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By cividesk Filed under Training

Register to participate in the upcoming 2-hour online training session, "Customize your Database with Custom Fields and Profiles" offered by Cividesk on Wed, August 14th at 9 am MT/ 10 am CT/ 11 am ET.

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By josh Filed under Community

In early July we announced that the contributor log as we know it would come to an end, replaced by time tracking in Gitlab (the official cutover day is August 15, by the way). And, shortly thereafter, we began a discussion within the Core Team about how we manage, track and value contributions to the project.

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By dev-team Filed under Release announcements
CiviCRM version 5.16.0 is now out and ready to download.   RELEASE NOTES: Big thanks to Andrew Hunt and Alice Frumin from AGH Strategies for putting up together release notes for this version.  The release notes for 5.16.0 can be accessed here.  
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By totten Filed under Architecture, Drupal 7, Drupal 8+, Make it happen

In the coming weeks, you can expect a series of changes going into the development pipeline to support the CiviCRM-Drupal 8 integration. Individually, these will seem unrelated and disjoint - they may not explicitly reference “D8”. I wanted to spend a moment to discuss the concept which ties them together: the clean install process, which will make Civi-D8 an equal member of the Civi CMS club and a good base for continued development and maintenance.

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By MickC Filed under Meetups

Come along to the Sydney CiviCRM Meetup, Thurs Aug 1st 2019 6PM!

This second meetup of the year leaves no stone unturned on Contacts, the primary entity in the CiviCRM database, and we look forward to your participation whether it be to learn, share your experiences with others, raise questions or join the discussion.

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Cividesk is offering our 2-hour online training for new users on Events on Thursday, August 8th at 10 am MT/12 pm ET. 

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By justinfreeman Filed under Community, Meetups
COME AND JOIN THE ASIA/PACIFIC CIVICRM MONTHLY ON-Line MEET-UP ON 25th July 2019, 2PM TO 3PM This is an open invitation for everyone in the Asia/Pacific region to join other Australians, New Zealanders etc. on-line to catch-up and discuss all things CiviCRM. If you are a CiviCRM user, developer or casual user with questions, then you are most welcome to join us.
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By MickC Filed under Meetups

Come along to the second meetup of 2019, a workshop style session discussing challenges submitted by attendees in advance. 

This session will focus on 'Contacts' - we invite participants to 'lead' on a topic, and share your experiences with the group. 

Although it seems an obvious topic, there's a lot more to Contacts than meets they eye, and being the primary 'entity' in the CiviCRM database, a lot hangs on getting them right.

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By Stoob Filed under Drupal 7, Drupal 8+

For starters, over 200 Drupal 8 sites already run CiviCRM!  This post is based on my own research and conversations with those involved, and is intended to be informative and encouraging.  As you may know, CiviCRM works with no less than four CMS at the moment, including three versions of Drupal, two 'officially'.   Understandably with Drupal 7 end-of-support scheduled for Nov 2021, there

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By cividesk Filed under Training

Join Cividesk instructor Susan Engeman for the Fundamentals of Membership Management on Tuesday, July 23rd at 2 pm PT/ 3 pm MT/ 5 pm ET (Wed. July 24th 7 am AEST) for a two hour interactive online training to get you started with CiviMember.

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