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 <p>I co-presented an <a href="https://events.drupal.org/nashville2018/sessions/drupal-8-migrations-example">earlier iteration of this training lab most recently at DrupalCon Nashville</a>.</p>
 
 
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+I have presented at multiple DrupalCons — Boston ( http://boston2008.drupalcon.org/session/drupal-and-knight-foundation.html - Knight Foundation panel ), Washington DC (Taxonomy), Paris (Taxonomy and RDF sessions), Portland ( http://portland2013.drupal.org/training/drupal-for-decision-makers.html - Decision-maker training ), Munich (RDF) — and led Birds-of-a-Feather at many more (on topics such as contributing to the community, authoring ( https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4222173.Benjamin_Melancon - well-regarded) Drupal books, and worker cooperatives), in addition to panels, presentations, and workshops at multiple Drupal and non-Drupal summits and camps, including NYCCamp, Design for Drupal Boston, Boston GNU/Linux Meetup, New England Drupal Camp, the NERD Summit, and most recently DrupalCamp Montreal 2017 and - http://2017.tcdrupal.org/session/saas-how-drupal-service-can-save-us-all - Twin Cities DrupalCamp 2017.
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+Future is here
+https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdJeOrEm6q4
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+## Abbreviated Bio (500 characters)
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+Co-founder Agaric Technology Collective, a web development and strategy consultancy which helps people create and use powerful Internet technology.  Founding elected director of the Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, Massachusetts. In 2010-2011, led 34 authors in writing the 1,100 page Definitive Guide to Drupal 7. More recently, he has been helping build the Drutopia platform. Benjamin uses libre software to give people and groups control over their online communication and web presence.
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libre-saas/abstract.md

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+Drupal is better than ever, but whether it is more successful is questionable. A pincer threatens Drupal. One side, Drupal's own power and complexity, discourages new users and contributors. The other, proprietary platforms, increasingly squeeze out custom web development through sheer economies of scale. Retreating into Drupal's new fortress, the enterprise, leaves many of us on the outside— and it doesn't escape the pincer, which will continue until there's nowhere left to hide.
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+Adding a new economic model, that of software as a service, can make Drupal the best choice for quick starts and for nimble organizations. This, in turn, can drive contributions and innovation. Instead of waiting for proprietary SaaS companies to slowly add features and come eat our lunch, we can swoop in and eat theirs. At the same time, a well-designed Drupal SaaS provides many more people with the traditional entryway to web development and to Drupal.
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+Adhering to the principles of Free/Libre Software with our platforms will make the Drupal software and community better.  Organizing SaaS-providing businesses as platform cooperatives will put people in control of software that affects our lives, which, in an age of flying killer robots, may be almost as important as the health and happiness of the Drupal community.
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+Come hear and talk about how Drupal LibreSaaS (Open Social, FarmOS, Drutopia, and the platform you start) can save us all!
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+This session is for
+people who believe Drupal, in all its complexity, has untapped potential for changing lives outside the "enterprise".
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scaling-community-decision-making/abstract.md

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 drupal community // big ideas // leadership
 
 
+This session is for:
+people working on developing large communities about Drupal, with Drupal, or otherwise.
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+Attendees will get the most out of this session by being familiar with:
+communication and decisionmaking in a large community— such as Drupal
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 a space not dictated from above where everyone has a say