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1. Proposed 2012 CLT Goals

   For the first part of the 2012 budget process, the CLT has come up with the following goals.

   Goal #1: Final Rollout of the New Site Templates

   Task: Rollout each new site template as they are ready

   Task: Open up a channel where people can provide feedback and report any usage issues

   Task: Respond to reported issues

   Target Date for Completion: As they are ready, between now and February 2012

   Resources required: Volunteer time.

   Goal #2: Assess the amount of data channels currently in use and try to condense where possible

   Task: Have a team of individuals from the CLT perform an analysis of the current community channels and see where some merging of resources and content can be done.

   Task: Combine research into a document to share with the CLT and request community feedback as well.

   Target Date for completion: February 2012

   Resources required: Volunteer time.

   Goal #3: Rollout Paid features for JRD/JED Directories.

   Task: Implement payment system

   Task: Define rules and guidelines, terms and conditions

   Task: Testing period before launch

   Target Date for completion: January 2012 for task #1 and #3. As soon as requested legal guidance is provided for Task #2

   Resources Required: Legal guidance and documentation, which needs to be provided through OSM. This has been requested, currently waiting for that information.

   Goal #4: Template Directory (JTD) Launch

   Task: Launch a working version of the Template Directory

   Task: Recruit a team of editors and put it to work

   Resources Required:

    

   • Legal guidance and documentation to determine that the Terms of Use for the site are aligned with our ™
   • Possible Travel for team members to meet face to face
   • Volunteer time is also required.

    

   Target Date for completion: February 2012

   We'd like to thank all of the volunteers on the various CWG teams who have helped to make the above goals possible for 2012. The Joomla community is lucky to have so many hard working people making these exciting things happen!

   We invite the community to provide feedback here in the CWG group of the Joomla People site: http://people.joomla.org/groups/viewdiscussion/1371-2012-proposed-clt-goals.html?groupid=398

   
   

   

   
2. Proposed PLT 2012 Goals

   As part of the normal budgeting process, the Production Leadership Team has come up with four goals for 2012. Those goals concern releases of the Joomla Platform and the Joomla CMS, continuing maintenance updates, and outreach and promotion to a technical audience.

   
   

   

   
3. Community feedback requested on OSM's top 2012 goal ideas

   As part of the Joomla! project's 2012 goal setting and budget planning proposed process, the Open Source Matters board of directors (OSM) has come up with some ideas for possible top OSM 2012 goals and priorities. Those ideas are listed below.

   
   

   

   
4. 2012 Goal setting and budget planning proposed process

   With an October 25th announcement on the public Joomla! leadership email list, work has begun on the Joomla! project's 2012 goal setting and budget planning proposed process. 2011 was the first year that the Production Leadership Team (PLT), Community Leadership Team, (CLT) and Open Source Matters board of directors (OSM) put in the extra effort to first define their goals for the year before they began work on their parts of the project's overall budget.

   
   

   

   
5. Roadmap Meeting Recap

   We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the experimental Joomla Roadmap Meeting that was held last Friday live in NYC and virtually via live streaming on Ustream and twitter. This meeting was looking at the next major revision of Joomla after the long-term support release 2.5 comes out in a few months.