Welcome to the our first issue of WOX (World of XOOPS) Newsletter in 2010 – the January issue (see here previous versions)
First, we want to wish your all a Happy New Year and all the very best!!!!!
As always, as the first thing in each newsletter we wanted to express our gratitude to all of you who have donated money to XOOPS Foundation! We truly appreciate your trust and support!
December was a busy month. We’ve released XOOPS 2.4.2 and XOOPS 2.4.3. We’ve also published a draft of the XOOPS 2008-2009 Annual Report, and we were also very happy to have Trabis joining the XOOPS Council, and Kris_fr releasing Mor.Pho.GEN.e.sis 3.0.
On a little more sober note, we were disappointed that after 2 years of trying we were not able to find an amicable solution with our former Project Manager and Chairman of Stichting XOOPS in Netherlands, Herko Coomans, and were forced to file a lawsuit against him for return of XOOPS funds and Intellectual Property back to the XOOPS Community. We very much appreciate the support from the XOOPS community. Already over 135 XOOPS Community members signed the petition for the court in Netherlands in support of it, and and if you didn’t sign yet, please sign it today
But the most important thing is that, as you’ve seen in the XOOPS 2008-2009 Annual Report, there have been a lot of exciting activities in the last two years, the community is uniting, growing, and becoming more vibrant and active – creating new themes, new modules, and new Core releases – with the new XOOPS 2.5 coming out soon in the Alpha release, and later on the XOOPS 3.0. The year 2010 will be a great year for all of us!!!
Highlights of the last month:
- XOOPS 2.4.3 FINAL Is Released
- XOOPS sues Herko Coomans, its former Project Manager
- XOOPS 2008-2009 Annual Report (Draft) published
- Trabis joins XOOPS Council
- Mor.Pho.GEN.e.sis 3.0 : The imago takes flight
- XOOPS Innovation Award – for people who create something very unique and innovative for XOOPS. This time the award goes to Nicolas Andricq (ForMusS), Cointin Maxime (kraven_30), both from France, and Grégory Mage (Mage), from Switzerland, for their innovative work on the new System module for the upcoming XOOPS 2.5 (to be released as Alpha sometime next week).
- XOOPSer of the Month Award: is given to XOOPS members who show extraordinary dedication to XOOPS, and go the extra mile for XOOPS. This month, we we'll have a first time ever a team award, and it will go to members of the Mariane Antoun (Mariane) from Lebanon for her continues support on these forums, as well as ArabXOOPS and XOOPS France, and her fantastic themes and modules!
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