It is an honor to unveil the election results and introduce the newest elected representatives of the Governing Board!
Congratulations to the winning candidates, we thank you for your willingness to serve the community. We're also grateful to everyone who threw their hat in the ring, and hope that the candidates who did not get elected consider running again in the future. Thanks also to the outgoing members of the Governing Board for their service in the precedent-setting first cohort!
I'd also like to express our gratitude to all the people who cast ballots in the election, and to everyone who asked questions along the way! We learn a lot in each election and we look forward to improving it each successive year.
Read on to see who is on the Governing Board and a brief discussion of next steps.
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🔗TL;DR
As we need to take more concrete steps to improve the financial situation of the Foundation, we will be rolling out a freemium offer for the matrix.org homeserver users. The alternative is to turn off the server, which we want to avoid doing. The goal is for the most active users to support the cost of the service. Free users will have limits on how they can use the service (mostly around media). The change can be supported by any client with limited to no development. Premium plans will be rolled out over the summer, and we will be iterating on the exact scope in the first few weeks. The Homeserver Terms and Privacy Policy will be updated accordingly and deployed in the coming weeks.
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🔗Dept of elections 🗳️
Robin Riley (m.org) reports
Voting for the Governing Board elections begins this weekend! 🎉 Watch your email inbox if you're an Individual Member, or the point of contact for a Silver, Gold, or Associate Member, as that's where your ballot will be sent. Visit our election center for more information.
Sumner Evans announces
I have decided that I will not stand for re-election in the upcoming Governing Board elections, however I have made a few endorsements for candidates. See my endorsement blog post.
🔗Dept of Events and Talks 🗣️
HarHarLinks announces
🔗Matrix Conference 2025 (website)
The CfP is open until June 8th! Submit your talk or workshop idea now!
The Events Working Group is working hard on organising the Matrix Conference in an incredible venue in the gorgeous city of Strasbourg. Book your accommodation now, tickets will be available soon!
If you are interested in lending a hand, volunteer to help us organize the conference, or join the Events WG!
We're grateful to Element for committing to being our Anchor Sponsor for the Matrix Conference 2025. To make this an excellent event, we are looking for further sponsors! Many opportunities are still available, including booths to present your product, live stream and video recording for worldwide recognition, food, and more! Your ideas are possible; contact us at [email protected]!
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The Matrix.org Foundation is happy to announce that the Matrix Conference 2025 will be held at Kaleidoscoop in Strasbourg, France, from October 15 to 18!
Last year the Conference was completely sold out, with more than 200 decision makers, experts and enthusiasts joining us for this very first edition! The rooms were so full, and we had such a long waiting list that we've decided to extend our capacity this year to 300 attendees, with flexibility for more.
We would like to thank our Anchor Sponsor Element for their dedication to the Matrix ecosystem and to the success of the Conference! Thank you, Element, for enabling us to make the Conference happen!
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Hi all!
Another six months has passed since our last
report, and
elections are just around the
corner. So that
means it’s time for another Board report. We’ll be asking you to select some
new board members, and it’s only right that you get some insight into the work
that’s been going on with the ones we have!
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