The nomination phase for the upcoming elections to the TYPO3 Association Board and Business Control Committee (BCC) ended a couple of days ago and we’re happy to present the candidates. Thank you to everyone who has agreed to run for office!

In 2021 four positions on the Board of the TYPO3 Association will be re-elected. In addition, there are three positions on the Business Control Committee (BCC) up for re-election.

TYPO3 Association members were asked to rate submitted budget ideas for the “Innovation, Education and Events” pool in the annual budget poll. The Board of the TYPO3 Association decided to distribute the funds as widely as possible.

Let’s not beat around the bush: 2020 was—mildly speaking—a tough year. The reasons which made the current year so terrible are evident. However, we don’t want to linger on the negative but instead focus on the positive things that these rather exceptional circumstances created.

The TYPO3 Association announces a comprehensive beginners’ guide for web publishing with TYPO3 CMS. Published by New York City-based publishers Apress, the guidebook is intended to spearhead international adoption of the open-source, enterprise content management system.

Tune in to this week's episode of Platform.sh's video podcast for an interview with behind-the-scenes insights into the TYPO3 Guidebook. Host Robert Douglass says the authors “have done something incredible: they have channeled the collective experience of dozens of developers and contributors from the TYPO3 software project.”

The TYPO3 community ended up with a budget surplus in a year when many other open source projects have been struggling. We’re delighted to announce that the TYPO3 Project has given donations to three vital projects: Symfony Framework, PHPUnit Testing Framework and Packagist/Composer.

My TYPO3, the central gateway for communication, education, products, services, and interaction within the TYPO3 Community, has a new feature. You can now subscribe easily to a TYPO3 Association Membership, cancel it, and even transfer it from a personal profile to an organization profile.

As you may already know, the Board launched a process to generate ideas for the 2021 Budget. We have received so many great ideas that we’d like you to help us select from them.

Just before the Developer Days 2019, a small group was formed to look into setting up a formal body to ensure the wellbeing of everyone in the community—so-called ombudspersons. Now, we’re asking for your input.