DSF Board monthly meeting, August 8, 2024

The meeting was led by Chaim Kirby.

Board members in attendance were:

• Thibaud Colas
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss
• Chaim Kirby
• Cagil Ulusahin Sonmez
• Kátia Nakamura
• Katie McLaughlin
• Sarah Abderemane

Also in attendance were:

• Catherine Holmes (Assistant to Treasurer)

Finances

Balance

USD $223,448.43

Individual members approved

• Kevin Renskers

Ongoing business

DjangoCon Europe 2026 organizers call for proposal

• Drafted licensing agreement, CfP timeline, organizers
• Documents ready for review by the board & DjangoCon Europe Support WG
• Considering an info session for interested organizers

New business

2025 board elections: 4 open positions (Chaim, Çağıl, Katie, Kátia)

• Will encourage nominations at DjangoCon US 2024
• Investigating ways to improve the regional representation of the membership on the board
• Secretary will oversees Elections tasks, Treasurer will oversee handover tasks

Action items

• Thibaud Colas: Update the Fundraising website page to have wording about what the goal and running total represent, and which donations are visible there
• Thibaud Colas: Update DEP-007 for freshness, listing package catalog, group name changes.
• Catherine Holmes: Create monthly charts for finances to date & share PyCharm campaign data
• Çağıl Uluşahin Sonmez: Send one last email to complete DSF membership move to forum
• Thibaud Colas: Publish the 2026 DjangoCon Europe CfP
• Jacob Kaplan-Moss: Update sponsorship prospective with new points above (not django-news yet, the rest)

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