Schedule:

• 11:45 - Welcome and introductions
• 12:00 - Presentation: 'What is Joomla?' by Victor Drover
• 12:20 - Get lunch, return to conference room
• 12:30 - Presentation: 'Extending Joomla!' by Gabe Wahhab
• 12:50 - Discussion about format for future meetings
• 13:15 - Networking as appropriate

Meeting Summary:

• Meeting appears to have been a great success
• Attendees seem spirited and interested in forming a community
• Overall Joomla experience level was quite high
• Meeting Coordinators volunteered:Dan Knauss, Simon Prosser, Jamie Schmid
• Potential Speakers for February Meetup: Tom Egan, John Fisher
• Potential schedule for upcoming meetings:
  • 11:45: Joomla-related seminar (security, SEF/SEO, template design/modification, business strategies, etc...)
  • 12:15: Get Lunch
  • 12:25: Site showcase highlighting technical difficulties, clever solutions, unique extensions, etc...
  • 12:55: Individual problems with group-based discussion and (hopefully) resolution
  • 1:15: Networking
• Web sites and other resources mentioned:
  • Joomla, a users guide (beginners book)
  • Learning Joomla! 1.5 extension development (book)
    
  • http://lynda.com (instructional videos)
  • http://alledia.com (SEO for Joomla)
  • http://docs.joomla.org/Beginners
  • http://extensions.joomla.org/
  • Best of Joomla extension directory
  • CMS Market extension directory

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