Plone Foundation Board Minutes July 8, 2021

Meeting called to order at 19:03 UTC

Housekeeping

Attendance

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

Absent:

Approval of the minutes of June 24, 2021

Jens moved to approve, Victor seconded

Unanimously Approved

Action Items

  • LoudSwarm contract was signed

  • William put together a letter of recommendation for Rodrigo

    • we are getting the letterhead together, Paul will check then we can contact Jen if needed
    • will send this week

  • Andy moved bylaws to markdown

    • links for TOC point to google docs, will be fixed

  • Erico tested Helios - success!

    • system was reviewed by board members

Incoming Correspondence

  • 1Password status

    • has been renewed for 2 yr period

New Business

  • Companies paying for employee Plone time

    • how can we honor the people who do work that directly impacts the community as a whole

      • e.g. security team, sponsorships, accounting, docs, AI team, plone.org design, marketing
    • they don't directly benefit from the work they contribute
    • how does the Board measure this?

    • ideas:

      • list companies that support Plone, but this would not be an "in-kind" sponsorship?
      • include logos/company name in the team listing along with the person's name?

      • profile pages for people for next iteration of plone.org, could include company info there

        • this has been floated previously, but effort faded without results
        • maybe a thank you page instead?

      • once a month news item posts thanking people/companies for their efforts?

        • marketing team would have to take this on
      • separate page for nominations/self-nominations for efforts behind the scenes, maybe as part of the marketing once-a-month spotlight news items?
      • nominations can be part of steering circle agenda also
    • consensus lands on the spotlight idea 

Review Ongoing

  • PLOG news

    • Erico and Sally are having ongoing discussions
    • Everyone Jens has talked to wants to go - maybe a 2nd hotel!? :)
    • Plone 6 is a great topic here
    • Plog is a good forum for keeping the community on the same page
  • [Executive Session]

Erico moved to adjourn, Jens seconded

Unanimously approved

Meeting adjourned at 19:46 UTC