By Todd Woodward on 2025-03-20 14:19 in Joomla User Groups Team

JUG Team Meeting, August 27, 2024

Todd Woodward, your JUG Team Meeting notes.

Date: 27 Aug 2024, 14:18 EDT
Attendees: Todd Woodward, Laura Gordon, Abdulkadir Shehu

Meeting Summary

The meeting covered several key topics. The group also coordinated logistics for upcoming meetings, including a leadership meeting for Joomla User Group leaders, and addressed the recent suspension of the Joomla Facebook page, which they are appealing. Finally, they confirmed scheduling for future meetings, ensuring participant availability.

Next Steps

• Laura indicates that she is close to finishing the meeting notes and emphasizes the need to ensure that all team meeting records are uploaded to the website. (25:43)
• Todd mentions the need to take an inventory of the documents stored on the shared drive to ensure that all updates are accounted for. (26:05)
• Laura proposed to have another leadership meeting in the fall to discuss support for JUGs and to review the spreadsheet of active JUGs, determining their current status. (27:01)
• Todd confirmed that he would send out the meeting invite in the afternoon, ensuring that participants can plan accordingly. (38:30)

 

Topics & Highlights

5. Meeting Logistics and Team Coordination (23:59)

• Laura indicates that she is close to finishing the meeting notes and emphasizes the need to ensure that all team meeting records are uploaded to the website.
• Todd mentions the need to take an inventory of the documents stored on the shared drive to ensure that all updates are accounted for.

6. Joomla User Group Leadership Meeting Planning

• Laura proposed to have another leadership meeting in the fall to discuss support for JUGs and to review the spreadsheet of active JUGs, determining their current status.
• It was decided that the leadership meeting should ideally take place in November, allowing for proper planning and notification.
• There was a concern raised about the attendance of Ahmad, who has been doing important work but has not been attending meetings. The group expressed the need for him to participate more actively.

7. Facebook Page Suspension Issue

• Todd expressed frustration over the unexplained suspension of their legitimate Facebook page, noting that appeals have not been successful and that there is no clear reason for the action taken by Meta.

8. Meeting Scheduling and Attendance

• Todd confirmed that he would send out the meeting invite in the afternoon, ensuring that participants can plan accordingly.
• Laura confirmed her availability for the Joomla Day event, indicating that she should be around that week.
• Todd mentioned that his business partner, Melinda, has moved her event to a different part of the year, which is more advantageous for her, thus avoiding scheduling conflicts in April.