Monthly Open Source Design call

  • Where to find out more about the governance process?
  • Maybe members should write a Open Source Position paper? What could the future of open source design be?
  • What would the OSD community need
  • What are people doing atm?

Topics 2026-06-03: (post is Wikified)

  • Domain: Moving it:
    • Costly atm., potentially move to netim.
    • Sharing system (having secondary accounts) would be great, they work on it.
    • Are there abstract entities to take the domain? It has to be sure that the org is reliable, trustworthy and creating our own org is a lot of overhead.
      • Open Collective can’t hold domains.
    • On Github one can now name heirs to your account.
  • Governance work for OSD updates!
    • Progressing…
  • Website updates
    • Busy with new jobs and hugo/npm/tailwind skills needed.
    • Jan tries to set up a minimal hugo install to try out information architecture and swap theme to an more advanced one later. Sadly too many themes are pretty advanced.
    • Using AI to help us to get some start in hugo.
  • What should OSD focus on in the future
    • Forum thread on what our strategy etc.
    • Feedback collected
    • Has been organised by JanD into themes
    • Showcases/Examples (of OSD) interviewing OSS design projects
    • Provide Resources some exists some is in progress and putting on website as article
      • Maintanance burden on resoruces
    • Connecting designers with OSS communities
      • Confs, Mastodon, calls and other things
    • Fundraising
    • Formal representation and spin offs
  • ATProtocol and Local First as potential orgs to reach out to.
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Topics (Post is Wikified)

  • Website:
    • Compiling tailwind CSS makes testing/editing easier
    • No EFF since we do not have a designated EFF contact in the US.
    • What would we need to switch to the new website
      • New articles in resources → Are from Jan C B
      • Concerns: Should we have projects on resources?
      • Resources: Eileen and Julia suggested improvements to resources
  • Future of OSD, website feedback: Most is outdated/old
  • Request for job board moderation
  • Juhan’s goals propsal from github
    • “an edge to what we are doing”
  • Contribute to Open source design - how to?
    • Jan: There are a couple of articles in our nextcloud: See here
  • Funding - submission of the digital justice fund

August 5th Agenda: (Post is wikified)