Marketing Team meeting notes July 14, 2026 @ 15h UTC

Attending: Guido, Astrid, Ruben, Armin, Brian, Tania

  • Items from last meeting:
    • T-shirts: Axolote and Salamina still for 2026. Followed up with Dante re Axolote.
    • next.plone.org
      • Sept 1 soft launch
      • Do we have content version control on plone.org/next.plone.org? Yes.
      • Suggestion was made on how to display community teams on next.plone.org:
        • For the PloneConf goodie bags - discussion around this, maybe to tie in with the new website.
        • Notes from tab4:
        • Exportimport vs collective.transmute -Brian followed up with Philip - he’s ready when we are.
        • Forms = new block, erico working on it, fred says easy to implement. Collective case study. Blocks index. Brian did a bunch of stuff, and PRs.
        • Content types - erico and alok to assist. Ditto
        • https://github.com/plone/next.plone.org/pulls
    • Community Recognition program: ongoing work led by Mikel on draft page in current plone.org. Once approved by Board and published, look at footer layout. Then work into next.plone.org . Some layout suggestions made.
    • Ploneconf update:
      • Coordinating with TKim: training and socials
      • Finances updated
      • Keynote speaker for Business track.
      • Use the Discord Plone Conference
        • Discord Link: Plone Conference #announcement- ploneconf Discord
      • German track - no movement, due to other commitments. Keen to do something re sponsorship.
    • Sovereign Tech Agency fund application update: plodding along.
    • Ongoing Plone Strategy work: feedback from the Board was discussed.
    • Sprint report and news item for PPPS done. All Sprints are now up to date.
    • This Friday’s Tuneup: focus on next.plone.org.
      • A session with the plone.org renewal team, 1hr @ 15h UTC/17h CEST.
      • 10h30 CEST - 11h Guido possibly for a conf open question session.
    • Case studies: https://plone.org/why-plone/they-use-plone/baselland and https://plone.org/why-plone/they-use-plone/amnesty-international-swiss waiting for provider confirmation. Linking on the theyuseplone page - tbc. https://developspace.africa/ - still to be added. Form submitted
    • Calendar tasks for next 2 weeks: meeting notes onto community.
      • Social posts. Good recent engagement on FB from the katana post from 2012 PloneConf. Dropbox video was shared. And mention of a video of the telling of the story - we're looking for it to reshare. Maybe it was in a lightning talk from 2013 PloneConf?
      • Tuneup July Friday 17th
  • New Items
    • Buzzsprout - Investigate moving the recordings and transcripts if possible. Brian to check with TKim.

Meeting ends: 16h01 UTC

Next meeting: July 28, 2026 @ 15h UTC