Attending: @astridjuizi @erral @rioksane @vipod @gyst @Alexander_Loechel @acsr @fredvd
Key discussions and next steps:
Urgent & Immediate To-Dos
- 2026 Marketing Budget: Planning is underway. (thanks @stevepiercy for making this so much easier)
- Meeting Time: Decided to keep the current time slot for consistency. 15h UTC.
- WPD2026 Prep: Need a logo, a new banner for social media/website, and a page created on plone.org. Date is 16 April 2026.
- Access Checklist: Create a definitive checklist for new team members (Quaive, 1PW, Google, Slack, etc.).
- Google Groups Cleanup: Sort out the 2 existing Marketing groups. (@Fosten & @tkimnguyen thank you)
- Sponsorship Posts: Astrid & Mikel to schedule social media posts thanking new sponsors regularly.
Social Media & Buffer
- Buffer Ownership: Transferring ownership and billing to the treasurer; moving to a yearly payment plan and non-profit rates (thank you @Fosten @stevepiercy)
- Analytics Feedback: do this regularly. Thank you @Fosten for the summary
- PloneConf Posts: Guido granted Buffer access to manage PloneConf2026 social interactions with its own voice.
Upcoming News & Events
- 2026 Calendar: Need to manually create recurring events for 2026 (Tune-Up Day, Mktg Meetings, etc.) on plone.org and Discord.
- Reports/Recaps: Plan to publish a GSoC End of Semester Report (EricB to write summary) and a Yearly Recap news item (@astridjuizi ).
- Foundation Board: Waiting on Board Priorities before publishing.
- WPD2026: Date set for Thursday, April 16, 2026. Live events planned for Italy, Spain, and Brazil. Online YouTube as usual.
Website & Content
- Case Studies: how about a script to quickly check if plone.org case studies are still using Plone. (doing this manually for now)
- FAQ for decision makers: Almost ready to publish
- News Items Ready: @acsr 's Frappe news item is ready to post.
CMS Garden feedback (@astridjuizi and @Fosten attended this meeting straight after Marketing team meeting)
- Participation: Keep attending the monthly meetings. 4 Plonistas in Dec 2, 2025 meeting (AstridB, BrianD, JoergZ, MaikD).
- Upcoming Focus: Suggesting Joerg's recent AI talk as a flash presentation during one of the monthly online meeting. CMS Garden aims to apply for Froscon and Fossdem well in advance in future.
- Action for Plone section on CMS Garden Website: Add PloneConf2026/WPD2026 dates, YouTube link, and links to Classic/Volto demos, new header image, etc etc. Joerg already started, Brian created new login, Astrid to also. Add to marketing task calendar to review this space regularly and keep updated.
Next meeting: Dec 16 2025 @ 16h CET (15h UTC)