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NYC CiviCRM Meetup - September 7th
September 7th, 2010
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Configuring, Customizing and Extending CiviCRM - New York
September 16th, 2010
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CiviCRM User and Administrator Training - New York
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CiviCRM Code and Test Sprint - New York
September 18th, 2010
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CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
September 21st, 2010
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September 23rd, 2010
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CiviCRM Seminar - Dublin
September 28th, 2010
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London developer and implementer training
September 30th, 2010
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London user and administrator training
September 30th, 2010
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Berlin user and administrator training
October 6th, 2010
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Berlin developer and implementer training
October 7th, 2010
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Benelux meetup in Brussels: Connect, communicate and activate your supporters and constituents
October 11th, 2010
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CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
October 19th, 2010
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CiviCRM Toronto Meetup
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CiviCRM Components
Tools for engaging your supporters...
CiviCRM 3.0 release schedule. Er, wait, 3.0?
- Not Just a Contact Database
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These optional components give you more power to connect and engage your supporters.
civiCONTRIBUTE
Online fundraising and donor management.
civiEVENT
Online event registration and participant tracking.
civiMEMBER
Online signup and membership management.
civiMAIL
Personalized email blasts and newsletters.
civiREPORT
Report generation and template management.
Yes, first item of business - the official announcement of news that has been showing up here and there already. The upcoming release, that was previously referred to as 2.3 has been renamed to 3.0. :-) After long discussions we decided that the return of CiviReport, together with many other changes and improvements that have been introduced in this release deserve a major version number. Robust reporting abilities, introduction of major changes in thhe user interface, and an abundance of other new features - we think it's a big step forward and want to underline it.
The whole team has been busy finishing up the functionality for the 3.0 release, but we're getting to the end of the path. The first alpha release for 3.0 is scheduled for Wednesday, August 5th (which is one week from now). We estimate that the first beta is going to be released 4 weeks after that, on August 26h.
There is also another reason for introducing a major version number. A lot of new functionality and changes in the code means the possibility of introducing bugs. 3.0 has a lot of new cool features, but also requires thorough testing. As we move forward with alphas and betas, we will be asking everyone in the community to support this effort. We already have some contributors working on testing the release (Venuslabs), and we will be calling for more help on this. Help can come in many forms:
- Banging on your favorite features on the 3.0 Sandbox
- Downloading and upgrading a copy of your site to 3.0 - and then banging on critical features
- Helping to write unit tests (more on this soon)
Please get ready to join us in making this release shiny and bug free starting next week!
Comments
Great stuff!
Can't wait to take the new toy out for a spin!
Is there any significant changes to the database structure/API that are likely to break bridges to third party applications/Joomla! components?
Thanks for all your work!
Andrew
Re: Great stuff!
There is some changes in API and db schema - as part of getting the release out, we will be publishing information about this as well.
Thank you!
I am excited to see it and grateful for your work. Thank you! Should be a big week with Joomla 1.6 beta released around Aug 3.