Project Teams

The Joomla Project is comprised of many teams, each with a general areas of responsibility in accordance with our overall project mission/vision. Below is an outline of the teams and their areas of responsibility.

Joomla Leadership Team

The Leadership Team consists of leaders from Production Working Group and Community Working Group.

Responsibilities: Responsible for overall management of project and the community.

Members: http://www.joomla.org/about-joomla/the-project/leadership-team.html

Public Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-leadership

Production Working Group

Create software that is free, secure and of high-quality—encompasses everything that goes into the final product, not just code but also documentation, internationalization and localization efforts of all types.

Leaders: Chris Davenport, Christophe Demko,  Mark Dexter, Andrew Eddie, Louis Landry, Ian MacLennan, Sam Moffatt, Omar Ramos, Ron Severdia, Jean-Marie Simonet, Andrea Tarr

Responsibilities: Core code development, patches, Joomla Labs, Joomla Bug Squad, localization, internationalization, Joomla Documentation, security, Google Summer of Code

Public Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-wg-production

Community Working Group

Provide the structures and community management necessary to create an online community that is enjoyable and rewarding to participate in, nurture and support online communities of users, provide support and information to users, and facilitate communication between users and the Production Working Group.

Leaders: Brad Baker, Matt Lipscomb, Peter Martin, Paul Orwig, Wendy Robinson and Sandra Warren

Responsibilities: Joomla Discussion Forums, social networks, communications support, Joomla Extensions Directory, Joomla Community Portal, Joomla Community Showcase,  Joomla User Groups, Joomla demo sites, JoomlaCode, Joomla People Portal

Public Discussion Group: http://groups.google.com/group/joomla-wg-community

Open Source Matters

Legal, financial and other organizational needs of the Project that fall outside of the two Working Groups.

Board of Directors: Steve Burge, Robert Deutz, Javier Gomez, Ryan Ozimek, Jacques Rentzke, Akarawuth Tamrareang, James Vasile, Alice Grevet, Dianne Henning, Marijke Stuivenberg, Phillip Locke, Paul Orwig and Altansukh Tumenjargal

More information: http://www.opensourcematters.org

The Community Oversight Committee's primary responsibility (according to Article IV of the OSM bylaws) is to appoint and remove members of the OSM Board of Directors.

Members: Brad Baker, Chris Davenport, Louis Landry, Sam Moffatt, Wendy Robinson