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# 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.