DSF Board monthly meeting, October 9, 2025

This meeting was led by Thibaud Colas

Board members in attendance:

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

Also in attendance:

• Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)

Finance

Balance

USD $290,189

Grants approved

• Django Day India: USD $500
• PyDay + Django Birthday: USD $400
• PyCon FR: USD $500

Individual members approved

• Emmanuel “Tobe” Katchy
• Raphael Gaschignard
• SiHyunLee
• Ertuğrul Noyan Keremoğlu
• Julie Rymer
• Himanshu Shankar
• Agnès Haasser

Ongoing business

Developers Survey 2024 results publication

• Timing of release done with JetBrains
• Coordinated promotion of results in October - early November
• Jeff was on DjangoChat to discuss the results with Will and Carlton. Should be released the same week that the results are published.

Developers Survey 2025

• Planning ongoing

Django on the Med (sprints)

• Finished the sprints this morning
• Working on reports on what happened

Fellow updates

• Sarah on maternity leave

CLA vs. DCO for Django contributors

• Ongoing discussions

Django as a CNA

• Admin tasks behind the scenes
• Expecting announcement in late October

DjangoCon Europe 2026

• Dates: mid-April

Trademark renewal

• Next step: meeting with possible paralegal to confirm rates and work needed

2026 Board elections planning

• New applications statements format
• Opportunity to workshop applications with Jacob

2026 Malcolm Tredinnick Prize

• Winner chosen, to be announced soon

New business

Homepage site redesign

• Discussion started

Action items

• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Write second draft for ED proposals blog post w/ extra doc w/ possible duties
• Jeff Triplett: Send possible duties
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Add wording to Board nominations