Planning for this event is underway.

Please pre-register on the site http://joomladay.org.nz/ to give us an early indication of numbers.

The venue we are looking at is in central Auckland and has excellent multi-media facilities.

Put your hand up if you want to help out or contribute.

Thanks
Paul
http://joomladay.org.nz/

I'll be attending this one.

doh! Wrong end of the country for me. Perhaps for a future event, depending on turn out, you could consider Christchurch

This is our upcoming next event.

If you can provide me with a frontpage news we can post that for you.

Cheers Alex

PS: Shayne are you attending?

The date of this event is now confirmed as the 15th December.


http://joomladay.org.nz/

I will forward a news item for the front page in the next day

Joomladay NZ07 is on the 15th December 07.
Venue: Massey University Albany - Sir Neil Waters Lecture Theatre

Our Key Guest Speakers are:

Shayne Bartlett  - who is coming over from Perth. Shayne is the Treasurer of Open Source Matters Opensourcematters.org and a Core Team Member of Joomla! with the position of Project Manager : Foundation Working Group Coordinator. Shane is an expat Kiwi coming home for a visit!

Andrew Eddie - who is coming over from NSW. Andrew is one of the three Lead Developers on the Joomla project You can read more about Andrews return to the Joomla Project here . Andrew is a full time Joomla Developer and currently working on a range of awsome Joomla 1.5 extensions that you see at Rocketwerx.com.  Andrews business site is Newlifeinit.com

Possible Topics

    * Search Engine Optimisation - 9 Key Joomla SEO Tips and Best Practice.
    * Joomla eCommerce options including Payment Systems. Which one?
    * Joomla 1.5 Migration - How to make the move painlessly - 6 Key Steps.
    * Commercial Open Source Business Model - Making a living in the OSCommunity.
    * Templates - Joomla! 1.5 New Features and how to make the most them.
    * Community Websites and Joomla! - Forums, Blogs, Comments, RSS, Ratings, Chat and Podcasting.
    * Joomla in Schools - Learning Management System and ePortfolio solutions.
    * Top 5 Tools for Development of Joomla Templates and Content.
    * Events Management, Calendars and Reservations.
    * Niche markets and Joomla! - Joomla Money Machine.
    * Outsourcing & Joomla Freelancers  - Where to go for help with your project.
    * Advertising  Delivery with Joomla - How to display and track your ads.
    * Statistics - your options for Google Analytics and other Joomla based Stats extensions.
    * Link Directories  - Why every site should have one. Current and future options.
    * Joomla Community in NZ - JUGS - Joomla Users Group's  - Start one in your area!

just arrived back home;

although i had to leave bit early, this meeting was great;

it was nice meeting Paul, Shayne, Andrew and many others.

thanks again    see ya next time

Pim Borsje
http://www.A1Webdesign.co.nz, New Plymouth

Gutted I missed this ...