WHY WE EXIST

DUTCHENTO.ORGSince August 2008

MEET MAGENTO 2009

MEET MAGENTO 2009

MEET MAGENTO 2017: 30+ countries!

Africa, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Bolivia, New MM events being planned: Hungary, Pakistan, Malaysia, Phillipines,

Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon

WHY WE EXIST

We exist to support local Magento users* by making

their lives easier, more profitable and more fun

&

to introduce others to our platform and community.

*user = merchants, devs, solution/industry partners

WE AIM TO OFFER THE BEST IN…

• Getting introduced to new clients and new employees;

• Helping new users find the right information and connections to start their (Magento) webshop;

• Professional development regarding Magento and/or related e-commerce knowledge for existing users;

• An active local community/support network.

OUR VALUES

INNOVATIVE

FUN

TRUSTWORTHY

EXCELLENCE

OPEN

Change is the only constant, so Build, Measure, Learn (repeat).

Every year we try a new approaches to accomplish our mission.

INNOVATIVE | FUN | TRUSTWORTHY | EXCELLENCE | OPEN

OUR VALUES

Although business is serious, we strive to have fun* while doing our work and want others to have fun when interacting with us, our services or the community.

We don't necessarily make our products or services itself fun(ny), but it's more about the environment in which we operate.

*fun ≠ silly

OUR VALUESINNOVATIVE | FUN | TRUSTWORTHY | EXCELLENCE | OPEN

We strive for our information and communication to always be truthful and unbiased (positively or negatively) towards platforms, people or organizations.

OUR VALUESINNOVATIVE | FUN | TRUSTWORTHY | EXCELLENCE | OPEN

We strive to be the best in what we do, offering the best platform, information, content and attitude.

INNOVATIVE | FUN | TRUSTWORTHY | EXCELLENCE | OPEN

OUR VALUES

We welcome everyone to our community and openly share as much as is practically possible. Open Source Mindset FTW!

INNOVATIVE | FUN | TRUSTWORTHY | EXCELLENCE | OPEN

OUR VALUES

GOALS: WHAT WE DO• Organize a yearly Magento conference;

• Share knowledge and engage with our community throughout the year (Blog, Slack, MUGs, Newsletters, Webinars);

• Provide and/or support an online and offline platform to promote/stimulate community communication and collaboration;

• Advocate/Evangelise the use of the Magento platform (active members speaking at events, blogging, etc.);

• Centralize localization efforts;

• Introduce new merchants to the platform and community (Showcases, Company profiles).

New platform

• Beter visibility for Companies, Magento websites, Authors

• Accounts

• Add functionality for Events, Jobs, People

• Link all content, have account system.

Relationship with Magento

• Always improving ;);

• Official cooperation between Magento and MMA (2016) is big improvement;

• More focus on Community;

• It’s important to follow trademark guidelines;

• MMA is in contact with Pereira and Magento Management and talking about our (new) role in the Magento world.

• Non Profit

• “Supporting anybody to be successful in commerce by using ecommerce and by using open source concepts like Magento”

• Moving from a loose organizer group into a coordinated association

• Global sponsorship deals

• Merchant memberships

• Supporting new local MM events

• Localized editions

• Vendor cooperation