"Come for the software, stay for the community" is the slogan of the Drupal Community and that applies nowhere more than at the events where we gather. We create a place where people new to Drupal can learn about what makes it so special. The journey from outsider to community member and contributor starts with you, our event organizers.

To help people find the events you organize, and to help you give recognition to those that helped make it happen, you may add your events to the Drupal Event Listing. 

The process is as follows:

  1. Ensure your event dates don't conflict with another event. Please use the Date Check page to avoid date conflicts with other similar or regional events already listed.
  2. On the Community Events page, you will see an "Add Content" block at the bottom of the sidebar. Click to add an event. (Any confirmed Drupal.org user has this permission.)
  3. Complete the form. You can do this long before the event is fixed in the calendar - by choosing "Proposed", the event will be added to the view of events that are not fully ready yet but you will be alerting other event organizers you are planning something on this date. You can return to change the status to "Planned" whenever you are ready.
  4. Describe your event so that those who have never been before will know what to expect and want to come along - sell yourselves! 
  5. Add all the links you want to see on the listing. Be aware that any automated social posting by the Drupal Association will be done using the first link in the list.
  6. By adding the address of the venue, we will be able to geocode that to a location on a map.
  7. By adding the organizers, sponsors, volunteers, and speakers to the lookup fields (use comma separated lists), you show recognition for these roles to the wider world.