EXPLAIN #T3ATYPO3 Association Facts & Figures

Olivier Dobberkau (EAB)Ric van Westhreenen (Vice President)

TYPO3 Association Facts & Figures

● About the TYPO3 Association● Mission & Vision● Official bodies● Members● Projects & Products● Events● People● Financial Facts● What’s cooking at the T3A?

About the TYPO3 Association

● Founded 2004 by a group of TYPO3 enthusiasts

● Aim: Support the different TYPO3 projects● Its an association according to the swiss law● Situated in Baar ZG● Underwent different transformations

resulting to the current Bylaws

Goals of the TYPO3 Association

As defined in the Bylaws● Events for the purpose of information and

education● Internal and external communication to

spread knowledge and competence using the system

● Sustained, particularly long-term development of the various TYPO3 software projects

● Securing trademark rights in the interest of the TYPO3 community

Mission & Vision

Mission Statement: To jointly innovate excellent free software enabling people to communicate

Vision: Inspiring People to share

Official Bodies

● Board● Expert Advisory Board● Business Control Commitee● General Assembly● Committees● Members

Board of the TYPO3 Association

The board is doing the daily business of running the TYPO3 Association. Elected by the Members of the EAB.

● Jürgen Egeling (President)● Ric van Westhreenen (Vice-President)● Alain Veuve (Treasurer)● Stefan Busemann (Secretary)● Søren Schaffstein (First Assessor)● Frederic Gaus (Second Assessor)

Expert Advisory Board

It is responsible for the affairs of the TYPO3 Association. Elected by the Members.

● Peter Pröll (EAB Chairman)● Jan-Hendrik Heuing (EAB Vice-Chairman)● Eike Diestelkamp● Olivier Dobberkau● Jonas Felix● Michael Stucki

Business Control Commitee

Controlling the budgets and their usage by the budget-owners. Elected by the Members.

● Roberto Torresani● Andreas Otto● Ingo Schmitt● Jochen Weiland

Nominate yourself!*

Upcoming elections for 2014● Board● EAB● BCC

https://voting.typo3.org/nominee/apply

*) by 2013-12-31

Members

The TYPO3 Association is a members organisation. Our members pay a yearly membership fee that is used to fund activities, events and projects.

Currently we have 841 members.*9 Platinum, 90 Gold, 266 Silver & 476 Bronze.

*) as of September 2013

Projects & Products

Most of our code project is centered around web based content management systems that aim to provide solutions for enterprise users.

Code is mostly HTML, CSS, JS, PHP and SQL.

TYPO3 CMS, TYPO3 NEOS and TYPO3 FLOW are our main projects.

TYPO3 CMS

TYPO3 CMS is our core product that has grown into a successful open source solution that offers a great way to create and deliver web based content and applications.We are proudly looking at a large installation base and a great community that has made our TYPO3 Association possible.More about the history and the current status can be found on: http://typo3.org/about/typo3-the-cms/

TYPO3 Flow

TYPO3 Flow is a web application platform enabling developers creating excellent web solutions and bring back the joy of coding.It gives you fast results. It is a reliable foundation for complex applications. And it is backed by one of the biggest PHP communities.More Info can be found: http://flow.typo3.org/

TYPO3 Neos

TYPO3 Neos is the next-generation open source content management system of the TYPO3 community.Neos is based on the PHP framework TYPO3 Flow and its editing interface lets you focus on your task for a revolutionary editing experience.More Info can be found: http://neos.typo3.org/

Notable Projects & Products

There a many Projects and Products beside our main line:

● TYPO3 Documentation Project● TYPO3 Extbase Team● TYPO3.org Team● Server Administration Team● TYPO3 Security Team● TYPO3 FLUID, forge.typo3.og● ...

People in the TYPO3 Association

All the people working in the TYPO3 Association are volunteers. We have some professional support on the bookkeeping aspects and have started to be supported on the press relations for our product releases and events announcement.Our community management is taken care by our community manager Ben van ’t Ende. His work is funded with a yearly budget.

Events

We regularly organize Events and help others to do so.

Official (budgeted) Events:● TYPO3 Conference (Europe & N. America)● TYPO3 Developer Days● TYPO3 Snowboard Tour● TYPO3 East Europe & TYPO3 Day Poland● TYPO3 Code Sprints● TYPO3 University (France)

Events

Many non-official Events happen during the year.

● Inspiring Flow Conference● TYPO3 Barcamps● TYPO3 Usergroup meetings● Release Parties all over the World● ...

Activities

● Certification of TYPO3 Integrators○ We have started to build a certification for TYPO3

Integrators some years ago and have now partnered with Pearson Vue to be able to offer this world-wide

● Membership in the OASIS● Willing to join other Organizations such as

OSI

Financial Facts

The 2013 budget of the TYPO3 Association consists of:

● 475.000 EURO projected income● 475.000 EURO assigned to projects and

activities

● 35 funded projects

What's cooking at the T3A?

● Change is our constant● How can the T3A lower barriers?● How can we kickstart ideas?

● Executive Secretary Job opening● Election of Board & EAB positions● Members Survey

What's cooking at the T3A?

● Strategy Process○ Creating the open spaces○ Growing while being small○ Place to be for Content & Information Management○ Balancing the needs & expectations of all

participating○ Agenda for the next 10 years

● Governance○ How can we involve more people?○ Expand our footprint in Open Source○ Common understanding

Interested?

Other T3A sessions today:● Budget Session at 17:00

Thank you!

Contact

TYPO3 AssociationSihlbruggstraße 1056340 BaarSwitzerland

Ric van Westhreenen <ric.vanwesthreenen@typo3.org>Olivier Dobberkau<olivier.dobberkau@typo3.org>