The NYC Drupal Users Group is holding a Drupal Dev Day conference (#D3NYC15) on April 19th at John Jay College. People are pretty excited about this, and we're looking forward to some of the many ways we'll be able to give back to the community in doing so.
With D3NYC15, we're focusing on getting back to creating a grassroots community-building event right in our hometown. First and foremost, the event is in the 'unconference' format, which is an informal way of polling the attendees and creating meaningful sessions that are relevant to those that have shown up. We anticipate expert-lead sessions as well as BoFs.
As part of growing our community, we're planning a Drupal training session in the morning for those new community members. Alex Ross (bleen18) has graciously consented to volunteer his considerable talents to this effort.

In addition to this, we will also have a Drupal mentoring room ('drupal ladders') where a number of Drupalists in NYC have offered to help coach people on contrib work they are doing. Lastly, we're looking forward to our Drupal 8 sprint effort.

While the event is only a day long, it is our hope that D3NYC15 will serve as a launching point for both new and experienced users within the NYC community to help with the D8 issue queue. Even if our community just tackles one item off the queue that day, it will be a big win-- every little bit helps get Drupal 8 into final release.
If you're in the New York City area, or want to visit, join us for a day of coding and fun. Registration can be done at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/drupal-dev-day-nyc-2015-registration-16240282121, and more info about the camp can be found at www.drupalcamp.nyc. We are very much looking for sponsors to help defray the costs of the camp. The sponsorship packages are modestly priced at $500 and $1000, and in addition to great benefits you get the continued admiration of the NYC Drupal community as well as the knowledge that you are investing both in the NYC Drupal talent pool as well as the advancement of Drupal itself.