First 90 Days Report

By Angelika Prox-Dampha on 2024-12-29 23:21 in Outreach

In the final weeks of 2024, I contacted all Team Leads and members in the Outreach Department via Mattermost. Some teams had been inactive for years; several were reactivated quickly, others are gradually returning. A regular all-TL meeting was not feasible due to global time zones, so I joined individual team meetings when possible. Hence the topics are quite independent there a joint meeting is not a priority. Attending the team meetings has helped deepen my understanding of the work in...

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Marketing Minutes December 17, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-12-19 17:17 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 17th December 2024, 10:13-11:59 GMT-08:00 Attendees: Emmanuel Lemor, Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM, Tom van der Laan Next steps Emmanuel Lemor proposed the idea of producing numerous short instructional videos to create a comprehensive resource library for NGOs, enabling them to better utilize Joomla. There is an interest in experimenting with AI to create short instructional videos based on existing articles, indicating a potential direction for future projects. Emmanuel...

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Notes meeting 12/16/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-12-17 17:34 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Christiane, Martin, Martina, Emmanuel, Gary, Phil, Benjamin, Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Update on projects. Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker (meeting ahead), Joomla Academy (looking for UI/UX mentors, nobody came forward so far), Migration tool (Wordpress to Joomla) - much help from Hannes, meet with the original developer ahead, Featured articles PR 43907 - changes made by Christiane, Guided Tours: Shepherd library licensing change, looking for a replacement...

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Production Dept. Meeting December 10 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-12-17 08:24 in Production

Duration: 12 Mins.   Attendees   Sigrid Gramlinger, Benkamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren, Heiko Lübbe,  Olivier Buisard, Richard Fath, Robert Deutz Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Motion PROD2024/010 was rejected (Cookie Manager from GSOC2021 in Joomla Core)2 in favour, 10 against, 3 abstained Bug Squad  Team (Martin Kopp) Meeting held 2024-12-09 Joomla! Enhancement Development Team (Olivier...

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Marketing Minutes December 3, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-12-10 17:02 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 3rd December 2024, 10:02-11:09 GMT-08:00Attendees: Mike Kritzer, Emmanuel Lemor, Tom van der Laan, Outreach DC OSM, Alireza Javaherian, Maria Skampoura Meeting SummaryThe group discussed technical support challenges, concerns about the Outreach team's exclusion from website design decisions, and issues with outdated training courses on Joomla. Future plans for Joomla's 20th anniversary were proposed, emphasizing leadership involvement. The need for user feedback in Joomla's...

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Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - December, 9, 2024

By Martin Kopp on 2024-12-09 20:02 in Bug Squad

Attendees: Rolf, Brian, Hannes, Emmanuel, Nicola, Martin (Teamlead) Duration: 50 minutes Discussed 4 issues  591 Issues marked as bug, 756 in total. Thanks to the team for bringing the numbers down! Next Meeting: 2025-01-06 2000 CET 1900 UTC

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Notes meeting 12/02/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-12-02 19:01 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Present: Martin, Martina, Hannes, Emmanuel, Gary, Phil, Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Update on projects. Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker (still in the feasability phase, more updates next time), Joomla Academy (looking for projects, UI/UX mentors), Migration tool (Wordpress to Joomla) - More attention to it, issues are added to Github, addition of drone through the project to help hash issues out (thank you Hannes), Featured articles PR 43907 - goal for inclusion in...

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SA&S Minutes 2024-12-02

By Harald Leithner on 2024-12-02 16:40 in Software Architecture & Strategy Team

Attendees: Guido De Gobbis, Harald Leithner InputFilter Main topic of this meeting was the discussion about the Input and InputFilter and the return mixed value. The Joomla Input Object returns NULL, Integer or and array of Integer for the Int Filter. Some solutions have been discussed in the chat and in the meeting.

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Production Dept. Meeting November 26 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-12-01 10:47 in Production

Duration: 21 Mins.   Attendees   Sigrid Gramlinger, Benkamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg,  Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren, Heiko Lübbe,  Martin Kopp, Martina Scholz, Olivier Buisard, Peter Martin, Robert Deutz Production Department Coordinator (Sigrid Gramlinger) Dicussion about Cookie Manager in Joomla 5.3. There are pro's and con's. We will make a motion. Bug Squad  Team (Martin Kopp) Constantly working on reducing the issue count...

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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - November 28, 2024

By Philip Walton on 2024-11-28 14:18 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: November 28, 2024 Time: 18:00 UTC Total time of meeting: 30 minutes Attendees: Philip Walton (Vice President), Sigrid Gramlinger (Director), Angelika Prox-Dampha (Director), Carlos Camara (Director). Apologies: Luca Marzo (Secretary). Proxies: Discussion outline Treasurer Physical address sent an email for renewal. This should be paid automatically in January via paypal. Check with the accountant...

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CMS Release Team Meeting November 27, 2024

By Benjamin Trenkle on 2024-11-27 19:00 in CMS Release Team

Participants: Jenn, Stefan, Benjamin, Phil, Olivier, Emmanuel, Peter, Christiane, Martin, Claudia, Martina, Rachel, Rolf, SD Release 5.2 Joomla! 5.2.2 released    Release 5.3 Joomla! 5.3 Alpha 1 released Language We currently have 50 language packages for Joomla 5.x. 9 are for 5.0.x 7 are for 5.1.x 5 are for 5.2.0 13 are for 5.2.1 16 are for 5.2.2 We currently have 57 language packages for Joomla 4.x  

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Marketing Minutes November 19, 2024

By Mike Kritzer on 2024-11-23 21:01 in Marketing Team

Date: Tuesday, 19th November 2024, 10:06- 11:08 GMT-08:00 Attendees: Maria Skampoura, Mike Kritzer, Outreach DC OSM Next steps Maria emphasizes the need to onboard new users and create a dedicated page for volunteers to facilitate their involvement in social media and marketing tasks. There is a suggestion to create a landing page that includes a volunteer sign-up form with department selection and a Mattermost login link. Maria Skampoura proposes to advertise the new landing page on...

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Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - November, 18, 2024

By Martin Kopp on 2024-11-18 21:36 in Bug Squad

Attendees: Rolf Dautrich, Brian Teeman, ChristianeMaier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg, Martin Kopp (Teamlead) Duration: 65 minutes Discussed 15 issues, Closed 6, Relabeled 3   Next Meeting: 2024-12-09 2000 CET 1900 UTC

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Production Dept. Meeting November 12 2024

By Christiane Maier-Stadtherr on 2024-11-16 21:49 in Production

Duration: 22 Mins. Attendees Sigrid Gramlinger, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Hannes Papenberg,  Harald Leithner, Herman Peeren,  Martin Kopp, Olivier Buisard, Richard Fath, Robert Deutz, Viviana Menzel Bug Squad  Team (Martin Kopp) Meeting held Oct 28, 2024 4 Attendees, Meeting every 3 Weeks Mondays 19:00 UTC, next Meeting Nov 18 CMS Release Team (Benjamin Trenkle) Joomla! 5.2.1 successful released Joomla! Accessibility and Usability Team (Christiane...

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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - November 14, 2024

By Luca Marzo on 2024-11-14 19:19 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: November 14, 2024Time: 18:00 UTCTotal time of meeting: 1 hour 20 minutes Attendees: Philip Walton (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Sigrid Gramlinger (Director), Angelika Prox-Dampha (Director), Carlos Camara (Director). Apologies: Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer). Proxies: Luca Marzo served as proxy for Nadja Lamisch. Discussion outline Treasurer Donation from Templatejoomla $296.53 Reports are in...

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Notes meeting 11/04/24

By Olivier Buisard on 2024-11-12 02:39 in Joomla! Enhancement Development Team

Date: Monday, November 4, 2024 Present: Benjamin, Martin, Emmanuel, Gary, Phil, Shirielle, Olivier Objective:  Update on projects. Item discussed: Joomla Health Checker Joomla Academy Migration tool (Wordpress to Joomla) Decisions made: N/A  Action items: test PR 43907 (Backend Featured removal view) list portential reboots of GSoC projects for Academy Next Meeting: 2024-11-18 1400 UTC

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Joomla Bugsquad Meeting - October, 28, 2024

By Martin Kopp on 2024-11-05 13:51 in Bug Squad

Attendees: Emanuel Lemor, Brian Teeman, Hannes Papenberg, Martin Kopp (Teamlead) Duration: 45 minutes Items discussed: - Meeting schedule: Every three weeks on Mondays, 1900 UTC- Tasks of the Bug Squad- Issue Tracker Next Meeting: 2024-11-18 2000 CET 1900 UTC

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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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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - October 31, 2024

By Philip Walton on 2024-10-31 14:13 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Participants: Philip Walton (Vice President), Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer), Sigrid Gramlinger (Director), Angelika Prox-Dampha (Director) Apologies: Crystal Dionysopoulos (President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Carlos Camara (Director) Proxies: Phil for Luca Angelika joined the meeting at 18:15 UTC Discussion outline Treasurer Reimbursement from Kazuo for the JoomlaDay Brazil. It is about $587 Still no answer or...

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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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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - October 17, 2024

By Philip Walton on 2024-10-17 14:00 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting Date: October 17, 2024 Time: 17:00 UTC Total time of meeting: 1 hour 20 minutes Attendees: Crystal Dionysopoulos (President), Philip Walton (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Carlos Camara (Director). Apologies:  Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer), Sigrid Gramlinger (Director), Angelika Prox-Dampha (Director). Proxies: Luca Marzo served as proxy for Nadja Lamisch. Carlos Camara served as proxy for Sigrid...

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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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Inception Report

By Angelika Prox-Dampha on 2024-09-30 21:56 in Outreach

Navigating the Transition:Account of Assuming the Role of Outreach Department Coordinator at Joomla Stepping into the role of Outreach Department Coordinator within the Joomla community is both an honor and a significant responsibility. I felt touched by the trust given to me by the community. This position serves as a bridge between the Joomla project and its global audience, ensuring effective communication, engagement, and growth. However, the transition into this role revealed 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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