What’s the Mautic Sprint All About?

The Mautic Sprint is more than just a gathering – it’s an opportunity to contribute, learn, and network. Here’s a glimpse of what’s on the agenda:

• Mentored contribution: Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to open source, this is your chance to dive in and contribute to Mautic. Don’t worry if it’s your first time – we’ll have mentors on hand both in-person and remotely, to guide you every step of the way. There are opportunities to contribute in many ways – check out https://mau.tc/contribute for more information.
   
• The People Behind Mautic: Ever wondered who’s steering the ship? Here’s your chance to meet the folks behind Mautic. They’ll be there, sharing their experiences and ready to answer any burning questions you may have.
   
• Trials Project Support: We’re working hard on the new Trials project and would love to have your support in writing and reviewing the onboarding campaigns, as well as updating and translating our Knowledgebase content. We’re also creating a focus group who will be the first testers of the new system.
   
• The Ultimate Networking Experience: Mautic sprints have always been known for cultivating camaraderie. Prepare to make some unforgettable memories while connecting with passionate individuals from around the globe.

Extend Your Stay for FOSDEM!

But that’s not it! After the Mautic Sprint, a group of us will be heading over to Brussels for FOSDEM – the largest event for open source enthusiasts held over the following weekend.

Join the Mautic Stand at FOSDEM: We will have our stand at FOSDEM in H block. Don’t miss this golden opportunity to represent Mautic and interact with over 8,000 attendees from different corners of open source communities.

Attend Sessions from the Project Lead: Look forward to insightful sessions including one led by our very own Project Lead. Trust us, it’s something you don’t want to miss!

So, what are you waiting for? Mark your calendars, pack your bags (or stock up on snacks if you’re joining us remotely!), and get ready for an unforgettable adventure in the world of open source.

See you in Ghent!

The event started with a very promising and informative Conference Day. Around 25 attendees had the possibility to listen to 9 speakers from 6 different countries and 3 different continents. Just imagine how much global Mautic expertise came together in this event!

The talks were hitting a wide range of topics:

• Mohammad Abu Musa explained how we can use Mautic to maintain Email deliverability 
• Alex Hammerschmied gave valuable insights to a real-life case on how to turn leads into returning customers 
• Madlen Friedrich and Ekkehard Gümbel talked about print mailings as part of Mautic campaigns, and why companies should include them into their marketing strategy
• Project Lead Ruth Cheesley discussed the results of the Mautic Community Survey and gave a preview of what to expect in 2022 and beyond
• Dennis Ameling presented the long desired, new Mautic Marketplace
• Toon De Geest and Frederik Wouters explained how they built a fully autonomous personalised email system with Drupal & Mautic 
• And last but not least, Andy Towne shared practical steps for advancing from newsletter to fully automated Marketing Automation

Thanks again to all speakers for sharing their knowledge with the Mautic Community! 

In case you missed the event, you might want to follow Mautic on Social Media to not miss a possible release of the recordings.

Community day

The following day was a community sprint day, planned as a hybrid event. So, folks were working on-premise at Corda Campus in Hasselt as well as remotely covering topics from all our teams. There has been a lot of progress! (And a massive pizza order :D)

• Product: 62 PR’s got ready to commit and have been merged already for Mautic 
• Marketing: Draft of a pitch deck for Mautic including cases studies, and commenced a review of the website 
• Community: Concept for Local Mautic Communities, blueprint for ‘Contribution Bootcamp’
• Education: Several knowledgebase articles have been written

For all of us it was a pleasure to finally meet so many members of the Mautic Family in person and get to know more about them and their journey with Mautic. This made the event very inspiring and motivating as one could really feel the passion about Open Source from the participants. 

Project Lead Ruth Cheesley summed it up as:

“a really wonderful few days full of energy, excitement, collaboration and enthusiasm!”

If you feel inspired and motivated now as well, help us make Mautic even better and contribute in whatever way you can. Have a look here https://contribute.mautic.org/contributing-to-mautic

Pssst.. don’t want to miss the next event? Sign in for the newsletter here https://www.mautic.org/community/get-involved/mailing-lists

Our sponsors for the Mautic Conference Europe were: 

Acquia (Gold Sponsor)

Leuchtfeuer Digital Marketing (Bronze Sponsor)

Email expert (Lanyard Sponsor)

Dropsolid (Community Day Lunch Sponsor)

For those of you who may not have heard about FOSDEM before, is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of free and Open Source software. Usually taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best such conference in Europe.

The goal is to provide free and open source software developers and communities a place to meet to:

• get in touch with other developers and projects;
• be informed about the latest developments in the free software world;
• be informed about the latest developments in the Open Source world;
• attend interesting talks and presentations on various topics by project leaders and committers;
• to promote the development and benefits of free software and Open Source solutions.

It is a great opportunity to showcase Mautic and widen the awareness of our product and community amongst fans of Open Source, and also a great way of welcoming potential contributors to the project.

The event has been ported to the virtual environment using entirely Open Source tools, and as always is completely free to attend. You do not need an account to visit the conference, watch talks or visit stands. You will need a Matrix account from chat.fosdem.org (or elsewhere – if you already have a Matrix account you can find all the rooms using the fosdem.org server) to participate in the discussion or upvote questions. There are more details in the ‘practical information’ resource linked below.

Throughout the weekend we will be available in the chat room and will be screening some of the most popular videos from the MautiCon 2020 event at various times throughout the day. If you would like to help please do join the channels on Slack #wg-fosdem and the chat room for the event, which has been bridged into #fosdem-event-chat. Get an invite at mautic.org/slack if you are not already in our Slack instance.

Although we cannot share the traditional sticker swag in person, we will be posting them out to folk who pass through the stand and provide a delivery address – so don’t miss out on getting your Mautic stickers!

We hope to see many of you over the course of the weekend – do drop in and say hello!