Mountain Camp 2027 - Remote Sync¶

Action Items¶

• Dan: Set up recurring sync meetings every second week
• Dan: Get Mountain Camp website frontend running locally and debug Node service issue
• Guzman: Send Mautic credentials to all team members
• Team: Set up SMTP server for Mautic to enable email sending
• Sinduri: Send testimonial invitations to community members (via Mautic form or email)
• Sinduri: Create social media posts for published Sustainable Traveler article
• Team: Create Mautic form for session submissions
• Team: Create Mautic form for sponsoring
• Guzman: Create Canva templates for social media posts
• Dan: Get budget approval from Michael Schmid for Mountain Claw AI expenses
• Dan: Move Mountain Claw to production instance

Check-in Updates¶

Dan¶

• Dries has booked accommodation for the event; confirmed as key speaker
• John O'Nolan (Ghost founder) expressed interest in speaking, potentially about editorial workflows in alternative systems
• Attempted to get Mountain Camp website frontend working but hit issues (likely a Node service not running as a separate Docker container)
• Mountain Claw AI assistant not working due to budget exhaustion (~\(500 spent, ~\)5 per interaction)
• Mountain Claw is on a dev instance that can break during updates; needs to move to production
• Mountain Claw serves as a useful public demo of Amazee AI capabilities since Mountain Camp organization is open

Sinduri¶

• Published the Sustainable Traveler Guide article with newsletter
• Still needs to create social media posts for it
• Plans to send testimonial invitations this weekend

Guzman¶

• Confirmed Mautic instance is installed and working
• Still needs data import, configuration, and SMTP server setup
• Extensive one-on-one promotion at Dev Days; many people interested but need cost justification
• Key insight: Opening call for papers early helps attendees justify conference costs to their companies
• Plans to write monthly articles showcasing Mountain Camp community talent
• "What we are doing for Mountain Camp can serve by itself as communication material for promoting the camp"

Miro¶

• Experimenting with a neutral domain for web information architecture using a crawler
• Spinning up multiple CMSs to compare information modeling approaches (Drupal CMS vs others, TypeScript integration)
• Available to help connect with other communities

Discussion Topics¶

Call for Papers Strategy¶

• Opening CFP early helps attendees justify costs to their companies ("I will be speaking there")
• Publishing session titles early generates momentum and attracts more submissions
• Discussed making proposals more interactive: allowing public reactions and related session submissions
• Fun idea discussed (not adopted): requiring speakers to generate 10 ticket sales via referral link to guarantee acceptance

Track Organization¶

• Discussed adopting DrupalCon Summit-style approach with theme leads (2-3 people per theme/track)
• Proposed themes: Sovereign AI, front-end technologies, headless, editorial summit
• Dan's earlier brainstorm on mountain-themed track names referenced (April)

Team Composition¶

• Need to confirm who is on the organizing team this year
• Has anyone heard from Mathieu? No recent contact
• Discussed a "call for participation" that lets people either propose a session or volunteer to lead a theme

Splash Awards¶

• Should begin planning if doing them again this year

Design Work¶

• Sarah willing to help with design once frontend is working, but has limited capacity
• Dan to try to meet with her (she lives in Aargau)

Technical Infrastructure¶

• Mautic forms can handle testimonials with picture upload (easier than email)
• Recording equipment returned from Drupal Camp Grunau; available for local meetup recordings to promote sessions

Next Meeting¶

• Every second week going forward
• Team members can drop out as needed