DSF Board monthly meeting, September 11, 2025

This meeting was led by Thibaud Colas

Board members in attendance:

• Thibaud Colas
• Jeff Triplett
• Paolo Melchiorre
• Sarah Abderemane
• Tom Carrick

Also in attendance:

• Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)

Finance

Balance

USD $266,238

Grants approved

• Django on the Med: EUR €500
• PyCon Africa: USD $500

Individual members approved

• Brian Ochieng Oginga
• Mia Bajić
• Radoslav Georgiev
• Michael Trythall
• Timothy McCurrach
• Mitchel Cabuloy
• Laura Beaufort
• Colleen Dunlap
• Chris Goodwin
• Miguel Sanda
• Chris Muthig
• Colin Copeland
• Pradhvan Bisht
• Farhan Ali Raza
• Kayongo Johnson Brian
• Benedict Kofi Amofah
• Efe Öge
• Yann Malet
• Jan Gondol
• Monica Oyugi
• Keanya Phelps
• Andrew Mshar
• Monica Iyabo

Ongoing business

Developers Survey 2024 results publication

• Discussing publication timeline

Developers Survey 2025

• Plan under way with JetBrains contact

Django on the Med (sprints)

• Presentation at DjangoCon US
• Sign-ups going well within target (20)
• Informal roadmapping session plans

Fellow updates

• All current projects in progress

CLA vs. DCO for Django contributors

• Ongoing discussions

Proposal for Django as a CNA

• Application has been sent by Natalia

ED updates

• Starting back up after DjangoCon
• To be determined how other current projects affect this, based on Board members’ capacity

DjangoCon Europe 2026

• DjangoCon Europe 2026 in Athens - Final proposal
• Voted unanimously in favor (5 board members in attendance)
• Proceeding with contract and Events support WG support

Trademark renewal

• Still in progress

2026 Board elections planning

• Draft timeline confirmed
• Delivery plan with other DSF members with Tom and Thibaud as owners
• Next step: refine nomination form

2026 Malcolm Tredinnick Prize

• Proceeding with draft timeline
• Looking for volunteers
• Next step: publish call for nominations (Sarah)

AI team for Django

• Proposal may need refining

DSF members (active / inactive)

• No updates, Tom to write proposal

New business

Events support working group

• Group is now up and running
• Next topic: DjangoCon Europe 2027 Call for Organizers

Django 6.0 release marketing

• Proposal to have a video for the release
• Other projects do this, e.g. Gnome
• See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgcVp5RHy4Q

Recruiting of sponsors at DjangoCon US

• Pre-approved sponsors (not finalised):
  • CodeRed
  • Buttondown
  • Authentik
  • MongoDB
  • Kraken Tech

Booth presence at PyCon US

• Catherine interested to do this
• Jon Banafato as a contact

PyCon UK

• Strategize for Catherine

Plan for EuroPython 2026

• Venue approved unanimously

Action items

• Paolo Melchiorre: Updates on Django on the Med
• Paolo Melchiorre: Reach out to Freehive to create a short video for the Django 6.0