With the polls closing in ten days for some of the best open source CMS out there, if you haven't voted already, you need to head over to Packt Publishing and let your voice be heard. There are five finalists for differing categories to choose from. Voting for the winners in each of the categories opened September 1 and ends on October 20, 2008. This "public vote" will then be combined with votes by a panel of judges for the top three CMS in each category will then be voted for by a panel of judges.
This year, I'll be on the panel of judges for the Most Promising Open Source CMS. The five fanalists in this category are: CMS Made Simple, ImpressCMS, MemHT, MiaCMS, and SilverStripe. I'm hoping to submit my choices for most promising CMS early next week. This is going to be a tough choice for me as I have found myself impressed with each of the open source projects. Many of these newer crops of CMS already have their eye on the ball by making sure they're ready to be used globally (multi-language capable, right to left text, etc). Some of the older more established CMS still struggle to this day to make this happen in their projects.
So you now know how I'll be spending my weekend. All I'm asking is that you spend a few minutes of your time and vote/promote your choice of open source CMS.