Plone Foundation Board Minutes April 30, 2026

Meeting started at 19:01 UTC.

Attendance

Present: João Henrique Gouveia, Gildardo Bautista Garcia Cano, Brian Davis, Martin Peeters, Rikupekka Oksanen, Steve Piercy, and Eric Brehault

Excused: Rafahela Bazzanella

Approval of the minutes

Eric moves to approve the minutes, Martin seconds. All in favor but Gouveia who abstains.

Action items

  • Martin did not contact Paul yet regarding the procedure to move Nick under Plone organization, he will do that soon.

  • Martin had no answer from Guido to discuss the usage of Quaive, so he will detail it by email.

Incoming correspondence

  • Message from Johannes about Buschenschanksprint budget

  • Messages from David Glick about his sponsorship

  • 1 new sponsor on github

  • Message from Mikel about sponsorship

  • Message from Mikel about recognition program

  • Message from pypi

  • Messages about marketing (Rikupekka and Astrid)

New business

  • The Marketing team asks if we could re-allocate pre-approved Marketing stipend initially planned for Astrid, who cannot attend the Beethoven sprint, to Rikupekka (former marketing team lead and current marketing team chair on the board) so he can attend the sprint. The objective is to move forward the new plone.org website. Eric moves to approve the reallocation of the stipend initially planned for the Marketing team lead to her delegate (Rikupekka) so he can attend the Beethoven strategic sprint in order to move forward the new plone.org website, the treasurer will be notified by mail. Gouveia seconds, all in favor but Rikupekka who abstains.

  • Change of the Board meeting time from 19:00 UTC to 18:00 UTC

Continued business

  • Plone conference 2026: discussion to make the Plone brand more visible on the website.

  • World Plone Day report: 24 videos, 11 countries, 7 languages, 3 local events.

  • plone.org renewal: it is moving forward.

  • Community recognition program: Eric will answer to Mikel.

  • Treasury:

    • Zope Foundation funds update. Attorney discussion, and other party discussion.

    • Reminder that "sprint report" is an actual news article published on plone.org and is mandatory to get the sprint expenses reimbursed.

    • US trademark renewal must be done.

Review on going

  • On-going initiative for a more active accessibility team working on Volto.

Adjournment

Eric moves to adjourn the meeting, Rikupekka seconds, all in favor.

Meeting adjourned at 20:06 UTC.