TDT Townhall: Join Our Open Community Planning Meeting on 2025 November 05
The Drop Times (TDT) will host its November Townhall Meeting on November 5, 2025, at 8:00 PM IST (14:30 UTC), and—continuing our transparency initiative—we’re opening the meeting to anyone aligned with TDT’s mission to grow Drupal’s market share for a one-hour session.
With a full-time team of 18 (including 3 journalists), 16 alumni, and 95 contributors so far from across the globe, TDT functions as a distributed newsroom committed to covering the Drupal ecosystem. We operate with weekly department-specific meetings—content, social media, marketing and outreach, job and career curation, technology, and leadership—alongside a daily standup. Once a month, everyone gathers in a Townhall to review progress and set the course for the month ahead.
As a nonprofit, ad-free portal focused on all things Drupal, we publish interviews, organization news, tutorials, updates on new module releases, event coverage, jobs, and adoption statistics across industries. If you share that purpose, this Townhall is for you.
TDT was founded, as Anoop John shared on the Talking Drupal podcast,
“to really help celebrate Drupal, right within the community and also outside the community and use news as the medium to tell people how exciting it is to be part of this community.”
This Townhall is part of that open journey. Today, our mandate includes celebrating and covering other free and open-source projects—especially PHP-based ecosystems like Mautic and Symfony—while keeping Drupal at the heart of our focus.
When
Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Time: 8:00–9:00 PM IST — 2:30–3:30 PM UTC
Duration: 1 hour
Consider your time zone:
- 6:30–7:30 AM PST (North America – Pacific)
- 7:30–8:30 AM MST (North America – Mountain)
- 8:30–9:30 AM CST (North America – Central)
- 9:30–10:30 AM EST/COT (North America – Eastern & South America – Andean)
- 10:30–11:30 AM VET (South America – Northern)
- 11:30 AM–12:30 PM ART (South America – Southern)
- 2:30–3:30 PM UTC (Universal Time)
- 3:30–4:30 PM WET/WAT (Western Europe & Western Africa)
- 4:30–5:30 PM CET (Central Europe)
- 5:30–6:30 PM EET (Eastern Europe)
- 6:30–7:30 PM AST (West Asia / Middle East)
- 7:30–8:30 PM PKT (South-Central Asia)
- 8:00–9:00 PM IST (India & Sri Lanka)
- 8:30–9:30 PM BST (Eastern South Asia)
- 9:30–10:30 PM ICT (Indochina Region)
- 10:30–11:30 PM SGT (Southeast Asia – East)
- 11:30 PM–12:30 AM JST/KST (Northeast Asia)
- 1:30–2:30 AM AEDT on November 6, 2025 (Australia – East)
- 3:30–4:30 AM NZDT on November 6, 2025 (New Zealand)
It might be an odd time for some time zones, especially for Northeast Asia and Australia/New Zealand. But if you’re a night owl, please consider joining.
Where
Google Meet — open to all. Joining link: https://meet.google.com/vrw-naam-ire
Who should attend
Contributors, editors, developers, agency leaders, community organizers, and anyone aligned with TDT’s values and Drupal’s growth.
Proposed Agenda
- Monthly review: key metrics and editorial highlights
- Content pipeline: interviews, tutorials, module coverage, and events
- Community outreach: social, newsletters, and partnerships
- Technology updates: site improvements and contributor experience
- Jobs & careers: curation quality and employer engagement
- Open floor: community feedback and proposals
“Townhall is where we align on mission, prioritize openly, and invite the community to shape what TDT delivers next.”
How to participate: come prepared with concise suggestions or questions. If you have a proposal (content, tech, outreach), bring a one-paragraph summary and expected outcomes.
Meeting link: https://meet.google.com/vrw-naam-ire
Follow TDT on LinkedIn, Twitter, Bluesky, and Facebook for updates and reminders. You can also explore our transparency journey through the OPEN page + blog posts, and learn more About Us.
Reminder: We are nonprofit and always free, with no advertisements. Our work is driven by community impact—thank you for supporting Drupal. You can also join us on Drupal Slack at #thedroptimes.
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