Board Decision: Digital Public Good 

Proposed at

12 June 2024

Decision owner

Mathias Bolt Lesniak

Decision status

✅ Accepted

Attendance and voting 

Board Member Attendance Vote
Olivier Dobberkau   Not recorded
Stefan Busemann   Not recorded
Boris Hinzer   Not recorded
Rachel Foucard   Not recorded
Susi Moog   Not recorded
Tymoteusz Motylewski   Not recorded
Thomas Maroschik   Not recorded

Decision description 

Facts/Problem 

A year ago, Mathias Bolt Lesniak mentioned that Drupal had achieved recognition as a Digital Public Good through the Digital Public Goods Alliance (see: Drupal officially achieves recognition as a Digital Public Good).

Objective 

  • Over the last year, many individuals involved in open source and development cooperation have repeated the positive impact they see for TYPO3 if we gain the same recognition. This includes easier fundraising (e.g. for the Community Expansion Committee and Boris) and increased recognition for our role and work as an open-source project ("enablers of digital sovereignty", as it is called here: OECD).
  • You can read more about the Digital Public Goods Alliance at https://digitalpublicgoods.net/.
  • The application has no apparent cost. The decision owner will stop the work on the submission and return to the Board if they find contrary information.

Obligations to cooperate 

Mathias Bolt Lesniak will be the point of contact and will report to the Board.

Financial and human resources impacts 

Mathias Bolt Lesniak will handle the registration.

Resolution/Petitum 

If authorized to submit an application, the decision owner will follow these steps:

  • Assess the Submission Guide with relevant members of the community. The initial assessment is that there is nothing preventing us from being approved today.
  • Assemble the required documentation.
  • Submit the application.
  • Handle any follow-up requests from the Digital Public Goods Alliance during the application review.

Discarded alternatives 

None

Attachments 

[Link to Board ticket T3AB-390 (board internal)]

Comments 

None