I may be reaching a little bit here with this reference to a song released before many of us were born, but I felt it was appropriate and I’m sure you’ve heard. It just so happens that the English singer/songwriter, John Robert "Joe" Cocker OBE, who wrote the song was born on May 20th.
Before I get too far off on a tangent, let me share why I felt it was so fitting. With a little help from my/our/your friends, we can work together to connect these opportunities with the right person. The person with a desire to help, a desire to share their talent, and most of all a willingness to be a part of this growing international community.
We are looking for help in the following areas, please think about you, your friends and their friends to see if anyone would be willing to help.
With that, these are this month’s positions we are looking for help for.
MediaWiki Administrator
The Joomla Documentation team (JDocs) is looking for a MediaWiki administrator. This person will assist the team with JDocs. For the best fit, the person should have good experience with MediaWiki. Are you the right person? Know someone who might be?
Contact JDocs and tell Mike Brandner that you read about it in Community Openings.
For this next set of opportunities, I’m going to present them as I received them. Many have been wondering about our certification program and we’re looking to ramp things up again, but first, we need a little help. Please read through them carefully and reach out to Chris Keen to let him know you’re interested (and of course tell him I sent you).
Joomla Certification Program (JCP) - Operations and Marketing
The JCP is looking for a volunteer to coordinate our Operations and Marketing activities:
Tasks:
Operations:
- Assist Exam Providers in organising exam sessions.
- Manage the Exam Calendar.
- Manage the ticketing system, answering tickets or assigning tickets to the appropriate person.
- Maintain the Certification website
- Send newsletters and mailings.
- Support other teams regarding JCP matters.
Marketing
- Reach out to Exam Providers to promote the Certification Program.
- Create awareness for the Program inside and outside the Joomla! Community
- Manage the JCP Facebook page.
- Liaise with the Joomla Social Media Team.
- Write news and promotional articles
- Create graphics (banners, ads, badges, flyers, etc.).
Basic requirements
Able to carry out the listed tasks (with training and support where needed).
Available 2 hours per week for the tasks and also be able to attend teams meetings (normal duration max. 1 hour).
Further information:
Over the JCP and the team:
The team on the volunteers portal: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/certification-team
The JCP website: https://certification.joomla.org
If you are interested in this position, and/or have questions or doubts, please contact the Certification team or the Team Leader directly (
Joomla Certification Program (JCP) - Platform Developer
The JCP is looking for a volunteer to help us develop our website and exam platform:
- The Joomla Certification Team is looking for a developer who can build a new component for us.
- The main goal for the component is question management to create new multilingual exams.
- The component communicates with our translation platform (Crowdin) and our exam component (Shika).
Tasks:
- Adapt the existing or develop a new Question Management System (QMS) component.
The QMS is used to review and update the exam questions and answers (Q’&A’s).
The QMS needs to be able to export the Q&A’s to Shika (TechJoomla LMS)
The QMS also needs to export and import the Q&A’s to Crowdin for the translations.
- Maintain and further the JCP website and exam platform to meet our changing needs.
Basic requirements
Able to carry out the listed tasks.
(preferred) Skill set: PHP, MySQL, Joomla CMS / Framework, CSS, Javascript.
Available 2 or 3 hours per week for the tasks and also be able to attend teams meetings (normal duration max. 1 hour).
Further information:
Over the JCP and the team:
The team on the volunteers portal: https://volunteers.joomla.org/teams/certification-team
The JCP website: https://certification.joomla.org
If you are interested in this position, and/or have questions or doubts, please contact the Certification team or the Team Leader directly (
Final Words
This month we highlight opportunities that required some specific skills. If you don’t have these, don’t worry there are plenty of others.
If you have any questions or would like help getting connected, contact the Volunteer Engagement Team (VET), we’re here to help.