Moving Drupal forward*

* by bringing new life into your local community

About me

Yauhen Zenko
Tech Lead (PHP) @ We Are You (Den Bosch, Amsterdam, Sofia, Melbourne)
Drupal User Group Belarus, DrupalCamp Belarus
Drupal 5-8
Football, books, music, rock!
Socials: @zeuty
Linkedin: yzenko

Before we start

http://bit.ly/dcpannonia

Evolution of Drupal?

State of Drupal

Heartbeat: predictable releases

2. Out-of-the box

3. Awesome functionalities in the core: media, JSON:API, layout builder and much more to come

4. A lot of changes in marketing and positioning of Drupal as a product

2019

Drupal

is for building ambitious digital experiences

We are awesome, but...

Any problems or concerns?

We are awesome, but...

Who should fix the problem?

2. Companies?

3. DA or Local DAs?

4. Local community!

1. Individual contributors?

Mission of local community

Keep existing community members connected, promote Drupal to (and engage into Drupal) other developers, non-developers and students, thus, ensuring long-term sustainability of the product.

What is community?

Added value

1. Knowledge sharing and problem solving
2. Encouraging & support
3. Create professional network
4. Voice in Global Drupal community
5. You name it...