Schedule:

• 11:45, Lunch and introduction of new members
• 11:50, Joomla Template Design - Robert Jacobi
• 12:45, Site showcase - John Fisher, http://gatortool.com
• 1:00, Group troubleshooting/open discussion
  • Use our group expertise to set up website at a meeting for NFP organization?

• 1:15, Announcements and networking
  • Speaker(s) for next meeting
    • John Fisher
    • Vic Drover - CCK for Joomla: mountain vs. jungle (K2 vs. ZOO)
    • Joomla 101 @ 11:00 ??
  • Site Showcase for next meeting
  • Forum online
  • Joomla 1.5.10 released ?
  • Desktop Builder Template - http://www.artisteer.com/
  • Multi-site manager: Jentla - http://jentla.com/
  • Thanks: Simon, Jamie, Dan, Rob

  Speakers:

  Rob Jacobi:
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  Robert Jacobi is president of Arc Technology Group, a content management and web development firm based in Evanston, IL. Effective deployment and management of content using internet technologies has been a cornerstone of Robert’s philosophy and has helped clients achieve measurable results. At Arc Technology Group, development of a custom Java based CMS eventually led to adoption and implementation of Mambo and Joomla. Today Robert leads the firm in developing complete custom solutions and Joomla implementations with custom extensions.
  
  
  Prior to starting Arc Technology Group in 2000, Robert spent five years as developer and Vice President, Technology for ReCor Corporation, a local provider of computer based training solutions to Fortune 500 corporations. Before ReCor, Robert worked at IIT Research Institute developing databases for the Department of Defense.
  
  
  Robert is active in the local business and political community being on the executive board of JoomlaChicago, having been a board member of the MIT Enterprise Forum, Evanston Public Art Committee and program coordinator for Technology Executive Roundtable.