A group of thirty content management experts from around the world has announced the formation of CM Professionals (CM Pros), an international community of content management professionals whose purpose is to further best practices based on shared experiences of experts and peers. CM Pros offers a members-only mailing list, a collaborative website, discussion forums, issue-oriented group blogs, knowledge wikis, syndicated web services, a job board, a professional directory and a calendar of face-to-face meeting opportunities. CM Pros will raise awareness of content management as an essential discipline that builds value, both financial and human, for companies and organizations. CM Professionals will hold its first CM Summit, in conjunction with the Gilbane Conference on Content Management Technologies, Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in Boston, Mass. (U.S.A.). (www.gilbane.com/CM_conference_Boston_04.html). As CM Professionals grows they will work closely with other organizations that share many of our goals. CM Pros will coordinate thinking about recommended standards for best practices with these organizations, and will work closely with graduate schools that are training the next generation of information professionals. www.cmprofessionals.org