Production Dept. Meeting October 29 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-11-04 22:07 in Production

Duration: 15 Mins. Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, David Jardin, Dieter Ziller, Hannes Papenberg,  Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren,  Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Philip Walton, Richard Fath, Robert Deutz Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Herman  Peeren is now Team Leader for Documentation. Thank you Dieter Ziller for your work as Doc Team Lead. CMS Maintenance Team (Robert Deutz) Business as usual, Martina...

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Notes meeting 10/21/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-10-29 00:26 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, October 21, 2024 Present: Benjamin, Martin, Emmanuel, Martina, Gary, Phil, Robert (guest), Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Update on projects. Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker - update from the team working on the project: task list, private repository on GitHub for testing concepts Joomla Academy - looking for mentors and subjects Backend Featured removal view - more testing needed Need to ensure our team and Maintainers team do not overlap Decisions...

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CMS Release Team Meeting October 23, 2024

By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-10-23 20:53 in CMS Release Team

Participants: Rachel Walraven, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Emmanuel Lemor, Jenn, Stefan Wendhausen, Claudia Weber-Lenck, Heiko Lübbe, SD Williams, Benjamin Trenkle Joomla! 4.4 4.4.9 released - end of bug fix releases for 4.x series Joomla! 5.2 5.2.0 released Language Team We have 100 languages in crowdin for both languages, only half of it can be installed as a package 25/48 5.2.0.x translations 26/57 4.4.9.x translations Other Business Moving meeting time...

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Production Dept. Meeting October 15, 2024

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2024-10-20 15:45 in Production

Duration: 20 Mins. Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dieter Ziller, Hannes Papenberg,  Harald Leithner, Heiko Lübbe, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Philip Walton, Richard Fath Bug Squad  Team (Martin Kopp) Martin Kopp has been elected the new team lead of the Bugsquad CMS Release Team (Benjamin Trenkle) Successfully released 5.2.0 + 4.4.9 Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) Smaller teams...

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Notes meeting 10/07/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-10-14 20:47 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, October 7, 2024 Present: Benjamin, Martin, Emmanuel, Martina, Dieter, Phil, Hannes, Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Update on projects. Item discussed: Joomla Academy - Announcement made Mattermost channels created for 6.0 Joomla Health Checker - Additional discussions (some repeats as some members were absent from the previous meeting) - For who / what to include PR 34764 to consider Migration Tool (Wordpress to Joomla) needs to be revived Backend Featured...

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Marketing Minutes October 8, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-10-12 19:29 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 8th October 2024, 10:03- 11:35 GMT-07:00 Attendees: Emmanuel Lemor, Maria Skampoura, Mike Kritzer, Tom van der Laan Meeting Summary The meeting addressed several key topics, starting with the need for improved user outreach and feedback mechanisms within the Joomla project. Discussions on community initiatives emphasized the importance of participation from previously disengaged individuals. Feedback from end users was deemed crucial, with Tom noting the lack of input from...

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Production Dept. Meeting October 01, 2024

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2024-10-04 06:32 in Production

Duration: 1 hour 15 Mins Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dieter Ziller, Hannes Papenberg,  Harald Leithner, Gary Barclay, Heiko Lübbe, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Richard Fath, Robert Deutz, Cliff Ford (Guest) Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Current situation with WikiMedia for Joomla Help and Documentation Proposed solution:  Help pages as MD Structure (Current or...

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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - October 03, 2024

By Luca Marzo on 2024-10-03 18:26 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: October 03, 2024Time: 17:00 UTCTotal time of meeting: 1 hour 30 minutes Attendees: Crystal Dionysopoulos (President), Philip Walton (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer), Sigrid Gramlinger (Director), Angelika Prox-Dampha (Director). Apologies: Carlos Camara (Director). Proxies: Sigrid Gramlinger served as proxy for Carlos Camara. Discussion outline Treasurer The 990 form is...

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CMS Release Team Meeting October 02, 2024

By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-10-02 20:49 in CMS Release Team

Participants: SD Williams, Emmanuel Lemor, Jenn Gress, Benjamin Trenkle, Rolf Dautrich, Heiko Lübbe, Claudia Weber-Lenck, Martina Scholz, Christiane, Martin Joomla! 5.2 Joomla! 5.2 RC 1 released Language Team All translators have been informed that Joomla! 5.2.0 and 4.4.9 will be released on 15 October 2024. Many have already updated their strings and everything is prepared on the update server as well. Other Business The whole team did a long release testing session, finding several...

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Production Dept. Meeting September 17, 2024

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2024-09-30 18:53 in Production

Duration: 15 Mins Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger, David Jardin, Dieter Ziller, Harald Leithner, Heiko Lübbe, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Philip Walton, Richard Fath, Viviana Menzel Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Vice President position is still open - if you know anybody, please motivate people. Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) Just information: the team is focusing on 3 projects right now: The featured view removal, as...

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Notes meeting 09/23/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-09-30 00:43 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, September 23, 2024 Present: Benjamin, Martin, Emmanuel, Phil, Gary, Geraint (guest), Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Update on projects. Item discussed: PR 43907 - feedback is that wathever the changes made, it should not break anything. Going through the code for review. Contacts improvements: reported to next meeting. Joomla Health Checker - demonstration of prototype (deprecated information collection). Technical explanations from Geraint. Decisions made: We...

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Marketing Minutes September 24, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-09-28 05:26 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 24th September 2024, 10:06- 11:28 GMT-07:00 Attendees: Angelika Prox-Dampha, Emmanuel Lemor, Maria Skampoura, Mike Kritzer, Tom van der Laan, Asad Mithu     Meeting Summary   Angelika Prox-Dampha was introduced as the new DC outreach member, raising issues regarding documentation and the need for KPIs for better inter-departmental collaboration. Emmanuel Lemor emphasized the importance of improving communication among teams. The group planned a meeting to...

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Notes meeting 09/09/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-09-17 01:38 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, August 26, 2024 Present: Benjamin, Christiane, Martina, Martin, Emmanuel, Phil, Gary, Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Going through the agenda and actions to take. Item discussed: PR 43907 - We talked about the importance of reaching people about the removal of the featured view (third party developers, users, all channels possible like article, newsletter,...).  PR 43753 - Admin module for community info - The discussion proceeded around the fact that some...

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Marketing Minutes September 10, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-09-12 17:05 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 10th September 2024, 10:04- 11:15 GMT-07:00Attendees: Angelika Prox-Dampha, Mike Kritzer, Tom van der Laan, Emmanuel Lemor, Maria Skampoura, Alexander Tsoukalas Meeting Summary The team addressed the need for website content updates and redesign, with Tom confirming he could make necessary changes, while concerns about information overload and usability were voiced. For thr Joomla sitre redesign, the importance of accessibility in web design was emphasized, alongside the need...

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CMS Release Team Meeting September 11, 2024

By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-09-11 20:44 in CMS Release Team

Participants: Emmanuel, Sigrid, Rolf, Martin, Peter, Jenn, Martina, Richard, SD Sigrid was heading the meeting Joomla! 4.4 The next release will be the last regular one release together with 5.2. After that only security releases will be published. Joomla! 5.1 Final 5.1.4 released. Thank you Martina for your dedication and efforts as Release Manager 5.1. Great work! Joomla! 5.2 Friday 13 Sept Hannes & Peter will create the Joomla 5.2 Beta 3 pre-release version.(Joomla 5.2 Beta 3 is...

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Production Dept. Meeting September 03, 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-09-10 06:44 in Production

Duration: 38 minutes Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger, Benjamnin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dieter Ziller, Hannes Papenberg, Harald Leither, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Philip Walton, Robert Deutz, Viviana Menzel Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) The motion PROD2024/008 "Update Joomla 4.x to TinyMCE 6.x to switch to a supported version" passed with 9 in favour, 1 against and 4 abstain. The former JXT Channel on mattermost will be renamed as there...

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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - September 05, 2024

By Luca Marzo on 2024-09-05 18:34 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: September 05, 2024Time: 17:00 UTCTotal time of meeting: 1 hour 30 minutes Attendees: Philip Walton (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer), Sigrid Gramlinger (Director), Louise Hawkins (Director),  Apologies: Crystal Dionysopoulos (President), Carlos Camara (Director) [partially]. Proxies: Luca Marzo served as proxy for Crystal Dionysopoulos.Nadja Lamisch served as proxy for...

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Marketing Minutes August 27, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-09-03 23:20 in Marketing Team

  Date: Tuesday, 27th August 2024, 10:03- 11:13 GMT-07:00 Attendees: Emmanuel Lemor, Maria Skampoura, Mike Kritzer, Tom van der Laan, jimmy hich, Angelika Prox-Dampha, grace mutiana       Next steps       ·      Maria suggests that if the team lacks sufficient personnel, they should all contribute to ensure progress in marketing efforts.   ·      Maria agrees to help Grace with image editing...

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Notes meeting 08/26/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-09-03 15:30 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, August 26, 2024 Present: Benjamin, Christiane, Martin, Emmanuel, Olivier Objective:  Look through the Joomla Health Checker proposal from Phil. Item discussed: PR 43907 - Difficulties to keep up to date until merged as many changes in the code occur and endless conflicts arise. Joomla Health Checker - There are 3 ideas that arose from our discussions: the creation of a Joomla Certification badge that developers could receive, an improved JED Checker with...

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Production Dept. Meeting August 20, 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-08-26 13:40 in Production

Duration: 15 minutes Attendees Benjamnin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, David Jardin, Dieter Ziller, Harald Leither, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Philip Walton, Viviana Menzel Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Open Motion: PROD2024/008 - Update Joomla 4.x to TinyMCE 6.x to switch to a supported version Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) Feedback and talks on the process we use to pick/follow/promote projects. For proof of concept, follow...

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CMS Release Team Meeting August 21, 2024

By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-08-21 20:40 in CMS Release Team

Participants: Rachel Walraven; Jen Gress, Shirielle Williams, Emmanuel Lemor, Martin Kopp, Peter Martin, Phil Walton, Benjamin Trenkle, Robert Deutz Joomla! 4.4 Joomla! 4.4.7 released Joomla! 5.1 Joomla! 5.1.3 released Joomla! 5.2 Joomla! 5.2.0 Beta 1 released - Feature Freeze  

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Notes meeting 08/12/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-08-20 14:27 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, August 12, 2024 Present: Phil, Benjamin, Christiane, Martina, Emmanuel, Shirielle, Olivier, Gary (guest) Objective:  Feedback on the team's process and feature survey results. Item discussed: what skillset we bring to the Joomla project constraints of creating working groups (less flexible) notion of doc/feature buddy bring back team work, how do we support each other? how do we make sure features are not abandonned, how to get people involved for...

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Production Dept. Meeting August 06, 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-08-10 08:53 in Production

Duration: 5 minutes Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger (DC), Benjamnin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, David Jardin, Dieter Ziller, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Philip Walton provided release notes for Joomla releases for many years, but steps back now. We are looking for someone to take over this task. Release notes are responsibility of marketing and need knowledge of the product but the target group are users who are informed about...

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Joomla Accessibility and Usability Team - written meeting June / July 2024

By Viviana Menzel on 2024-08-10 08:48 in Joomla Accessibility and Usability Team

Participants Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Viviana Menzel (Team leads), Carlos Camara, Hans Kuijpers, Stefan Wajda Team description The former usability and user experience team has been partially integrated into the accessibility team. Therefore the team description has been changed: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/accessibility-team Subteam The team is small, a sub team is not necessary, it has been archived. Goal Our main goal is to make Joomla (the CMS and the websites of the...

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Notes meeting 07/29/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-08-06 03:06 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, July 29, 2024 Present: Phil, Benjamin, Christiane, Martina, Emmanuel, Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Follow-up of on-going discussions. Item discussed: on-going PRs (templates/mail templates enhancements) sub-teams updates (most archived) survey progress update (presented by Phil) - focus on user experience EDT process (presented by Shirielle) - discussed suggestions and minor changes Action items: feedback and revisions on the EDT process document post...

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Marketing Minutes July 30, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-08-06 01:39 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 30th July 2024, 10:20- 12:18 GMT-07:00 Attendees: Angelika Prox-Dampha, Maria Skampoura, Mike Kritzer   Next steps   brainstorming sessions to better define the target audience develop a strategy to attract media attention to Joomla events, emphasizing the importance of inviting media personnel to cover events to increase visibility. suggested that involving Crystal in future meetings would be beneficial to align on ongoing projects and provide guidance....

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CMS Release Team Meeting July 31, 2024

By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-07-31 20:37 in CMS Release Team

Participants: Jenn, Benjamin Trenkle, Emmanuel Lemor, Christiane, Rachel Walraven, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz Joomla! 5.2 Meeting scheduled for August 8th with the GT team to begin creating the What’s New Tour Other Business Guided Tours PR testing underway. Includes visual and functional improvements as well as a polished autostart feature.  

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Production Dept. Meeting July 23, 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-07-31 14:13 in Production

Duration: 60 minutes Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger (DC), Benjamnin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dieter Ziller, Hannes Papenberg, Llewellyn van der Merwe, Harald Leithner, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard,  Philip Walton, Robert Deutz Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) All three motions passed. PROD2024/005, PROD2024/006, PROD2024/007 Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) Working on a structure for managing enhancement Planning...

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Production Dept. Meeting July 09, 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-07-31 08:31 in Production

Duration: 20 minutes Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger (DC), Dieter Ziller, Hannes Papenberg, Harald Leithner, Llewellyn van der Merwe, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Peter Martin, Philip Walton, Robert Deutz Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) The team is starting to focus on addressing user requests to have a better/more modern template - without breaking accessibility!   Joomla! Accessibility and Usability Team (Christiane Maier-Stadtherr) Christiane, assisted by...

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Notes meeting 07/15/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-07-25 20:10 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, July 15, 2024 Present: Martin, Christiane, Phil, Harald, SD, Olivier Objective:  Follow-up of on-going discussions. Item discussed: Schema.org enhancements (auto-filling of fields). Color schemes for Cassiopeia. Template framework to enable support for different frameworks (not only Bootstrap). How to make it easier to get developers to help and have development completed? Action items: Contact sub-teams and archive inactive ones. Provide process document to help...

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