Advisory Board Official

The Advisory Board members (3-7 people) gives input and advice to the Board of Directors,
based on topics raised by anyone in the Joomla! Community including the Board themselves.

The Advisory Board is an independent group without voting rights in the organization,
but with the right to put an item on the agenda within the Board of Directors meeting.

Anyone within the Community can raise topics to the Advisory Board, which allows to put focus on issues of great importance.
To add an item to the agenda of the Board of Directors there needs to be a majority vote with a valid quorum in an Advisory Board meeting.

Ombudsman Official

The role of the ombudsman structure is to act as an oversight and appeals function for the community at a large.

The ombudsman structure will be the appeals option for teams that have been dissolved, or individuals who have been removed from a position due to breach of COI or by vote of no confidence.

Code of Conduct (CoC) is also handled by the ombudsman structure. If anyone is seen or believed to have breached the Code of Conduct they can report it to the ombudsman structure that will then deal with it and assess it. If it is found to be assessed as there has been a breach of the CoC the ombudsman can put the case on the next meeting of the Board of Directors for handling.

User Group Organizers Working Group