We had quite a good turnout in spite of weather conditions.
 

Thanks to our sponsor JoomlaTraining.com for our refreshment!

Mitch Pirtle donated tech books for the raffle (MySQL and Javascript). Sebastian provided tickets to the Philharmonic for everyone who wanted them, courtesy of Lincoln Center.

The general meeting was opened by Rapahel Diaz-Tushman of Dioscouri Design at 6:30 with introductions all around, highlighting an interesting mix of Joomla developers, designers, implementers, and oh, of course, Joomla Founders. Also a mix of experienced, new users, and soon to be new users.

• Raphael provided us with an update of the Tienda ecommerce system, currently available in Alpha.
• Sebastian Duque showed us how Lincoln Center uses Joomla and third-party extensions on their website.
• A presentation Lyften Bloggie, a blog publishing component for Joomla by Mitch Pirtle, founder of Joomla
• Reminder to donate to non-commercial developers - Marian Konop
• Thanks to Lincoln Center for giving us our permanent meeting home. Thank you, Sebastian Duque

An exciting new feature of our Joomla User Group meeting was the added session from 8:30 to 9:30, where we enjoyed individual discussions and networking. Great to talk to our new guests. Welcome, and hope to see you next month.

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