With each passing year, it is worthwhile to reflect and consider what to leave behind and where to invest limited time in the future. I hope for the Joomla! community that we will learn to collaborate more and more and innovate creative software solutions and Web sites. I hope that more Joomla! Users Groups and Joomla! Day events will spring up all over the world. I hope that many will find ways to use Joomla! for their needs and I hope they have fun using Joomla!.

To each of you who have contributed to making Joomla! better by answering forum questions, or updating the Wiki, or telling a friend, or fixing a bug, or contributing a GPL'ed extension, thanks for all your contributions! Happy New Year to the Joomla! community all over this amazing world! Here's to a great 2009!