CiviCRM is an open source contact database. Made and maintained by a global community of developers, administrators and users.
Here is a guide to who is in the CiviCRM Community and how to get involved with it.
3. Who is CiviCRM? • ORGANISATIONS (mostly)
o Core Team
o Partner Organisations
o Member Organisations
• PEOPLE
o Extension Creators/ Maintainers
o Forum Members
o Event Organisers
o Documentation Writers
o Bug fixers
o Developers
o Implementers
o Users
4. Who Are The Core Team?
Coleman Watts
Senior Developer
Josh Gowans
Project Manager
Seamus Lee
Security Team Leader
Tim Otten
Software Architect
Mathieu Lutfy
Infrastructure Team Leader
Eileen McNaughton
Maintenance Team Leader
5. What do the Core Team do?
• Manage CiviCRM Infrastructure
• Oversee production and maintenance of CiviCRM
• Set priorities for development of CiviCRM
• Maintain civicrm.org
• Have stewardship of the CiviCRM Community
• Coordinating Community Summits
8. Who are the CiviCRM Community
Extension
Creators
Developers Bug
Fixers
Forum
Members
Documentation
Writers
Users
Administrators
Event
Organisers
Implementers
10. The Unofficial Hierarchy of CiviCRM
Users
Administrators and
Implementers
Documentation Writers,
Forum Members and Event
Organisers
Bug Fixers, Extension
Maintainers,
Developers
Core
Team
Community
Council
12. CiviCRM Community Council
• 11 people representing the views/interests of the wider Community
• Work with the Core Team deciding development/ direction/ priorities
• Nominations for first council members close on Friday
• Elections 18-28th March
13. Get involved with the CiviCRM Community
Attend events
Become a Partner/ Member
Ask Questions Online
Answer Questions Online
Report Bugs
Request New Features
Organise Events
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Security – Security is in place between the App and the Server. However you do have to think about what security people have in place. For example, locked screens, fingerprints etc.
This extension is pretty new and as Craig has already discussed around the community it does have the backing of a major developer but as always if you want more customisation you will have to pay the developer to do this.
Really do you need this? Maybe not yet, I personally would like some additional permissions to lock to certain user roles rather than a blanket allow if you have CiviCRM backend access. Also would like to see more installations to ensure the longevity of the project before I would say let’s dive in.
First impressions are pretty good though and they have improved massively on first version.