Jumla needs you to lead us

The first weekend of September I traveled to Florianopolis, Brazil to speak at the annual Joomladay Brazil.  I was among 4 international guests who the Brazilian community had nominated as keynote speakers for this years event.

Joomla ‘for’ or ‘from’ the community

Talking to organizers and community members during and after the event I learned about their concerns, frustrations and anger around the Joomla trademark processes and policies. 

I learned about the creation of Joomleiros.com (a real joomleiro), the issues with the joomla.com.br domain (official open letter), the disappointment over only receiving an apology and the feeling of letdown when being pointed to just another email address by Open Source Matters, the holder of the Joomla trademark. 

We need you to lead us

These issues are not new. I have heard similar frustrations from many event organizers and community members all over the world in the past years.

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