Plone Foundation Board Minutes April 29, 2021

Meeting called to order at 19:04 UTC

Housekeeping

Attendance

Present: Chrissy Wainwright, William Fennie, Erico Andrei, Paul Roeland,  Andy Leeb, Victor Fernandez de Alba, Jens Klein

Absent:

Approval of the minutes of April 15, 2021

Paul moved to approve, Jens seconded

Unanimously Approved

Incoming Correspondence

  • Martin Michlmayr FOSS foundation research

New Business

  • World Plone Day 

    recap

    • Content:

      • 22:15 of content (21h15 new)

      • 56 videos

      • Italy: 110 peak users, 3:11

      • Japan: 25 peak users, 1:30

      • Plone 6 videos: EN, DE, NL, CA, IT, PT-BR, FI

      • To be recorded: JP, ES, EU

      • 16 countries

      • 11 languages

      • > 50 Speakers

      • YouTube channel: 57 new subscribers in the last 7 days (Now to 411)

      • Twitter: 17k impressions during WPD2021, also 161 likes (normally 10)

  • Term limits

    • Brief discussion, probably a good idea but we are not implementing at this time

    • Is this an issue with Plone Foundation Board?

      • Probably not as Board member power is pretty limited

    • What can we do to encourage people to step into Board positions?

      • Maybe a direct personal approach?

      • What else can we do to find new board members:

        • maybe each one of us should find someone to talk to

        • cultural mores sometimes require face to face

    • Diversity is a real issue though, but we have a fairly accurate representation of our community on the Board

    • Building enthusiasm, public events, bring the community together are all elements of success for encouraging diversity

  • Recording/Streaming Steering Circle meetings


    • LiveStream and/or recording? Would need input from the security team

    • Maybe it could limit people's openness during discussions

    • Minutes are recorded already

    • The decision is to not record the meetings

Continued Business

  • Contributor Agreements

    • nothing new yet

  • Plone Conference 2021


    • contract from Loudswarm

      • we (the board) need more time to review

Review Ongoing

  • Erico and Paul had a chat with Sally for a PLOG in fall, Oct 10, 2021
  • 17 Oct 2021 Plone Conf date

  • Back to back Plone action!

    • 2 weeks of EU baby!
  • Maybe do the sprints before the conf

  • Marketing meeting update

    • more short videos
    • planning for Plone 6 communication
  • Erasmus project has started onboarding, internship will be next
  • [Executive Session]

Paul moved to adjourn, Andy seconded

Unanimously approved

Meeting adjourned at 20:15 UTC