I had been considering a self-nomination for the Drupal Association At-Large Board Seat a few times. This year, I decided to throw my hat into the ring. I've been a bit busy with baseball season kicking off (three kids, three teams 🫠) that I haven't written a blog yet, but I will, explaining why I've considered now the right time. 

What made me decide to self-nominate this year? The marketplace. People want to build on a platform where they can make money. Right now, Drupal provides limited monetary streams for developers.  While I firmly believe that Drupal is an excellent platform for building a software-as-a-service solution, more folks are picking Laravel or Symfony. We need to provide a way for developers to generate income with Drupal beyond time and material project builds. And in ways that grow adoption of the platform itself. Four years ago, I wrote Solving open source funding through gated releases wondering how we could sustainably fund open source development. I believe being elected to the Drupal Association At-Large Board Seat can help guide the implementation of the marketplace. I'd love to see a marketplace that provides revenue streams for independent developers or small agencies. I'd love to see this marketplace then offer easy solutions that grow the adoption of Drupal.

I'd love to answer any questions or receive any feedback before the community forums and use it to create a follow-up blog post. You can contact me via my website, Bluesky, or Drupal Slack.