The DriesNote and the keynote by Diva Danese, both emphasised on the importance of contributions and giving back to the community. In tune with this, Manjit Singh and Ashish Thakur presented a session on creating a sustainable contribution culture in your organisation.
The session started with a introduction about Srijan and how Srijanites strated contributing to the Drupal community. The speakers emphasised that giving back to the community is a selfless act, just like doing our bit for conserving resources or preserving the environment.
To build a better software.
To help in the growth of the community.
To enhance our own skills.
To foster friendship and bonding among Drupalers.
To network and collaborate with Drupalers across the globe.
How to build a contribution culture by @a_thakur @Manjit_Barnala @DrupalConAsia from @Srijan #SrijanAtDrupalCon pic.twitter.com/RJXeoNBHQP
— Sweta S (@imsweta) February 20, 2016
The most obvious way to contribute is by publishing modules/patches/themes. These are technical contributions.
But one thing we need to keep in mind is that contribution do not necessarily have to be technical. They can be any type of contributions, ranging from:
Once you start making individual contributions, you need to make sure you are doing sustainably. This means ensuring regular contributions and also encouraging new contributors. Apart from individuals, contributions must also happen from an organisation's point of view. This helps in understanding what they want from Drupal and chart out a future course of action.
@Manjit_Barnala taking on build sustainable contribution culture in organization Hall 21 @Srijan @DrupalConAsia pic.twitter.com/IhQS8tMLWP
— shyam_raj (@shyam_raj) February 20, 2016