DrupalSouth Steering Committee Minutes - July 2, 2020

Thursday 30th July

Attendees: Pamela Barone, Chris Skene, Thom Toogood, Nicole Kirsch, Toby Bellwood, Kristy De Vries

Drupal Career Pathways

Kristy gave an update on what the working group is currently focusing on.
The Group is meeting once a month.
The theme for the next meeting is: Train the trainer.
The Group will collaboratively work on topics and identify tasks to be split across the team.
Identify real projects for internships.
One goal the group set is to develop templates and a standardised approach that can be shared with the broader community.
Content will eventually be put on the DrupalSouth website.

Toby updated us on the first meeting the Government Working Group held.
A large number of attendees from NZ (5) and Australia (8) attended.
Meetings will be held monthly.
The working group discussed different topics to focus on in the coming months:
- Shared best practices to mitigate risks.
- Recognise different user journeys and pathways (less technical user vs agency land).
- How to promote different tiers of use.
A follow up call for further topics will be made.
Group aims:
- Collaboration and communication
- Be a kernel to communicate - connection channel
- Avoid duplication / share wins
- Promote AU/NZ as Drupal in Gov specialists
  - PR - success stories, etc.
Potentially invite external participants for specific topics, e.g. security in Gov

The received proposal (incl. budget) will be reviewed until the next meeting
4 and 5 November 2020
Virtual, possibly on Hopin
Multi track format
We discussed ideas for different sponsorship options to provide value.
Promote to wider APAC audience, e.g. Singapore
Covid dependent, we could set up physical hubs in different cities.
- Open social
- Local Meetup organisers could be looped in
- Sponsors could provide space
GovCMS meetup potentially on Friday

A team has been established.
We’re currently waiting until September to make a call if the date needs to be pushed out.