>>> [!note] Migrated issue <!-- Drupal.org comment --> <!-- Migrated from issue #3136239. --> Reported by: [vladimiraus](https://www.drupal.org/user/673120) >>> <p>Meeting will happen in #global-training-days on drupal.slack.com.</p> <pre>Hello and welcome to this Drupal global training days meeting!<br><br>This meeting:<br>&#10148; Is for trainers and volunteers interested in helping to run Drupal training days, collaborating on training material, improving curriculum.<br>&#10148; Usually happens second Wednesday of the month month at 12:00 UTC (London), 22:00 AEST (Sydney).<br>&#10148; Is done over slack chat.<br>&#10148; Happens in threads, which you can follow to be notified of new replies even if you don&rsquo;t comment in the thread. You may also join the meeting later and participate asynchronously!<br>&#10148; Has a public agenda anyone can add to: `https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/TBA`<br>&#10148; *Transcript will be exported and posted* to the agenda issue.</pre><h2>1&#65039;&#8419; Who is participating?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>My name is Vladimir. I'm based in Brisbane, Australia and run training for each Drupal Global Training Day.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>AmyJune (she/her) in the United Stated, based in the San Francisco Bay area.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rachel_norfolk</td> <td>Rachel, based in UK and here from the Drupal Association</td> </tr> </table> <h2>2&#65039;&#8419; Did you run the latest Drupal Global Training Day (2-4 Apr) and how did it go?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I ran "Preparing to Drupal 9" training. I had 6 people joining online. I ran through Gabor's slides "State of Drupal 9" and then did a hands on workshop on how to check if your system is ready to be upgraded.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>I helped with Pantheons's Intro to D8 training last week. There were 129+ people in the webinar.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>Nice turn up @AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rachel_norfolk</td> <td>Do Pantheon keep a record on where people are connecting from? I would be interested to see that</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>I do not have that answer maybe the trainer, @David Needham - Pantheon knows</td> </tr> <tr> <td>David Needham - Pantheon</td> <td>@rachel_norfolk geographically? I don&rsquo;t think we ever ask for that in a form or survey, so I&rsquo;m not sure if we have that data.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rachel_norfolk</td> <td>okay - no worries! I know that there is a huge potential of willing learners in Africa and wondered if they were finding the places to go.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>@rachel_norfolk That's a good point. We currently don't have anyone here teaching from Europe which will coincide with Africa but I'm happy to run evening training in Australia to cater for the timezones.</td> </tr> </table> <h2>3&#65039;&#8419; Have you run your latest training online? Were there any limitations to what you usually do?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>That was the first time I ran online training. I still followed the usual procedure: prepared registration form, prepared slides, created the machines on Digital Ocean for everyone registered.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>Online training went pretty smoothly. No dramas or lack of communication.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rachel_norfolk</td> <td>you create machines on Digital Ocean, even when in person? I like that approach - less "surprises"</td> </tr> <tr> <td>zengenuity</td> <td>I have run GTD trainings online before, but attendance was pretty low, so I stopped doing it. Lots of signups, lots of no-shows.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>zengenuity</td> <td>I also create online development environments on digital ocean for my paid classes at Drupaltutor.com. Saves a lot of problems with people installing software.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>zengenuity</td> <td>(I did the same for the free GTD classes when I offered them.)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>Thanks for sharing @zengenuity</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I'm currently working with Pantheon to see if we can easily replicate training environments using Pantheon. Will blog about it once it is done.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>dinarcon</td> <td>I have run many GTD workshops on Pantheon. We have failed to do it on the official dates for a while, but we still do 3-4 a year at least. Pantheon has been great for site building workshops. It saves us tons of time in setting up attendees. I am evaluating using Pantheon custom upstreams for workshops that go beyond Drupal core. I would be interested in learning from your experience @VladimirAus</td> </tr> </table> <h2>4&#65039;&#8419; Would you like to collaborate on course agenda for the next Drupal Global Training Day? If yes, do you have preferred topic / suggestion?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I have few suggestions:</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>If you don't like to collaborate on agenda, are there any specific reasons?</td> </tr> </table> <h2>5&#65039;&#8419; Which remote platform do you prefer and why? Zoom, google meet, microsoft teams?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I used google meet for the last training. Although you can't stream it to YouTube anymore, I tried new recording features. The only limitation is that user need to have google/gmail account.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I participated in multiple Zoom sessions and I'm not a big fan of the platform.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I'm yet to try YouTube streaming. Waiting for verification (takes 24 hours+)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>I ran Contribution Day for MidCamp the second week in March and we used Zoom. We decided to go with that platform because</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>For the Intro to D8 training with Pantheon, they used Zoom Webinars... I am not sure why they chose the platform (I do not work for them, just help with some trainings, etc).... It went well, there was a Q&amp;A room away from the chat which helped with answering specific questions&nbsp;(edited)</td> </tr> <tr> <td>zengenuity</td> <td>I use Zoom for my webinars at DrupalTutor.com, but I&rsquo;m going to use Hopin.to for a virtual Drupal meetup next week. I think Hopin.to could be useful for online camps, but probably overkill for training classes.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>@AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her) Zoom webinars have some handy features. It would be good to know if they tried anything else...</td> </tr> </table> <h2>6&#65039;&#8419; Considering the current situation, what are your current plans until the end of the year regarding the training?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I'm planning to concentrate more on online training and try to run free training every Drupal Global Training Day.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I have number of collaborations planned with various companies/ committees which hopefully will result in some public training.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I'm also (as a part of Gitlab Hero) team working on "Non technical Gitlab" series which might help Drupal related projects.</td> </tr> </table> <h2>7&#65039;&#8419; How do you promote your training? Would you suggest anything to improve the promotional part of Drupal Global Training Days?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I'm looking after DrupalGTD twitter account and always promote and retweet twits tagged with #DrupalGTD</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>Should we get Facebook / LinedIn presence?</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>Maybe the DA can help with the promotion? Drupical needs some work for sure, maybe to include virtual-online-nonlocation events</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>It seems that maybe we can recruit some regional camps to promote efforts as well...</td> </tr> <tr> <td>AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her)</td> <td>I organize 5 North American Camps, I can def. help with those efforts</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I'll try to contact DA and see what is their vision.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>That's a massive effort @AmyJune (volkswagenchick she/her). I can cover Australia / New Zealand events.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>rachel_norfolk</td> <td>The DA is about to launch an event listing service built right into drupal.org. To begin with, it will concentrate on DrupalCamp-sized events but I have plans for it to expand to include things like GTD</td> </tr> </table> <h2>8&#65039;&#8419; Any final comments / suggestions?</h2> <table> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>We are facing massive challenges so I would like to thank everyone who is participating in those discussions and helping run and promote Drupal training.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>I was asked if "free Drupal training devalues the Drupal itself" and I think it is complete nonsense. In my opinion every great technology should have easy and free access to tutorials and workshops.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>VladimirAus</td> <td>Stay safe and healthy! I will be popping in from time to time to check on feedback.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>dinarcon</td> <td>Great to see the initiative is moving forward. Maybe I can get involved again in the future.</td> </tr> </table>