Plone Foundation Board Minutes September 01, 2022

Meeting called to order at 20:05 UTC

Housekeeping

Attendance

Present: Érico Andre, Paul Roeland, Victor Fernandez de Alba, Andy Leeb, Kim Paulissen, William Fennie, Jens Klein

Absent:

Approval of the minutes of Aug 18, 2022

Kim moved to approve, Erico seconded

Unanimously Approved

Action Items

  • Zope domains - stakeholders are on holiday, they will return shortly

    • we will get the needed information after they return
  • Sponsorship

    • we are working on getting a replacement from within the community
  • Marketing team is working on a News Item announcement for new members
  • Google ads see new business

Incoming Correspondence

  • None

New Business

  • Google Ads

    • basic setup
    • 3 geographic regions for now
    • eventually this will transition over to Marketing Team
  • Membership renewal

    • Time to send out reminder to members to renew

      • add in a reminder to complete the census
    • proposal to move existing membership email list to google groups

      • less chance of spam flagging
      • google group has limit of 80 new members/day, so existing will be added in batches of < 80

Continued Business

  • Plone Conf 2022

    • new sponsors
    • everything is going according to our plan
  • Plone Foundation Census

    • News Item is ready
    • we welcome more responses
  • Sponsorship Program

    • continuity discussion
  • Contributor Agreement

    • same state
  • Zope Foundation Money

    • still in progress
    • Thank you Matthew Wilkes for your continued efforts!
    • Thank you William for your continued efforts!

Review Ongoing

  • Brazilian Plone Community

    • weekly 1 hr live stream
    • technical alternated with human interest
  • Google Summer of Code

    • winding down
    • we will follow up with Mentors for final recommendations
  • Marketing team has created a Plone 6 FAQ and linked to it from plone.org

Andy moved to adjourn, Paul seconded

Unanimously approved

Meeting adjourned at 20:43 UTC