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Drupal Recording Initiative

Make the recording of Drupal and related talks at camps, summits, meetups (essentially anything outside of DrupalCon) easy, turn-key, affordable, and available.

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Add a new red button!

This will purchase another kit to add to the mix. With enough kits, we can start creating regional equipment hubs.

$500 USD

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Rent the kits!

I'll pack and ship kits (current max is 5) for you to use at your event, complete with instructions, pre-event training, and remote support!

$250 USD

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Rent the kits, plus video production!

I'll pack and ship kits (current max is 5) for you to use at your event, complete with instructions, pre-event training, and remote support! And th... Read more

$500 USD

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+ 10
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Hit the red button!

Sponsor my travel and I will record your event! This covers my travel and accommodations, with excess funds going towards new equipment and offsett... Read more

$1,000 USD

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Equip a regional hub!

This will purchase four kits and a shipping case that will be sent to a region for local equipment sharing.

$2,000 USD

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Events

Drupal Recording Initiative is hosting the following events.

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https://nedcamp.org/
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https://2019.drupalcorn.org/
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https://events.drupal.org/amsterdam2019
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https://2019.texascamp.org
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https://2019.badcamp.org/
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12:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
https://www.bmoredrupal.com/
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https://www.drupalgovcon.org/
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12:00 PM UTC
The only conference on the future of CMS, headlessCMS, and decoupledCMS
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https://www.drupalasheville.com/
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12:00 PM UTC
https://design4drupal.org
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http://www.drupalnorth.org/
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https://www.drupalcampchattanooga.com/
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https://2019.tcdrupal.org/
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https://www.flyovercamp.org/
Past event
12:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
https://drupaldelphia.org/
Past event
02:45 PM-03:15 PM UTC
Let's discuss the future of recording
Past event
12:00 PM UTC
https://midcamp.org/
Past event
01:00 PM UTC
https://nerdsummit.org/
Past event
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https://drupalmountaincamp.ch/
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https://www.fldrupal.camp/
Past event
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https://www.drupalcampnj.org/

Top financial contributors

Organizations

1
Midwest Open Source Alliance

$6,000 USD since May 2019

2
Bounteous

$4,000 USD since Feb 2020

3
Drupal Switzerland

$2,000 USD since Jan 2019

4
BADCamp

$2,000 USD since Oct 2019

5
Drupal Camp London

$1,750 USD since Nov 2019

6
Drupaldephia - Phila Area Tech Assoc

$1,500 USD since Apr 2019

7
Florida DrupalCamp

$1,500 USD since Mar 2022

8
Kansas City Drupal User Group

$1,000 USD since Apr 2019

9
Drupal North Association

$1,000 USD since May 2019

10
MidCamp

$1,000 USD since May 2019

Individuals

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Florida DrupalCamp

$2,000 USD since Jan 2019

2
MidCamp

$2,000 USD since May 2023

3
Board

$1,000 USD since May 2019

4
kirsten burgard

$1,000 USD since Oct 2023

5
Allan Chappell

$500 USD since Jan 2019

6
BADCamp

$500 USD since Nov 2022

7
Benji Fisher

$490 USD since Jan 2019

8
Adam Bergstein

$440 USD since Jan 2019

9
Baddý Sonja Breidert

$360 USD since Nov 2019

10
Bernardo Martinez

$330 USD since Jun 2021

Drupal Recording Initiative is all of us

Our contributors 46

Thank you for supporting Drupal Recording Initiative.

Kevin Thull

Admin

$25 USD

Let's get this party started!

Midwest Open ...

Hit the red button!

$6,000 USD

Bounteous

$4,000 USD

Florida Drupa...

Rent the kits, plus video p...

$2,000 USD

Drupal Switze...

Equip a regional hub!

$2,000 USD

We're so excited to record the upcoming Drupal ...

BADCamp

Hit the red button!

$2,000 USD

MidCamp

Hit the red button!

$2,000 USD

Drupal Camp L...

Record DrupalCamp London

$1,750 USD

Drupaldephia ...

Hit the red button!

$1,500 USD

Thanks Kevin for your help with our first virtu...

Florida Drupa...

Hit the red button!

$1,500 USD

Kansas City D...

Hit the red button!

$1,000 USD

Excited to have your help recording Flyover Cam...

Drupal North ...

Hit the red button!

$1,000 USD

Thanks again Kevin for coming to Drupal North a...

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

Contribution #746538
+$1,000.00USD
Paid
Invoice #191596
session recording
-$86.49 USD
Paid
Reimbursement #192237
$
Today’s balance

$8,826.94 USD

Total raised

$37,339.70 USD

Total disbursed

$28,512.76 USD

Estimated annual budget

$6,312.10 USD

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News from Drupal Recording Initiative

Updates on our activities and progress.

Upcoming BoF at Drupalcon Pittsburgh

Hey friends! I have a BoF Tuesday June 6 at 9:30am, Room 328, Table 1 to discuss decentralizing, expansion, and the future of the Drupal Recording Initiative for local events. If you'll be at Drupalcon, I hope to see you there! Topics for d...
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Published on May 31, 2023 by Kevin Thull

March #DrupalRecordingInitiative Update

March was a crazy month and I neglected my regular updates. Between touristing in London, recording #DrupalCampLDN in person, flying back home just hours before the UK travel ban kicked in, adjusting to life in quarantine, working with m...
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Published on April 3, 2020 by Kevin Thull

93.55% capture at Florida DrupalCamp 2020

I'm running out of witty things to say, so I'll just get to it: here are the #FLDC20 sessions on
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Published on February 24, 2020 by Kevin Thull

About


Purpose

Make the recording of Drupal and related talks at camps, summits, meetups (essentially anything outside of DrupalCon) easy, turn-key, affordable, and available.

Roadmap

The beginning of this initiative evolved organically and overall successfully, but without a plan. Following are the goals for the next five years.

Training and mentorship

I’ve proven that I can do this and do it very well. My goal is to spend an increasing amount of time teaching and supporting others to repeat my success.

  • Improved camp support – I already offer support for a few camps, primarily via email and Slack before and during events; need to schedule more check-ins during events
  • Post event – Schedule post-event calls to debrief and discover gaps in documentation and training
  • Ongoing solicitation for contributors – Identify and somehow organize a group of people that can manage the recordings whether I’m on-site or not to continually spread the knowledge and coverage; the goal here is one new contact per event

Expanded coverage

While it sounds impressive to directly or indirectly record nearly all North American camps, it’s not enough. There are many more events than just camps, and there’s so much more to the world than North America.

  • Shipping kits – I’ve shipped to two events in 2018. The goal is to double that each successive year until there is sufficient global coverage of camps and larger events; smaller events like meetups would need to be covered by local equipment hubs, detailed below
  • Funding for equipment hubs – Navigating customs can prove tricky and equipment hubs within countries or regions would mitigate that risk; possible sources include crowdsourced funding or the Drupal Community Cultivation Grant
  • Expanding beyond Drupal events – An early goal was to make a device-agnostic recording solution, so it only makes sense that it also should be content-agnostic; primary focus would be adjunct communities: WordPress, PHP, Symfony, Javascript, etc.

Improved documentation

Moving existing docs to GitHub was a step in the right direction. More visuals are needed.

  • Record a setup video
  • Record a troubleshooting video
  • Add more pics and diagrams
  • Create docs for speakers: what to bring, what to do, what not to do, how to optimize your laptop for presenting, etc.
  • Create docs for organizers: what is provided, what is needed from the venue or camp, what speakers need to know, what room monitors need to know, etc.

Higher recording success rate

In 2018, the capture rate based on my documentation and remote support was 80-85% versus 92-100% when I was on the scene. The goal here is to bridge that gap.

  • Better pre-event support and onboarding
  • Broader support for USB-c
  • Improved coverage for non-Mac audio issues
  • Better prep for volunteers and contributors for on-site coverage

Streamlined funding

This is an expensive endeavor, and I couldn’t do it without camp donations, and reimbursements for airfare and lodging. At the same time, incidental costs (food, entertainment, commuting, etc.) add up, and the current model limits me geographically.

  • Charge a flat fee of $1,000 per event (airfare and lodging typically runs $350-$750)
  • Roll surplus funds into new equipment and subsidized travel to events outside North America
  • Maintain existing crowdfunded campaign to cover personal costs (whether current GoFundMe or an alternate)
  • Potentially seek sponsorship or Drupal Community Cultivation Grant

Overall organization

This is definitely the squishiest part of the roadmap. Solo, this is easy to manage. But to grow, I need tools and I don’t know the best ones for this type of work.

  • Contacts – What is the best way to manage the growing list of contributors, as well as give recognition?
  • Scheduling – There should be an event calendar with ways to sign up as a recording volunteer
  • Accounting – There should be an open way to manage the funds
  • Outreach – What is the best way to publicly and continually reach out for new contributors, and to grow the base of recorded events?
  • Inventory – We need a managed inventory of equipment, who controls them, whether they are available or on loan, their condition, etc.
  • Options:
  1. Drupal.org community project
  2. GitHub project board
  3. Slack channel (they already exist in Drupal Slack and the Organizer Slack)
  4. Public meetings
  5. Other / All of the above

Content discoverability

I am not the only person recording sessions, but I am definitely the loudest and most prolific. But my tweets and siloed camp YouTube channels are not optimal for the greater community to find content. I don’t have the bandwidth to do this personally, but would contribute.

  • We absolutely need a Drupal equivalent to Wordpress.tv (several solutions are in the works, but that also has been the state of things for years)
  • Aggregate content from all events, including DrupalCon
  • Include curation and content authors to annotate various versions of the same talk, or even unpublish older or largely repetitive versions
  • Add tagging for searchability
  • Add captioning for accessibility
  • Promote local events as well as the Drupal project

Our team

Kevin Thull

Admin
Let's get this party started!