DSF Board monthly meeting, January 9, 2020
The meeting was led by Frank Wiles.
Board members in attendance were:
- Frank Wiles
- Anna Makarudze
- James Bennett
- Will Vincent
- Sayantika Banik
- Kátia Nakamura
- Aaron Bassett
Also in attendance were:
- Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)
Finances
Balance
USD $168,174.00
Grants approved
- Abuja Python Weekend: USD $500.00
- DjangoGirls Bangalore: USD $300.00
- DjangoGirls Nouakchott: USD $300.00
- PyCon Namibia: USD $2,000.00
Individual members approved
- Mayokun Adeoti
- Charles Denton
Corporate members approved
- Arcanite
Ongoing business
Dissolving core
James got eaten by work + holidays; going to start voting in core soon.
Django usage survey
A draft has been written.
Google Patch Rewards
$30,000 available for security related improvements to open-source. django-developers discussion. James will check in with appropriate people.
Membership system RFP
No update. The Board is proposing ideas to get this moving.
Merchandise
Store is up now and linked at Threadless: https://django.threadless.com. Will did sample order to confirm. Can add new designs such as from PyConAU 19, etc.
Tidelift
No update.
New business
Documentation Fellows
Discuss idea of Doc Fellow, 3 month pilot for part-time contractor to tackle homepage, documentation, contribution guide, etc. Will/Carlton discussed. Call for proposals? Next steps?
GitHub sponsorship
Want to get clarification on some issues, especially: What information do we get on who’s contributing through it? Do we have the ability to refuse a donation if we feel it’s a person/entity the DSF shouldn’t be accepting funding from? We will soft-launch for a short time to see how it works.
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