Latest news and project updates from the CiviCRM community.

Thanks to Linda at BackOffice Thinking for helping pull this edition of User News together.

Events shape, support CiviCRM

Written by Josh Gowans, March 5th, 2016

The first two CiviCon’s in 2016 are coming online, both slated for May/June time frame, though on opposite sides of the world; Ft. Collins, Colorado in the United States and Woerden, Netherlands. Both events are great opportunities for everyone from new user to seasoned experts to get to learn about what's happening in the community, sharpen skills, and participate in the CiviCRM project.

Measuring Success with CiviCRM

Written by Nicolas Ganivet, January 10th, 2016

The emPower program offers many opportunities to homeowners including community workshops and educational events, hosting three to four per month between the three counties. The events are managed in CiviCRM and the database integrates well with Constant Contact for the promotion of these activities.

Community Profile: Kevin Cristiano

Part WordPress champion and part CiviCRM enthusiast, Kevin Cristiano has brought a wealth of skills and an increasing amount of energy to the CiviCRM community. Whether it's writing code or raising funds for major CiviCRM events, Kevin's all in when it comes to improving CiviCRM for the entire community.

Google Summer of Code 2016

Written by Xavier Dutoit, March 1st, 2016

For the 3rd year, our application has been successful and google will pay students to work on CiviCRM for the summer. This is a wonderful opportunity to get new features or improve existing ones. Just as important is the chance to get new contributors that may remain contributors for years to come, to help students discover how to contribute to a "real world" project, and get experience working in an open-source community.

CiviCRM at Altitude: Vail Sprint Update

Written by Steve Kessler, February 22, 2016

Most people going to Vail, CO go to ski. However, some come to work on making CiviCRM even better. High up in the Colorado Rocky Mountains ten people got together to squash bugs, work on CiviCRM for Drupal 8, enhance CiviCRM for WordPress, improve the payment processing tools, and update the end-user documentation.

Feature Extension: Petition Email

The Petition Email CiviCRM extension allows you to automatically trigger an email everytime someone signs a petition. The email can go to one or more static targets or you can do a dynamic lookup of targets by matching the value of a field in the petition signer's contact with a value in a target group's contact.

Special thanks to new & renewing partners

Partners not only provide expert CiviCRM solutions for clients around the world, they take the extra step of directly supporting the Core Team and contribute to the project’s overall sustainability. Learn more about the CiviCRM Partner Program today.

Special thanks to new & renewing members

CiviCRM Members ROCK! They not only help sustain the Core Team, their support ensures that each and every organization that relies on the software today can continue to do so!

> Socialistische Partij | Netherlands. Political-related.

CiviCRM currently powers over 10,665 organizations, yet only 62 have become members. Please join today to help sustain the project for each and every organization that relies on it.

Upcoming conferences, events & trainings

The events listed below reflect those in March. Please check online to view the full list of conferences, events, meetups and partner-led trainings. Click here for a full listing of events.

> Mar 8 | Manage your membership with CiviCRM, Online training - 12pm EST
> Mar 10 | Manage your special events effectively with CiviCRM, Online training - 2pm EST
> Mar 11 | CiviTip: Personal Campaign Pages, Online training - 11:30am EST
> Mar 15 | Customize CiviCRM custom fields and profiles, Online training - 12pm EST
> Mar 17 | CiviTip: Different uses of profiles, Online training - 11:30am EST
> Mar 17 | Manage donations, sponsorships and more, Online training - 2pm EST
> Mar 22 | CiviTip: Postal Mail, Online training - 11:30am EST
> Mar 24 | Integrating CiviCRM with Drupal, Online training - 11:30am EST
> Mar 24 | CiviCRM one day user and administrator training, London UK
> Apr 6 | Administer your database & manage your contacts, Online training - 12pm EST

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