DSF Board monthly meeting, January 11, 2024
The meeting was led by Chaim Kirby.
Board members in attendance were:
- Thibaud Colas
- Jacob Kaplan-Moss
- Chaim Kirby
- Cagil Ulusahin Sonmez
- Kátia Nakamura
- Katie McLaughlin
- Sarah Abderemane
Also in attendance were:
- Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)
Finances
Balance
USD $256,869.00
Grants approved
- PyConDE & PyData Berlin: EUR €500.00
- PyCon PH: USD $500.00
Individual members approved
- Kafui Alordo
- Velda Kiara
- Lisa Quatmann
- Katherine Amao
- Wilhelm Klopp
- Vinit Kumar
- Andrew Aikman
- Leona So
- Joseph Zammit
Corporate members approved
- Inetko
- Taplist.io
Ongoing business
Board Liaison required for the Fellowship Working Group
- JKM has started a conversation including the fellows.
- Jacob intends to be the liaison in the short term.
- For Fellowship WG: currently all members are past board members.
- Current group’s focus: hiring fellows when needed.
- Reflecting more generally on the effectiveness of the working group process as-is in freeing the board to be more strategic.
dsf-members on the Django Forum
More work to be done with forum admins – see last meeting’s notes.
European Organizers Support Working Group
- Post CfP for DjangoCon Europe 2025 with link to contract
- DjangoCon Europe interval for next year due to other constraints: Jan 1st, mid April (!)
- Considering different processes in the future – rolling proposals, expressions of interest, documented open period before switching to rolling proposals
Membership blog post & FAQ
Now all published. See DSF membership now recognizes a much broader range of contributions to Django and DSF Individual Membership FAQ.
Update Membership Form
Done! 🌈 Updated form: DSF Membership Nomination
New business
Bank of America: upgrade to “B 360”
Looking to upgrade for improved security options. Cost of $30/month.
- Longer term, also looking into other banking options – higher return and lower international transfer fees
- This is a Treasurer decision, thank you Jacob for bringing this up :)
Dates for DjangoCon US 2024 for approval
The board is happy with proposed dates and Chaim will follow up.
Django trademark question for screencasts site
Adam Hill contacted by email about alldjango.com and Django trademark. The board approves the proposed use. Catherine will follow up.
Historical board members per year
New report, question on where to publish it, most likely on About the Django Software Foundation.
Social media working group proposal
The social media working group proposal was ready to review and vote on. It has been approved unanimously 🎉.
Proposal summarized: group takes over social media profiles, largely without board review, with exceptions (corporate sponsor campaigns, profiles to add or retire, see charter)
Action items
- Çağıl Uluşahin Sonmez: Further discussion with Andrew G about setting up a private DSF Members forum
- Çağıl Uluşahin Sonmez & Chaim Kirby: Figure out DjangoCon Europe Working Group role and responsibilities, update working group definition in GitHub based on that discussion
- Çağıl Uluşahin Sonmez: Update WG charter for European Organiser Support
- Çağıl Uluşahin Sonmez & Chaim Kirby: Post CfP for DjangoCon Europe 2025
- Thibaud Colas: Update the Fundraising website page to have wording about what the goal and running total represent, and which donations are visible there
- Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Review proposed fundraising wording update from Thibaud
- Thibaud Colas: Reply to Anna M. about bulk nomination over dsf-board email
- Chaim Kirby: Set up social media working group in google admin
- Thibaud Colas: Coordinate social media working group account access
- Chaim Kirby: Reply with approval on DjangoCon US dates
- Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Proceed with bank account upgrade
- Catherine Holmes: Reply to Adam Hill about trademark question
- Katie McLaughlin: Update Foundation page with historical board membership
