As always, as the first thing in each newsletter we wanted to express our gratitude to all of you who have donated money to XOOPS Foundation! We truly appreciate your trust and support! 

Is February we continued with our "Fast & Furious" pace in development. We've released XOOPS 2.4.5 Beta and XOOPS 2.5.0 Alpha2. 

In order to honor our community member - Marcello Brandao, who lost his battle with cancer, we have established an Annual "Marcello Brandao XOOPS Innovation Award". This way, he will always be remembered within the XOOPS Community.

Highlights of the last month:

• XOOPS 2.4.5 Beta Is Released
  
• XOOPS 2.5 Alpha 2 Released
  
• "XOOPSer of the Year" Award Open for Voting
  
• "Marcello Brandao XOOPS Innovation Award" Open for Voting
• XOOPS Video Competition
  
• Marcello Brandao Inducted into XOOPS Hall of Fame
  
• XOOPS Innovation Award - for people who create something very unique and innovative for XOOPS. This time the award goes to Mohd Hilmi bin Ngah  (NovaSmart),  from Malaysia, for his innovative work on the AMS (Article Management System) 
  
• XOOPSer of the Month Award:  is given to XOOPS members who show extraordinary dedication to XOOPS, and go the extra mile for XOOPS. This month, it goes to Christophe Capitaine (Burning) from France for his continues support in the maintaining Theme Gallery, and Module Compatibility list, and currently updating the Module Repository.