OpenInfra Foundation Minutes of a Meeting of the Governing Board November 4, 2025.
A meeting of the Governing Board of the OpenInfra Foundation ("OIF"), which is part of The Linux Foundation, was held on November 4, 2025, from 7:06 AM - 8:31 AM PT via Zoom.
Board Voting Members Present (constituting a quorum under the OIF Charter):
Kurt Garloff
ChangBo Guo
Julia Kreger
Ghanshyam Mann
Amy Marrich
Mohammed Naser
Allison Randal
Josh Villareal
Xu Wang
Steve Westmoreland
Eoghan Glynn
Tytus Kurek
Ritesh Paibona
OpenInfra Staff / Executive Leadership Present:
Jonathan Bryce
Mark Collier
Thierry Carrez
Allison Price
Wes Wilson
Ms. Marrich, as Vice-Chair, called the meeting to order at 7:06 AM PT. She welcomed board members to the call, reviewed the Linux Foundation Antitrust Policy Notice, and confirmed that a quorum was present.
Ms. Kreger assumed the Chair position, then welcomed Ritesh Paibona as a new member of the Board, replacing Alexander Navratil as the T-Systems Gold member representative through the end of the 2025 term.
Mr. Carrez shared a summary of topics discussed during the informal board meeting discussions that took place in Paris-Saclay during the OpenInfra Summit Europe 2026. Ms. Price then gave an overview of the future of OpenInfra Foundation events including the combined 2026 OpenInfra Summit plus KubeCon | CloudNativeCon, as well as, updates on community organized events such as OpenInfra Days. Mr. Carrez covered the LF synergies topic, then shared that there wasn’t time to cover the CRA topic during the informal meeting, but reminded board members to look for the recent email summary of the topic from Jeremy Stanley on the board mailing list. Next, he touched on advancing open source in Europe, the most active topic covered during the informal discussion. Finally, the informal discussion included a conversation around setting the Foundation’s 2026 annual goals.
Mr. Carrez transitioned to presenting the 2026 annual goals for the Foundation including Leverage LF synergies, Break even on finances, and Bring OpenInfra projects to the next level. Using these goals, he shared annual budget assumptions and shared a draft 2026 budget for board discussion. The official vote on the budget is planned for the December board meeting.
OpenInfra staff then provided updates to the board.
Mr. Wilson began by recapping recent synergies leveraged from being a LF directed fund, then handed to Ms. Price who reminded board members to take and share an open source ROI survey that the Foundation is sponsoring.
Ms. Price proceeded to give updates on the OpenInfra Summit in Paris-Saclay, including that it was a sold out, engaging event. Overall feedback from the board was that the event was an overwhelming success. She then gave an update on the PTG that occurred virtually the week prior to the board meeting.
Next, Ms. Price shared details about the 2026 OpenInfra Summit Asia, which will be a combined event with KubeCon | CloudNativeCon. The event will occur on September 8-9, 2026 in Shanghai, China. Registration will open in January 2026 with pricing announced in early December. CFP is scheduled to open March 23, 2026 and close May 3, 2026. She then shared other news related to Marketing/Outreach efforts, OpenStack, Kata Containers and StarlingX.
Mr. Wilson concluded the staff update by sharing the board election timeline, including that Individual Representative nominations open on November 10. Mr. Wilson noted that the nominations process will be the same as previous years, however elections will now occur in LFX. Electors must have a LFX account using the same email address as their OIF Individual Member account in order to vote. He then provided information about upcoming events where OpenInfra staff will be present.
There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 8:31 AM PT.
Respectfully submitted,
Wes Wilson
Secretary