Motion adopted by the Board of Directors
#2019/001 - Appoint James Vasile as member of the Advisory Board of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/002 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Sandra Decoux.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/003 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/004 - Assign the Joomla Shop RFP.
Proposed by Sandra Decoux, seconded by Luca Marzo.
Voted for Vendor A: George Wilson
Voted for Vendor B: Alexander Metzler, Luca Marzo, Hugh Douglas-Smith, Yves Hoppe, Viktor Vogel, Djamel Kherbi.
Abstained: Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, Jason Rosenbaum, Sandra Decoux.
RFP is awarded to vendor B by majority.
#2019/005 - Give the mandate to President, Secretary and Treasurer to found a 501(c)(3) organization incorporated in the United States. These three officer roles will be shared between OSM and the new public charity organization.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
Voted in favour: Alexander Metzler, Sandra Decoux, Hugh Douglas-Smith, Yves Hoppe, Djamel Kherbi, Viktor Vogel.
Voted against: George Wilson.
Abstained to prevent any possible Conflict of Interest: Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, Luca Marzo, Jason Rosenbaum.
The motion passed with majority consent.
#2019/006 - Create the Education Outreach Working Group as information working group in the Programs Department.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, Seconded by Sandra Decoux
Motion passed with unanimous consent
#2019/007 - Appoint Bruce Lawson as Member of the Advisory Board of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, Seconded by Djamel Kherbi
Motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/008 - Support the affirmation of the Open Source Definition as requested by the Open Source Initiative.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, Seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall
Motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/009 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jason Rosenbaum.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/010 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/011 - Where a team has a regular meeting schedule, to be entitled to the role of member, a team contributor must commit to attending at least 65% of meetings over each 6 month period. Those team members unable to meet this commitment will be marked as contributors only. This policy is already in place within several teams and has been successful in encouraging activity.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, Seconded by Luca Marzo.
Motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/012 - Appoint Simon Badrick as member of the Advisory Board of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/013 - Appoint Zaheda Bhorat as member of the Advisory Board of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/014 - Appoint Danese Cooper as member of the Advisory Board of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/015 - Adopt the Policy regarding Marketing Resources.
Proposed by Sandra Decoux, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/016 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Yves Hoppe.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/017 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jason Rosenbaum.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/018 - Join i2Coalition as Member.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent
#2019/019 - MOTION REDACTED PENDING LEGAL REVIEW
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Yves Hoppe.
Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall abstained as requester of the motion.
The motion passed with unanimous consent and 1 abstention.
#2019/020 - Allow Jaz Parkyn to take over the role of Programs Department Coordinator immediately due to the unavailability of the current Director.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Sandra Decoux.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/021 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/022 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/023 - Approve the Backup Policy document and adopt it as standard policy regarding backup for all the Joomla.org and OSM websites
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/024 - Approve the Trademark Policy for Domain Names document and adopt it as trademark policy for domain name registrations.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/025 - Cancel the motion #2019/019 as suggested by the Lawyers.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/026 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Sandra Decoux
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/027 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/028 - Appoint Peter Russell as member of the Advisory Board of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent and 3 abstentions.
#2019/029 - Appoint Ken Crowder as Ombudsman of Open Source Matters, Inc.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/030 - Disband Joomla! X Team as suggested by Niels Braczek and Marco Dings.
Proposed by George Wilson, seconded by Yves Hoppe
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/031 - Create a working group "Software Architecture & Strategy" as outlined by Marco Dings under Production Department.
Proposed by George Wilson, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/032 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jason Rosenbaum.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/033 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/034 - Pay Rowan the balance of this year’s bookkeeping budget in order to bring books up to date, create a manual for future bookkeepers, automate some tasks, bring last 5 years books up to publishable quality. Amount to be paid $3900.
Proposed by Djamel Kherbi, seconded by Luca Marzo.
Abstentions: Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, Jason Rosenbaum.
Motion passed with unanimous consent and 2 abstentions.
#2019/035 - Challenge JoomlaHosting registration in Turkey at approximate cost of $1500. This would come from existing Legal and Finance Legal Budget.
Proposed by Hugh Douglas-Smith, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/036 - Allow the Vice President role to be shared with the new charity entity.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
Abstentions: Alexander Metzler.
The motion passed with unanimous consent and 1 abstention.
#2019/037 - As per point in other business above. Motion of no confidence in the President.
Proposed by Sandra Decoux (serving at the time in which the motion has been proposed originally).
Abstentions: Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall as directly involved party. Harald Leithner and Jason Nickerson as Directors not yet in charge at the time in which the motion has been proposed.
Against: Alexander Metzler, Jason Rosenbaum, Luca Marzo, Jaz Parkyn, Djamel Kherbi, Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion failed unanimously and 3 abstentions.
#2019/038 - Move meeting time to 17:00 UTC.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/039 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/040 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jason Rosenbaum.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/041 - Approve the Policy Regarding CoC Breaches document and adopt it as official policy.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/043 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/044 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/045 - Apply the new voting methodology to the Marketing & Communications Department Coordinator Replacement Election as per the modifications to the Bylaws approved in February.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn
The motion passed with majority consent and 1 voted against (Harald Leithner).
#2019/046 - Challenge the “Joomla” Trademark Registration in China.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/047 - Reboot the Conflict Resolution Team in order to deal with Code of Conduct Breach Reports with 3 members of the board dealing with all reports collectively instead of the Secretary alone.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/048 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/049 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/050 - Propose to vote on reimbursement of $877.50USD to President for pet sitting expenses while traveling over six-week period. This has precedence as being something that should be paid (#2018/028) but in the past was voted on by the Board. We will keep that precedent in place with this vote.
Proposed by Jason Rosenbaum and seconded by Djamel Kherbi
The motion passed with unanimous consent and two abstentions (Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, Jason Rosenbaum).
#2019/051 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jason Rosenbaum.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/052 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Harald Leithner.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/053 - Approve the Joomla Exam Provider Agreement document and adopt it as standard contract for Exam Providers of the Joomla Certification Program.
Proposed by Jaz Parkyn, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/054 - Create a new “Joomla Enhancement Development Team” as an official team under Production
Proposed by Harald Leithner, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/055 - Make “Workflow Project Team” an unofficial team.
Proposed by Harald Leithner, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/056 - Start a Security Strike Team Bug Bounty Program from 2018/19 Production Budget Surplus
Proposed by Harald Leithner, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/057 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/058 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Alexander Metzler.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/059 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/060 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/061 - Approve the budget for Fiscal Year 2019/20
Proposed by Jason Rosenbaum, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/062 - Adopt the new certification exam pricing from July 1st 2019 as detailed in the shared document.
Proposed by Jaz Parkyn, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/063 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/064 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/065 - Make CMS Maintenance Team an official Team with voting rights in the Production Department.
Proposed by Harald Leithner, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/066 - Adopt 16 years old as the minimum age requirement to register to a Joomla.org website.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/067 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/067B - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Harald Leithner.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/068 - Adopt and publish the amended version of the Bylaws that incorporates the changes voted by Members of the Corporation in February 2019.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
Amended Bylaws available at https://www.opensourcematters.org/images/documents/25-Jul-19-OSM-ByLaws.pdf
#2019/069 - Request erasure of the Joomla Workspace on Slack since it is not used anymore by the Project.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/070 - Cancel Joomla! World Conference 2019 due to logistics issues.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Harald Leithner
The motion passed with unanimous consent and one abstention (Jason Rosenbaum).
#2019/071 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/072 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/073 - Grant to the Joomla Foundation, Inc. a limited, non-exclusive and royalty-free license to use the Joomla trade name and/or trademarks or logo(s) in advertising and marketing materials, whether in printed or electronic form.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/074 - Close and archive the Incorporation Working Group as its mission has been completed and the new 501(c)(3) entity has been formed.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/075 - Accept the recommendations of the report from the Ombudsman regarding a Code of Conduct Breach Report.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith
The motion passed with unanimous consent. Djamel Kherbi did not participate in this vote to prevent any possible conflict of interest.
#2019/076 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/077 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/078 - Officially define board roles and associated commitments and publish these on the OSM website with updates every year.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/079 - Require quarterly reporting of progress made and plans for next quarter from all DC’s and Officers.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/080 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/081 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent
#2019/082 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/083 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/084 - Join the Digital Climate Strike
Proposed by Harald Leithner, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/085 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/086 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/087 - Two board members shall approve the commissioning or decommissioning of any and all services and products from our hosting provider.
Proposed by Jaz Parkyn, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/088 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Brian Mitchell.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/089 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/090 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/091 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Daniel Dubois.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/092 - Project to develop Joomla users targeting retired, unemployed, students and prisoners as described in this video: https://youtu.be/x9_X_UZhBjc .
Proposed by Daniel Dubois, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/093 - Project to develop Joomla users targeting African women.
Proposed by Daniel Dubois, seconded by Rowah Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/094 - Move the meeting to 18.00 UTC to reflect timeshift in Europe.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/095 - Enforce the Joomla Contributor License Agreement for major contributions like a major feature or template developed by third-parties.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/096 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/097 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Daniel Dubois.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/098 - Hold a “Forum for the Future” in January using the excess funds in the MMA Account.
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/099 - Sponsor CMS Africa 2020 with a 1500 USD.
Proposed by Djamel Kherbi, seconded by Daniel Dubois.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/100 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/101 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/102 - [MOTION WITHDRAWN WITH THE MOTION #2019/104]
Proposed by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall, seconded by Luca Marzo
The motion passed with majority consent.
#2019/103 - As per the decision to use Aleksander Kuzcek as Interim Operations Director at the Board Meeting in person, Daniel Dubois, the current Vice President, will serve as interim Legal & Finance Department Coordinator in place of Jason Nickerson until the next election cycle in January 2020 due to the continued absence of the elected Director.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/104 - Cancel motion #2019/102, waiting for the official policy.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/105 - Approve the “Corporate Policy regarding Sponsorship Commissions” document and adopt it as an official Corporate Policy.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with majority consent. Brian Mitchell and Harald Leithner voted against.
#2019/106 - Renew our .org domains for the maximum length possible to avoid possible price increases.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/107 - Join the Save .ORG initiative as organization.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Harald Leithner.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/108 - Move the next Board Meeting to December 05, 2019 and adjourn the bi-weekly cycle accordingly.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Daniel Dubois.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/109 - Appoint Carrie Megginson as an Agent of the Corporation according to the Corporate Policy regarding Sponsorship Commissions.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Jaz Parkyn.
The motion passed with unanimous consent and 3 abstentions.
Rowan Hoskyns Abrahall abstained to prevent any possible Conflict of Interests.
Brian Mitchell and Harald Leithner abstained.
#2019/110 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Daniel Dubois.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/111 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/112 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Djamel Kherbi.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/113 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Harald Leithner.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/114 - Approve the Webmasters’ Handbook document and adopt it as an official policy of the Corporation.
Proposed by Hugh Douglas-Smith, seconded by Luca Marzo.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/115 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.
#2019/116 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Hugh Douglas-Smith.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.