The Mambo Foundation is pleased to announce the re-formation of the Mambo Steering Committee (MSC) and the filling of the MSC’s seat on the Mambo Foundation Board of Directors. Team Mambo is back and stronger than ever!

By way of introduction: Mambo development is driven by the community, with community members being broken up into 7 teams. The 7 Teams are:

• Advocacy & PR
• Core Development
• Documentation
• Forum Moderators
• Maintenance
• Third Party Develepers
• Translation

Chris and Ric are back again for Mambo Podcast #2
Some areas covered in this edition:

• News on the MSC
• Mambo Podcast Q and A
• Mamboday in Italy
• Mastering Mambo – the book
• Recent 3rd Party Developer announcement
• Interview with mambohub.com – Krit and Cherry

Check it out!

As South Asia deals with the devastation of the recent earthquake, our thoughts are with the people in the affected areas of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Thousands are believed to have lost their lives in the earthquake and aid workers are still searching for survivors.

World Vision has launched an appeal for donations to help the earthquake victims. Funds raised will contribute to the relief response, which includes the provision of tents, food, water and medical supplies.

Please consider donating to help in relief efforts for victims of the earthquake.

The Mambo Foundation today announced changes to its Third Party Developer membership category. “The current Third Party Developer level was creating confusion and misconceptions in the community,” said Ric Shreves, Director of Advocacy and PR for the Mambo Foundation. “While the original intention of the ‘Third-Party Developer Member’ category was to provide members with additional benefits, such as co-partnerships with the Foundation on components and to provide deeper insight and communication with the Mambo core development team, it has proven instead to be a magnet for criticism from the community”.