Action Items — Mountain Camp 2027
Prioritized backlog from planning sync March 14, 2026 — updated September 7, 2026
| # |
Action |
Owner |
Status |
Deadline |
| 22 |
Organize Drupal in a Day (in person, paired with AI Week) |
Program |
⏳ Pending |
September 2026 |
| 10 |
Begin featured speaker outreach |
Program |
⏳ Pending |
Sep 2026 (milestone: announced Oct 2026) |
| 3 |
Set up bi-weekly recurring sync meetings |
Dan |
⏳ Pending |
Sep 2026 |
| T4 |
Set up GitHub Issues / Kanban board for task tracking |
Team |
🚧 In Progress |
Sep 2026 |
| T6 |
Set up SMTP server for Mautic |
Team |
⏳ Pending |
Sep 2026 |
| T8 |
Create Mautic form for sponsoring |
Team |
⏳ Pending |
Sep 2026 |
| T9 |
Get budget approval for Mountain Claw AI + move to production |
Dan |
⏳ Pending |
Sep 2026 |
High Priority
| # |
Action |
Owner |
Status |
Deadline |
| 11 |
Form organizing committee + working groups |
Core |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 12 |
Develop comprehensive marketing plan |
Marketing |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 14 |
Finalize ticket prices + tiers |
Core |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 15 |
Finalize sponsorship packages |
Sponsorship |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 16 |
Prepare Dries interview questions |
Program |
⏳ Pending |
Before DrupalCon Rotterdam |
| 20 |
Define final talk schedule, track structure |
Program |
⏳ Pending |
Nov 2026 |
| 170 |
Contact Hannes Gassert for data sovereignty panel |
Program |
⏳ Pending |
Active — see speakers.md; potential co-format with Dries |
| T10 |
Create Canva templates for social media posts |
Guzman |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
Medium Priority
| # |
Action |
Owner |
Status |
Deadline |
| 13 |
Contact media partners |
Marketing |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 5 |
Test personal invitation approach |
Team |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 6 |
Explore partnerships with Symfony AI, CH Open, Apertus |
Team |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| 0b |
Complete testimonials template + gather photos/names |
Sinduri |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| J3 |
Set up pre-talks with potential keynote/featured speakers |
Jens |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| J4 |
Finalize testimonials list for social media design |
Jens |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| T1 |
Add call-to-action on marketing materials (join the org) |
Team |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
| T5 |
Get Mountain Camp website frontend running locally |
Dan |
⏳ Pending |
Oct 2026 |
Lower Priority (Backlog)
| # |
Action |
Owner |
Status |
Notes |
| 18 |
Plan CXO dinner collaboration with Extrablatt |
Social |
💡 Idea |
Not confirmed, track for later |
| 19 |
Reach out to universities for student programs |
Marketing |
⏳ Pending |
Belgian model |
| 21 |
Review sponsorship packages (lightning talks) |
Sponsorship |
⏳ Pending |
Add sponsor incentives |
| 7 |
Follow up on Dev Days Athens outcomes |
Team |
⏳ Pending |
May have been addressed — verify |
Completed
| # |
Action |
Status |
| ✓ |
Confirm Dries will attend |
Done — fireside chat format |
| ✓ |
Confirm venue (Davos Congress Centre) |
Done |
| ✓ |
Set dates (Mar 2-4, 2027) |
Done |
| ✓ |
Set up Pretix ticketing + link in Drupal core Slack |
Done |
| ✓ |
Decide speaker gift (alternatives to dinner) |
Done — Victorinox knife with engraving |
| ✓ |
Add authentication to documentation repository |
Done |
| ✓ |
Document vision work in repository |
Done |
| ✓ |
Mautic instance installed and tested |
Done — May 2026 |
| ✓ |
Publish Sustainable Traveler Guide article + newsletter |
Done — May 2026 |
| ✓ |
Dev Days promotion (one-on-one outreach) |
Done — May 2026 |
| ✓ |
Create Mautic form for session submissions (CFP) |
Done — Pretalx live Jul 1, 2026 |
| ✓ |
Fix website deployment issues |
Done |
| ✓ |
Finalize move from Campaign Monitor to Mautic |
Done (installed; SMTP still needed → see T6) |
| ✓ |
CFP opens + Super Early Bird tickets |
Done — July 2026 |
| ✓ |
Launch new website |
Done — live |
| ✓ |
Website rebrand/refresh (blökkli) |
Done |
Milestones
| Date |
Milestone |
| ✅ July 2026 |
CFP opens + Super Early Bird tickets |
| 🔜 Sep 2026 |
Featured speakers announced |
| Oct 18, 2026 |
CFP closes |
| Nov 15, 2026 |
Full schedule published |
| Mar 2-4, 2027 |
Mountain Camp 2027 🎉 |
Last updated: 2026-09-07 — MountainClaw triage pass; updated stale Apr/May/Jun due dates to current, moved completed items to Completed section
Related: See planning/working-groups.md for team structure.