This document discusses the Drupal open source content management system and its large, global community of contributors. It notes that Drupal, like projects like GNU Emacs and GCC, operates under a "bazaar" model where volunteers improve the software collaboratively. The document outlines statistics on Drupal's large number of modules, themes, and forum posts, lists some top contributors to the Drupal core codebase, and describes various ways for developers to get involved through online forums, meetups, conferences, and mentoring channels. It promotes connecting with the speaker to learn more.