July 14, 2008 marks the beginning of year three of Packt's friendly competition between world class free software communities for who earns bragging rights to the much coveted 2008 Best Overall Open Source CMS. Not only is this recognition a great way to encourage, support, and reward the incredible efforts of free software communities, but, there is also a nice cash award shared with those projects fortunate enough to win.

That's a quote from our esteemed project manager Louis Landry, in a forum announcement found here.

I may be biased, but I have long thought our Joomla Extensions Directory was one of the things that makes Joomla! the best CMS on the planet.  Joomla has the biggest repository of add-ons that I know of, and I have yet to see a repository that is as well-maintained and complete as the JED.

And so, for that reason alone, I suggest anyone with the inclination to support the Joomla! project goes over to Packt and puts in a nomination for Joomla!, and maybe even nominate a team member you feel is a CMS MVP.