2026 Meeting Notes

2026 August 7¶

A meeting of the Governing Board of the Jupyter Foundation was held on 2026 August 7 at 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time via teleconference.

Attendees¶

Introduction¶

Rus Pandey called the meeting to order at 8:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time and Tom Slanda recorded the minutes. A quorum of Governing Board Members was established for the conduct of business, and the meeting, having been duly convened, was ready to proceed with business.

Attendance, Antitrust, Voting¶

Naomi Washington reminded the Governing Board of the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy Notice to which all meetings must adhere.

Washington outlined the agenda of the meeting.

Agenda¶

• Events

  • Jupyter at PyTorch Conference 2026 [Deb Giles]

  • Jupyter Mini Summit 2026 [Naomi Washington]

• General Business

  • Minutes [Naomi Washington]

  • Governing Board Meeting Adjustment [Open Discussion]

  • Executive Director Hiring Panel [Rus Pandey]

  • Impact Report [Jason Grout]

• Community Committee Working Model Update [Celeste Horgan]

• Subcommittee Report Outs [Committee Chairs]

Events¶

Jupyter at PyTorch Conference 2026

Deb Giles provided an update on the Jupyter event co-located at PyTorch Conference NA. The event name, Jupyter Day, sponsorship packages were approved.

Discussion ensued around registration pricing and potentially reducing the cost. Registration pricing retained at original proposal with motion to drop pricing failed with 5 of 9 voting members opposed.

Jupyter Mini Summit 2026

Naomi Washington updated the board on the Jupyter Mini Summit at Open Source Summit Europe and shared the program committee members. She noted that the committee has prioritized sessions based on who was already attending OSS EU or at least residing in Europe. Pandey requested to be copied on the final agenda.

A suggestion was made to hold a future board meeting at either Jupyter Day or the Mini Summit.

Action Item:

• Naomi Washington to provide the mini summit schedule to Rus Pandey before speaker outreach.

• Naomi Washington to poll governing board members regarding in-person governing board meeting at Jupyter Day at PyTorch Conference.

General Business¶

Governing Board Meeting Adjustment

Governing Board meetings will be moved to the first Thursday of the month at 8:00 AM PST

Executive Director Hiring Panel

Todd Moore, Linux Foundation SVP, would like to form a Hiring Panel for the Executive Director search. The panel would be 2-3 board members and they would assist with the candidate interviews and feedback evaluation. The following governing board members volunteered: Celeste Horgan, Jake Diamond-Reivich, and Chris Holdgraf.

Discussion ensued about the interview process and Washington recommended that the process discussion be held by Todd Moore or the Linux Foundation HR team.

Action Item:

• Naomi Washington to inform Todd Moore of the panel members to move forward with next steps.

Community Committee Working Model Update¶

Celeste Horgan recommended archiving the Community Subcommittee noting that community work should be done at the project level in the community. She shared that there is an existing community working group and suggested to appoint herself as the community liaison. Discussion ensued, and the governing board agreed with Horgan’s recommendation.

The question was posed on other Jupyter working groups and how to get involved. Jason Grout shared working groups are listed on the website, but will compile and distribute opportunities to engage across the Jupyter working groups.

Horgan left the meeting at 8:43 AM Pacific Standard Time

Action Item:

• Jason Grout to provide a list of working groups to the governing board.

General Business¶

Impact Report

Jason Grout presented a foundation impact report to aid in member renewal conversations. He noted there are two versions available, a draft which he requested feedback from governing board members and a share-ready version. Grout shared that once finalized, the impact report will be converted into a blog and shared widely.

Subcommittee Report Outs¶

Marketing

Jake Diamond-Reivich provided a brief update from the marketing subcommittee, including the content backlog and promoting upcoming events.

A question was posed how the subcommittee is measuring the success of the marketing campaigns. Diamond-Reivich will revisit marketing metrics and revisit social growth goals and KPIs.

Open Discussion¶

Jason Grout reviewed governing board action items through September, noting that September 9th the Call for Proposals closes and the All Member meeting is scheduled. He indicated that the technical committee will review CFP submissions within one to two weeks following the CFP close, with the governing board providing approval asynchronously. Additionally, he noted that the final CFP results will be announced by September 30th.

It was suggested to move the September governing board meeting due to the holiday, but Washington suggested to keep it scheduled as is. It was determined to poll the governing board for their availability.

Action Item

• Naomi Washington to poll the governing board on their availability to determine if the September 3rd Governing Board meeting should be rescheduled.

Closing¶

Rus Pandey thanked the attendees for their time and participation, called the meeting to a close, and the meeting of the Governing Board adjourned at 9:02 AM Pacific Standard Time.

2026 July 10¶

A meeting of the Governing Board of the Jupyter Foundation was held on 2026 July 10 at 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time via teleconference.

Attendees¶

Introduction¶

Rus Pandey called the meeting to order at 8:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time and Tom Slanda recorded the minutes. A quorum of Governing Board Members was established for the conduct of business, and the meeting, having been duly convened, was ready to proceed with business.

Attendance, Antitrust, Voting¶

Naomi Washington reminded the Governing Board of the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy Notice to which all meetings must adhere.

Washington outlined the agenda of the meeting.

Agenda¶

• Events

  • Jupyter at PyTorchCon NA 2026

• General Business

  • Minutes

  • Executive Director Update

  • Next All Member Meeting

• Community Funding Proposals

• Subcommittee & Executive Council Report Outs

• Open Discussion

Events¶

Deb Giles provided information about the Jupyter Event being co-located at the PyTorch Conference NA on October 19, 2026. Giles reported that attendees for the Jupyter event will not have to register for the PyTorch Conference. Giles presented four potential packages for the Governing Board to choose from for the event. Discussion ensued, and the Governing Board will decide in a week or two.

General Business¶

Washington reported that the June 5, 2026 meeting minutes were approved via lazy consensus.

Pandey provided an update on the search for an Executive Director for the Jupyter Foundation. Pandey requested that Governing Board members refer any qualified candidates to the job posting.

Jason Grout opened a discussion to gather feedback from the All-Member meeting held on June 25, 2026. Grout reported that the next All-Member meeting is scheduled for September 9, 2026. A board member recommended keeping agenda topics to “issues that are existential”.

Community Funding Proposals¶

Washington reported that the 2026 Community Call for Funding Proposals is open until September 9, 2026. Washington reviewed the timeline and said the Technical Subcommittee will discuss and finalize the proposal review process, then the Governing Board will have final approval. Subcommittee & Executive Council Report Outs Schahar provided an update from the Technical Subcommittee, including the Jupyter User Survey and the CFP. Schahar added that the committee will review user survey responses in the coming weeks. Pandey requested that the committee create a presentation on the results for the Governing Board meeting in August.

Washington reported that she has reached out to the Community Subcommittee to plan the mini-summit, which will be co-located with the Open Source Summit Europe in October. Washington added that conversations were happening in the Jupyter Community Building Working Group regarding the Jupyter website.

Grout reported that the Executive Council has started discussions around consolidating some subprojects and councils.

Jake Diamond-Reivich shared an update from the marketing committee, including content, media appearances, and future events.

Closing¶

Rus Pandey thanked the attendees for their time and participation, called the meeting to a close, and the meeting of the Governing Board adjourned at 9:05 AM Pacific Standard Time.

2026 June 5¶

A meeting of the Governing Board of the Jupyter Foundation was held on 2026 June 5 at 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time via teleconference.

Attendees¶

Introduction¶

Rus Pandey called the meeting to order at 8:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time and Tom Slanda recorded the minutes. A quorum of Governing Board Members was established for the conduct of business, and the meeting, having been duly convened, was ready to proceed with business.

Attendance, Antitrust, Voting¶

Naomi Washington reminded the Governing Board of the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy Notice to which all meetings must adhere.

Washington outlined the agenda of the meeting.

Agenda¶

• General Business

  • Minutes

  • Executive Director Update

  • Next Governing Board Meeting

• Membership

  • Quarterly All Member Meeting

• Financials

• Community Funding Proposals

  • Security Update

  • Jupyter Enterprise Gateway

  • CFP Cycle 2

• Events

  • AI Dev Summits Report Out

• Foundation Subcommittees Report Outs

General Business¶

Naomi Washington shared that the minutes from the 2026 May 1 meeting were approved and adopted via lazy consensus. Todd Moore opened a discussion regarding the search for an Executive Director. Key takeaways included:

• Candidate Pool: The board discussed relaxing certain job requirements to increase the candidate pool, with the suggestion that European candidates may be a potential source of interest.

• Marketing: Concerns were raised regarding current marketing efforts. It was determined that broad public advertising might yield low-quality applications, so the focus will remain on community referrals.

• Position Scope: A transition to a full-time role was discussed, contingent on a potential budget increase, which would allow for re-engaging previous candidates.

It was decided that the next governing board meeting will be postponed to July 10, 2026.

Membership¶

Washington reported that Mike Woster will take over Membership responsibilities while Meredith Roach is on leave.

Jason Grout shared the agenda for the next quarterly all member meeting will be geared towards having round table discussions around Jupyter Notebooks and AI. Discussion ensued around the potential topics and what the governing board would like to see in the June meeting.

It was decided that the topic would more broadly cover Notebooks and AI.

Financials¶

Washington reviewed the year-to-date financial reports noting that Overall year-to-date spending is tracking significantly below our forecasted budget.

Washington invited the governing board members to attend finance committee meetings for more in-depth discussions on the budget.

Community Funding Proposals¶

Washington presented the security report from the new Jupyter security contractor.

Zach Sailer gave a brief summary of the Jupyter Enterprise Gateway work happening to the best of his knowledge.

Jason Grout presented the proposed 2026 Community Funding Proposal (CFP) timeline, noting that these future cycles should strongly encourage applicants to seek endorsements from affected Jupyter councils or committees. The Board discussed concerns regarding the timeline for the CFP opening, submission periods, and the lead time required to initiate work following project approvals.

It was decided that an additional proposal round would be held due to a budget surplus.

Events¶

Washington thanked Snowflake and AWS for hosting AI Dev Summit events last month.

Foundation Subcommittees Report Outs¶

Marketing¶

Jake Diamond-Reivich provided an update from the Marketing Committee, including the content created, media appearances and past and future events.

Closing¶

Naomi Washington thanked the attendees for their time and participation, called the meeting to a close, and the meeting of the Governing Board adjourned at 9:01 AM Pacific Standard Time.

2026 May 1¶

A meeting of the Governing Board of the Jupyter Foundation was held on 2026 May 1 at 8:00 AM Pacific Daylight Time via teleconference.

Attendees¶

Introduction¶

Rus Pandey called the meeting to order at 8:05 AM Pacific Daylight Time, and Naomi Washington recorded the minutes. A quorum of Governing Board Members was established for the conduct of business, and the meeting, having been duly convened, was ready to proceed with business.

Minutes¶

Naomi Washington shared that the minutes from the 2026 April 3 meeting were approved and adopted via lazy consensus.

Washington shared that previous Governing Board minutes were not added to the public calendar due to an oversight, and she will now work backward to add them.

Member Updates¶

Washington informed the governing board that Posit has joined the foundation as a general member,

Community Manager Update & Discussion¶

Washington informed the governing board that with 12 of 14 governing board approvals, it was passed the appointment of Jason Grout as Jupyter Foundation Community Manager for a 6-month contract-based role It was decided that Grout will have access to the Governing Board and subcommittees as an observer.

Technical Subcommittee¶

Naomi Washington presented the Technical Subcommittee update on the Jupyter User Experience Survey, noting that the Governing Board is first asked to complete the survey to ensure it reflects the desired Foundation outcomes before its distribution to the broader community for one month. The Governing Board chair shared uncertainty about the technical subcommittee’s future focus and requested guidance on how the governing board could help. A board member mentioned an AI community that may be of interest to the larger governing board.

Marketing Subcommittee¶

Jake Diamond-Reivich provided an update on recent marketing efforts, informing the Governing Board that marketing for Jupyter AI V3 begins next week. Content is being planned, including an announcement blog, a demo video, a support webpage, and various media appearances. Diamond-Reivich also shared details on upcoming events, noting that the Jupyter AI Dev Summit 2 will take place in May and again in September, and that the Marketing Committee has submitted proposals to four other conferences. He requested that the Governing Board promote the AI events on the foundation member social media channels and recommend attendees for the dev summits.

Stephanie Stattel expressed interest in planning Jupyter Studio days this year in the San Francisco and London offices and inquired about the feasibility of pairing with the Marketing Committee later in the year for promotion. Stattel was encouraged to join the Marketing Committee or send an alternate to participate. Jake Diamond-Reivich noted that he will reach out to Stattel to partner and get more information, and he mentioned creating a checklist to make it easier for members to participate in Jupyter AI and other areas.

Rus Pandey suggested involving more engineers in Jupyter AI interviews and other activities to develop those people to represent the community in the work they have done.

Community Subcommittee¶

Celeste Horgan stated that discussing with Jason Grout in his part-time role is the first priority in future efforts on the subcommittee. She also noted that the AI Summit is happening at the end of May and that coordination is underway, with Snowflake serving as a host. The subcommittee plans to determine what is on Grout’s immediate radar, as there may be an opportunity to broaden the community subcommittee’s efforts with the larger community.

Executive Council¶

Afshin Darian noted that the Executive Council (EC) is involved in many of the same discussions as in the Governing Board but expressed a desire for EC efforts to focus more on package releases, event highlights, and technical releases. Zach Sailer reported that the past quarter largely centered on the AI conversation, specifically navigating how to facilitate a positive conversation around AI and contributions to it. Sailer acknowledged the “slight tension and burden” on engineers due to the high volume of pull requests (PRs) and the demand to keep up with AI developments. He concluded that it is the EC’s responsibility to create a top-level policy on AI, allowing sub-projects to build on that foundation.

Rus Pandey explained that the goal of requesting an EC update was to establish a dialogue between the EC and the Governing Board, solicit advice on how the board can help, and share interest in how the SSC (Strategic Steering Council) will evolve.

Events¶

Naomi Washington reported that registrations are open for the AI Developer Summits, with the San Francisco event having 10 registrations and the London event having 3.

Washington also announced that a half-day Jupyter Mini Summit will take place on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, at the Open Source Summit EU. A dedicated event page has been added to the Jupyter Foundation website, and the event will be listed on the main event website once a description is provided. Discussion followed regarding the primary focus for the Mini Summit, and it was decided that the content should be geared towards AI and a broader set of items.

Stephanie Stattel inquired about sponsorships for the mini-summit, and Washington committed to following up with her after the meeting to connect with the event team

Naomi Washington shared that the pricing for Jupyter at PyTorch Conference is still pending but will be available in the coming weeks.

Community Proposal¶

Michal Krassowski provided background on the proposal for a part-time security role for Jupyter, explaining that the rise of AI is leading to duplicated submissions and increasing the need for triage, answering emails, and other coordination. Krassowski noted that the proposal author has an independent candidate in mind.

The Governing Board approved the community proposal, Part-time security role for Jupyter.

Closing¶

Rus Pandey thanked the attendees for their time and participation, called the meeting to a close, and the meeting of the Governing Board adjourned at 9:04 AM Pacific Standard Time.