Operations

This department focuses on the various areas required to support the organization’s infrastructure, volunteers, and community.

Joomler	Position	Date Started
Wilco Alsemgeest Netherlands	Assistant to the Department Coordinator	Mar 2020
Andrea Gentil Spain	Department Member	May 2020
Anibal Sanchez Spain	Department Member	May 2020
Olaf Offick Ireland	Department Member	May 2020
Sander Potjer Netherlands	Department Member	May 2020
Sebastien Lapoux France	Department Member	Apr 2020

Joomler	Position	Date Started	Date Ended
Ra Costa Rica	Department Coordinator	Feb 2020	Jul 2020
Patience Nekesa Uganda	Department Member	Apr 2020	May 2020
Hugh Douglas-Smith United Kingdom	Department Coordinator	Mar 2018	Feb 2020
Nicky Veitch Australia	Department Member	Dec 2017	May 2018
Peter Martin Netherlands	Department Coordinator	Feb 2017	Mar 2018
Hugh Douglas-Smith United Kingdom	Department Member	Feb 2018	Mar 2018
Aleksander Kuczek Poland	Assistant to the Department Coordinator	Nov 2017	Mar 2018

Team	Team Leader	Assistant Team Leader
Community Magazine Team
Community Sites Team
Extensions Directory Team
Forum Team
Resource Directory Team
Showcase Directory Team
Template Directory Team
Volunteers Portal Team
Webmasters Team

[ May 14th, 2020 ] Operations Department Meeting Minutes

By Ra on 2020-05-15 07:31 in Operations

Operations Department Meeting May 14th, 2020 - 18:00 - 19:20 UTC Participants: Andrea Gentil, Anibal Sanchez, Deb Cinkus, Karen Dunne, Olaf Offick, Radek Suski, Sebastien Lapoux, Wilco Alsemgeest Apologies: Jaz Parkyn, Sigrid Suski Proxies: Radek Suski for Sigrid...

[ April 2, 2020 ] Operations Department Meeting Minutes

By Ra on 2020-04-03 10:07 in Operations

Operations Department Meeting April 2, 2020 - 18:00 - 19:00 UTC Participants: Radek Suski, Wilco Alsemgeest, Olaf Offick, Sander Potjer, Anibal Sanchez, Sebastian Lapoux, Deb Cinkus, Karen Dunne Discussion points: Survey: all participants have been reminded...

Operations Department Coordination Report - April 1st 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-04-01 20:11 in Operations

General: This report is an update on the report published on March 9th, 2020. (https://volunteers.joomla.org/departments/operations/reports/1189-operations-department-coordination-report-march-9t)It's about the actions performed, discussed and planned since the last report, therefore it's advised...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2020-03-11

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-03-12 22:50 in Operations

MinutesOperations Department MeetingMarch 11, 2020 - 15:00-16:30 UTC Participants: Radek Suski, Wilco Alsemgeest, Olaf Offick, Sander Potjer Anibal SanchezApologies: Rowan Hoskyns-Abrahall, Sebastian Lapoux, Deb Cinkus, Luca Marzo Discussion points: General: Operations Google Drive...

Operations Department Coordination Report - March 9th, 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-03-09 12:10 in Operations

General: On February 17th, 2020 the Elections results for Joomla Group 2 were published. For Operations this meant that Radek Suski took over the role from Hugh Douglas-Smith, who took the responsibility over the Legal & Finance Department. Radek and Hugh have been working hard for a week...

Operations Department Team Meeting – 26 February 2019

By Hugh Douglas-Smith on 2019-03-07 10:30 in Operations

Attendees: Hugh Douglas-Smith (Department Co-ordinator), Anibal Sanchez (JED), Olaf Offick (Forum), Brian Mitchell (Resource Directory), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal), Michael Babker (Webmasters), Nicky Veitch (JCM) Given the spread of team leads within the team, now spread right around...

Operations Department Team Meeting – 28 November 2018

By Hugh Douglas-Smith on 2018-11-29 15:55 in Operations

ParticipantsHugh Douglas-Smith (Dept Coordinator), Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team) via Glip, Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Brian Mitchell (Resources Directory Team), Michael Babker (Webmasters Team) via Glip Discussion Outline Extensions Directory...

Operations Department Team Meeting – 24 October 2018

By Hugh Douglas-Smith on 2018-11-01 16:07 in Operations

ParticipantsHugh Douglas-Smith (Dept Coordinator), Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Sander Potjer, Olaf Offick (Forum Team) Discussion Outline Forum TeamModerators are widening their coverage to ensure coverage across all topics Extensions Directory TeamThe development of JED4 continues...

Operations Department Team Meeting – 21 September 2018

By Hugh Douglas-Smith on 2018-09-24 07:32 in Operations

This meeting was held at 21 Sept 2018, 17:00 UTC on Google Hangouts ParticipantsHugh Douglas-Smith (Dept Coordinator), Brian Mitchell (Resource Directory Team), Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Helvecio (Community Magazine), Michael Babker (Webmasters Team), Sander Potjer (Volunteers...

Operations Department Meeting, January 24th, 2018

By Aleksander Kuczek on 2018-01-29 12:18 in Operations

Minutes: Location: online Duration: 1 hour Participants: Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team), Brian Mitchell (Resource Directory Team), Aleksander Kuczek (interim Operations Department Coordinator, Vice President), Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory...

Operations Department Meeting, December 20th, 2017

By Aleksander Kuczek on 2017-12-27 19:13 in Operations

Operations Department Meeting, November 29th, 2017

By Aleksander Kuczek on 2017-12-01 00:09 in Operations

Minutes: Date: Nov 29th, 2017 Location: online Duration: 1 hour Participants: Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team), Sławek Sikora (Template Directory Team), Brian Mitchell (Resource Directory Team), Helvecio da Silva (Community Magazine Team), Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team),...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, November 16th 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-11-25 15:24 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Agenda Thursday November 16th 2017 from 9:00 - 11:00 CESTLocation: JWC17, Sheraton Roma, Viale del Pattinaggio, 100, 00144 Roma RM, Italy Participants: Toivo Talikka (Forum Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator), Sander Potjer (Volunteers...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, October 4th 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-10-05 07:40 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Wednesday October 4th 2017, 19:00:00 UTC Participants: Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team), Sławomir Sikora (Template Directory...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, August 23th 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-08-24 12:11 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Wednesday August 23th 2017, 19:00:00 UTC Participants: Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team), Sławomir Sikora...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, July 19 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-07-19 19:57 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Wednesday July 19 2017, 19:00:00 UTC Participants: Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team), Radek Suski (Template Directory...

Meeting with Joomla Community Magazine - 4 July 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-07-06 12:18 in Operations

Joomla Community Magazine Tuesday July 4th 2017 at 13:30:00 UTC Participants: Helvecio da Silva (JCM), Jacques Rentzke (JCM), Peter Martin (Operations Department) Current state of JCM MembersThe JCM Team has currently 6 members:...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, June 21, 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-06-22 09:31 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Wednesday June 21 2017, 19:00:00 UTC Participants: Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator), Brian Mitchell (Resource Directory Team), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, May 24, 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-05-25 18:47 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Wednesday May 24 2017, 19:00:00 UTC Participants: Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator), Brian Mitchell (Resource Directory Team), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase...

Joomla Operations Department Meeting, April 26, 2017

By Peter Martin on 2017-04-26 19:00 in Operations

Joomla Operations Department Meeting Wednesday April 26, 2017, 19:00 UTC Participants: Jaz Parkyn (Extensions Directory Team), Olaf Offick (Forum Team), Sander Potjer (Volunteers Portal Team), Peter Martin (Operations Department Coordinator). Apologies: Isidro Baquero (Template Directory Team),...

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JED Team Meeting - June 26th, 2020

By Anibal Sanchez on 2020-07-01 11:33 in Extensions Directory Team

The Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) team met on May 29th, 2020, at 15hs UTC, via Glip to discuss our progress of current tasks. In attendance: Anibal Sanchez, Carlos Cámara, Claire Mandville, Hugh Douglas-Smith, Jaz Parkyn, Luca Marzo, Mark Lee and Wilco Alsemgeest (Assistant to the...

Webmasters Team Report - June, 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-06-30 20:39 in Webmasters Team

Information:The webmasters team mainly consists of leaders and liaisons from other teams, with the purpose to effectively work together on all aspects of our properties and infrastructure.The team meets as needed, because managing the properties is a daily task and communication is done through...

JCM Meeting Report - June 26th, 2020

By Andrea Gentil on 2020-06-30 20:36 in Community Magazine Team

The meeting started at 14:30 (CEST) Participants: Luca Marzo, Patrick Jackson, Sandra Decoux, Wilco Alsemgeest, Andrea Gentil. Apologies: Hans van der Meer, Anja de Crom, Marc Dechevre, Mark Bender, Ahmad Moussa Discussion outline July issue: the team started planning for the next...

June 2020

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2020-06-29 14:11 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats May: 42 sites submitted -> 25 approved + 6 rejected + 11 corrections requested Article about the Showcase on https://magazine.joomla.org/all-issues/june-2020/showcase-the-power-of-your-joomla-site Clean up user database by deleting accounts not connected since 2015, updates,...

Forum Meeting 29/6/2020

By Olaf Offick on 2020-06-29 13:05 in Forum Team

Meeting Notes: Discussions about forum behavior of certain users Discussing Auto Locking feature to be moved from 24 month to 12 month (this is implemented now) Next Meeting: Monday 27th July 2020

Webmasters Team Report - May, 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-05-31 20:21 in Webmasters Team

JED Team Meeting - May 29th, 2020

By Anibal Sanchez on 2020-05-29 14:00 in Extensions Directory Team

The Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) team met on May 29th, 2020, at 15hs UTC, via Glip to discuss our progress of current tasks. In attendance: Anibal Sanchez, Claire Mandville, Dénes Székely, Hugh Douglas-Smith, Jaz Parkyn, Mark Lee, Tobias Zulauf and Wilco Alsemgeest...

JCM Meeting Report - May 26th, 2020

By Andrea Gentil on 2020-05-29 13:58 in Community Magazine Team

The meeting started at 14:30 (CEST). Participants: Anja de Crom, Aris Ntatsis, Luca Marzo, Patrick Jackson, Mark Bender, Sandra Decoux, Ahmad Moussa, Wilco Alsemgeest, Marc Dechèvre, Andrea Gentil. Apologies: Chris Keen, Hans van der Meer, Rowan Hoskyns...

Forum Meeting 25/5/2020

By Olaf Offick on 2020-05-25 14:47 in Forum Team

+ Welcome to Per, introduction+ Discussions about the forum behavior of certain users+ Full Joomla 4 Forum, will be added when Joomla 4 is released (We have a Joomla 4 Related Forum in the Development forum: https://forum.joomla.org/viewforum.php?f=803)+ Review of Moderator Activity + Next...

May 2020

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2020-05-12 09:45 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats APRIL: 9 new sites approved Keep up to date site items -> the tool https://github.com/SIWECOS/Version-Scanner is required Docker. We contacted the leader of https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/docker-and-infrastructure-team to get an instance dedicated SIWECOS but this team is no more....

Working Session

By Karen Dunne on 2020-05-05 16:04 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: April 22 - May 5, 2020 Three submissions, none approved. Approvals total: 449  Topics Status on how to verify provider listings Maps component usage; working session for a mapping solution On the call: Karen Richard Deb Brian Next...

2020-04 - Meeting / Report minutes

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-04-30 08:50 in Webmasters Team

Information:The webmasters team mainly consist of leaders and liaisons from other teams, with the purpose to effectively work together on all aspects of our properties and infrastructure.The team meets as much as needed, because managing the properties is a daily task and communication is done...

Forum Meeting 27/4/2020

By Olaf Offick on 2020-04-27 09:53 in Forum Team

Discussions about adding additional Team Members to the Global Moderator Forum Initial Discussion about adding a General Support Moderator/Local Moderator Team Meeting Both Toivo's and Olaf's Term as Assistant Team Leader, and Team leader are confirmed for another year Issue with Forum emails...

JED Team Meeting - April 24th, 2020

By Anibal Sanchez on 2020-04-24 14:05 in Extensions Directory Team

The Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) team met on April 24th, 2020, at 14hs UTC, via Glip to discuss our progress of current tasks. In attendance: Anibal Sanchez, Carlos Cámara, Dénes Székely, Jaz Parkyn, Luca Marzo, Mark Lee, Tobias Zulauf and Wilco Alsemgeest (Assistant to...

JCM Meeting Report - April 22th, 2020

By Andrea Gentil on 2020-04-24 14:02 in Community Magazine Team

The meeting started at 19:00 (CEST). Participants: Luca Marzo, Chris Keen, Patrick Jackson, Anja de Crom, Aris Ntatsis, Sandra Decoux, Ahmad Moussa, Wilco Alsemgeest, Hans van der Meer, Andrea Gentil. Apologies: Mark Bender, Marc Dechèvre, Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall Discussion outline From...

Working Session

By Karen Dunne on 2020-04-21 16:03 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: April 7 - 21, 2020   No change since last meeting. One submission but declined for no Joomla experience. Approvals total: 449   Topics Known error with duplicate username corrected Tabled discussion for georadius search On the call:...

Admin Tasks

By Karen Dunne on 2020-04-07 16:03 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: March 24-April 7, 2020   One new approval Approvals total: 449   Topics Setting up Karen for admin access on JRD site. Review of components and database errors On the call: Karen Richard Deb Zehn Next meeting: April 21, 2020

April 2020

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2020-04-02 08:39 in Showcase Directory Team

Migration to new ad server: issue with square format Keep up to date site items (804) in regards of use of Joomla technology or not -> get the information about the tool https://github.com/SIWECOS/Version-Scanner Recent new feature about Case Studies. How to increase “case...

Forum Meeting 30/3/2020

By Olaf Offick on 2020-03-30 13:12 in Forum Team

+ Forum Team Lead Nominations, Assistant Team Lead Nominations + Ken left the Global Forum Moderator team, we thank him for his time and effort over many years, and we wish him all the best for the future + Working on adding users to the Global Moderator Team + Additional Discussion about...

JED Team Meeting - March 27th, 2020

By Anibal Sanchez on 2020-03-27 18:08 in Extensions Directory Team

The Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) team met on March 27th, 2020, at 15hs UTC, via Glip to discuss our progress of current tasks. In attendance: Anibal Sanchez, Jaz Parkyn, Carlos Cámara, Hugh Douglas-Smith, Luca Marzo, and Mark Lee. Absent: Dénes Székely, Daniel...

Mapping Solution

By Karen Dunne on 2020-03-24 16:18 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status: March 11- 24, 2020  Approvals total: 448  Topics Map solution: Dependency is either going to be custom code or a third party application. My Maps component by JoomUnited solves the mapping problem without added bloat. Solves all complex problems in regard to mapping...

Listing Renewal Workflow

By Karen Dunne on 2020-03-10 20:20 in Resource Directory Team

JRD Status:  February 19 - March 10, 2019   Approvals total: 448  Topics Reviewed campaign workflow and email notifications for listing verification. Reviewed mapping extension options such as JoomUnited and Nordmograph On the call: Karen Richard Brian Next...

The path to the new Magazine - Updates

By Luca Marzo on 2020-02-29 17:49 in Community Magazine Team

The work on the new version of the Joomla Community Magazine is in progress and we had some delays that won't allow us to respect the announced publishing date that was today, February 29, 2020. Progress & Achievements Several volunteers offered to help and take part to the JCM...

JED Team Meeting - February 28th, 2020

By Anibal Sanchez on 2020-02-28 14:48 in Extensions Directory Team

The Joomla! Extensions Directory (JED) team met on February 28th, 2020, at 14 pm UTC, via Glip to discuss our progress of current tasks. In attendance: Anibal Sanchez, Jaz Parkyn, Hugh Douglas-Smith, Luca Marzo, Mark Lee, and Troy Hall. Absent: Carlos Cámara, Dénes...

Forum Meeting 24/2/2020

By Olaf Offick on 2020-02-24 13:45 in Forum Team

Update for forum to phpBB 3.3.0 testing complete We will organize and setup a time frame in the next 2 month to do the upgrade. Forum behaviour of some users was discussed Talking about other forum software options Next meeting is on the 30th Mar.