Plone Foundation Board Minutes August 6, 2026

Call to Order

  • Meeting started at 18:05 UTC

Attendance

  • Present: Rafahela Bazzanella, Gildardo Bautista Garcia Cano, Brian Davis, Rikupekka Oksanen, and Martin Peeters
  • Excused: Eric Brehault, João Henrique Gouveia, Steve Piercy (interim treasurer)

Approval of the minutes of

  • July 23, 2026: Brian motions to approve.  Rikupekka seconds.  All in favor.

Action items

  • Rikupekka: No update on Security Team post.  Rikupekka/Martin/Brian to schedule a meeting next week.
  • Brian: Contacted Paul re: mobi domain.
  • Brian: Getting names/emails for Zope.  Contacted Kim again.  No news.
  • Brian: Fred replied.  User management in progress.  Fred is planning to contact Jens.

Incoming Correspondence

  • Community Recognition Program
  • Axolote sprint funding
  • Transfer of mobi domain
  • Pole Position sprint report
  • Sponsorship social media posts
  • Conference training

New Business

  • The Board reviewed 5 new Plone Foundation Members as recommended by the Membership Committee.
    • Brian motions to approve Plone Foundation membership for Jan Mevissen.  Martin seconds.  All in favor.
    • Brian motions to approve Plone Foundation membership for Alexander Rybakov.  Martin seconds.  All in favor.
    • Brian motions to approve Plone Foundation membership for Tania Silini.  Martin seconds.  All in favor.
    • Brian motions to approve Plone Foundation membership for Glebson Moura Da Silva.  Martin seconds.  All in favor.
    • Brian motions to approve Plone Foundation membership for Sebastien Verbois.  Martin seconds.  All in favor.
  • The Board welcomes the 5 new members to the Plone Foundation and thanks them for their time and talents.

Continued Business

  • Review Board Priorities: Only 3 meetings left after today until the new Board is elected.  Please update the document on Google so we can discuss it at the next meeting.
  • Zope Github Admin: Ongoing.
  • Treasurer Search: Ongoing.
  • PloneConf: Ongoing.  Is funding still needed for Board travel?
  • Plone.org: Lots of progress lately on code and restoring old Blocks/Content Types.  Erico proposed sync-ing data from multiple content types into a member database.  This effort will improve our user/team management and SSO across multiple services, enable better provider/case study listings, and help support the Community Recognition Program.  Fred and Érico recommended waiting until after the Conference to go live.
  • Community recognition: Page can be published.  Minor changes from Rikupekka and Gildardo, but not blockers.  Rikupekka will let Astrid know.
  • Treasurer report/requested items: None.
  • Improve Board processes: Board calendar can't be created by President/Secretary since those are aliases.  Shared by Brian.  Can be recreated/copy/pasted in the future if there is a better sharing solution.  There is a document in Google Drive with a flat list of all the events.  Please add to the calendar and contribute ideas.
  • Recruiting new Board members for 2026/27: Ongoing.
  • Zope Foundation Funds: No news.

Review Ongoing

  • Rafahela planning 2 Python events and a sprint in Brazil.

Adjournment

  • Brian motions to adjourn.  Gildardo seconds.  All in favor.
  • Meeting adjourned at 19:01 UTC.