register for DrupalCon to attend a contribution event?
DrupalCon contribution events are free to join so you don't need a DrupalCon ticket to contribute. The Contribution platform (Open Social) is again independent of the main event platform (Hopin) to facilitate this.
Which contribution event is for me?
First-Time Contributor Workshop
For who?
You are new to the process, you do not know where to start, you are unsure what the tools of contributing to Drupal are? Join us at our First-Time Contributor Workshop.
What to expect?
You will get up to speed with the following community tools: Drupal.org, issue queues, communication channels, and if needed, installing Drupal 8 or 9 locally. Our mentors are excited to get you ready to tackle real issues. Many people will be new to contributing and different opportunities arise based on experience level.
When?
Tuesday 5 October: 14:00 - 17:00 CEST
Mentored Contribution
For who?
You are already familiar with the tools we use suwh as issue queue, but still could use the help choosing issues and navigating the process? Then, the "Mentored Contribution" is for you.
What to expect?
You will learn while helping to improve Drupal! Plenty of mentors will be available to help you get started. If you are (almost) new to contribution, this is a great place for you after you have completed the First-Time Contribution Workshop
When?
Thursday 7 October: 14:00 – 17h00 CEST
General Contribution
For who?
You have the experience with Drupal issues and maybe already picked a team/topic? In that case, General Contribution is for you.
What to expect?
You can join one of the many groups, including: Drupal 9, migrate, media, frontend, Promote Drupal and more. Stay tuned for the list of topics. General Contribution does not have formal mentoring available, but if you have questions, there are many friendly people to help or work with you - collaboration is the idea!
When?
General contribution happens every day of the conference, on the Free Time listed below.
Monday 4 October: 9h00 – 12h00 CEST
Tuesday 5 October: 14h00 – 17h00 CEST
Wednesday 6 October: 9h00 – 12h00 CEST
Thursday 7 October: 14h00 – 17h00 CEST
However, anyone is free to join the General Contribution all day long, from 9h00 – 19h00 CEST Monday-Thursday.
Register on the contributions platform and join the groups you are interested in to get notified about events scheduled by group leads.
Mentor Orientation (BoF)
For who?
If you have already signed up to mentor, or are going to sign up to mentor, attend this Birds of a Feather (BoF) session. This BoF will only be accessible for DrupalCon Europe ticket holders, in the "Expo & BoF" tab, BoF room C.
What to expect?
You will meet other mentors, get your questions answered about what in the world mentors do, and find out how the general contributions will run on the Contribution Platform this week. Join us in the #mentoring channel on Drupal Slack for this BoF at any time so that you can follow along in the discussion threads.
When?
Monday 4 October: 15h00 - 15h45 CEST - BoF Room C
Issue Queue Triage (BoF)
What to expect?
Find issues and tasks within issues that would be appropriate for new contributors attending a mentored contribution event. Add the Novice tag to the issues, and make sure the novice-accessible tasks are listed in the issue summary.
When?
Tuesday 5 October: 10h00 - 10h45 CEST - BoF Room B
