Plone Foundation Board Minutes January 22, 2026

Plone Foundation Board Meeting Minutes, January 22, 2026

Meeting started at 20:30 GMT.

Attendance

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

- Excused: Rafahela Bazzanella, João Henrique Gouveia

Approval of the minutes

Due to a technical issue, we could not review the last meeting minutes, they will be approved next time.

Action items

Eric contacted the sprint organizers to inform them about their budget approval.

Incoming Correspondence

Message from Astrid about the Stellenbosch sprint reimbursement.

Emails from Fred about Discord.

Notification about a new GitHub sponsor.

New Business

Stellenbosch sprint:

  • we got a debrief from Astrid before the board meeting

  • it was a very successful and productive sprint.

Continued Business

  • Steve presents the budget proposal prepared during the financial committee meeting earlier today.
    The budget is in deficit. We think we need to invest to move Plone forward.
    Eric moves to approve the budget, Martin seconds, all in favor. The budget is approved.

  • New bank account: progressing, we should have the credit card by February.

  • Improve board processes: to be discussed during next meeting.

  • Sprint funding requests: update request from Astrid due to currency exchange rate variations. Eric moves to approve the update, Rikupekka seconds, all in favor.

  • Zope Foundation funds: no news.
    Steve will contact the former Treasurer of the Zope Foundation Board

Review Ongoing

T. Kim asks if we could send the meeting minutes by mail to the members. We will add a link to the previous minutes in the same message informing about the next meeting agenda, and publish the minutes on community.plone.org

Adjournment
- Eric motions to adjourn, Martin seconds.  All in favor.
- Meeting adjourned at 21:15 GMT