DSF Board monthly meeting, July 10, 2025

This meeting was led by Thibaud Colas

Board members in attendance:

• Thibaud Colas
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss
• Sarah Abderemane
• Jeff Triplett
• Tom Carrick
• Paolo Melchiorre
• Abigail Afi Gbadago

Also in attendance:

• Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)

Finance

Balance

USD $261,104

Grants approved

• PyCon Greece: USD $500
• TechSummit - USD $500
• PyCon Togo - USD $500

Individual members approved

• Michael Loukeris
• Frederico Rodrigues
• Luis Vaz
• Bia Rodrigues
• Vicky Twomey-Lee
• Gonçalo Sousa
• Felipe Valverde
• Sébastien Corbin
• Haki Benita
• JaeHyuck Sa
• David Bogar

Ongoing business

Fellow updates

• Hiring going well, reached out to shortlist
• No update on CLA
• Fellows are on leave this week and next

  Bylaws changes

• PR
• Approved unanimously
• Thibaud will make some formatting changes

  Django birthday

• Blog post announcement on Sunday
• To check on progress of website showcasing local events

  Executive director updates

• Postponed to post-fellow hiring

  Django Developers Survey 2024

• Tom & Thibaud will work on this during EuroPython

  Proposal for Django to become a CNA

• In progress with Natalia leading

  Content working group

• Still in progress

  EuroPython 2025

• Tom & Thibaud will be there, with Alex Gomez and Raffaella Suardini helping with the booth
• Some discussions planned around a European foundation
• Fundraising plans from the fundraising working group

  Django on the Med

• Proposed as an official DSF event
• Potential topics: driven by Steering Council (Django 6.1 planning)
• Goal of 10-20 contributors attending, with sponsors supporting with costs (venue)
• Opportunity for others to be involved

  New business

  Events support working group

• New working group proposed to replace DjangoCon Europe Support WG
• DjangoCon Europe 2027 Call for Organizers

  Trademark renewal

• “Django” US registration expires this year, we have until July 18th 2026 to renew
• Requires legal advice, Jacob will reach out to contacts

Action items

• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: finish draft of “betting on our community” blog post
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: write up slack voting procedures that are bylaws-compatible
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: bylaws amendment for elections and quorums
• Tom Carrick & Thibaud Colas: start developer survey things next week at EuroPython
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: new call for security in-kind sponsor
• Thibaud Colas: poll on office hours meeting times, opportunity to share join link directly
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: write up an admin JD document