By Angie Radtke on 2026-02-25 10:36 in Board of Directors

Date: 19. February 2026
Time: 19:00 UTC, Total time of meeting: 1 hours
Participants: Vice President - Emmanuel Lemor, Treasurer - Ufuk Avcu, Production DC - Sigrid Gramlinger, Outreach DC - Richard Gosler, Secretary - Angie Radtke

Discussion outline

Treasurer

• Report on the current financial situation with an outlook for the coming years
• Breakdown of the most important annual expenses
• A discount at Venable was secured thanks to the efforts of Emmanuel Lemor and Angie Radtke.

Production Department

• Sigrid Gramlinger reports on successful releases for Joomla 5.4.3, 6.0.3, and 6.1.0-beta1 with feature freeze.
• We look forward to welcoming new release manager candidates for 6.2 soon.
• Proposal for Generative AI Policy for code contributions accepted and will be published.

Outreach Department

• The sponsorship levels have not been adjusted for a long time and will be adjusted accordingly.
• We will check whether existing sponsors have paid their contributions and are up to date. In addition, they will be promoted via our social media channels. The social media team is prepared for this.
• The social media team would like to know the board's position on discontinuing X as a communication channel. This is a complex issue and needs to be discussed in greater depth.

Operations Department

• vacant.

Vice President

• Emmanul Lemor spoke with Scalahosting. They have apparently submitted an alternative proposal. Another meeting is planned.
• Finalization of guidelines for community engagement for community presentation and voting. Appeals email address (proposed: [email protected]) will be created.
• Emmanul Lemor contacts Benjamin Trenkle regarding the setup of Holopin access.

Secretary

• The Sovereign Tech Fund is a potential source of income. To ensure that everything runs smoothly, it would be great to have designated contact persons. Emmanuel Lemor and Sigrid Gramlinger will now take on this role.
• We discussed what to do with the potential presidential candidate if he does not respond, and decided to briefly inform the community about it via the Mattermost Secretary-Channel.
• We discussed how to implement a new code of conduct (Community Engagement Guidelines) and outlined the necessary steps. It will be postponed again until the next meeting.
• The bylaws should be amended. We have received an offer for free legal advice, which we can use in this context.
  1. The section on the ombudsman should be completely removed from the bylaws. We have not yet been able to find a suitable person for this position, as there is insufficient legal protection for this role.
  2. In addition, it must be ensured that no persons without any connection to Joomla are elected to the board.
  3. Lessons learned from the past: Lawyers should not be able to be hired by individual board members alone. The hiring of legal counsel requires the approval of at least half of the board members. Unanimous approval is not necessary, as this would allow a single member to block the decision.
  4. The community should vote on the respective changes before they are handed over to the lawyer for processing.

President

• vacant

Motions taken during this meeting

#2026/007
All sponsorship packages to be increased in line with costs.
Proposed by Richard Gosler, Seconded by Ufuk Avcu.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.

#2026/008
Meeting Adjourned at 18:57 UTC,
Motion Proposed by Emmanuel Lemor, Seconded by Sigrid Gramlinger.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.