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At 6 years old, Joomla is still a young organization, but how many CMS Open Source projects boast a Google page rank of 10, an inspired and ingenious global community spanning every continent and hundreds of countries, and over 25,000,000 downloads powering almost 3% of all websites and holding nearly 10% of the entire CMS market share? Businesses thrive and lives are changed by the availability, flexibility, and power of Joomla. I couldn't agree more with JCM contributor Nicholas Dionysopoulos's recent words: "Joomla! is an enabler of success."
Indeed, Joomla wasn't born yesterday. Its popularity is thanks to the founders, a community that cares deeply, and the many people who have worked hard to contribute, lead, produce the code, and protect the Joomla name and its finances since the very beginning. I witnessed Joomla's birth as a Mambo user from afar, and today am fortunate to have become involved in the project in meaningful ways, connected to many who make it what it is.
Joomla has seen a lot of changes since its beginning, and no doubt will see many more. As we get bigger and older it is important to re-evaluate the way we do things. Facing change with reluctance is human nature, and I confess a twinge of sadness over the leadership structure changes discussion, because I enjoy being a part of OSM. But if a new structure is arrived at thoughtfully, with input from the community and via a transparent process, the project will be well-equipped to face the next season. It is a positive, hopeful initiative, and I am confident that a solution will be reached that is worthy of Joomla.
One place to stay informed of all kinds of Joomla-related news, info and people, is right here on the JCM. I have been a part of the magazine's own seasons and story of becoming since it started, and am honored this month to be asked to join Paul Orwig and Dianne Henning in the lead editor cockpit. My wish is that in this issue you will find something to inspire, inform, and maybe even motivate you to share your Joomla experience or how-to expertise by submitting an article for a future issue. Thanks for reading!
Joomla! sitebuilder and freelance web designer specializing in non-profits. Co-Lead Editor on the Joomla! Community Magazine, and Secretary on the Board of Open Source Matters.
Dear Alice,
Thank you for sharing this lovely story of change and growth and hope! You put positive and inspiring messages into words as naturally as you'd reach down to pick up a beautiful Autumn leaf that catches your eye.
You are more than just connected to those who make Joomla what it is. You are one of those who make Joomla better, and I am proud to serve alongside you, both on the JCM team as well as on the OSM board.
Hey Alice!
Thank you and everybody involved for the new magazine issue!
There is one thing I don't understand:
A solution for what exactly?
I read about the leadership change proposal, but to be honest, I couldn't follow the conversation after a while and totally got lost why changes are necessary in the first place. There is a lot of "white noise" with terms from joomla's community structure like commitees, presidents, boards, board minutes, OSM, community leadership and I have no idea who is doing what, where and when and how all these entities are related to each other.
It is very hard for a person that is not that involved with all these terms and structures to follow what is going on. When I read the comments from jpeople, it feels a group of joomla enthusiasts is talking about what only they understand, while regular users simply cannot follow no more.
Is there probably an article somewhere that sums it up for regular joomla users? That would help me a lot to understand things better and it would also help me to take part in requested community inputs.
However, keep up the great work everybody!
Thanks for commenting Mark! I'll try to sum it up as best I can: Joomla was born just over 6 years ago when it split from Mambo. Back then there was one core team managing everything. Open Source Matters was formed to serve the legal and financial interests of the project. Eventually the core team was divided up to specifically cover the code development and the community. Today the leadership is made up of the Production Leadership Team, the Community Leadership Team, and OSM. They are three mostly parallel groups with uneven accountability, which complicates leadership tasks and causes some frustration within the community and the leadership. While this system has gotten us safely and successfully this far (as my article points out), many think that given Joomla's growing size and maturity, it is time to rethink the leadership structure. I am not aware of an article about the history of Joomla leadership or I'd point you to it. Hope this helps.
Hi Alice,
I am a corporate vice president located in Toronto, Ontario. Our company builds robots that tests electronic boards. My wife is starting a business, it is really still a concept, and as a next step she asked me if I could set up a website for her. I blog for fun on a site on Godaddy, but my wife's need for a website surpass my blogging site by a mile. Even though I am not an expert in web technologies, I started searching for an open source tool and quickly came across Joomla, installed it on my PC, got it going and discovered how powerful it can be. Not to mention how quickly you can get a sophisticatd website up and running. I am writing to you to encourage you and every one in the project to keep the good work. I am also writing to express my amazement and fascination with how you guys keep the finances of these open source projects going. I would love to learn and understand about how that part works. If you get a chance, please cast some light on this aspect of the open source community and projects in one of your editorials.
With Best Wishes,
Thanks for writing Farouk! I know how excited you feel to discover the power of Joomla! You will find a timeline of the budget process here (community feedback will happen in December): http://community.joomla.org/blogs/leadership/1516-2012-goal-setting-and-budget- planning-process.html. Keep an eye on the Community and Leadership blogs for more posts like that. I also suggest you join the Joomla! People Portal (http://people.joomla.org) where you can connect with the Joomla community and follow groups like the Leadership Blog group and the Open Source Matters group for more discussion. If you are in Toronto, I suggest you check out the Joomla User Group Toronto http://toronto.joomla.ca/ - there are some great people in that group!
