Plone Foundation Board Meeting Minutes, May 14, 2026

- Meeting started at 20:06 GMT

- Present: Gildardo Bautista Garcia Cano, Brian Davis, Martin Peeters, Rikupekka Oksanen, and Steve Piercy (Interim Treasurer)

- Excused: Eric Brehault, Rafahela Bazzanella and João Henrique Gouveia

- Gildardo motions to approve, Rikupekka seconds. All approve.

- Martin contacted Paul about trademarks for Plone organization

- Eric contacted Johannes about Buschenschank sprint

- Buschenschank sprint budget

- Mikel re: community recognition program

- CMS garden

- Trademark renewal

- Alexander re: improve sponsorship request pages

- Zope contributor agreements

Proposal to update sponsorship pages

- Since not everyone is here, we will review and reply before our next meeting

Trademark renewal costs and fees

- Steve to proceed

- We will plan to note dates on Board & Treasurer calendars

Request to move Nick to Plone

- Paul replied, waiting to find out about Admin Team process

PloneConf website feedback received and site updated

- No ticket sales yet, but working on things and updating site

Plone.org renewal

- Had a good meeting this week, Karel working on design, Fred putting up repo, more work planned for Beethoven Sprint

Community Recognition Program

- Expect something final after Beethoven Sprint

Treasurer Report

- Steve provided updates on progress

- Brian cancelled Docusign agreements account on 2026-02-27 and finally closed agreements account on 2026-05-08 before the 2026-07-02 renewal date.

Zope Foundation funds

- Discussed last resorts before escalation

Buschenschank sprint budget

- 1500 USD was approved, Johannes asked to increase to 3000 euros

- Meets qualifications on both attendees & PLIPs

- In past years, we had approved a larger budget

- Rikupekka moves to increase budget for Buschenschank sprint to 3500 USD. Martin seconds. All in favor.

Review Ongoing

- Rikupekka encouraged the board to attend Strategic Session tomorrow with Jon Cherry.

Adjournment

- Rikupekka motions to adjourn. Gildardo seconds. All in favor.

- Adjourned at 21:02 GMT