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Atlassian is still at the beginning of what I think will be a great success story. A lot of that has to do with their products, their culture and their leadership. - Kim Heras, The Next Web

It's been a good Friday here in the Atlassian Sydney office, despite the horrible humidity we got out, threw back a few beers and played some backyard cricket. We also got the good news that Next Web thinks we're not only the 'Best Enterprise Startup' in Australia, but also that they we're 'Most Likely to Change the World'. That's a lot of responsibility for a Friday afternoon!
Next Web talks in particular about the Atlassian Foundation and the partnership that we have with Room to Read. They point out that "It's such a software engineer approach to doing things - find a way to scale your efforts (giving people the tools to influence others) so you get the biggest bang for your buck." It's one of the reasons why we love working with Room to Read. If you've missed it, here are two of the highlights of the Atlassian and Room to Read relationship so far:

• Through our starter license program and the help of all our customers we've sold over $250,000 worth of licenses, all of which has been donated to Room to Read.


• In November and December 2009, the Atlassian Foundation assisted with the Financial Times seasonal appeal by matching readers donations along with companies such as Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse. This saw a whopping $4.3m raised for Room to Read.

What a great way to end the week.

I'm going to keep this post short and sweet and let the results do all the talking.

Last week we opened up the voting for you to decide who should take home the three annual Atlassian Movember awards. You've had your say and the winners are...

The Sydney MO with the MOst

Confluence Developer, Jonathan Gilbert, took out this gong by the narrowest of margins with his Chevron stache.

The ReMOte MO with the MOst

Our BDM, Todd Revolt, was the favourite all along. He took it out with a staggering 43% of the vote with his porn star mo.

Thanks for coming in today

I think this one might have been rigged (there's no way I should have been in the top three), but nevertheless, can everyone please join me in saying to our Technical Sales Engineer, Kevin Williams, "thanks for coming in today, Kevin".

Well that's it for this year! Thanks to all the Mo Bro's that participated and helped us raise ~$9,000 in support of men's health. Also, we can't forget to thank all the wives, girlfriends, and partners who put up with supported their men through Movember.

Until next year...what stache will you be growing?

The time has come. November MOvember is over. What a journey it's been. Some have already removed their character defining mo's, while others, like John Sloat, have decided to keep them in preparation for next year.

Now, we ask you to decide who has the MO with the MOst and which MO deserves the 'Thanks for coming in today' award.


What's up for grabs?

The winners of the Sydney MO with the MOst and ReMOte MO with the MOst will take away a pair of these very 'fitting' cufflinks. Silver or gold, it's the winners choice.

Oh, and the 'Thanks for coming in today' award winner will get a much needed set of Sharpies. They'll finally be able to have any type of mo they like.

Cast your votes!

Check out the final results for the Sydney and San Francisco Mo Bro's and then cast your vote using the form below.

The MO' MOney Award

This award goes to the most successful fundraiser. Congratulations to Andrew Rallings, our Director of Support, for raising a mammoth $1,180! Stellar effort, mate! Andrew will also have his choice of gold or silver mo cufflinks.

Collectively, the Atlassian Mo Bro's raised $4,716. Thanks to the Atlassian Foundation matching our efforts, Atlassian is stoked to make a donation of over $9,000.

The money raised in Sydney will go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia and beyondblue - the national depression initiative. In San Francisco, the donations will go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation and the Lance Armstrong Foundation.

Thanks for supporting Atlassian this Movember! Stay tuned, the winning mo's will be announced next week!

We're thrilled to announce that we've hit a new milestone - through our Starter License program we have sold $250,000 worth of licenses, with all proceeds benefiting Room to Read!

If you haven't already heard, the Starter License program offers most of our software for small teams for $10. No strings attached.

Watch Room to Read's founder, John Wood, talk about their mission and how we're helping bring education to thousands of children in developing nations:

It's thanks to all of you that we've been able to reach this milestone! Help us donate another $250k to Room to Read (and get some awesome software for your team). Learn more about the Starter Licenses.

Atlassian is committed to helping charities throughout the world. Learn more about the Atlassian Foundation here.

We were really blown away when we learned that SofTrek, the winner of the best trade-in story for JIRA's Cash For Clunkers program, wanted to donate the $4,000 in prize money that we had on offer to charity.

It was, after all, a noble act. Andre and the rest of his SofTrek team (pictured below) could have had quite the night on the town with some coin like that, but instead they donated it to a deserving charity. It's the kind of thing we try to achieve with the Atlassian Foundation.

I wanted to pay some respect to their gesture by introducing you to the team. Given they supply the non-profit industry, it is also interesting to learn more about who they backed.

About SofTrek

Since 1987, SofTrek Corporation been providing donor management software, fundraising capabilities, managed hosting services, and technology solutions to nonprofit organisations. Organisations such as Catholic Relief Services, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and The Trust for Public Land count on SofTrek for their donor management and fundraising technology needs. Their PledgeMaker donor management software allows nonprofit organizations to better understand their donors and manage all of their fundraising activities. SofTrek currently use JIRA, FishEye, Crucible, Bamboo, and Crowd.

Pictured from left to right are John Huizinga, Jeff Keller, Faisal Karim, Mark Swarts (he's camera shy, so we let him hide behind the sign), Andre Bickford, Tracy Pericozzi, and Glenn Ruettimann.

About Roswell Park Cancer Institute

SofTrek donated their winnings to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI), America's first cancer center, located in downtown Buffalo, New York. Since its founding in 1898 RPCI has successfully maintained an exemplary leadership role in setting the national standards for cancer care, research, prevention and education. Their revolutionary model of a "multidisciplinary approach" to cancer - with scientists, clinicians, nurses and supportive care staff working in concert and in consult - has become the standard by which all modern-day cancer centers are measured.

Well, thanks to SofTrek's noble wishes, we're happy to say that the $4,000 in prize money has now been issued to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI).

You can teach old dogs new tricks

As you may have heard, we're running another Cash For Clunkers program. This time, we're following SofTrek's lead and each of our four category winners will receive a $1,000 donation to a charity of their choice. Thanks for the inspiration SofTrek!