OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting - June 01, 2023
By Luca Marzo on 2023-07-22 15:14 in Board of Directors
Open Source Matters, Inc.
Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting
Date: June 01, 2023
Time: 17:00 UTC
Total time of meeting: 1 hour 45 minutes
Attendees:
Crystal Dionysopoulos (President), Nicola Galgano (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer), Benjamin Trenkle (Director), Philip Walton (Director), Harald Leithner (Director).
Apologies:
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Proxies:
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Discussion outline
Treasurer
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Nadja shared the bank balances as of today.
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Nadja prepared the updates for the Reimbursement Form and submitted to Luca that will publish the changes over the weekend.
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Nadja is reconciling the payments done to Venables.
Production Department
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Joomla 4.3.2 (Security Release) released.
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Joomla 4.4.0 Alpha and 5.0.0 Alpha released.
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Budget request prepared and will be sent today.
Outreach Department
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Material and announcements for Joomla 4.3.2, 4.4.0 Alpha and 5.0.0 Alpha published.
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Collecting ideas for the look and feel of the Joomla.org family of websites. Closing date is June 14, 2023.
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Marketing is investigating the use of Gelato for the Shop.
Operations Department
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Service Provider Directory is on track again
Vice President
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Nicola urged to organize the Semi-Annual Members Meeting. Several dates have been proposed.
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Nicola is going to hold a session at Joomla NXT.
Secretary
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Luca is working on the agreement for the Extended Security RFP. Draft aimed to be ready by the end of the week.
President
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Crystal reached out to Drupal, WordPress and Typo3 leadership to discuss the EU Cyber Resiliency Act and the potential to coordinate a joint statement from FOSS CMSs.
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Began reaching out to former sponsors to reopen those doors and see if they’d be interested in renewing.
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Crystal contacted OSI to see why we are not listed as Affiliate Members anymore.
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Started drafting plain language summaries of legal policies that are public/volunteer-facing.
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The Advisory Board call has been published. 5 applicants so far, form will close in 1 week.
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Crystal suggested checking the Google Ads settings to prevent showing ads that are not aligned with Joomla values.
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Crystal suggested implementing a Sustainable Travel Policy which includes the adoption of a travel management platform to reduce burden on volunteers, ensure proper approval flows and offset the carbon impact of travel.
Other business
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Luca suggested dedicating the next Board Meeting to Budget preparation and approval, as the Fiscal Year end is approaching.
Motions taken during this meeting
#2023/026 - Call the OSM Semi-Annual Members Meeting for June 29, 2023.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Philip Walton.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2023/027 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Philip Walton.
The motion passed with unanimous consent and 1 abstention. Nicola Galgano abstained.
Motions taken offline before this meeting
#2023/025 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Crystal Dionysopoulos.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.