Wim Mostrey Engaging Drupal

Drupal stands on three pillars: the Drupal community, the Drupal Association and the companies that support Drupal in whatever way they can. The distinction between these three pillars is becoming more and more of a thin line. The members of the Association are obviously passionate members of the community. Many companies hire active members to work on their Drupal sites, or members of these companies become more and more involved in the community. Active involvement of these companies and their employees is a wonderful thing. Think about the many modules that companies contribute to or maintain, for instance the contributions by CivicActions or by Lullabot. They also sponsor important events such as the Drupalcons that spread awareness and knowledge, that make the community to what it is and that turn outsiders into insiders.

Some people are involved in all three pillars, for example:

• Angie Byron is the Association's Secretary, she's a Lullabot and she's one of the thriving forces behind the Drupal community.
• Kieran Lal is the Drupal Association Fundraiser, he is Acquia's Community Guide and he's also the coordinator of the Drupal security team.
• And of course Dries Buytaert is the founder of Drupal, President of the Drupal Association and CTO and Co-founder of Acquia.

InfoWorld tells us that with the launch of Acquia Drupal Drupal turned pro. I think that Drupal turned pro a whole while back, and that it's the Trinity that made it so.