Plone is a software, Plone is a community, Plone is a Foundation. In this talk we will explain what is the Foundation, how it promotes and protect Plone, and its relationship with community. Learn about the Plone Foundation Board, about our teams, committees, secret handshakes, and why you should consider joining us.

1. The
Plone
Foundation
Needs
You! Érico Andrei
Plone Conference 2019
Ferrara, OCT 24

2. What is Plone?

3. IS NOT
ISNOT
ISNOT
ISIS
IS
CommunitySoftware
Foundation

4. Plone is a Software

5. Plone is an Software API

6. Plone is a Community

7. Plone is a Foundation

8. About me

9. 2004
2006
2010
Érico Andrei

10. Plone Foundation

11. Mission
Protect and Promote
Plone

12. Outside the scope of the Foundation
• Lead or steer the development of software
• Roadmap, priorities, features come from the community
• Foundation has liaisons to some teams — communication
• Compete with Plone/Zope/Guilliotina/Volto providers
• Support contracts, licenses
• Trainings

13. What it does
• Decision-making structure for essential community activities
• Manage Copyrights, Trademark, Domains, Intellectual Property
• Code Licensing
• Coordinate Marketing & Communication
• Fundraising to support the community
• Finance sprints, events, community infrastructure

14. Teams & Committees
• Communications and Marketing Team (bit.ly/plone-mktg)
• Lead by T. Kim Nguyen
• Membership Committee (bit.ly/plone-members)
• Lead by Érico Andrei

15. It needs you

16. • Community members with significant and
enduring contributions
• Nominations reviewed by the Membership
Committee, approved by the Board
• Voice and vote in the Foundation
• Membership needs to be renewed yearly
• 93 active members from 25 countries
Members come from the community
Europe
US
Latin America
Asia 5
12
21
55

17. Board of Directors
• 7 elected members + 1 treasurer (non-voting)
• No need to be a Foundation member
• 1 year term (From Plone Conference to Plone Conference)
• Working board with bi-weekly meetings
• Marketing, communication, intellectual property decisions
• 2019/2020 Elections happening now!
(bit.ly/plone-elections)

18. Board of directors

19. Be part of it
• Apply to become a member of the Foundation
(bit.ly/plone-membership)
• Already a member? Vote!
• Membership Meeting 2019: October 25th, 13:30
• Volunteer to one of our teams
• Consider running for the Board in 2020

20. One last thing

21. Grazie!

22. Érico Andrei
ericof@plone.org
@ericof
@pendecthq
https://plone.org/foundation
https://slideshare.net/ericof
Thank you