Open Y: A Drupal-Powered Platform for Good

The YMCA’s mission is rooted in community impact—and in today’s world, that includes a strong, unified digital presence. Enter Open Y, an open-source, Drupal-based platform built specifically for YMCAs to streamline content management, marketing, and integrations.

In this session, we’ll dive into how Open Y empowers local YMCAs to deliver scalable, accessible, and user-friendly websites while reducing development overhead through shared community resources. Whether you're a developer, site builder, digital marketer, or decision-maker, you'll come away with:

- An overview of the Open Y distribution and how it builds on Drupal 11
- A look at how the YMCA network collaborates to enhance the platform
- Real-world examples of YMCAs using Open Y to increase engagement and reduce tech debt
- A roadmap for getting started with Open Y (whether you're upgrading or launching a new site)

We’ll also cover key modules and architecture choices in Open Y, and show how you can contribute or customize it to fit your organization’s unique needs.

Community Summit

The Community Summit is open to anyone at DrupalCon, and is designed to connect our amazing community with one another.

It will be a full-day, with morning Working Group/Initiative Keynote Sessions from many of our community leaders and an afternoon Unconference dedicated to exploring the issues that matter most to the Drupal community.

This Summit will be shaped by you - The Community.

For the full detailed schedule of the day, visit: https://events.drupal.org/pittsburgh2023/community-summit

Community Summit

9:00 - 9:15 am | Introduction, Welcome, and overview. By KathC

9:15 -10:00 am | Panel discussion about Drupal events, led by the Event Organizer Working Group. By
@froboy, @johnpicozzi, @nneka, & @richo

10:00-10:15 Drupal Event Platform Demo by Martin Anderson-Clutz (@mandclu)

10:15 -10:30 am | Round Table introductions

10:30 - 11:45 am | Round Table Discussions.
- Creating case studies. By Rosie Gladden and Suzanne Dergacheva.
- Events WG
- BOF

11:45-12pm | Report back from breakouts

12:00 - 1:00pm | Lunch. A time for relaxing, and networking if you feel like it.

1:00-2:00pm | Community WG. By Mathew Tift and AmyJune Hineline

2:00-2:15pm | Round Table introductions

2:15 - 3:45pm | Round Table Discussions
- What is a community initiative?
- Drupal media (not Media module). By John Picozzi and Annop John
- Community health team
- BOF

3:45-4:00pm | Report back from breakouts

Drupal Community Events: Organize Locally, Contribute Globally

Gathering our friends, colleagues, and community members together for collaborative learning experiences has been one of the primary ways of growing the Drupal Community throughout our 20 years. Organizers have been working together more closely over the past few years to make it easier for us all to keep events of all sizes moving.

Now, you too can know what we know. We’ll discuss some key resources that can help you help the community grow:

- The Drupal Event Platform helps organizers build an event website out of the box, because a Drupal site shouldn’t be the hardest part of a Drupal event.

- The Drupal.org Community Events listing is the place to share your Drupal event with the world, and you can help us make it better!

- The Planning Drupal Events Contributor Guide is a treasure trove of playbooks and guidance to help at every stage of the event process.

- The Contribution Events Initiative supports promoting and organizing contribution events worldwide and crediting all involved.

Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1P_NuMph4LvtcJKxgBdmEbDk4jyAR2wctw_84OXXd83c/edit?usp=sharing

Drupal Community Events: How we've weathered the storm and what's on the other side?

Gathering our friends, colleagues, and community members together for collaborative learning experiences has been one of the primary ways of growing the Drupal Community throughout our 20 years. The pandemic took a toll on these volunteer-led events, but we've learned and grown through it all. Our panel of Event Organizer Working Group founding members and other community organizers will review some of the highlights and some of the learning opportunities. Most importantly we'll discuss the ever-evolving road ahead.