Agenda for the XSF Board Meeting on May 21 2026
Dear Board members, This email announces the agenda for our next Board meeting, scheduled for Thursday, 21 May 2026, from 16:00 to 16:30 UTC. The meeting will take place in the XSF chatroom at xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org?join. Brief context is included for each agenda item to support preparation. *1. Welcome* Opening of the meeting. *2. Formalize Agenda*Confirm and approve the agenda for this meeting. *3. Board Readiness Assessment* Assess whether current discussions about (1) AI use in writing XEPs, (2) process changes related to contributor IPR/copyright handling, and (3) possibly becoming a CVE Numbering Authority are ready for formal Board decision-making. Decide whether each topic should: (a) remain in open discussion phase while clearer proposals are developed, or (b) move into a structured decision phase with defined options, criteria, and trade-offs prepared for Board approval. Mailing list threads: (1) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/TEATGPR45F... (2) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/QOCHL4TYV3... (3) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/members@xmpp.org/thread/ZRI4PL2X3LQE... *4. XSF EU legal structure: Evaluation Framework* Review the current status of the evaluation criteria for the EU legal structure transition, noting that little to no additional feedback was received from the members mailing list. Agree on a finalised and ordered set of evaluation criteria to be used for comparing and assessing options. Define next steps, including how these criteria will be used in a structured comparison and prioritisation process for the available proposals. Mailing list thread: https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/members@xmpp.org/thread/J5U4MXNFP6ML... Wiki page: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/XSF_EU_Legal_Transition_Proposal *5. Any Other Business (AOB)* Items not listed above that require brief attention. *6. Date of next meeting*Agreement on the date of the next Board meeting. *7. Close* Closing of the meeting. Please review the relevant materials ahead of the meeting so that we can use our time efficiently. Kind regards, Guus
Hi! I got a little confused. Did you mean to send this to board@xmpp.org (rather than members)? On 20/05/26 6:23 pm, Guus der Kinderen wrote:
Dear Board members,
This email announces the agenda for our next Board meeting, scheduled for Thursday, 21 May 2026, from 16:00 to 16:30 UTC. The meeting will take place in the XSF chatroom at xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org?join <http://xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org?join>.
Brief context is included for each agenda item to support preparation.
*1. Welcome* Opening of the meeting.
*2. Formalize Agenda *Confirm and approve the agenda for this meeting.
*3. Board Readiness Assessment * Assess whether current discussions about (1) AI use in writing XEPs, (2) process changes related to contributor IPR/copyright handling, and (3) possibly becoming a CVE Numbering Authority are ready for formal Board decision-making.
Decide whether each topic should: (a) remain in open discussion phase while clearer proposals are developed, or (b) move into a structured decision phase with defined options, criteria, and trade-offs prepared for Board approval.
Mailing list threads: (1) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/TEATGPR45F... (2) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/QOCHL4TYV3... (3) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/members@xmpp.org/thread/ZRI4PL2X3LQE...
*4. XSF EU legal structure: Evaluation Framework* Review the current status of the evaluation criteria for the EU legal structure transition, noting that little to no additional feedback was received from the members mailing list. Agree on a finalised and ordered set of evaluation criteria to be used for comparing and assessing options. Define next steps, including how these criteria will be used in a structured comparison and prioritisation process for the available proposals.
Mailing list thread: https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/members@xmpp.org/thread/J5U4MXNFP6ML... Wiki page: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/XSF_EU_Legal_Transition_Proposal
*5. Any Other Business (AOB)* Items not listed above that require brief attention.
*6. Date of next meeting *Agreement on the date of the next Board meeting.
*7. Close* Closing of the meeting.
Please review the relevant materials ahead of the meeting so that we can use our time efficiently.
Kind regards,
Guus
Hi Badri! Yep, that was intentional We try to keep board discussions and materials as open as practical, following the earlier board resolution that prefers public discussion over private whenever possible. The private board list is mostly for sensitive topics or administrivia. Since this was just the agenda for an upcoming meeting and not confidential, I sent it to members@ on purpose for transparency. Kind regards, Guus On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 5:42 AM Badri <badrihippo@disroot.org> wrote:
Hi! I got a little confused. Did you mean to send this to board@xmpp.org (rather than members)? On 20/05/26 6:23 pm, Guus der Kinderen wrote:
Dear Board members, This email announces the agenda for our next Board meeting, scheduled for Thursday, 21 May 2026, from 16:00 to 16:30 UTC. The meeting will take place in the XSF chatroom at xmpp:xsf@muc.xmpp.org?join.
Brief context is included for each agenda item to support preparation.
*1. Welcome* Opening of the meeting.
*2. Formalize Agenda *Confirm and approve the agenda for this meeting.
*3. Board Readiness Assessment * Assess whether current discussions about (1) AI use in writing XEPs, (2) process changes related to contributor IPR/copyright handling, and (3) possibly becoming a CVE Numbering Authority are ready for formal Board decision-making.
Decide whether each topic should: (a) remain in open discussion phase while clearer proposals are developed, or (b) move into a structured decision phase with defined options, criteria, and trade-offs prepared for Board approval.
Mailing list threads: (1) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/TEATGPR45F... (2) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/standards@xmpp.org/thread/QOCHL4TYV3... (3) https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/members@xmpp.org/thread/ZRI4PL2X3LQE...
*4. XSF EU legal structure: Evaluation Framework* Review the current status of the evaluation criteria for the EU legal structure transition, noting that little to no additional feedback was received from the members mailing list. Agree on a finalised and ordered set of evaluation criteria to be used for comparing and assessing options. Define next steps, including how these criteria will be used in a structured comparison and prioritisation process for the available proposals.
Mailing list thread: https://mail.jabber.org/hyperkitty/list/members@xmpp.org/thread/J5U4MXNFP6ML... Wiki page: https://wiki.xmpp.org/web/XSF_EU_Legal_Transition_Proposal
*5. Any Other Business (AOB)* Items not listed above that require brief attention.
*6. Date of next meeting *Agreement on the date of the next Board meeting.
*7. Close* Closing of the meeting.
Please review the relevant materials ahead of the meeting so that we can use our time efficiently.
Kind regards,
Guus
Hi Guus,
Yep, that was intentional
We try to keep board discussions and materials as open as practical, following the earlier board resolution that prefers public discussion over private whenever possible. The private board list is mostly for sensitive topics or administrivia.
I see, thanks for the clarification! I was confused at first because I wasn't sure if it was supposed to be an all-members meeting, but then realised it was addressed to the board.
Since this was just the agenda for an upcoming meeting and not confidential, I sent it to members@ on purpose for transparency.
I wasn't aware of that board resolution. Nice to see more transparency, although I would probably have found all the information anyway over at the MUC. Well, having it in more places can't hurt :-) (The next XSF members' meeting, I now see, is on June 4th) Best, Badri
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