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OSM, Inc. - Full Board Meeting 7 August, 2025

By Philip Walton on 2025-08-08 19:45 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc. — Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting

Date: August 7, 2025 at 17:00:00 UTC

Location: Online

Scheduled length: 1 hour

Actual length: 1.4 hours

Participants

  • President — Maria Skampoura
  • Vice President — Emmanuel Lemor
  • Treasurer — Nadja Lamisch
  • Production DC — Sigrid Gramlinger
  • Outreach DC — Angelika Prox Dampha (joined at 19:12)

Apologies

  • Secretary — Philip Walton

Proxies

  • Emmanuel Lemor for Philip Walton

Discussion Outline

Treasurer

Updates / Proposed Topics

  1. Any news about the update of the main joomla.org website? There is confusion about where to find information.
  2. Status request on DPGA.
  3. Bank balances were presented.
  4. New message from Harbor.

Talk Topic

  1. We need to communicate with Venable about billing practices that seem excessive.
  2. OSM is not non-profit, which affects funding options. Consider funding via the Joomla Foundation or a new European foundation. Discuss feasibility and complexity of transferring OSM to Europe (or elsewhere).
  3. Related to the above, consult Abion about what we could/should do around transferring OSM/Joomla trademarks, etc.

Production DC

Updates / Proposed Topics

  1. Joomla 6.0 feature freeze with Beta 1 on August 19, 2025.
  2. Joomla 5.4 will not get new major features aside from the automated update feature.
  3. Team Lead position still vacant for the CMS Maintenance Team. Thanks to Robert Deutz for 6 years of service.
  4. Team Lead position still vacant for the Software & Architecture Team. Thanks to Harald Leithner for his commitment.
  5. The Accessibility and Usability Team contacted CERN to note Joomla accessibility in their documentation. CERN responded quickly and added a corrective note that Joomla 4 is accessible.

Talk Topic

  1. Emmanuel will lead an information discovery session on the CERN CMS analysis to better represent Joomla’s strengths for future RFQs/equivalents.

Outreach DC

Updates / Proposed Topics

  1. 20-year preparations in full swing.
  2. Team Lead positions (e.g., Marketing, Social Media) are still open; some active members may take over after the holiday period.

Talk Topic

  1. Opening of the event: joint board appearance or formal opening by the President?
  2. More talks would be great; many are on holiday. Consider opening a call for paid contributions (e.g., extension vendors). The Vice President prefers not to charge developers for this celebration. The President proposed 3–5 minute talk slots.
  3. Role of Rochen: give them a slot to present; confirm other contracts to honor.

Vice President

Updates / Proposed Topics

  1. Proposal (from Angie to the VP and Production DC) to set up a decentralised fundraising model for Joomla. Further discussion/research needed to assess feasibility and community desire.

Secretary

Updates / Proposed Topics

  1. Update on the applications so far received for the post board posts.

President

Updates/Proposed Topics:

  1. Capital Team update shared with the board.

  2. DPGA and STF applications discussed with the board.

  3. Joomla is the current Head of the Open Web Alliance, the position held for 6 months.

  4. Discussion about the costs of Harbor and a look at alternatives and if its good value

  5. A discussion was held about doing a Financial Review of OSM.

 

Motion

#2025/21 — The Vice President proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Emmanuel Lemor. Seconded by Nadja Lamisch.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.