TYPO3 Association Board Meeting Protocol (30 September 2026)
Proposed term limits for board and BCC members, a one-week online vote on new by-laws ahead of a short General Assembly on 29 October, and lessons from open source events in North America topped the board’s agenda.
Attendance
- Olivier Dobberkau (President)
- Jana Höffner (Vice President)
- Stefan Busemann (Treasurer)
- Martin Helmich (Secretary)
- Jochen Weiland (Member of the Board)
- Thomas Maroschik (Member of the Board)
- Ingo Schmitt (Chairman, Business Control Committee)
- Roberto Torresani (Member, Business Control Committee)
- Daniel Fau (CEO, TYPO3 GmbH)
- Frank Nägler (CTO, TYPO3 GmbH)
Governance Working Group Status Update
The governance working group has mostly concluded its tasks and transitioned its focus to the by-law working group. It was noted that Swiss law requires both German and English versions of the by-laws to be maintained, with the German version remaining legally binding.
Discussions covered the structural integration of units, the unit cooperation panel, and proposed term limits of nine years for board members and six years for Business Control Committee (BCC) members followed by a one-year cool-down phase.
Additionally, company employees are permitted to hold leadership roles within units since they lack voting rights in the board and financial control.
Extraordinary General Assembly (EGA) Preparations
Draft by-laws will be published likely in week 42 alongside the General Assembly invitations, Q&A sessions, and a comprehensive management summary with a comparison table of changes.
Members will participate in a one-week asynchronous vote via the voting system prior to a brief 15-to-20-minute General Assembly on 29 October aimed at confirming the result. Voting will take place on the German version of the by-laws, supported by an English translation. Furthermore, the planned unit kickoff days will proceed as scheduled on 4 and 5 November regardless of the by-law vote outcome.
Events and Other Activities
Reports were shared regarding recent community events, including attendance at the We Are Developers congress in San José, California, USA and the Open Source Congress in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada organized by the Apache Software Foundation.
The booth at the We Are Developers event was visited by major organizations like GitHub and Bloomberg and received strong interest from universities.
Discussions at the Halifax event highlighted shared financial and regulatory challenges across open-source projects and CMS platforms under Chatham House rule. Many projects face the same challenges as Jana Höffner laid out in her opinion piece.
