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BUILDING COMMUNITIES AS

IF PEOPLE MATTERED

Who am I?

Anya Abchiche

CEO Drupal Moldova Association

@AbchicheAnya

Drupal.org: anyaabchiche

info@drupalmoldova.org

WHY?

Drupal Moldova Association’s mission

is to:

- Promote Drupal and Open Source

Technologies.

- Grow the local Open Source

Community.

- Impact People.

- Showcase and provide growth

opportunities.

WHAT?

Drupal Moldova Association is a non-

profit NGO founded on 22nd May

2013 by a Group of active Developers

and contributors ‘’ Sergiu Nagailic,

Alexei Gorobets and Stefan Nistor’’

HOW?

Organise Projects/ Events

Train and teach people

Establish partnerships and offer

opportunities

Build Strong Communities

Promote Open Source

Events/projectsTimeline : 2013-2018

❖ DGTDs, Drupal for Business, Drupal Schools(3)

❖ Moldcamp (3 Editions) ‘’ Regional DrupalCamp’’

❖ Drupal training for Gov

❖ Local meetups (lost counts :p)

❖ Drupal Winter Day

❖ Code sprints (Local/Global)

❖ Tech Pizza (2 editions)

❖ Regional Open Source Camp Moldova

Our Impact in

Moldova

2013-2018

✓ Over 800 participants on all of the

projects;

✓ Over 30 companies supporting us;

✓ More companies appeared on our

market, i.e. Adyax & Intellix;

✓ Drupal Global Training Days - have

had over 300 participants;

✓ Empowered, inspired and motivated

local community;

✓ Collaboration with other International

communities on projects such as

Ukraine;

✓ Grant Support by USAID and the

Swedish Government.

CHALLENGES VS SOLUTIONS

Lack of Speakers/ Trainers

PEOPLE ARE SHY!!!

Difficulties on finding students

Not everyone understands the power of a

community

● Always explain and showcase how a powerful community brings more results

and which benefits they get from being a part;

● Give time to people to acknowledge that by themselves;

● Show people how to contribute to the community and involve them.

Lack of experience on Code Sprints

Advices

● Don’t have HIGH expectations in the beginning and be patient;

● Be explicit;

● Put yourself in the place of others and understand their feelings and needs.

● Collaborate with Companies and NGOs with the same mission.

● Give to your community sense of ownership;

● Remember that you are dealing with human beings who need to be in constant

communication to function properly. If your community loses the human touch,

people will stop contributing to it.

● Finally, keep in mind that every community is different, and no single solution will

ever apply to all of them. Be persistent and never stop learning from your

community, and then adapt.

THANK YOU :)

Let’s impact and change people’s lives!

W: drupalmoldova.org

E: info@drupalmoldova.org

Tw: @drupalmoldova