DSF Board monthly meeting, August 14, 2025

This meeting was led by Thibaud Colas

Board members in attendance:

• Thibaud Colas
• Sarah Abderemane
• Jeff Triplett
• Tom Carrick
• Paolo Melchiorre
• Abigail Afi Gbadago

Also in attendance:

• Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)

Finance

Balance

USD $268,221

Grants approved

• PyCon Ghana: USD $500
• PyCon UK: USD $600
• PyCon Davao: USD $500
• Wagtail Space: USD $500

Individual members approved

• Lara Krämer
• Adam Turner

Ongoing business

Developers Survey 2024 results publication

• Discussing publication timeline

Developers Survey 2025

• Plan under way with JetBrains contact

Django on the Med (sprints)

• Request for suppor
• Venue available for free, looking for breakfast corporate sponsorship
• Confirm the amount requested from DSF, and corporate sponsors, for async voting
• Check opportunity to received donations for the event

Fellow updates

• Hiring
  • Jacob starting 25th
  • Onboarding plans started
  • 100+ applications
  • Took a lot of effort from Fellowship WG
• CLA
  • Forum post

Django Birthday

• Birthday celebrations 
• Fundraising campaign by the fundraising WG - roughly $4k recurring, $4k one-off

ED updates

• No updates

Proposal for Django to become a CNA

• In progress, led by Natalia with support from security team and Thibaud

EuroPython 2025 presence

• The event went very well, present a report async
• Discussion of potential partnerships - offer to run a Django sprint

Shut down DjangoCon Europe Support WG

• Unanimous vote to shut down the WG

Vote on Events support working group proposal

• Unanimous vote to approve the WG

DjangoCon Europe 2027 Call for Organizers

• No updates

DjangoCon Europe 2026

• No updates

Trademark renewal

• Progress talking about this potential legal counsel
• Straightforward process with one-off fee

New business

Django Code of Conduct proposal from the CoC WG

• proposal of $3,000 to $5,500 depending on what we choose to do
• Proposal from Molly with options based on our needs
• Reviewed by CoC WG
• Working more with moderators
• Worthwhile to explore moderation rules improvements for select platforms
• Talk to Online Community WG for input about platform-specific nuances
  • CoC and Online Community have a formal liaison, and shared members
• Unanimously approved for budget of up to $5,500 with Molly as the contractor

2026 Board elections

• Tom and Thibaud leading, with feedback from Afi
• Preparing for elections in November, starting the public process in late September - early October
• Website listings order randomized

2026 Malcolm Tredinnick Prize

• Tom, Thibaud, Sarah, with support from Afi

AI team for Django

• Initial proposal

Action items

• Thibaud Colas: Get planning further with 2024 and 2025 developers survey