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XSF Communication Team needs a new email account provider

by E.M.

TLDR: XSF Communication Team is asking to switch to mailbox.org for 30 EUR per year. Dear all, We would like to find a new email address for the XSF Communication Team that supports all our growing needs. Protonmail no longer meets these needs for a long time, either for free or at a reasonable price (while still respecting their service). We need such an account because Protonmail asked for a paid subscription to use SMTP with e.g. Thunderbird (yes really). We are also limited in organizing emails and the inbox as this is also restricted in the free plan. Additionally, we are currently blocked to use Reddit and LinkedIn with SocialBu with our Protonmail. We are therefore looking for a decent host that also supports a good level of compliance, privacy under GDPR, and possibly comes with more capabilities at a reasonable price. We have created a service comparison table here: https://pad.nixnet.services/331YAjbUQOmAWa2Octx_DA?view Later on, we could also ask Mailbox.org if they could provide a standard account for free. As they even used to run an XMPP server, they might be willing to support an account. However, I am not sure how such a collaboration should look like. Firstly, we are blocked being fully operational and able to expand as we could at the moment and I would like to switch first. Then we can expand cooperation and maybe even sponsoring. On the other hand, switching to mailbox.org would provide us with additional organisational tooling that could benefit the XSF and the XMPP Community such as custom domains and other office tools they provide. Best regards, Eddie

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Discussion: More structured outreach and positioning of XMPP

by Guus der Kinderen

Hi everyone, At the Summit, we had a good discussion about outreach and positioning of XMPP, and whether we could be more deliberate in how we present XMPP as a technology in relevant communities and markets. One concrete idea that came up was: Having XSF representatives speak at selected events (conferences, meetups, etc.) More generally, this raises questions such as: - Where do we want XMPP to be more visible? - What audiences should we prioritize? - What kinds of materials, messaging, or support would be needed? - How can we do this in a sustainable, volunteer-friendly way? This thread is intended to collect ideas, experiences, and opinions on whether - and how - we might move toward more structured outreach. No decisions are implied at this point; the goal is simply to start a focused conversation. Kind regards, Guus

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Discussion: Potential second XMPP Summit in 2026 (online?)

by Guus der Kinderen

Hi everyone, During the recent XMPP Summit, we discussed the idea of organizing a second Summit in 2026, potentially as an online-only event. The motivation behind this idea would be to: - Keep momentum going between in-person Summits - Lower the barrier to participation - Create space for focused discussions or follow-ups that don’t necessarily require physical presence At this stage, this is very much an open exploration, not a proposal. Some questions that might be worth discussing: - Is there interest in an additional Summit this year? - What goals would such an event serve? - Would an online format make sense, or are there better alternatives? - What kind of scope or duration would be reasonable? I'd like to use this thread to gauge interest and collect initial thoughts. If there's enough energy around this, we can look at concrete next steps later. Looking forward to your input. Kind regards, Guus

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Membership Application period Q1 2026

by Alexander Gnauck

I have created the membership application page for Q1 2026 at: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Membership_Applications_Q1_2026 The following XSF members have to reapply: * Benson Muite * Ludovic Bocquet * Jan-Carel Brand * Dave Cridland * Nicola Fabiano * Alexander Gnauck * Daniel Gultsch * Tim Henkes * Edward Maurer * Jérôme Poisson * Mario Sabatino * Jonas Schäfer * Florian Schmaus * Winfried Tilanus * Trần H. Trung * Arne-Bruen Vogelsang * Matthew Wild * Heiner Wolf Regards, Alex

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Digital Independence Day - Di.Day in Germany

by E.M.

Dear all, XSF Communication Team basically just intended to ask for permission from Board. But they ask us to reach out to all of you. So here we go! Currently there is a new initiative going on from Save Social – Networks For Democracy. It's called the Digital Independence Day - Di.Day in Germany. https://di.day/en (Sorry, no English version yet) While XMPP members already contacted them to list XMPP as recommended technology as well (we were not involved). Though, we think it is a good thing, we wanted to ask if anything speaks against supporting this campaign and aloow higher presence of XMPP as technology? We are basically asking whether we can write messages in the media channels like this: ________________ In Germany the word spreads for the "Digital Independence Day" (https://di.day), and we also find vendor-independent messaging great! Coincidentally, the first ‘DI.DAY’ was on the anniversary of XMPP, January 4th! So let's go for digital independence and sovereignty! ________________ We believe this could get us certain media attention in a significant big media campaign in Germany. Best regards, Eddie

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XSF Dinner 2026 Invitation

by Ralph Meijer

Hello, Prior to FOSDEM 2026, members of the XMPP Standards Foundation convene for XMPP Summit 28. The annual summit in Brussels traditionally includes the XSF dinner, which is hosted by the XSF for its members, friends, and sponsors, to thank them for their hard work and support for the foundation and its mission. Also, it's great fun. The dinner will take place on the Thursday prior to FOSDEM, at restaurant L'Auberge Brétonne (Brusselsesteenweg 670 – 3090 OVERIJSE). We would like you to be there! If you're interested in joining us, please RSVP by fill out a short form at <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1Nf2tQNMavEjO77oLVJw_7Bo43iRJqhP…> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1Nf2tQNMavEjO77oLVJw_7Bo43iRJqhP…>. We'll need your RSVP before 18:00 UTC, Wednesday 28 January (tomorrow!). If you're not a member or sponsor, you're still most welcome to attend. We do ask you cover the costs of food, drink and transport. Yeah, Ralph PS 1. Summit details can be found at https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_28. PS 2. If you want to sponsor the Summit and/or our presence at FOSDEM, we'd be very grateful. Please contact any board member for details.

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XMPP Summit 28 takes place next week

by E.M.

Hello everyone, the XMPP Summit 28 takes place next week! This is a good opportunity for your to consider: - Adding and reading through potential agenda topics so others are able to form their thoughts early. - Having a lighting talk. Application of XMPP in the wild is very welcome here. - Inviting a contact or friend of your close XMPP sphere. Three seats are left. Find all information and options to list here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Conferences/Summit_28 Info: If possible bring a multi-plug for your devices. See you in Brussels!

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Re: [GSoC] Google Summer of Code 2026

by E.M.

Dear all, regarding the Google Summer of Code I would like to send a kind reminder. You can start reading here: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/Google_Summer_of_Code_2026 If you and your project are interested, please list good ideas. As I know that the interest in the program has very much declined over the recent years, I still would like to promote this a opportunity. Besides the 350 and 175 hours, Google offers to also have just a 90 hours length. This might lower barriers and let reconsider to introduce people working with XMPP rather than expecting them to implement heavy lifting such as MUC or A/V. The 90 hours could also be taken to do this as a more academic implementation and working with rather simple topics but increase interest in the technology. Another thing to reconsider is finding people through talks with your community but also in your local sphere such as university and contacts you have and that might be suitable. - https://mov.im/community/news.xmpp.org/News/e65a1483-2449-4eb7-b1fd-09f3641… - https://fosstodon.org/@xmpp/115805273794678126 - https://bsky.app/profile/xmpp-official.bsky.social/post/3mb5vxmszad2b Best regards, Eddie On 05/12/2025 19:47, E.M. wrote: > Dear XMPP Community, > > Google has announced their stipend program for 2026. > > https://opensource.googleblog.com/2025/12/shape-future-with-google- > summer-of-code.html > > In this regard, the XSF is considering to apply as umbrella organisation > again. To do so, we would expect the community and its projects to come > up with good and interesting ideas. > > Hence, if you are interested to participate and until we come with more > details, please start thinking about your potential participation and > also communicating in your community to find also potential candidates > that contribute. > > A good start is to read Google's resources: https:// > developers.google.com/open-source/gsoc/resources/ > > You can also join our GSoC XMPP chat: https://xmpp.org/chat?gsoc > > Kind regards, > Eddie > GSoC Org Administrator

3 weeks, 3 days

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Chat of the Future Initiative

by E.M.

Dear all, the XSF Communication Team is pleased to announce a new initiative to help evolving the XMPP ecosystem in a broader and aligned perspective. This should cover discussions, development but also extended public communication and presence. As this is being setup in an iterative way its participants will be able to form and steer the collaborations direction over time. You can read the full blog post here: https://xmpp.org/2026/01/chat-of-the-future-initiative/ After a number of questions let me elaborate a bit more. So, when you join the session(s) we will have a interactive collaboration board present where we will conduct different exercises. We start with basically exposure and a discussion of the networks status quo is as everyone sees it from their corner. If you have ideas of what you would like to change, you can just propose those. Ideas could be for example that members from the XMPP community are interest in an organised (regular?) interoperability meeting on certain XEPs. Others think of more engagement along encryption or building a better landing page for developers. In the end, all those great ideas and constructive feedback can be brought to the first session, but also at a later point. Out of this, the round will form a collaborative direction that anyone interested can join, commit and contribute to. There are more and other directing and hopefully fun exercises of this nature and we will collect, review and discuss ideas that could be worth moving on within a couple of months. Ideas, to be shaped in smaller activities, with no long time frames but effective outcomes that the ecosystem benefits at user or (new) developers level. We hope this is a motivating opportunity for the XMPP network and help us to step ahead all together. We also believe that such a collaboration can enable the network to evolve and gain new momentum and result in strong benefits for all actors. Feel free to comeback with your thoughts already. Best regards from the Communication Team, Eddie

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Future of fiscal hosting

by Matthew Wild

Hi folks, The XSF needs to decide on the future of its fiscal hosting programme. For those unfamiliar, fiscal hosting is a service the XSF has been offering for a few years now. It allows qualifying XMPP-related projects to essentially use the XSF as a way to receive money (e.g. donations from sponsors) and pay expenses (e.g. server costs). This saves projects from the trouble of setting up their own organization, bank account, and so on. To help organize this, we use the Open Collective platform which was purpose-built for this kind of arrangement. However, Open Collective have let us know that they will be raising their prices in 2026: https://pricing-2026.opencollective.com/ Under their previous pricing, our usage did not incur any costs and we were able to use their platform for free. They are planning to charge us ~$15/month per project ("collective") that we host. This is very expensive relative to the amount of funding we are enabling. For example: We currently have 5 collectives, and I checked their "estimated annual budget" earlier this year when the new pricing was announced (income was calculated by OpenCollective based on the prior 12 months of activity): Mellium: $15/month == 180% of their annual budget Prav: $15/month == 50% of their annual budget diasp.in: $15/month == 1000% of their annual budget Bifrost: dormant, $0 raised during past 12 months Prav iOS app: $15/month == 178% of their annual budget If we end the fiscal hosting programme, we will need to transfer to existing projects any funds that we are currently holding for them. If we continue, we need to agree that the expenses are justified. I propose this topic as an agenda item for the next board meeting (15th December). In the meantime, if any members have opinions, please feel free to share them. Regards, Matthew

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