It’s likely that you’ve paid a visit to the Joomla! shop around holidays and birthdays – to gift a Joomla! book to the cousin who’s trying to expand her business, or an advanced guide to your tech-savvy co-worker – or just when you wanted to share your open-source enthusiasm by sporting a Joomla!-logo fleece.

The Joomla! shop serves not only to supply friends of Joomla! with additional resources and fashionable Joomla! accessories, but perhaps more importantly, to bring in revenue for the project. The shop is about three years old and is a relatively solid enterprise – but currently isn’t getting the love and attention that it requires to be a truly effective business.

I have been managing the shop for two years but have recently had to divert my attention to other areas of the project, and I am no longer able to give the shop its due. So, I am looking for the right person or team of people to hand it over to. The Joomla! shop is a valuable resource and with the right blend of experience and enthusiasm, could be an important revenue generator for the project.

The shop needs a dedicated crew of volunteers who ideally, but not necessarily, have some marketing, retail, or sales experience. We need new products, international distribution, and better management of the Amazon bookstores, for starters. There’s a lot of room for fresh ideas and creative input. I am looking to train the new team, share my knowledge, and provide initial supervision – and then effectively sign off, so that the shop team, as a part of OSM, would take on the responsibility and management of shop operations.

This is a wonderful way to contribute to the project, especially for those of us who aren't coders. If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, I’d love to hear from you! Please send a letter of interest to:

wendy[dot]robinson[at]community[dot]joomla[dot]org. Submissions will be considered until Tuesday, March 9, 2010.