OSM Inc. Board Meeting May 28, 2026

Date: 2026-05-28
Start Time: 17:00 UTC
End Time: 19:20 UTC
Total time of meeting: 2 hours 20 minutes

Ufuk Avcu

Sigrid Gramlinger for Ufuk Avcu

Discussion Synopsis

We set up a Wise EUR account for the Sovereign Tech Fund so we can receive Euro payments via IBAN. This likely triggered the USD warning because the trading address had to be clarified. Wise has since confirmed that everything is correctly set up, but the warning is still visible, so I have asked Wise again for final clarification.
The reimbursement form has been revised.

Joomla Releases 5.4.6 and 6.1.1 May 26, 2026 with many security releases. Nothing severe, but keeping the Security Strike team very busy! Security Releases are always more critical with preparation and testing - a big thank you to everybody involved!
Automated Joomla Updates - we reached the number of 50.000 registered websites for automated updates!
Conference participation: If somebody goes to a conference for OSM we need to make sure we have take-aways transparently documented, also contacts we made. So we should start that. Magazine articles are nice, but we need more indepth information and contacts for future reference and opportunities.
Joomla Logo usage of Skilldisplay for credential system. Sign the Open Data Agreement with them.
We will be listed like “CMS Garden” (click “Continue without registration” at the bottom)
https://my.skilldisplay.eu/en/organizations/77/public
Our terms are according to a “Skill provider” (free account).

JWC - Status: we need to sell more tickets!
JWC - Support Tickets - the conference cannot support all inquiries. Do we have budget to also support?
Joomla is listed in the Linux Foundation Insights. We are listed quite well - there is some room for improvement, but still we are doing many things right!
https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/collection/details/php-content-management-systems
https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/collection/details/enterprise-cms-platforms
https://insights.linuxfoundation.org/collection/details/content-management-systems

Email enquiry regarding a sponsored article on joomla.org. They’ve asked for editorial guidelines and publishing rates. I’ve requested some example articles but no response yet.
Project management. Already mentioned by President OSM that we REALLY need a better solution to project management. Especially for the joomla.org rebuild. Could we deploy an instance of https://www.openproject.org/ to trial it for this?
[Operations DC] Looking into Mattermost Boards (a.k.a. FocalBoard)
Joomla.org rebuild project. From next week I will break it down into sub-teams as per the outreach sprint. This should help accelerate the project and stop them arguing over fonts.

Update on Mattermost’s FocalBoard plugin. They want to provide a free Enterprise license (which would allow us to add task management plugins and potentially increase user limits) in exchange for a case study about how our community uses their platform. More details are being gathered to present for consideration.
Extremely busy these weeks and couldn’t do anything else.

JUG Italia situation and next step. I propose OSM sends a formal letter to the current domain holder.
Joomla Community Guidelines to be presented to Joomla Leadership by week end.
UN Open Source Week.
Scalahosting proposal —> when to start it as Joomla web redesign group is slow moving

Nothing new, really. Been working on documentation (User Guide and Tutorials)..
In the distant past, a motion was raised to publish meeting minutes. Do we really need that, or is getting it done via Mattermost and having approval checkboxes good enough?

We discussed general availability of the board members, project management and open tasks from the past.
Attended the FOSS Meetings
Reconnected with Scala Hosting and with other Hosters, we set a dedicated Meeting on Monday to talk about the concept.
Report from the DPG Meeting. We talked about the new possibility to have a printed certificate of our DPG status and agreed to put it on the download page prominently.
We talked about the UN Open Source Week in New York and the possibility if the VP is able to attend and discussed travel costs and budget.
Regarding STF, shared concerns to the board that we would not be able to handle the Project if we don't start to have at least weekly meetings dedicated to STF. I have concerns about signing a contract if the "back-office" does not work.
OSM Websites Sandbox is outdated since 2 years, we need a new Sandbox to continue on the update.

#2026/024 - After visiting a conference in a role as OSM Board member, an internal report shall be written within two weeks of the event including a list of network contacts. The report will be saved in our common documentation drive.
Proposed by Sigrid, seconded by Elisa.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2026/025 - Our president will sign the “Open Data Agreement between SkillDisplay GmbH and Open Source Matters “ and allow Skilldisplay to use the Joomla logo for the Credential system.
Proposed by Sigrid, seconded by Richard.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2026/026 - Motion to revoke joomla.it, joomladay.it trademark and announce the start of an ICANN procedure if he doesn’t relinquish the domains?
Proposed by Emmanuel, seconded by Elisa
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2026/027 - Meeting minutes will be published after a 7-day motion period sent by E-Mail after 2 business days following a Full Board meeting.
Proposed by Bruce, seconded by Sigrid.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2026/028 - Adjournment of the meeting
Proposed by Bruce, seconded by Sigrid.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.

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