Monthly Community Calls on YMCA Website Services

July 9, 2025

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The YMCA Website Services Community Call from July 9th, 2025 featured updates from the IT Care team and Y-USA leadership on distribution maintenance, security updates, and the roadmap ahead.

Agenda items include:

Drupal 10.5 Core Upgrade (Completed)
Drupal 11 Progress Update
Improvements to Schedules
Security Patches & Bug Fixes
Future AI Integration Discussion
Q&A with Community

Key Highlights

Y-USA Commitment (Tom, Y-USA)

IT Care retained to maintain the code distribution through 2025
Commitment to keeping distribution patched, secure, and stable
Focus on security and functionality updates from the community
Pause on new functionality in 2025, with plans for 2026 still in development

Drupal 10.5 Core Upgrade (Dmytro, IT Care)

Completed this week - key improvements include:

December 11, 2024

Wed, 11 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden from the Core team, guest Mike Hennesey from YMCA360, and Y-USA CIO Tom Gardner to discuss status of YMCA’s Website Services.

Agenda items include:

Small Y Template Release
YMCA360 Demo
Deprecation Reminders
Community Resources
Y-USA Update
Q & A

Recording

Resources

Slides - December 2024 YUSA Community Call

November 13, 2024

Wed, 13 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Stasya Paliienko, Avi Schwab, Shelley Goetz, and Andrii Podanenko from the Core team to discuss what’s coming up in the YMCA’s Website Services roadmap.

Agenda items include:

Upcoming Releases
Small Y Template demonstration
Deprecation Reminders
Product Roadmap Reminder
Community Resources
Questions

Recording

Resources

Slides - November 2024 YUSA Community Call

October 9, 2024

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden and Avi Schwab from the Core team to discuss what’s coming up in the YMCA’s Website Services roadmap.

Agenda items include:

Release Schedule Update

Small Y Template demonstration
Deprecation Reminders
Product Roadmap Reminder
Community Call Time Change
Community Resources
Questions

Recording

Resources

Slides - October 2024 YUSA Community Call

August 13, 2024

Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Shelley Goetz and Avi Schwab from the Core team and Michael DeTorre, Joe Michaelson, and Jeff Greer from VMLY&R to discuss what’s coming up in the YMCA’s Website Services roadmap.

Agenda items include:

Release Schedule Reminder
An explanation of the Small Y Template project
Font Licensing - for Cachet and Montserrat fonts
Product Roadmap Reminder
Community Call Time Change - Now on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 11am CT
Virtual Y - Sunset Reminder

Recording

Resources

Slides - August 2024 YUSA Community Call

July 9, 2024

Tue, 09 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Shelley Goetz and Avi Schwab from the Core team to discuss what’s coming up in the YMCA’s Website Services roadmap.

Highlight agenda items include:

Release Schedule Changes
Description of the Small Y Template
Security Updates
Virtual Y - sunsetting at end of 2024

Recording

Resources

Slides - July 2024 YUSA Community Call

June 11, 2024

Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Stasya Paliienko, Avi Schwab, and Shelley Goetz from the Core team to demonstrate features in the June release of YMCA’s Website Service.

Highlight agenda items include:

Release timeline updates
Showcasing new Activity Finder updates
Layout Builder improvements: Scheduling Options, Updated Schema, and Meta Tags
Canadian Colorway Improvements
Virtual Y - sunsetting at end of 2024

Recording

Resources

Slides - June 2024 YUSA Community Call

May 7, 2024

Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Avi Schwab and Shelley Goetz from the Core team to demonstrate features in the forthcoming June release of YMCA’s Website Service.

Highlight agenda items include:

Release timeline updates
Showcasing new Activity Finder updates
A closer look at Website Service’s Next Generation Design System
The “dark mode” enhancements and why they are important.

Recording

Resources

Slides - May 2024 YUSA Community Call

April 8, 2024

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, and Roman Salo from the Core team to demonstrate newly released features from the March point release of YMCA’s Website Service.

Highlight agenda items include:

Release timeline updates
Demo of updates to Weekly Schedule Management
An in-depth description of the website update process from YMCA’s Cloud Hosting Service and YMCA partners

Recording

Resources

Slides - April 2024 YUSA Community Call

March 12, 2024

Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Roman Salo, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to demonstrate newly released features from the March release of YMCA’s Website Service.

Highlight agenda items include:

Demo of Weekly Schedule Management
Explanation of the Polyfill issue fix
Description of the Text Editor fix for creating buttons
Events entry and display improvements, now with recurring options!
Traction Rec Integration Update

Recording

Resources

Slides - March 2024 YUSA Community Call

February 9, 2024

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Sandeep Goswami and Tom Gardner are joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Andrii Podanenko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to review the current state of the YMCA’s Digital Services roadmap, including an update about the TractionRec/Y-CRM, upcoming security updates, and addressing community questions.

Recording

Resources

Slides - February 2024 YUSA Community Call

January 9, 2024

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Avi Schwab, and Shelley Goetz from the Core team to review the current state of the YMCA’s Digital Services roadmap.

Recording

Due to a technical issue there is no meeting recording available.

Resources

Slides - January 2024 YUSA Community Call

December 12, 2023

Tue, 12 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Avi Schwab, and Shelley Goetz from the Core team to review the current state of the YMCA’s Digital Services roadmap, including a demonstration the new Promotion content type and the Program & Subprogram content types in Layout Builder.

Recording

Resources

Slides - December 2023 YUSA Community Call

November 14, 2023

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Avi Schwab, and Shelley Goetz from the Core team and Michael DeTorre from VMLY&R to review the current state of the YMCA’s Digital Services roadmap and to present the Demo Content sample pages.

Recording

Resources

Slides - November 2023 YUSA Community Call

October 10, 2023

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Tom Gardner, Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, and Shelley Goetz from the Core team to review the current state of the YMCA’s Digital Services roadmap including features slated for the December 2023 release. Guest presenter and SEO expert Richard Nosek shared his knowledge about Google Analytics 4.

Recording

Resources

Slides - October 2023 YUSA Community Call

September 12, 2023

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Stasya Paliienko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to demonstrate newly released features from the September release of YMCA’s Website Service.

Highlight features demonstrated by Stasya Paliienko and Avi Schwab include:

Layout Builder content types for Camp, Facility, Branch, and Event
Content Overview documentation links
Ability to compare Revisions of pages
Updated CK Editor
Support for adding Structured Schema data and Metadata

Recording

Resources

Slides - September 2023 YUSA Community Call

August 8, 2023

Tue, 08 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden and Shelley Goetz from the Core team and Dan Dieffenbach and Jessica Stroot from YMCA360 to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Digital Services roadmap, including a demonstration of the YMCA360 Web and mobile product.

Recording

Resources

Slides - August 2023 YUSA Community Call

July 11, 2023

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Scarborough is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Stasya Paliienko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Website Service roadmap.

Recording

Resources

Slides - July 2023 YUSA Community Call

June 13, 2023

Tue, 13 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner is joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Andrii Podanenko, Stasya Paliienko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Website Service roadmap.

Recording

Resources

Slides - June 2023 YUSA Community Call

May 9, 2023

Tue, 09 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner and Tom Scarborough are joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Andrii Podanenko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Website Service roadmap.

Recording

Resources

Slides - May 2023 YUSA Community Call

April 11, 2023

Tue, 11 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner and Tom Scarborough are joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Website Service roadmap.

Recording

Resources

Slides - April 2023 YUSA Community Call

March 14, 2023

Tue, 14 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner and Tom Scarborough are joined by Shelley Goetz, Stasya Paliienko, Andrii Podanenko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Website Service roadmap. Stasya Paliienko demonstrates the Layout Builder version 2 components released today.

Recording

Resources

Slides - March 2023 YUSA Community Call

February 14, 2023

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner and Tom Scarborough are joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Andrii Podanenko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team, as well as Steven Wright from Daxko to share the latest news about the YMCA’s Website Service roadmap. Avi demonstrates comparing a page created with Paragraphs to an equivalent page created using the new Layout Builder, and Steven shares details about the new Daxko API.

Recording

Resources

Slides - February 2023 YUSA Community Call

January 10, 2023

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Tom Gardner and Tom Scarborough are joined by Kylie Aldridge-Ogden, Shelley Goetz, Andrii Podanenko, and Avi Schwab from the Core team to share the latest information about:

Daxko and GXP Embedded Code updates
2023 site planning, including
Migration to Drupal 10
Budgeting for end of year
2024 for migration off of paragraphs
Layout builder V2 Training and Documentation Overview
Incorporate of Events page feedback
Welcome YMCA of Metro Atlanta to the community!

Recording

Resources

Slides - January 2023 YUSA Community Call