The document summarizes recent Drupal news and events. Upcoming conferences include DrupalCon Munich in August and DrupalCon Sao Paulo in December. There were no core releases in April but contrib releases included Features 7.x-1.0 and Organic Groups 6.x-2.3. Drupal 8 will freeze features in December 2012. Other topics discussed include the Blue Drop website awards, Learn Drupal learning resources, the Google Summer of Code program, and a new Drupalgive initiative highlighting organizations' contributions to Drupal.

1. Agenda • Welcome
• News
• Lighting Talks
• Peter Cossey
• Ivan Zugec
• Dave Hall
• Mobile Drupal
Magda Kostrzewa & Geoffrey Roberts
• Pub
Drupal Monthly Meetup

2. Drupal News
April 2012

3. • North American Drupal Conference
• March 19 – 23rd
• Denver, Colorado
• http://denver2012.drupal.org
• Session Videos Available
Event: DrupalCon Denver

4. • European Drupal Conference
• August 20 – 24th
• Munich, Germany
• http://munich2012.drupal.org
• Early Bird Tickets € 350
• Scholarship Application Deadline – April 27th
• Session & Training Proposals Close – May 11th
http://munich2012.drupal.org/call-for-papers
• Features Sessions Announced
Event: DrupalCon Munich

5. • South America Drupal Conference
• December 6 – 8th
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
• http://saopaulo2012.drupal.org
• First DrupalCon outside of N. America or Europe
Event: DrupalCon Sao Paulo

6. • No Core Releases this month
• Postponed to May 2nd
• Contrib
• Features – 7.x-1.0 rc2
• Organic Groups – 6.x-2.3
• OpenAtrium – 1.3
• !!! Distribution Packaging now fully supported on
Drupal.org !!!
http://drupal.org/node/1482394
http://drupal.org/project/distributions
Release Cycle

7. • Drupal 8 Feature Freeze – Dec. 1, 2012
• Core Contribution Mentoring
• http://drupal.org/core-mentoring
• Author UX testing
• http://groups.drupal.org/node/224629
• New Theme System
• http://jacine.net/post/19652705220/theme-system
Core

8. • Awards Program Focused on promoting and celebrating
Drupal-based Websites.
• http://www.bluedropawards.org/
• Winners Announced
• Site of the Year
http://www.eyemaginations.com/ (Unleashed Technologies)
• Other Categories
• Runner Up
http://subaru.com.au (Sitback)
• Nominations
http://unsw.edu.au (UNSW + CrossFunctional)
http://aim-nsw-act.com.au (SitBack)
http://thetravelcorporation.com (Crossfunctional)
http://qldfloods.org (Volunteers/CF)
http://twit.tv (Gordon Heydon)
Blue Drop Awards

9. • http://learndrupal.org/
• A site that was developed out of the Boston Initiative to
help Drupal user groups develop and share and develop
materials for learn sprints and issue sprints. Looks like
there is some good work being done there.
Learn Drupal

10. • Google sponsors people every year to contribute to open
source projects. Previously, this has been a huge
contribution and source for new people in Drupal.
• http://groups.drupal.org/node/218839
Google Summer of Code

11. • Lee Rowland
• The 10 Drupal Commandments
Fun

12. • http://drupal.org/drupalgive
Moshe Weitzman has started a community initiative for
each organization to create a /drupalgive page highlighting
that organization's work for the Drupal project.
http://crossfunctional.net/drupalgive
http://www.acquia.com/drupalgive
http://chapterthree.com/drupalgive
http://drupal.org/project/drupalgive
/DrupalGive

13. • No Announcements
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Event: Drupal DownUnder
Sydney