Joomla User Groups
- the Australian Experience

History
• Sydney Joomla User Group began
in January 2007 by Dex Randall
• Now 10 UGs: Sydney, Melb, Bris,
Canb, Kiama, Adel, Byron Bay,
Geelong, Perth, NZ
• Now helping J1.6 via local
developers like Andrew Eddie

Donate for J1.6
• Encourage $50 donations
• $500 = 1 day development work for
Andrew Eddie
• $1170 to date = 2+ days of development
from Sydney Joomla User Group

JoomlaDay.org.au
• Common place for interaction (forum),
announcements (articles) and sharing
(presentations, photos, tutorials)
• 600 members
• Job exchange in forum
• Streaming UG meeting videos

This Year’s Event
• Sydney JoomlaDay 2009 - 16-17 Oct
• Hopefully held at free venue to keep costs
down
• Two streams: Tech & Beginner/Business
Owner
• Each presenter adds to a site built live
during conference