84. HISTORY OF THIS BOOK T his book is the result of the collaborative effort of many people. A lot of the content was written during two book sprints held in 2009 and 2010 in T ahoe, USA. Many contributions have also been made by individuals in the times between these sprints.
THIRD EDITION T his edition includes minor updates to reflect changes in CiviCRM 3.3 which was released in December 2010. It is being published on the eve of the second annual CiviCon conference. T hanks to the generous contributions of our CiviCon Sponsors (listed in the front of the book) - a copy has been provided to each conference participant.
SECOND EDITION T he second edition of the CiviCRM manual was published after a four-day Book Sprint organised by CiviCRM and led by Adam Hyde (FLOSS Manuals). T he sprint was sponsored by the Information Program initiative of the Open Society Institute (http://www.soros.org/initiatives/information). We are especially grateful to Janet Haven for pushing this forward. T he second edition includes new sections on CiviReports, CiviCase, CiviEngage and Extending CiviCRM. T his edition also included an extensive rewrite of nearly every section of the text, including a reorganization of all sections to break up information into Introduction, Planning, Configuration and Everday T asks sections, the latter to serve as an easy-to-follow user manual for individuals working with CiviCRM on a daily basis. We also added an entire new section to assist developers get into the code. Finally, we updated the book to match CiviCRM 3.2 (which is a few weeks away from release at the time of writing). We think that the reorganisation adds a lot to the book and increases it's readability because it helps people who with CiviCRM in a specific capacity get directly to the chapter relevant to them. T he following photo shows the people who worked on this second edition of the book.
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