Plone Foundation Board Minutes July 23, 2026

Meeting started at 18:02 UTC

Attendance

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

Approval of the minutes

July 9, 2026: Eric motions to approve. Brian seconds. All in favor.

Action items

- Brian contacted Kim to get names and emails. No news.
- Brian contacted Paul regarding the Zope Foundation GitHub admin.

Incoming correspondence

- emails from pypi
- emails about Plone recognition program
- email from Paul about plone.mobi domain
- email from Github about sponsorhip cancellation
- Sprint funding request from Dante Álvarez for the Axolote sprint
- email from the treasurer about financial statement publication

New business

- Take over the plone.mobi domain: the domain is currently hold by Retsu from Japan, they offer to the foundation to take it over, and if not they will release it. We prefer to own this domain. Brian will ask Paul to proceed.
- Axolote sprint funding request: the sprint was already budgetted with 1650 USD. Eric will contact Dante to let him know about this existing budget and ask for a detail budget, given release managers expenses are already covered by a separated budget.

Continued business

- Zope Foundation Github admin: Martin will contact Jens to let him know it is in progress.
- Finding a new Treasurer: the Board is discussing with a possible candidate.
- Plone Conference 2026: no news.
- Plone.org renewal: it's advancing nicely.
- Community recognition program: Proposal is good. We will add a visible sentence indicating that this list is work in progress and that whoever thinks they deserved to be listed in the page can contact the Board.
- Treasurer requested items: the Board agrees the financial statement can be published.
- Improve Board processes: Brian created the Board shared calendar in Google Calendar.
- Zope Foundation Funds: no news.

Review Ongoing

- the Board members must review the yearly objectives before next meeting;
- the Steering Circle is poorly attended at the moment;
- progress with the accessibility team.

Adjournment

Eric moves to adjourn, Martin seconds, all in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 19:13 GMT