By Todd Woodward on 2020-07-17 17:09 in Educational Outreach

Joomla Educational Outreach

Conversation update and sync - Meeting Notes
July 17, 2020 - 16:00 UTC

In attendance:  Abdulkadir Shehu Abdulwahab, Laura Gordon, Marco Dings, Shirielle “SD” Williams, Todd Woodward, Laura Gordon, Maarten Blokdijk,Daniel Dubois, 

Apologies: 

Absent: Brian Mitchell, Brian Ronnow, Elisa Foltyn, Holger Kremers, Robbie Adair, Rowan Hoskyns Abrahal, lChris Keen,

 

Invited Guests:  Jaz Parkyn (Programs DC), Marianela Queme, Benjamin Trenkle

Summary:

An informal continuing conversation regarding past and present education outreach initiatives on behalf of Joomla. The conversation is open to any interested parties. We are working to curate existing resources and provide encouragement and assistance to anyone looking to improve education about Joomla. The focus of this working group is to create the framework.

Topics Discussed

1. Q&A with Programs DC

   •  Office Team - proposal, motion, and evidence to Board

     • Proposal: benefits, uses, what makes an official resource, will there be badges, what types of resources, skill levels, etc.

     • Jaz suggested inviting Luca to the next meeting

   • Trademark Update - current site teamjoomla.org implies it is approved by Board; suggestion to use teens4opensource.com for now;

2. Joomla Community Magazine (JCM)

   • Magazine Articles document library created for articles to be considered for submission to JCM.

   • Laura submitted an article about a course taught for New Jersey students in May 2020.  

3. Motion JEO 2020/001: Define a new objective for the working group to create a proposal that covers defining educational resources with the aim of becoming an official Joomla program.
   Proposed by: Todd Woodward, Seconded by: Laura Gordon
   Motion passed unanimously. 

 

Action Items 

• Invite Luca to August meeting

Next Meeting: 

Internal Brainstorming Meeting, Friday, July 24th at 16:00 UTC via Google Meet. 

 

Working Group Meeting

Friday, August 21, 2020 at 16:00 UTC via Google Meet. 

Invite will be sent to team distribution and posted in Glip.

 

Add items to the Agenda Document  by Thursday, August 20th.