Operations

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

Joomler	Position	Date Started
Carlos Cámara Spain	Department Coordinator	Mar 2024
Luca Marzo Italy	Department Member	May 2020
Mark Fleeson United Kingdom	Department Member	Nov 2022
Olaf Offick Ireland	Department Member	May 2020
Roland Dalmulder Netherlands	Department Member	May 2020
Toivo Talikka Australia	Department Member	May 2020

Joomler	Position	Date Started	Date Ended
Harald Leithner Austria	Department Coordinator	Feb 2022	Dec 2023
Llewellyn van der Merwe Namibia	Department Member	Dec 2020	Jun 2023
Llewellyn van der Merwe Namibia	Assistant to the Department Coordinator	Jun 2022	Apr 2023
Sebastien Lapoux France	Department Member	Apr 2020	Dec 2022
Sander Potjer	Department Member	May 2020	Nov 2022
Jaz Parkyn United Kingdom	Department Member	May 2020	Nov 2022
Llewellyn van der Merwe Namibia	Department Member	Jan 2021	Mar 2022
Wilco Alsemgeest Netherlands	Department Coordinator	Oct 2020	Nov 2021
Andrea Gentil Spain	Department Member	May 2020	Oct 2021
Private Profile b2c8cac3	Department Member	May 2020	Jan 2021
Wilco Alsemgeest Netherlands	Assistant to the Department Coordinator	Mar 2020	Oct 2020
Private Profile e9605d40	Department Coordinator	Feb 2020	Sep 2020
Private Profile 715e8441	Department Member	Apr 2020	May 2020
Private Profile 36888008	Department Coordinator	Mar 2018	Feb 2020
Private Profile 2124d883	Department Member	Dec 2017	May 2018
Private Profile 6f534cf6	Assistant to the Department Coordinator	Nov 2017	Mar 2018
Private Profile 36888008	Department Member	Feb 2018	Mar 2018
Peter Martin Netherlands	Department Coordinator	Feb 2017	Mar 2018

Team	Team Leader	Assistant Team Leader
Capital Team
Community Sites Team
Extensions Directory Team
Forum Team
Trademark & Licensing Team

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-12-13

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-12-27 08:23 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Llewellyn van der Merwe (DC Assistant), Mark Fleeson (JED TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Toivo Talikka (Forum ATL), Claire Mandville (TL TL) Absent: Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL & TL ATL & P ATL), Soren Jensen (Capital...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-11-15

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-11-23 09:31 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Llewellyn van der Merwe (DC Assistant), Mark Fleeson (JED TL), Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL & TL ATL & P ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Claire Mandville (TL TL) Absent: Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL),...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-08-23

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-08-27 13:28 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Llewellyn van der Merwe (DC Assistant), Olaf Offick (Forum TL) Apologies: Luca Marzo (JCM ATL & TL ATL & P ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Toivo Talikka (Forum ATL), Claire Mandville (TL...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-08-02

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-08-09 09:02 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Claire Mandville (TL TL) Apologies: Llewellyn van der Merwe (DC Assistant), Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL & TL ATL & P ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Mark Fleeson (JED ATL), Soren...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-06-28

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-07-04 20:07 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Llewellyn van der Merwe (Assistant DC), Jaz Parkyn (JED TL), Mark Fleeson (JED ATL) , Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Claire Mandville (TL TL) Absent: Luca Marzo (JCM ATL & TL ATL & P ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-05-31

By Harald Leithner on 2022-06-23 15:25 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Llewellyn van der Merwe (Assistant) , Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL) Apologies: Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), , Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Toivo Talikka (Forum ATL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Jaz Parkyn (JED TL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-05-03

By Harald Leithner on 2022-06-23 15:18 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED TL), Olaf Offick (Forum TL) Apologies: Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Toivo Talikka (Forum ATL), Claire Mandville (TL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-03-22

By Harald Leithner on 2022-04-01 13:44 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL) Apologies: Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL). Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Toivo Talikka (Forum...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - 2022-03-01

By Harald Leithner on 2022-03-25 09:11 in Operations

Participants: Harald Leithner (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL) , Olaf Offick (Forum TL) Apologies: Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Toivo Talikka (Forum ATL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - October 18, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-10-18 19:47 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest, Sander Potjer, Olaf Offick, Andrea Gentil Apologies: Jaz Parkyn, Llewellyn van der Merwe, Sebastien Lapoux Department Coordinator: Board Reportshttps://volunteers.joomla.org/board-of-directors/reports/1583-osm-inc-full-board-meeting-july-22-2021...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - July 19, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-08-02 21:41 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL) , Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL)Apologies: Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Olaf Offick (Forum TL) Department Coordinator: The department meeting on June...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - May 17, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-05-26 18:16 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL) , Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL) Department Coordinator: New fiscal year starts July 2021, we...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - April 19, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-05-11 19:56 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL) , Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL)Apologies: Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - March 22, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-03-24 19:39 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Department Coordinator), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL)Apologies: Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - February 15, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-02-22 20:10 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL) , Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL)Apologies: Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL)Absent without apologies: Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - January 18, 2021

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2021-01-26 22:21 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Llewellyn van der Merwe (JED TL) , Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL)Apologies: Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL), Olaf Offick (Forum TL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - December 21, 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-12-24 11:56 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), , Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL), Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL) Apologies: Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Anibal Sanchez (JED TL) Department...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - November 16, 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-11-19 14:35 in Operations

Participants: Wilco Alsemgeest (Director), Jaz Parkyn (JED ATL), Andrea Gentil (JCM TL), Anibal Sanchez (JED TL) , Olaf Offick (Forum TL), Luca Marzo (JCM ATL), Sander Potjer (JVP TL), Roland Dalmulder (JVP ATL) Apologies: Sebastien Lapoux (Showcase TL) Motions: All Template Directory...

Operations Department Meeting Minutes - October 26, 2020

By Wilco Alsemgeest on 2020-10-30 15:30 in Operations

Motions:#2020/OPS/004 - Allow exception for the Volunteers Portal team to provide quarterly reports instead of each month due to the specific nature of the team.  Proposed by Radek Suski, seconded by Jaz ParkynMotion passed unanimously.Department Coordinator:The leaving DC (Radek Suski)...

[ September 21st, 2020 ] Operations Department Meeting Minutes

By Private Profile e9605d40 on 2020-09-24 13:18 in Operations

Operations Department Meeting September 21, 2020 - 18:00 - 18:30 UTC Participants: Andrea Gentil, Jaz Parkyn, Olaf Offick, Radek Suski, Roland Dalmulder, Sander Potjer Apologies: Anibal Sanchez, Sigrid Suski, Sebastien Lapoux, Wilco Alsemgeest Proxies: Radek Suski for...

[ August 17th, 2020 ] Operations Department Meeting Minutes

By Private Profile e9605d40 on 2020-08-20 09:11 in Operations

Operations Department Meeting August 17th, 2020 - 18:00 - 18:30 UTC Participants: Andrea Gentil, Anibal Sanchez, Olaf Offick, Radek Suski, Wilco Alsemgeest Apologies: Jaz Parkyn, Sigrid Suski, Sebastien Lapoux, Sander Potjer Proxies: Radek Suski for Sigrid...

[ May 14th, 2020 ] Operations Department Meeting Minutes

By Private Profile e9605d40 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 Private Profile e9605d40 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...

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DC Report - New administrators for Community

By Carlos Cámara on 2024-05-14 16:50 in Community Sites Team

TL;DR: We have two new volunteers in the Community website who will be focused on the Service Provider Directory and the Events part of the site. Hey Joomla! family, Since stepping into my role as DC, I’ve been diving into our department's dynamics and noticed a few areas that could really use...

Forum Meeting Apr 2024

By Olaf Offick on 2024-04-29 11:26 in Forum Team

Discussion about certain user's behaviour Discussion about adding additional moderators Updating Volunteers Portal Forum Team

Forum Meeting Mar 2024

By Olaf Offick on 2024-03-25 11:24 in Forum Team

Discussion about adding additional moderators Discussion about certain user's behaviour

Forum Meeting Feb 2024

By Olaf Offick on 2024-02-26 11:52 in Forum Team

Discussion about certain user's behaviour Discussion about ban of duplicate accounts Discussion about adding additional moderators

Forum Meeting Jan 2024

By Olaf Offick on 2024-01-29 13:04 in Forum Team

Discussion about additional caching - Ip ban issue (this should be fixed by now) Discussion about certain user's behaviour Discussion about ban of duplicate accounts Discussion about adding additional moderators Adding Joomla 5 forums to the International Forums Moving Joomla 5 forum to the...

Forum Meeting Nov 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-11-27 11:59 in Forum Team

Discussion about Stability of the forum, additional caching/performance changes have been implemented Discussion about certain user's behaviour

Forum Meeting Oct 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-11-06 12:07 in Forum Team

Discussion about Stability of the forum, additional caching/performance changes has been implemented and that improved the stability of the forum Discussion about certain user's behaviour Discussion about forum updates Joomla 5 forums were added to the forum in Oct.

Forum Meeting Sept 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-09-25 11:00 in Forum Team

Discussion about MySql Error message - Host is investigatingDiscussion about certain user's behaviour Discussion about Joomla 5 ForumsDiscussion about forum updates

Forum Meeting August 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-08-28 11:15 in Forum Team

Discussion about MySql Error message - Host is investigatingDiscussion about certain user's behaviour Moving Joomla 3.x Forums to End of Life ForumDiscussing Request to be Forgotten Form

Forum Meeting May 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-05-29 11:04 in Forum Team

Discussions about AI Generated content Discussions about Joomla! Official Sites & Infrastructure Subforums

Forum Meeting April 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-04-24 11:26 in Forum Team

Discussions about AI Generated content Updating Forum rules that AI Generated Posts are not allowed Updating Quick Reply Notification Discussions about 'Accept this answer' button

Forum Meeting March 2023

By Olaf Offick on 2023-03-27 11:05 in Forum Team

Talking about DDOS attack and mitigation options Talking about options to Merge users

JED Team Meeting - 9th June 2022

By Jaz Parkyn on 2022-06-20 14:19 in Extensions Directory Team

Participants: Jaz Parkyn, Mark Fleeson, Oh Martin, Jeroen Moolenschot, Dénes Székely, Denis Ryabov Team leadership: Mark Fleeson has been chosen as the new assistant team leader Extensions & tickets Additional team meeting scheduled to cover training on processing reported reviews...

JED Team Meeting - 29th April 2022

By Jaz Parkyn on 2022-05-13 18:46 in Extensions Directory Team

Participants: Jaz Parkyn, Claire Mandville, Dénes Székely, Denis RyabovApologies: Jeroen Moolenschot, Oh Martin, Mark Fleeson Team Leadership: The team elected Jaz as team leader following an anonymous vote An assistant team leader will soon be chosen Jaz asked the team to consider any...

April 2022

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2022-05-06 10:53 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats April: 4 sites submitted, 3 approved, 1 rejected, 0 correction requested, 0 contacts, 0 reports

March 2022

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2022-05-06 10:49 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats March: 23 sites submitted, 4 approved, 7 rejected, 12 correction requested, 1 contacts, 0 reports

Volunteers Portal - April 2022 report - looking for Team Lead

By Sander Potjer on 2022-05-02 16:48 in Volunteers Portal Team

A status update about the recent Volunteers Portal & Identity Portal activity: Spam reports handled (7 accounts) Joomla & extensions updated Looking for a new Team Lead It's already been 8 years since the Volunteer Portal was launched. Many hours have been put into the development...

JED Team Meeting - 25th March 2022

By Jaz Parkyn on 2022-04-02 19:21 in Extensions Directory Team

Joomla Extensions Directory Meeting Minutes - 25th March 2022 Participants: Mark Fleeson (Jed 4 Developer), Oh Martin, Jeroen Moolenschot, Jaz Parkyn (Assistant Team Lead), Tom van der Laan, Denis Ryabov Apologies: Hugh Douglas-Smith, Mark Lee, Llewellyn van der Merwe (Team Lead), Luca...

February 2022

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2022-03-25 09:46 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats February: 7 sites submitted, 1 approved, 5 rejected, 1 correction requested, 1 contacts, 2 reports

January 2022

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2022-03-25 09:44 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats January: 5 sites submitted, 4 approved, 1 rejected, 0 correction requested, 0 contacts, 3 reports

December 2021

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2022-03-25 09:43 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats December: 5 sites submitted, 2 approved, 3 rejected, 0 correction requested, 0 contacts, 0 reports

November 2021

By Sebastien Lapoux on 2022-03-25 09:40 in Showcase Directory Team

Stats November: 6 sites submitted, 3 approved, 3 rejected, 0 correction requested, 2 contacts, 0 reports

JED Team Meeting - February 25th, 2022

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-02-27 16:18 in Extensions Directory Team

Joomla Extension Directory. Meeting Minutes - February 25, 2022 Participants: Jeroen Moolenschot, Dénes Székely, Llewellyn van der Merwe (Team Lead), Denis Ryabov Absent with notice: Hugh Douglas-Smith, Luca Marzo, Oh Martin, Tom van der Laan, Mark Lee, Mark Fleeson (Jed 4 Developer), Claire...

JED Team Meeting - January 28th, 2022

By Llewellyn van der Merwe on 2022-02-11 18:26 in Extensions Directory Team

Joomla Extension Directory. Meeting Minutes - January 28, 2022 Participants: Oh Martin, Jeroen Moolenschot, Mark Lee, Jaz Parkyn (Assistant Team Lead), Dénes Székely, Tom van der Laan, Llewellyn van der Merwe (Team Lead), Denis Ryabov Absent with notice: Hugh Douglas-Smith, Mark Fleeson (Jed 4...

Volunteers Portal - January 2022 report

By Sander Potjer on 2022-01-18 20:50 in Volunteers Portal Team

A status update about the recent Volunteers Portal & Identity Portal activity: Github Issues The Volunteers Portal has a public repository and issue tracker on https://github.com/joomla/volunteers.joomla.org. We have been working on these issues: New Joomler profile from IDP not...

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