November 2025 - Members

voting results and meeting minutes
by Alexander Gnauck 26 Nov '25

26 Nov '25

Hello, you can find the meeting minutes of our annual board and council election meeting here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Meeting-Minutes-2025-11-20 All Council candidates were accepted. The following individuals will form the XSF council for the 2025/2026 term: * Dan Caseley * Daniel Gultsch * Jérôme Poisson * Stephen Paul Weber * Marvin Wißfeld For the board candidates we have a tie on the 5th position between Adrien and Arne. Our bylaws state that the fifth candidate will be chosen with: RFC 3797: Publicly Verifiable Nominations Committee (NomCom) Random Selection The currently elected individuals for position 1-4 are: * Guus der Kinderen * Mickaël Rémond * Ralph Meijer * Florian Schmaus I am suggesting that we use similar procedure to what we used in 2017 when we had our last tie. The solution was proposed by Dave Cridland. Its compliant with our bylaws. The proposal is the following: 1) As random input source, I propose using the "Main Numbers" from the Euro Millions draw of next Tuesday (2025-11-25), as announced here: https://www.euro-millions.com/results 2) Each number will be arranged in ascending order, separated by dots, and terminated by "./". 3) The resultant string will be hashed according to SHA-256. 4) The tied candidates will be arranged into alphabetic order (note, in this case this may be by first or last name, it makes no difference), to produce: * Adrien Bourmault * Arne-Bruen Vogelsang 5) These will be numbered from 0. Adrien is 0, and Arne by 1. 6) The decimal representation of the last byte in the hash, modulo the number of candidates will then be used to select the candidate. As example, if we take these numbers: 02 - 10 - 14 - 28 - 31 We'd form the string with the numbers ordered of "02.10.14.28.31./" Which we can hash with: sha256('02.10.14.28.31./').hexdigest() Producing a hash (in hex) of 'ad2edee63a88d7b4b6109944b5222a6cce1c3719ac4d41acd0dbf8287465ace0' The last byte in the hash 'e0' is 224 in dec. 224 mod 2 = 0 This would result in candidate 0 being selected (Adrien). I have created a small script to create the results with this algo. It is on GitHub here: https://gist.github.com/agnauck/8996415c1a91e5b6e1d27cad0367c85b and you can run it online here: https://sharplab.io/#gist:8996415c1a91e5b6e1d27cad0367c85b Alex

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OFFICIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
by Alexander Gnauck 24 Nov '25

24 Nov '25

I've started proxy voting via xmpp:memberbot@xmpp.org on our Q4-2025 Membership applications listed here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q4_2025 We will hold a member meeting on December 11th to formally approve the voting results. The meeting particulars are: Date: 2025-12-11 Time: 19:00 UTC Location: xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org When you have problems with memberbot please contact my directly by email or xmpp. Thanks, Alex

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FOSDEM Organisation and Promotion material
by E.M. 23 Nov '25

23 Nov '25

Dear all, I've just took the chance to update the FOSEM 2026 section a little bit. First of all, please check if you have material, ideas or also interest to use the opportunity to promote your project. That also if we get the projector setup run again (Ralph, maybe you can check the point made by Goffi and comment). I have also added suggestion on ordering new material. Please let me know if you think the numbers do not make sense. https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_28#FOSDEM_2026 Best regards, Eddie

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Membership Application period Q4 2025
by Alexander Gnauck 22 Nov '25

22 Nov '25

I have created the XSF membership application page for Q4 2025 at: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q4_2025 The following XSF members have to reapply: * Kim Alvefur * Adrien Bourmault * Dan Caseley * Joachim Lindborg * Georg Lukas * Thilo Molitor * Axel Reimer * Peter Waher * Stephen Paul Weber * Yvo Meeres Thanks, Alex

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voting update & application period reminder
by Alexander Gnauck 18 Nov '25

18 Nov '25

Hello, according to my records the following XSF members had voted via proxy in the current voting period for our annual board & council elections: * mario (at) sabatino.pro * kevin.smith (at) isode.com * p42ity (at) eversten.me * badrihippo (at) disroot.org * mremond (at) process-one.net * soul (at) blastersklan.com * emus (at) jabbers.one * arne-bruen (at) monocles.de * jabber (at) larma.de * daniel (at) gultsch.de * guus.der.kinderen (at) igniterealtime.org * mathieui (at) mathieui.net * andrzej.wojcik (at) tigase.org * gnemmi (at) xmpp.social * daniel (at) spacecloud.one * flo (at) geekplace.eu * travis (at) burtrum.org * tim (at) mailbox.bz * neox (at) a-lec.org * singpolyma (at) singpolyma.net * jonas (at) wielicki.name * gnauck (at) conversations.im If you have not yet voted, please send a message to xmpp:memberbot@xmpp.org to cast your votes. If you have problems with memberbot please contact me directly by email or xmpp. Also a reminder that the deadline for our Q4 application period is coming closer. When you are a member that needs to reapply then please create you application page. When you know candidates that are interested to join the XSF then let them know. Thanks, Alex

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Input needed: FOSDEM 2026 - XMPP Promotion material
by E.M. 18 Nov '25

18 Nov '25

Dear all, after our XMPP Summit 28 (where only 50% of the places are left !!1! ;) ) the FOSDEM 2026 takes place and, if you haven't heard, we have a booth again! To make the most of it and also promote our eco-system we should take the chance to organize this. In this regard I am asking to come back with your input on * Do you have leftover promotion material? * What ideas do you have for what we need or can do at the booth? * Any other activities you plan. Both information and ideas you ideally place here in the Wiki: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_28#FOSDEM_2026 (Also sign-up for the Summit!) Once we have transparency on our promotion material stack, we can discuss what we may need to order and also if we have new ideas for our booth. I offer to organise the ordering, too. If you are not present, please also add whether you want to send promotion material from our project so we can place it at the booth. Please organise and create this yourself - though please speak up so we can discuss how to get your e.g. stickers to Brussels. Speak to you soon, Eddie

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NEN working group participation (NTA 7516)
by Guus der Kinderen 06 Nov '25

06 Nov '25

Hi all, Over the past few weeks, I have been advocating on behalf of the XSF to raise awareness within NEN (the Netherlands Standardization Institute) that XMPP could be an excellent fit for the Dutch NTA 7516 standard, which focuses on secure communication in healthcare. This advocacy was primarily through the blog post we discussed last week, with additional follow-up via social media and email. As a result, I was invited to an introductory meeting with NEN earlier this week, and subsequently invited to join the relevant working groups. Participation in this group would allow the XSF to contribute directly to the ongoing development of the NTA 7516 standard and ensure that XMPP is appropriately represented. While I could join the workgroup on my own behalf, I would prefer to participate explicitly on behalf of the XSF. This ensures the organization is officially recognized as a stakeholder and that our collective voice and expertise are formally included in the development of the standard. Before proceeding, I would like to request the Board's approval to participate in the NTA 7516-related working groups on behalf of the XSF. I am happy to provide additional details or documentation if needed. Kind regards, Guus

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Official access credentials to XSF LinkedIn account?
by E.M. 04 Nov '25

04 Nov '25

Dear members, I am looking for members with the original access credentials to the XSF LinkedIn account. (Hereby, I don't mean rights to publish to the XSF LinkedIn account.) If you have, please reach out to me directly. Best regard, Eddie

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OFFICIAL MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
by Alexander Gnauck 03 Nov '25

03 Nov '25

I've started proxy voting via xmpp:memberbot@xmpp.org on our board & council elections listed here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Board_and_Council_Elections_2025 We will hold a member meeting on November 20 to formally approve the voting results. The meeting particulars are: Date: 2025-11-20 Time: 19:00 UTC Location: xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org When you have problems with memberbot please contact my directly by email or xmpp. Thanks, Alex

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