Consumer to Contributor

You love Drupal, use Drupal, and are glad that coding gods have bestowed Drupal upon us from on high...

...yes, from on high...
...what do you mean they're here in this room?...
...mortal? Couldn't be...
...they at least have magical powers, right?...
...what do you mean "no"?!...
...if they don't have magical powers, how come *I'm* not a Drupal contributor?...
...I can? How?...

Join Susan Stewart, president of the Drupal Indy Group, 7-year Drupal veteran, and community guru to learn how you, too can become a Drupal contributor regardless of your current level of Drupal-foo.

We'll cover:

• How community contributions are good for business.
• How to find your niche, whether you are a coder, designer, admin, organizer, accessibility advocate, user experience evangelist, or newbie.
• Contributor tools on Drupal.org and how to use them.
• Setting up your first development environment.
• Finding your way around the Drupal Community.
• Hacker culture: how the inmates run the asylum and still get things done.