Funding for essential roles is falling, when we need it more than ever.

Here's the hard truth: Funding for Drupal core's stability and security is at its lowest since 2012,** **while our needs (especially for core security) are at an all-time high.

Some quick facts:

- Core release management funding is currently at less than half its 2013-2023 levels.
- In 2022 and 2026, respectively, two organizations that had each sponsored a Drupal core release manager for a decade ended their respective sponsorships.
- Release timelines for Drupal 11.4, 11.5, and 12.0 have all slipped well past their planned schedules. This is the first time this has happened since Drupal 8 development in 2013-2015*.*
- Before 2026, the all-time maximum of Drupal core security advisories in a single year was 15. The Drupal Security Team has issued 16 already this year… and there will likely be more.
- In August, September, and October 2026 alone, we issued 198 contributed project security advisories. This is more advisories than any entire year before 2026… and there will absolutelybe more.

Funding for essential roles is falling, when we need it more than ever.

Here's the hard truth: Funding for Drupal core's stability and security is at its lowest since 2012,** **while our needs (especially for core security) are at an all-time high.

Some quick facts:

- Core release management funding is currently at less than half its 2013-2023 levels.
- In 2022 and 2026, respectively, two organizations that had each sponsored a Drupal core release manager for a decade ended their respective sponsorships.
- Release timelines for Drupal 11.4, 11.5, and 12.0 have all slipped well past their planned schedules. This is the first time this has happened since Drupal 8 development in 2013-2015*.*
- Before 2026, the all-time maximum of Drupal core security advisories in a single year was 15. The Drupal Security Team has issued 16 already this year… and there will likely be more.
- In August, September, and October 2026 alone, we issued 198 contributed project security advisories. This is more advisories than any entire year before 2026… and there will absolutelybe more.

The Drupal Association is conducting its first-ever Drupal Ecosystem Retrospective. This is a good opportunity to directly give the Drupal Association your candid feedback and thoughts about what you feel is going well and what needs improvement in the Drupalverse.

The due date for filling this out is September 20, 2026 (I have no idea if there’s a specific time; I’m just a random Drupaler who wants as many people in our community to be heard). The due date happens to be the weekend before the Drupal Association’s board retreat and shortly before DrupalCon Rotterdam.

Anyways, please consider filling this out and/or sharing with other fellow Drupalists!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdgHEgx9QbutXygHlgxcJjgLn24gMQok2h2ujB9ePH_JpH9dg/viewform?usp=send_form

@here Board Election Extension

We've discovered that our voting platform, Helios, had a mail delivery outage or queue delay, resulting in the final two reminder messages not being delivered until after the deadline for some voters.

Therefore, we have extended the election.

The Board Election is now closing Monday 17 August, 23:59 UTC

That is:

- 7:59pm Eastern, Aug 17
- 4:59pm Pacific, Aug 17
- 05:30am on 18 Aug - India time
- 9:59am on 18 Aug - Australia time

Search for messages from "[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])"to find your ballot

Learn about the candidates and the election timeline here:

https://www.drupal.org/association/board/elections/election-2026-dates-and-candidates

This election uses approval voting: rather than picking just one candidate, you may vote for every candidate you approve of, and the candidate approved by the most voters wins. More on how approval voting works:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval\_voting

Questions or trouble voting? Contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

🗳️ Board Election Reminder: Voting is currently open for the 2026 Drupal Association At-Large board seat! The Board Election is closing today 14 August, 23:59 UTC

That is:
- 7:59pm Eastern, Aug 14
- 4:59pm Pacific, Aug 14
- 05:30am on 15 Aug - India time
- 9:59am on 15 Aug - Australia time

Search for messages from "[[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])"to find your ballot

If you were signed up as a Ripple Maker (Drupal Association member) as of 24 hours before the election opened you should have received a ballot from Helios Voting. ( [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])).

Voting began 22 July at 00:00 UTC and closes 14 August at 23:59 UTC.

Learn about the candidates and the election timeline here:
drupal.org/association/board/elections/election-2026-dates-and-candidates

This election uses approval voting: rather than picking just one candidate, you may vote for every candidate you approve of, and the candidate approved by the most voters wins. More on how approval voting works:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval_voting

Questions or trouble voting? Contact [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])