In an Internet landscape full of "what I ate for breakfast" posts, here's my semi-regular dose of transparency and accountability to the Joomla community as to my activities as Open Source Matters (OSM) President.

Week in Review

• moved forward on my second draft on a few roles and responsibilities documents for OSM Board positions and volunteer opportunities
• spoke to Joomla! users and supporters, developers of other open source CMS projects, and generally extolled the virtues of great open source software like Joomla! at the Non-Profit Technology Conference in Atlanta, USA
• began outlining possible ways for me to give personalized presentations via video in place of in-person presentations, and realized that while it's not nearly as good as being physically present, it makes up for not being able to be in two places at once
• updated my contact information and gave some pointers for a new, simple contact spreadsheet for our OSM Board members, until a more robust system is ready to rock and roll
• introduced myself to OSM's accountant
• reviewed tax information for OSM
• made plans to speak at ENSOL in Brazil, May 6-9, 2010, and reminds our Brazilian community that if you're able to get to ENSOL you should definitely attend!
• agreed to remotely speak at Joomla!Day Sweden, April 23-24, 2010, via video
• communicated with a member of the community in New York who will be speaking at the Connecticut Film Festival in Danbury, Connecticut (USA) on May 4-9, 2010
• talked to new potential development sponsors (note to self: off-load the sponsorship chair role to another Board member, quickly, in order to help keep up the speed in communications with potential sponsors!)
• received terrific information from a community member about outreach success to government agencies, and continued to realize the huge potential for Joomla! within governments worldwide

Next Week's Preview and Goals

• continuing move forward on roles and responsibilities documents
• preparing to speak at the Politics Online Conference in Washington, DC on April 20, 2010, in a session titled "Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal and More: Which CMS Systems Work Best for Which Clients and Organizations?"
• working with the Melbourne, Australia team on early preparations for the major event later this year
• reaching Inbox Zero for my OSM mailbox
• voice meetings with at least 5 OSM Board members and Leadership Team members
• delegating my past/current responsibilities to other capable OSM Board members
• keeping the well of positivity full

Until next time, keep up the great energy, community.  Your success stories and great ideas keep me moving forward.