My Joomla Story - JoomlaDay Bosnia & Herzegovina 2013

Joomla!Day Bosnia & Herzegovina - May 4, 2013
Sander Potjer - @sanderpotjer
Joomla! Community Leadership Team
My Joomla! Story

www.joomla.org Joomla!Day Bosnia & Herzegovina 2013
Sarajevo -> Weesp

Weesp

Weesp, Amsterdam & Pampus

Pampus

Voor-Pampus rowing team in 2002

Muiden-Pampus-Muiden

Muiden-Pampus-Muiden training

Enjoying beers after hard work

My first webpage: ‘drinks overview’

Slowly growing into website

Okay, yes... I used FrontPage too!

How do websites update links?

CuteNews, no database required

Rowing website in CuteNews

But then, my first website using a CMS...

... a CMS, called “Joomla!”

Started to help people on local forum

Help out others on local or
international Joomla forums.
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Joined on of the active teams

Joined on of the active teams locally

Join team of local /
international communities.
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Joomla translations

Translate Joomla, Joomla
extensions & Joomla
documentation.
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My first Joomla!Day in 2008

Attend Joomla events.
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Sitting next to future team mates

Fork of the local community

Start of JoomlaCommunity.eu in 2008

JoomlaDay UK in 2009

Member of the Dutch Joomla!Days team 2009

Joomla 1.6 release party 2011

Local foundation “Stichting Sympathy” 2011

Start of Joomla User Groups in The Netherlands in 2010

Alphen a/d Rijn
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Utrecht
Heerenveen
Assen
Zwolle
Enschede
Zutphen
Arnhem/Nijmegen
‘s-Hertogenbosch
Breda
Venlo
Maastricht
Antwerpen
Meanwhile 15 JUG’s in The Netherlands

Bosnia & Herzegovina JUG’s

Organize / speak / attend
Joomla User Groups.
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Started testing new versions of Joomla

And report (& sometimes fix) issues

Help testing Joomla & report
(and fix?) bugs.
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Joined the Community Leadership Team 2011

Back to my rowing team

Joomla does not have a “steersman”

Joomla Leadership at JWC 2012

Open Source Matters

Join the Joomla trademark
team.
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Production Leadership Team

Community Leadership Team

Joomla Leadership at JWC 2012
PLT
PLT PLT
PLTPLT
CLT
CLT
OSM
OSM
OSM OSM
OSM
OSM OSM
OSM
OSM
OSM

Working with people from all around the globe

Language barriers: challenges

But it is fun!

Printed local Dutch Joomla Magazine

Write article for Joomla Community Magazine

Share knowledge by writing
articles.
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CLT Liaison for Joomla Extensions Directory

Joomla Extensions Directory:
review, report or join the
team.
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Joomla marketing group www.joomla.org/3

Main communication via Skype group chat

Sneak preview of joomla.org improvements

With detection for other languages

Join the Joomla Marketing
team.
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Started rowing in 2002

Still rowing 10 years later, but learned more then just rowing!

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Help out others on local or international Joomla forums.
Join team of local / international communities
Translate Joomla, Joomla extensions & Joomla documentation.
Attend Joomla events.
Organize / speak / attend Joomla User Groups.
Help testing Joomla & report (and fix?) bugs.
Join the Joomla trademark team.
Share knowledge by writing articles.
Joomla Extensions Directory: review, report or join the team.
Join the Joomla Marketing team.
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