Monthly Open Source Design call

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  • 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?
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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  • Future of OSD, website feedback: Most is outdated/old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
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August 5th Agenda: (Post is wikified)

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Notes from August 5th call:

  • New websites features: Now implemented in Hugo. Read the readme. Different forms via cloudflare workers, features of jobs and events.
    What can you do? File issues!
    • Just try the website. There are some things that don’t make sense yet, because they taken from the old website; some text might be to wordy or missing etc.
    • If you have an event or job to post, make notes if the forms make sense for you!
    • If you want to know how to change the code, @AnXh3L0 @SaptakS and @jdittrich (and maybe some more) can answer questions.
  • Some small progress on @jdittrich s Wireframing tool.
    • Try to create a simple wireframe! Does it work for you? What is missing? What feels right and what feels wrong in interaction?
    • Feedback via mail, mastodon or in an issue on github
    • Jan can answer questions about code and architecture
  • Thunderbirds Design System Bolt, is implemented using vue.js. Curious about: How is this governed?
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@jdittrich can you please always include time with the date of the next meeting agenda (you now write only date). I missed a meeting for an hour, I don’t know how I managed to write in my calendar that meeting starts at 20h. It’s totally my fault, just a small suggestion…

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@nikola I recommend just subscribing to the calendar we created for the events, it’s linked on the monthly call page :slight_smile: Open Source Design monthly call | Open Source Design

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Please note: the shared calendar does not include a notification.
In some cases, when importing or subscribing a network calendar, the notifications cannot be changed (added/modified/deleted).

In my case, I will miss all meetings without a notification, but I was able to make a local copy and added the notification.

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Topics from September 2nd Call:

  • Website updates and issues
  • Core group organizing
  • Experiences with standards and guidelines (maybe), Jan could say something about Libreoffice contribs, Pocketbase, Tcl/tk book got a 4th ed!
  • Some chat about…
    • (not) changing icons for standard features
    • That saving is broken (See Alan Cooper’s about face for some alternative suggestions)
    • Office programs, their UIs and what might be the current UI paradigms that replace both toolbar/menu and ribbon UIs.

Links of projects/infos mentioned:

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Please also note, the calendar should be split in two as there two audiences involved, each on their own preferred timezone.

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