# Talking Drupal #359 - Contribution Events Today we are talking about Contribution Events. [www.talkingDrupal.com/359](https://www.talkingDrupal.com/359) ## Topics * What are contribution events * What is the contribution event * What are the key goals * Can you give us a quick overview of how you started teh community initiative * Why did each of you feel this was important * How did you get involved * What was involved in the first event * What were lessons learned * What were the successes of the first event * How can someone have a contribution event * Are there differences in having events centered on various areas * What are the most important resources * How can someone get involved ## Resources * [Contribution Events Initiative](https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/contribution-events-initiative) * [Contribution Events Slack](https://drupal.slack.com/archives/C03FH8GTB1A ) * [Drupal 10 Porting Day](https://www.drupal.org/community/events/drupal-10-global-porting-day-july-2022-2022-07-28 ) * [John’s Non-Code Contribution talk at DrupalCon Portland](https://noti.st/johnpicozzi/KLarOU/non-code-contribution-using-your-passion-and-skills-to-power-open-source) * [Contribution Events Project](https://www.drupal.org/project/contribution_events) * [Drupal Pod](https://www.talkingdrupal.com/312) * [Meeting times](https://www.drupal.org/community-initiatives/contribution-events-initiative/contribution-events-initiative-meeting-process) ## Guests Kristen Pol - [www.drupal.org/u/kristen-pol](https://www.drupal.org/u/kristen-pol) [@kristen_pol](https://twitter.com/kristen_pol) Surabhi Gokte - [www.drupal.org/u/surabhi-gokte](https://www.drupal.org/u/surabhi-gokte) [@SurabhiGokte](https://twitter.com/SurabhiGokte) ## Hosts Nic Laflin - [www.nLighteneddevelopment.com](https://www.nLighteneddevelopment.com) [@nicxvan](https://twitter.com/nicxvan) John Picozzi - [www.epam.com](https://www.epam.com) [@johnpicozzi](https://twitter.com/johnpicozzi) Ryan Price - [ryanpricemedia.com](https://ryanpricemedia.com) - [@liberatr](https://twitter.com/liberatr) ## MOTW [Anonymous Login](https://www.drupal.org/project/anonymous_login) This is a very simple, lightweight module that will redirect anonymous users to the login page whenever they reach any admin-specified page paths, and will direct them back to the originally-requested page after successful login.