Plone Foundation Board Minutes April 09, 2020

Plone Foundation Board Minutes April 09, 2020

by Andy Leeb https: // plone[dot]org/author/ableeb — published a few seconds ago, last modified a few seconds ago

Meeting called to order at 19:07 UTC

Housekeeping

Attendance

Present: Chrissy Wainwright, Fulvio Casali, Erico Andrei, Paul Roeland, Andy Leeb, Victor Fernandez de Alba, Jens Klein

Absent:

Approval of the minutes of March 26, 2020

Erico moved to approve, Paul seconded

Unanimously Approved

Action Items

  • x

Incoming Correspondence

  • ITOnboard - multi-step program to get students into IT related job market (EU), internships
    • Letter of Intent - does not commit PF to anything, but shows interest in the program
      • Board is happy to sign

New Business

  • GitHub sponsor status
    • continuing to complete paperwork
      • Paul will check in with team to get/provide needed info
      • should be ready soon
  • Plone Conference
    • preliminary site is being set up
    • we are maintaining positivity that it will be a conventional in-person conf!
    • will add branding, color scheme to show that work is being done
  • Marketing Team discussed
    • PF statement about COVID-19
      • message of hope, and support for the community
      • possible online meetup for all community members
      • General discussion on how to encourage people to create contents about Plone
      • "What connects you with Plone?"
    • Maybe a hashtag instead?
      • Market that we are still active, and provide ways to participate in online events, sprints etc, other online activities.
  • New project with accessibility firm[We4Authors] https : // www[dot]funka[dot]com/en/projekt/we4authors/ - Kitconcept will handle most of it, but the real win is solid accessibility testing of Volto, which will allow Gov't adoption.

Continued Business

  • Zope Domains
    • continuing the efforts!
  • US PyCon Cancelled
    • general sadness
  • Euro Python
    • general sadness
    • it will be totally online, details TBD.
    • sponsorship stuff is still unknown, we will find out more as information becomes available.

Review Ongoing

  • [Executive Session]

Erico moved to adjourn, Fulv seconded

Unanimously approved

Meeting adjourned at 19:40 UTC

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