Drupal 8 is out in the world and the future of Drupal has never been brighter. That means it's a great time to be a part of the Drupal Association, where we are making sure the Drupal community and project has what they need to realize that bright future. 

Did you hear the news? Drupal 8.0.0's release date will be November 19, 2015.

Earlier this year the Drupal community lost one of our most prolific community members, Aaron Winborn. In addition to the code that Aaron contributed, he was a friend to everyone he met in the Drupal community.

Drupal 8 is now available as a release candidate (RC). You can install it, start designing for it, create and build with it, and extend and improve it. That means you can start putting Drupal 8's more than 200 new features and improvements to work today.

This month, we got to hold our public board meeting, well, in public. Mostly all together in Barcelona, we met in the middle of DrupalCon to share some updates with the board and community.

One of our key values at the Drupal Association is communication:

We value communication. We seek community participation. We are open and transparent.

Drupal is a lot of things. It’s a platform, a CMS, software, and code. But here’s what Drupal is most of all: community.

Here we go again! It's your monthly summary of all things board meeting at the Drupal Association. This month we covered board governance (there's a seat opening up), the D8 Accelerate Campaign, and the Association strategic frame. Plus, as a bonus, the board approved the Q2 financials for publication.

If you are interested in Drupal community and you are coming to Drupalcon, we are looking for your opinions!

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First things first - an apology. I realize it's been a couple of month since I put up a post about our Board meetings. I definitely apologize, and will try not to let that happen again. However, know that you can always see the meeting minutes, materials, and recordings on our site.