The TYPO3 Association member poll for the Quarter 2/2024 budget ideas has been finished and the four winning ideas will be funded by the TYPO3 Association.

In mid-March, we applied the final touches to the ACL Improvements initiative, which was chosen as a Community Budget Idea for Q1 2024. Here is a summary of the work completed in the recent weeks and what we have delivered.

Last year was marked by the revitalization of the Localization Team. We re-established regular meetings and started working on a number of issues, including decommissioning the old translation infrastructure with Pootle, which had become obsolete since the switch to Crowdin.

For many years I've been one of the developers of TYPO3 Rector. When I heard about the call for funds for community projects at the end of last year, I applied. Thanks to the TYPO3 community, my proposal to write at least ten new Rector rules got accepted and the funds were approved.

The UX Team helps to improve and maintain the TYPO3 User Experience. The main goal of this team is to work on UX improvements for TYPO3 existing features and also to collaborate on building any new feature during the concept process if help is wanted.

TYPO3 Conference 2024 will be held between Tuesday 26th and Thursday 28th November 2024. The TYPO3 Award Ceremony will be held on the closing night of 28th.

The call for community budget ideas for the second quarter of 2024 was successful: 17 of 19 ideas have made it to the poll. The ideas can now be discussed and TYPO3 Association members can cast their vote.

The Best Practices Team has a productive and enjoyable 2023, and look forward to more events, new team members and facing new challenges in 2024. Check out our view of the road ahead.

Work has begun on the access control list (ACL) enhancement initiative, with analysis and research phases complete, we now have an initial set of insights to draw on. Next up is finalizing the scope with the TYPO3 Core Team and then starting the implementation. Read on for the full update.

As we embrace 2024 and its upcoming events, we're excited to share something a little different with our community. Meet Wolfgang Fiebig, facilitator, mentor, and coach, who recently stepped into the TYPO3 world as a curious guest.