Plone Foundation Board Minutes January 8, 2026

Plone Foundation Board Meeting Minutes, January 8, 2026

Board of Directors

  • Martin Peeters, President

  • João Henrique Gouveia, Vice President

  • Eric Brehault, Secretary

  • Rafahela Bazzanella, Board Director

  • Gildardo Bautista Garcia Cano, Board Director

  • Brian Davis, Board Director

  • Rikupekka Oksanen, Board Director

  • Steve Piercy, Treasurer

Meeting started at 20:05 GMT.

Attendance

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

Approval of the minutes

Gildardo motions to approve. Eric seconds. All in favor.

Action items

Credit card update: few remaining online services

Contact Guido about Quaive: to be done next week

Incoming Correspondence

Messages about credit card updates

Message from pypi

Message about the ploneconf 2025 financial balance

Message from Astrid about Plone tune-up days and the newsletter

Message from Mikel about the sponsorship program

Message from Steve about opening a new bank account

Sprint funding request for the Salamina sprint

New Business

Plone foundation bank account: the Chase bank account is not satisfying in many regards. The board considers to get a bank account at Axos Bank and move the money from Chase to Axos. Eric motions to approve Steve Piercy and Brian Davis as authorized signers to open new checking and savings accounts at Axos Bank. Gouveia seconds. All in favor.

Ambassador program: we will contact former ambassadors to ask if they wish to continue in their role. We have also decided to extend the ambassadors' term of office from one to two years.

Continued Business

Budget preparation:

  • The financial committee will happen on a monthly base.

  • The committee members will be Martin, Steve, Gildardo, and Rikupekka.

Board processes:

  • We will define the different domains under the board responsibilities.

  • We will then assign each specific domain of responsibility to the different board members so when people get a problem in a given domain, they do not go systematically to the president.

Sprint funding requests:

  • Beethoven: 6000 USD. Eric motions to approve. Rikupekka seconds. All in favor.

  • Buschenschank: no budget estimation, we will vote on the minimal budget for now (1500 USD), and extend if necessary. Eric motions to approve. Gouveia seconds. All in favor.

  • Salamina: 2500 USD. Eric motions to approve. Gildardo seconds. All in favor.

  • Jakob asks for a specific eco-budget to compensate the price difference between train and plane for the participants choosing to join the sprint by train instead of plane (when plane would have make sense). It will be voted during next meeting.

Review Ongoing

Adjournment
- Eric motions to adjourn, Rikupekka seconds.  All in favor.
- Meeting adjourned at 21:30