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Joomla! CMS is one of the most powerful Open Source content management systems (CMS) on the planet. Joomla! is easy to manage, reliable to use, and is very popular with those of my clients using it.

The newest version of Joomla (version 1.5) is an ideal platform for building Corporate websites, Intranets and Social Networks.

So, it is with great pleasure that I make this announcement: Vancouver is officially hosting a Joomla! Day event - one of Joomla’s largest and most popular events!

As a sponsor and event organizer, you can probably imagine how excited I am to spread the word, and even more so… to invite you to join us.

Details

WHEN: June 14th 2008 from 9:00am to 5:30pm
WHERE: Library Square Conference Centre in the Central Vancouver Public Library Building - Alice McKay Room
350 West Georgia Street, Vancouver BC, Canada »» view map
SPEAKERS: Chris Adams, Brad Baker, Levis Bisson, Michelle Bisson, Steve Burge, Louis Landry, Jennifer Marriott, Toni Marie Swats
FEES: $25.00 CAD

Presenters

• Chris Adams - CEO of Rochen Limited
• Brad Baker - Joomla! Core Team Member
• Levis Bisson - Joomla! Core Team Member
• Michelle Bisson - Joomla! Core Team Member
• Steve Burge - CEO of Alledia
• Louis Landry - Joomla! Core Team Member
• Jennifer Marriott - Joomla! Working Group Member
• Toni Marie Swats - Joomla! Working Group Member

For more information on the Presenters please visit: Tazzu - Announcing the Vancouver Joomla! Day or the official Joomla! Day Vancouver website, which also shows the itinerary.

Registration

Registration is now open. Seats are limited, purchase your tickets today!

Tickets are 25$ each, and for that price you will be getting a Vancouver Joomla Day! T-Shirt and a coupon which buys you a free coffee and baked goodies.

You can register online here:

Vancouver Joomla! Day Sponsors

• Open Source Matters (home of Joomla) - www.OpenSourceMatters.org
• Rochen Engineered Hosting - www.Rochen.com
• FatPort Secure Broadband Wireless
• Baratta Design - www.dvbaratta.com
• Tazzu (Business Networking Forum) - www.tazzu.com

Media Sponsors

• Bush Branding & Marketing - www.bushmarketing.com
• Raul Pacheco (hummingbird604) - hummingbird604.com
• Rebecca Bollwitt (Miss604) - www.Miss604.com - Thank you for the post

Event Organizers

These are the people I will be assisting with hopes of making the Joomla! Day Vancouver event a huge success:

• Wendy Robinson - Vancouver Joomla! Day Coordinator & Joomla Community Forum Administrator
• Tazzu Business & Technology Community - www.Tazzu.com
• Rastin Mehr of rmd Studio Inc. - Former Joomla Development Workgroup member and Google Summer of Code Mentor
• Jeannette Duguay (thats me!) - JenTekk Web Solutions www.JenTekk.ca
• Ash Sanieyan - PeerGlobe Technology Inc. www.PeerGlobe.com

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This past Wednesday, myself, along with rmd Studio, PeerGlobe and Tazzu, and hosted Vancouver’s first WordPress Camp.

Thanks to Amanda Abrams for this great photo!

We initially estimated around 35 - 40 people attending the event, located at the beautiful Network Hub. However, word got out, and a week before the event, RSVPs starting flooding in - yeah, I commenced to panic!

Phone calls were quickly made to locate a larger venue, but with such short notice none could be found, so we all just ‘pressed’ in.

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Look closer… much closer! If it looks too good to be true, it is! Scams are everywhere, and unless people blow the horn on them, they will continue to take advantage of unsuspecting people.

I was prompted to blog about this scam as it is good… it looks very legit, and apparently many people are being taken in by companies just like this one.

Today, I received a congratulations letter along with a nice hefty (legit looking CIBC Toronto) cheque in the sum of $4650.00 CDN from a company who calls themselves “Shoppers Inc.”

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You may notice that JenTekk is becoming more and more involved in activities surrounding Joomla - as a participant and sponsor.

This is in part due to the fact that I adore the product - sure call me a Joomlarette if you want to! In addition, any projects that Rastin Mehr (from rmd Studio) and I collaborate on almost always involve using Joomla CMS. Rastin’s the fella that got me hooked on Joomla. I’m okay with this!

So I’d like to inform you of our next event: Vancouver Joomla DemoCamp01

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Joomla! DocCamp is an exciting community effort, where a number of Joomla Developers and writers will be getting together to write documentation for the new Joomla! 1.5 framework.

Joomla! Doc camp will be happening simultaneously in many cities around the globe. So far, Vancouver BC, Brussels, and Washington DC have indicated they will be involved in this great community event.

We will be collaborating and writing documentation for Joomla, and having fun in the process. There will be live Blogging, Flickring, posted YouTube videos, interviews with the participants, and possibly a live video stream so that our counter-parts around the world can join us (virtually) in the fun!

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If you’re a website designer/developer and utilize the power of CSS, you will know what I mean when I describe Internet Explorer 6 as evil.

Let’s face it, IE6 is a big ‘OOPS’! It is full of bugs, renders CSS terribly, and the bane of every web site designer who promises to deliver a cross-browser compatible website. You only need to Google IE6 + Hacks to see for yourself how tricky and wicked this little beast really is.

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If this doesn’t cause you to sit up straight in your chair and take notice, then I don’t know what will.

This is simply the best argument for how we must respond towards the threat of Global Climate Change.

Nope, its not rocket science. Any one can see that the risk of not acting upon the possibility of a global catastrophe far outweighs the risk of acting on it.

How will you play this game?

Pass this message on and do your part, our world is counting on you.

PS: For those of you who think you’ve found holes in this argument:

• Patching Holes #1
• Patching Holes #2

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