Hello,
as discussed during Friday's board call, find attached the agenda for the LibOCon virtual board meeting, which is scheduled for
Wednesday, 14 October 13:00 to 16:00 Berlin time
(public from 13:00-13:30, private from 13:30-16:00)
at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard
Public part:
1. Welcome, introduction, invitation, representation and quorum (Lothar/Franklin, 5 minutes)
Presentation of the agenda, confirmation of proper invitation, handle representation statements and determine quorum.
Includes a welcome to the members of the new Membership Committee.
2. Update on key goals and focal points (Florian, 15 minutes)
An update on various key goals and focal points, where we stand and what the next steps are.
1. Key goals
1. Streamline tendering process, sign two tenders and get them delivered (Nicolas, Lothar, Florian)
2. Hire development mentor, grow pool of code committers (board excl. Michael)
3. Grow non-coding community (Ilmari, Mike)
4. (Virtual) Hackfests where coders and non-coders meet (Mike, Ilmari)
5. Marketing plan, younger contributors, OpenOffice users (Italo, Mike)
6. Evaluating tooling, e.g. Discourse for AskBot, incl. tools for participation improvement (Sophie, Ilmari)
7. Campus program for student ambassadors (Italo)
8. Business entity (Paolo, Thorsten, Michael)
2. Focal points and budget items
1. Scholarship (Lothar, Florian, Stephan)
2. Donor management, CiviCRM, fundraising and campaigns (Italo, Mike, Florian)
3. New website (Heiko, Ilmari)
4. Weblate (Sophie, Christian)
5. Extensions and templates page (Christian)
6. Update on tenders - WebDAV, Xray-built-in debugger, Text layout, Automated ODF filter regression testing, Cleanup & further improve ODF conformance
7. Weblate Dashboard integration for Membership Committee
8. ODF 1.3 conformance and ODF 1.3 delta tender
9. FOSDEM 2021 and virtual meetings
10. Google Season of Docs (Olivier)
11. Google Summer of Code (Ilmari, Heiko)
3. Overview on downloads, budget and donations (Florian, Mike, Italo, 5 minutes)
Update on our budget, download numbers and the status of donations.
Incl. status of recurring donations and diversifying income stream.
4. Various, quick questions and answers, closing of the public part, and invitation to next public board meeting (5 minutes)
A few minutes for questions and answers. Everyone is invited to continue the discussion in the next public board meeting on October 23.
Agenda items of private part:
5. Self-reflection: Eight months after FOSDEM - motivation, feelings and goals (30 minutes)
We did a motivation and goals round at FOSDEM. What has changed since then, what does everyone feel right now? Three minute statement each.
6. Strategy and vision for 2021 and beyond (90 minutes)
Where do we want to be at the end of this board's term? What is our vision for the months and years to come?
We need to recreate trust and mutual understanding.
Let's collect all the important or controversial items, vote on the most important 5, and prepare working together in subgroups of 2-4 people, so everyone is member of at least one subgroup.
Topics sorted alphabetically:
* Accessibility
* Advisory board and cooperation
* App stores
* Business entity and commercial activities
* Capital investment
* Community bylaws
* Conflict of interest and tenders
* Diversity and inclusion
* Education, universities and schools
* Events, conferences, LibOCon 2021 and Hackfests, physical and virtual
* LibreOffice Online
* LibreOffice Mobile (Android and iOS)
* Marketing plan and growth and diversification of the ecosystem
* Next next decade manifesto
* Public sector activities
* Trademark policy, branding
7. Closing round: Feelings, expectations, goals by FOSDEM (30 minutes)
How do you feel now? What are your goals and expectations to achieve by next February, during the virtual FOSDEM meeting? Three minute statement each.
Florian