Plone Foundation Board Minutes March 21, 2024

Meeting started at 20:02 UTC

Housekeeping

Attendance

Board members present: Martin Peeters, Brian Davis, Mikel Larreategi, Guido Stevens, Eric Bréhault.

Kim Paulissen and Paul Roeland are excused.

Approval of the minutes of March 7th

Mikel moves to approve the minutes, Martin seconds.Eric abstains, the rest of the board approves the minutes.

Check if action items were followed up

  • Follow up on Framework team - Mikel Larreategi: no update
  • Contact People about Zope Foundation Funds - Martin Peeters: no update
  • Contact Johannes about Buschenschank sprint budget - Guido Stevens: we got an email today, see Continued Business.
  • Reply to Charitable Allies about the Zope Foundation Funds - Martin Peeters: done
  • Contact David Ichim about A11Y team - Paul Roeland: Mikel had a discussion with ONCE (the Spanish blind people association), they are happy to join the accessibility team.

Incoming correspondence

Email from Johannes Raggam about the Buschenschank sprint budget: the sprint has been declared as strategic by the Classic UI team, and Johannes agreed on the 3000 USD budget.

New Business

No new business

Continued Business

Sprint funding:

  • Beethoven sprint (KitConcept): Before the vote, Mikel declares interest in attending the sprint. Eric moves to approve the 6000 USD funding, Guido seconds, all approve. Eric will notify KitConcept.
  • Salamina sprint (RedTurtle): Brian moves to approve the 6000 USD funding, Martin seconds, all approve. Eric will notify RedTurtle.
  • Buschenschank sprint (Syslab): Before the vote, Guido declares interest in attending the sprint. Mikel moves to approve the 3000 USD funding, Brian seconds, Guido abstains, the rest of the board approves. Guido will notify Syslab.

Google Season of docs 2024: Steve Piercy has updated the proposal. The board is worried regarding the following objective: "50% of the content of both frontend user manuals exists" is ambitious and might push Google to reject the proposal. It is also unclear what "50% of the content" means exactly. Martin will contact Steve to ask for clarification.

Google Summer of Code 2024: Eric reports a lack of mentors this year.

Plone Conference 2024: no update

Sponsorship program: no update

Membership Committee renewal: postponed to the next meeting

Zope Foundation Funds: no update

Review Ongoing

  • A Quaive workspace created for the Marketing team
  • Plone Headless initiative started by Victor
  • A large iMio project will be migrated from Plone 4 to Plone 6

Eric moves to adjourn the meeting, Brian seconds, all approve.

Meeting adjourned at 20:43 UTC.