Dear community, with the start of the release cycle on October 22, work on Koha 3.12 will officially begin. As most of you probably know, there are several roles to be assigned per release and it is time to do that for Koha 3.12. There are some proposals for most of the roles already, they can be found on the Wiki (link below). As of now, we are especially looking forward to proposals for * Quality Assurance (QA) Manager * Release Maintainer for 3.6.x * Meeting chair and we would also like to encourage you to consider volunteering for any other position that sounds attractive and feasible to you. Some positions can and should be filled with more than one person, others positions can also use assistants. It is a nice opportunity to learn more about Koha, help with the development of your favourite free software library system and work together with very friendly people. Please add yourself to the Wiki if you think you would be able to help with any of the positions, feel free to add a proposal that may include everything from information about yourself to your visions for Koha. There will be an IRC meeting (mostly) dedicated to voting for all of these roles. This meeting will be held on october 10, 10+00 UTC. That's right, 10.10., 10 UTC. Even if you won't apply for a role yourself please consider reading the proposals and voting to show your support for the Koha volunteers. For more information about roles and proposals, please visit http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/Roles_for_3.12 Information about the IRC meeting: http://wiki.koha-community.org/wiki/General_IRC_meeting,_10_October_2012 Have a nice day, Mirko