Reports

Notes meeting 05/19/25

By Olivier Buisard on 2025-05-27 14:51 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Benjamin, Martin, Martina, Gary, Emmanuel, Shirielle, Olivier Objective: Follow up on on-going projects Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker: time is running out, all actors part of other major projects, so hard to move forward fast. Some aspects of the project overlap with what is already being done to help users update to Joomla 6. How can we make the update checks part of the health checker? GSoC and Academy: all projects started, students/mentors to get to know each...

Forum Meeting May 2025

By Olaf Offick on 2025-05-26 11:55 in Forum Team

Discussion about certain user's behaviour Discussion about anti spam mechanism. Discussion about recent spam wave

GSoC'25 - Workflow Enhancements [Week Report #2]

By Dileepkumar Adari on 2025-05-23 17:38 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: May 19 - 23, 2025 The second Workflow Enhancements project review meeting was held on May 23, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Dileep Adari and Christiane Maier-Stadtherr. It was focused on the plan for the future work and the understanding of the codebase. What has been done throughout the week May 19-20: Compared some of the existing workflow management system for inspiration and documented what are the best views from...

JUG Team Meeting - May 22, 2025

By Todd Woodward on 2025-05-23 14:39 in Joomla User Groups Team

Attendees: Todd Woodward, Laura Gordon, Abdulkadir Shehu, Davide Messia, Angelika Prox Dampha, Emmanuel Lemor Meeting Summary:The meeting commenced with attendance confirmation and agenda setting, led by Todd, who referenced a document from the outreach department. The JUG leadership meeting was scheduled for July 8th at 11 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. The team discussed the importance of engaging Joomla User Groups (JUGs) and the need for better communication and support. Concerns were raised...

Production Dept. Meeting May 13, 2025

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2025-05-21 16:15 in Production

Duration: 22 minsAttendeesSigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Chrisitane Maier-stadtherr, Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren, Heiko Lübbe, Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Philip Walton, Richard Fath, Robert Deutz, Viviana Menzel Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) Invited developers to the Health Checker meeting to present the project and discuss the underlying architecture needs. GSoC Kickoff meeting with mentors and students Joomla! Accessibility and Usability Team...

GSoC'25 - Joomla! AI Framework [Week Report #1]

By Charvi on 2025-05-21 09:17 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: May 9-21, 2025 The first Joomla! AI Framework project kickoff session was successfully held on May 11, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Charvi Mehra, Eoin and Shivam Rajput. Key Accomplishments May 10: Participated in the Joomla! GSoC Kickoff Session Interacted with mentors, other GSoC contributors, and core team Assigned to prepare introduction article for Joomla Magazine (due May 13) May 11: Completed first draft of introduction...

Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - May 19, 2025

By Martin Kopp on 2025-05-19 20:38 in Bug Squad

Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Hannes, Christiane, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 50 minutes - Discussed a few issues. Statistics Server Issue - see Meeting Agenda. Next Meeting: June 16th, 2025 moved 1 week because of holiday (Pentecost)

GSoC'25 - Workflow Enhancements [Week Report #1]

By Dileepkumar Adari on 2025-05-16 13:43 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Report Period: May 12 - 16, 2025 The Workflow Enhancements project Kick-Off-Meeting was held on May 11, 2025 and the first review meet on May 16, 2025. The meeting was attended by Benjamin Trenkle, Dileep Adari and Christiane Maier-Stadtherr. It was focused on project onboarding, understanding the Joomla! workflow system, and setting up the development environment. Initial meetings helped clarify goals and responsibilities. What has been done throughout the week May...

OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - May 15, 2025

By Philip Walton on 2025-05-15 08:23 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc. Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: May 15, 2025 Time: 17:00 UTC Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes Location: Google Meet Link Note: Carlos Cámara left at 18:30 UTC. Participants President: Maria Skampoura Vice President: Emmanuel Lemor Treasurer: Nadja Lamisch Production DC: Sigrid Gramlinger Operations DC: Carlos Cámara Secretary: Phil Walton Proxies: Carlos Cámara proxy for Angelika Prox Apologies: Outreach DC: Angelika Prox...

JCM Meeting Report, May 13th, 2025

By Anja de Crom on 2025-05-13 15:41 in Community Magazine Team

Attendees: Claudia Weber-Lenck, Anja de Crom, Herman Peeren, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Dan Atrill, Emmanuel Lemor What did we talk about This was a chat meeting to go over the content of the May issue. We have a good number of articles in the making. The meeting lasted 45 minutes. Want to join a JCM meeting? You are more than welcome! Our meetings take place in the dedicated JCM channel on Mattermost. They're chat meetings, so if people can't join us during the meeting, they can...

Notes meeting 05/05/25

By Olivier Buisard on 2025-05-13 15:32 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Benjamin, Martin, Martina, Emmanuel, Shirielle, Olivier Objective: Follow up on on-going projects Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker: invite developers to the next meet so that we can present the project and get advice on underlying architecture. GSoC: projects approved, student and mentor details at https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2025/organizations/joomla. Thanks to Shivam and mentors! Next Meeting: 2025-05-19 1500 UTC

Marketing Minutes May 6, 2025

By Mike Kritzer on 2025-05-10 00:55 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 6th May 2025, 10:10-11:25 GMT-07:00 Attendees: Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM, Tom van der Laan, Uta Schmitz-Esser, Emmanuel Lemor Next steps * Tom van der Laan confirmed his responsibility for preparing the images and articles for the Joomla releases on the website. * It was agreed that the team will also prepare content for social media related to the Joomla releases. * The next step involves scheduling social...

Joomla! Welcomes GSoC 2025 Contributors

By Shivam Rajput on 2025-05-09 16:58 in Google Summer of Code Joomla Team

Joomla Selected for GSoC 2025! Joomla has been officially selected as a mentoring organization for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to mentor talented contributors and advance key areas of the Joomla ecosystem. Welcome Session – Meet & Greet A successful welcome session was held with all selected contributors and mentors. Introductions between contributors and admins. Overview of project timelines and expectations Clarification of...

Marketing Minutes April 8, 2025

By Mike Kritzer on 2025-05-06 16:53 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 8th April 2025, 10:29-12:23 GMT-07:00Attendees: Emmanuel Lemor, Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM Next steps Emmanuel suggests the need to find qualified marketing professionals to join the team, indicating a clear direction for future recruitment efforts. Lemor proposed that Joomla could benefit from sending targeted emails to agencies and freelancers on a quarterly basis to re-engage them with the platform. Emmanuel Lemor expresses a need for a manager to provide a list of...

Enhanced Visibility Through Participation in Events

By Angelika Prox-Dampha on 2025-05-05 01:51 in Outreach

Outreach-DC has actively engaged in several high-profile events to enhance Joomla's visibility within the marketing, cloud computing, and advertising sectors. By wearing Joomla-branded apparel, distributing business cards, and participating in discussions, Joomla's unique role in the digital ecosystem has been / will be effectively highlighted. CloudFest (March 18–20, 2025) CloudFest stands as the premier global event for internet infrastructure, aiming to connect the...

Production Dept. Meeting April 29, 2025

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2025-05-02 20:18 in Production

Duration: 35 minsAttendeesSigrid Gramlinger, David Jardin, Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren, Heiko Lübbe, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Philip Walton, Viviana Menzel Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Adam Melcher is looking for people to re-activate the Certification Team. PHPStorm licenses from JetBrains - Sigrid contacted them and asked for renewal of our 50 Open Source licenses Bug Squad Team (Martin Kopp) Meeting held 28.4.2025, only 3...

OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - May 1, 2025

By Philip Walton on 2025-05-01 07:42 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: May 01, 2025 Time: 17:00 UTC Total time of meeting: 65 minutes Attendees: President - Maria Skampoura Vice President - Emmanuel Lemor Production DC - Sigrid Gramlinger Outreach DC - Angelika Prox Dampha Secretary - Phil Walton Apologies: Treasurer - Nadja Lamisch Operations DC - Carlos Cámara Proxies: Sigrid for Carlos Discussion...

Notes meeting 04/21/25

By Olivier Buisard on 2025-04-29 15:41 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Patrick, Benjamin, Hannes, Shirielle, Olivier Objective: Follow up on on-going projects Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker Joomla Academy (Extended deadline for registrations), GSoC: projects approved announced May 8th.Timeline at https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/programs/summer-of-code. We should train applicants that are motivated but were not accepted for GSoC or Joomla Academy projects to work with/participate in Joomla, learn standards, join teams. GSoC...

Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - April, 28, 2025

By Martin Kopp on 2025-04-29 15:10 in Bug Squad

Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 59 minutes - Discussed a few issues. We will try to close more issues. Discussed minimal PHP Version. No problem with PHP 8.3 as long as DB Version don't change. Aftermath: Instead of using a separate list, we will use https://github.com/orgs/joomla/projects/5 (Issue Cleanup) more in the future to help manage and decrease number of issues. Thanks to everyone participating and contributing.

Production Dept. Meeting April 15, 2025

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2025-04-26 08:54 in Production

Duration: 8 Mins.- Shortest meeting ever.AttendeesSigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg, Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren, Heiko Lübbe Llewellyn van der Merwe, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Peter Martin, Richard Fath CMS Release Team (Benjamin Trenkle) Joomla! 5.3.0 released Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) GSoC Evaluation Phase for Proposals is running. Guided Tours: contact with Shepherd team who is...

Notes meeting 04/07/25

By Olivier Buisard on 2025-04-15 01:43 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Martin, Emmanuel, Phil, Gary, Shirielle, Olivier Objective: Follow up on on-going projects Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker - we need help with underline architecture Joomla Academy (Extended deadline for registrations), GSoC: projects approved announced May 8th.Timeline at https://buildyourfuture.withgoogle.com/programs/summer-of-code. Next Meeting: 2025-04-21 1500 UTC

Production Dept. Meeting April 1st 2025

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2025-04-07 20:08 in Production

Duration: 38 Mins.AttendeesSigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Philip Walton, Richard Fath, Viviana Menzel Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) JetBrains is asking for feedback on their product PHPStorm (we have free licenses for maintainers). They want to feature Joomla as one of the open source projects they are supporting. Feedback, Use cases,iInsights, stories are...

OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - April 03, 2025

By Philip Walton on 2025-04-03 07:36 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: April 03, 2025 Time: 17:00 UTC Total time of meeting: 75 minutes Attendees: President - Maria Skampoura Vice President - Emmanuel Lemor Treasurer - Nadja Lamisch Production DC - Sigrid Gramlinger Outreach DC - Angelika Prox Dampha Operations DC - Carlos Cámara Secretary - Phil Walton Apologies: None Proxies: None Discussion outline Treasurer Updates/Proposed Topics: The missing...

Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - March, 31, 2025

By Martin Kopp on 2025-04-01 16:20 in Bug Squad

Attendees: Brian, Emmanuel, Hannes, Martin (Teamlead) - Duration: 61 minutes - Discussed 5 PR/issues - talked about getting old, abandoned PRs out of the way of testers - Thanks to everyone participating and contributing.

JCM kick-off meeting for the April issue

By Anja de Crom on 2025-04-01 16:01 in Community Magazine Team

Attendees: Claudia Weber-Lenck, Anja de Crom, Herman Peeren, Dan Atrill, Serge Billon, Viviana Menzel, Brian Teeman, Emmanuel Lemor, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Maria Skampoura What did we talk about This was a chat meeting to collect ideas and find out what everyone's going to write for the April issue. As usual we had people coming in and moving out the channel, and extra chaos and confusion because of daylight saving time. The meeting lasted a little under an hour. Want to...

JCM Meeting Report, March 14th, 2025

By Anja de Crom on 2025-04-01 15:56 in Community Magazine Team

Attendees: Claudia Weber-Lenck, Anja de Crom, Herman Peeren, Maria Skampoura, Brian Teeman What did we talk about This was a chat meeting to go over the content of the March issue. We have a good number of articles in the making. The meeting lasted 30 minutes (our shortest ever). Want to join a JCM meeting? You are more than welcome! Our meetings take place in the dedicated JCM channel on Mattermost. They're chat meetings, so if people can't join us during the meeting, they can...

Notes meeting 03/24/25

By Olivier Buisard on 2025-04-01 03:20 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Martin, Emmanuel, Christiane, Hannes, Gary, Shirielle, Olivier Objective: Follow up on on-going projects Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker, Joomla Academy (Kick-off April 14), GSoC: projects approved announced May 8th, a couple mentors still needed for the AI project. API improvements project may conflict with Academy's migration project but could complement each other, Weblinks projects aim at testing Weblinks - needs a description of the project change. Contact...

Marketing Minutes March 25, 2025

By Mike Kritzer on 2025-03-26 20:12 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 25th March 2025, 11:06-12:07 GMT-07:00 Attendees: Tom van der Laan, Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM Next steps Tom van der Laan discussed the possibility of the German agency creating merchandise for an upcoming birthday and contributing to the marketing team, indicating a potential next step in collaboration. Tom van der Laan will contact a German designer to arrange merchandise for the anniversary celebration, aiming to have fresh designs ready. Mike offers to help...

Production Dept. Meeting March 18th 2025

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2025-03-24 16:37 in Production

Duration: 38 Mins.AttendeesSigrid Gramlinger, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg, Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren, Heiko Lübbe, Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Philip Walton, Richard Fath, Robert Deutz, Viviana Menzel CMS Release Team (Benjamin Trenkle) 4.4.12 released (Security release) 5.2.5 released (Security release) 5.3.0 Beta 3 released Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier Buisard) GSoC 2025: >110...

Second 90 days report

By Angelika Prox-Dampha on 2025-03-23 00:56 in Outreach

Onboarding & Access In January 2025, DC Production Sigrid Gramlinger held a helpful onboarding session covering key technical procedures. Treasurer Nadja Lamisch also provided valuable input following board meetings. Gaining access to critical accounts and editable social media files remained a challenge initially, but access was eventually secured for the social media Google account and Google Analytics reports. In addition the system of the google drive became more clearly...