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Council Motion History

Council motions are used for formal decision making in the Thunderbird Council. See the bylaws for more information. This document captures the formal decisions that have been made, which go beyond informal discussion that can happen in addition.

2025-2026

Term: Ongoing since April 16, 2025

Council Members:

  • Philipp Kewisch (Chair)
  • Patrick Cloke (Secretary)
  • Magnus Melin
  • Michele Zelco
  • Teal Dulcet
  • Tim Maks van den Broek
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotesStatements
🔴 Failed

To support the Council’s product-oversight responsibilities and to provide a clear, practical process for quarterly roadmap reviews and mid-cycle roadmap changes, the Council adopts the following process for roadmap quarterly reviews and change-management:

Quarterly roadmap reviews

  • MZLA will provide the full Council with a high-level roadmap review once per quarter covering the approved Desktop, Mobile, and Services roadmaps.
  • The Council and MZLA will aim to hold this review in one meeting per quarter. If necessary, the review may be split into two or more meetings.
  • This quarterly review is intended to be a high-level review for the full Council, focused on progress against the approved roadmaps, major risks, notable deviations, important dependencies, and any potential material changes that may require further discussion.
  • Any follow-up review meetings, detailed discussion, or further negotiation arising from the quarterly review will ordinarily be conducted between MZLA and the Roadmaps WG, unless the full Council requests otherwise.

Change-management process

  • MZLA may propose roadmap changes at any time by emailing the Council.
  • The Council may propose roadmap changes at any time by emailing MZLA.
    • Changes will first be discussed within the Council, and often first within the Roadmaps WG.
  • For any major change, at least 21 days’ notice before the change is implemented.
  • For purposes of this process, major changes include:
  • adding an entire roadmap item;
  • removing an entire roadmap item; or
  • materially changing an existing roadmap item, including its scope, intent, or expected outcome, for example as the result of an exploration.
  • Minor changes or routine tweaks to an existing roadmap item that do not materially change its scope, intent, or expected outcome do not require separate Council approval.
  • After MZLA notifies the Council of a proposed major change, the Council will determine whether the matter requires:
  • no further discussion beyond the email notice (in which case it is automatically approved);
  • further negotiation between MZLA and the Roadmaps WG; and/or
  • a motion before the full Council.

This motion ratifies the agreed working process for roadmap oversight and mid-cycle changes for the currently approved roadmaps and will remain in effect unless replaced or amended by a later Council motion.

2026-04-13
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Magnus, Teal

No: Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks
🔴 Failed

With asynchronous discussion and voting, meeting minutes do not capture the context needed for the community (or other Councilors) to understand members’ positions.

The Council amends the Bylaws as follows to replace “optional explanatory sentences” with a structured mechanism for optional dissenting opinions, to increase openness and transparency while maintaining respectful, objective communication.

Bylaws changes:

1) Decision-Making Process → Motion → Voting: add a new paragraph immediately after the existing “Voting:” paragraph.

New paragraph to insert:

  • Dissenting opinion (optional): Any Councilor who votes NO or ABSTAIN may submit a dissenting opinion to accompany their vote in the public record. These opinions are short statements explaining the Councilor’s reasoning. They do not change the outcome of the vote and are for transparency only.

  • Joint opinions: Two or more Councilors may submit a single shared dissenting opinion if they agree with its contents.

  • Format & limits: One dissenting opinion per Councilor per motion; maximum 100 words. It must be submitted no later than the publication deadline set by the Secretary.

  • Content guidelines: 1) Focus on objective reasons (e.g. process, scope, trade-offs, risks, alignment with goals/Bylaws/Term Sheet). 2) Must explain the member’s own reasoning and must not characterize the motives, intentions, or beliefs of other members. 3) Be respectful and comply with the Mozilla Community Participation Guidelines. 4) Must not include confidential or sensitive information.

  • Publication: The Secretary shall publish any dissenting opinions alongside the vote record, subject only to redaction of confidential or sensitive information consistent with the Bylaws’ publication/redaction rules. Dissenting opinions shall not be published individually as they are received, but only together with the completed public vote record.
  • Limited review: If there is a good-faith concern that a dissenting opinion contains confidential information or a clear factual inaccuracy, the Secretary may request a revision before publication. This review is limited to confidentiality, factual accuracy, and compliance with these guidelines, and not disagreement with the member’s viewpoint.

2) Decision-Making Process → Motion (final paragraph): replace the phrase “their optional explanatory sentence” with “any dissenting opinions submitted under this section” in the sentence requiring publication of the complete public list of Council motions.

2026-04-09
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Teal

No: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

We will put out a call on the mailing list for a candidate to fill the seventh seat on the council.

2026-03-25
Proposed: Tim Maks

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks

Abstain: Magnus, Teal
🟢 Approved

Update the voting procedure to clarify that statements from individual council members are not included in the public record. This is clarifying a clause missed in the previous motion to clarify the voting procedures:

The secretary shall ensure that completed votes and motions are recorded in the minutes and shared publicly after redacting confidential or sensitive information. The complete public list of Council motions shall be published before the next regularly scheduled meeting including the final motion, the date, and how Council members voted and their optional explanatory sentence, and a link to further discussion.

2026-03-06
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks

No: Teal
Teal

I voted no because I do not support changing the Bylaws to remove the option for Councilors to attach a brief explanatory sentence to their vote, particularly as a “clarification”, since doing so would reduce our openness and transparency, and make it harder for the Community (and other Councilors) to understand the reasoning behind decisions, especially now that discussions and votes can occur asynchronously without meeting notes for context (including this vote), and I believe we should instead improve and standardize how such statements are recorded (e.g., via a clearer “dissenting opinion” mechanism) rather than eliminating the member statements entirely.

🟢 Approved

Elections no longer happen annually, but there are several references to this which need to be updated in the bylaws. Under the Secretary role description, update #3:

Ensure annual elections take place

Under Membership Renewal:

Contributors must renew their membership each year before each election during the month of January. Their membership renewal must contain:

2026-03-04
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council approves the charter for the second step of the Council Term Sheet CWG with the purpose of updating the Term Sheet to more accurately reflect the Council’s evolving role as a strategic steering committee.

2026-02-10
Proposed: Mic

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks

No: Teal
Teal

I did not support moving forward with step 2 while the Council has not yet agreed on any process to address the unresolved, perceived conflict of interest concerns raised during step 1 (even in the absence of a finalized conflict of interest policy), and I also believe we should not commit to a major Term Sheet direction without prior Community consultation and multiple clearly articulated alternatives from the WG, because these changes could materially affect Thunderbird governance for many years.

🟢 Approved

The Council approves the 2026 Thunderbird Desktop Roadmap.

2026-02-09
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Mic
🟢 Approved

This motion suggests the introduction of a monthly “MailExtension Spotlight” feature on the Thunderbird website and social media channels. Each spotlight will present a selected extension with a short description, its key benefits, and, where possible, a developer quote or interview. The initiative aims to increase visibility for developers, showcase the diversity of available add-ons, and inspire users to discover and adopt extensions they might not otherwise encounter.

2026-02-07
Proposed: Mic

Seconded: Tim Maks		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Philipp
Teal

I voted yes on this motion because I believe they will meaningfully help Thunderbird users and add-on developers, but I want the record to reflect my concern that they were advanced to a vote without our usual opportunity for the full discussion to conclude and for members to propose and vote on potential amendments (or, if the group truly wanted to end discussion, to do so explicitly via a procedural vote), which in my view reduced the chance to improve the motions through brief final refinement.

🟢 Approved

This motion suggests to produce and publish a series of user-guidance materials (articles, blog posts, or short videos) which group MailExtensions into thematic collections (such as Productivity Tools; Privacy & Security; Email Management; etc.), to help users understand how add-ons can directly improve their daily workflow. These guides would be promoted via Thunderbird’s blog, newsletter, and community channels to maximize reach.

2026-02-07
Proposed: Mic

Seconded: Teal		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Philipp
Teal

I voted yes on this motion because I believe they will meaningfully help Thunderbird users and add-on developers, but I want the record to reflect my concern that they were advanced to a vote without our usual opportunity for the full discussion to conclude and for members to propose and vote on potential amendments (or, if the group truly wanted to end discussion, to do so explicitly via a procedural vote), which in my view reduced the chance to improve the motions through brief final refinement.

🟢 Approved

The Council approves the charter renewing the Council Bylaws CWG with the purpose of updating the Bylaws to add a conflict of interest policy.

2026-01-25
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Tim Maks		Yes: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Mic
🟢 Approved

The council approves the following items for the 2026 council budget, consisting of up to:

  • $3,500 for professional training to work better together
  • $3,000 for community building, such as surveys and swag
  • $50,000 for travel, such as MozWeek, FOSDEM and an in-person event. We aim to make most effective use of this budget rather than trying to spend it all.
  • $2,000 for elections, such as voting platform costs and campaigning
  • $2,000 as contingency

Should further budget be necessary for 2026 initiatives, we will make an additional motion in a timely fashion, or check if additional contingency is available from MZLA. In case not, we can focus on defining them by the end of 2026, and executing them in 2027.

2026-01-23
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks

No: Teal
Teal

I voted no because I preferred an amendments driven revision of the original budget proposal consistent with my understanding of our Bylaws practice, and while this version restored some valuable items (including training and community building), it removed spending details and reimbursement specificity and deferred a key inclusivity/disparity reduction item to a future standalone motion, which in my view makes that goal harder to achieve and represents a step backward from last year’s progress.

🟢 Approved

The Council has decided to focus on an approach for the new term sheet focusing on proposals and vetos instead of their classical budgets and roadmaps. Proposals are made to MZLA and shared transparently, where MZLA must respond. However, they are also able to reject proposals.

Vetos are used when MZLA takes an action the council disagrees with. The vetoed action must align with a core principal, to be defined. The core principals will be similar to the Mozilla Manifesto. The bar for a veto is likely to be higher, e.g. a 2/3rds majority.

After a veto, if MZLA feels that the decision could endanger its sustainability, it can ask for an arbitration. The arbitration panel is selected at the start of a council term and consists of one MZLA chosen participant, one Council chosen participant, and one jointly chosen participant.

The proposal mechanism will also be used to suggest roadmap items to MZLA. The council must have a chance to review the roadmaps produced by MZLA, and uses the veto mechanism to reject roadmap items. Budget and staff leadership will play a secondary role.

This vote is simply to agree on the direction. Further votes will occur to agree on the final terms, which subsequently need to be agreed on with the MZLA board.

2026-01-13
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Mic		Yes: Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks

No: Teal

Abstain: Magnus
Teal

I voted no because I believe shifting Council influence from collaborative roadmap/budget negotiation to a proposal/veto model would make routine requests harder in practice (especially for volunteer led work), because I prefer the Term Sheet WG present multiple distinct options for Council and Community evaluation before committing to a direction, and because I have concerns about the appearance of conflict of interest when Council leadership simultaneously holds MZLA leadership responsibilities in decisions that materially affect the Council–MZLA balance of authority.

🟢 Approved

Approve the 2026 Services Roadmap, as described in this document.

2025-12-23
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Teal		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Philipp
🟢 Approved

The Council approves making changes to the bylaws in order to improve asynchronous communication and solidify current practices. The changes are available for review in https://github.com/thunderbird/council-docs/pull/26 for a period of 14 days as per bylaws before we vote.

2025-12-09
Proposed: Tim Maks

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Tim Maks

Abstain: Teal
Teal

I voted abstain because I supported these Bylaws improvements, but I urged retaining the clearer option for an explanatory sentence for motions, especially as we move toward asynchronous voting where the Community may otherwise lack meeting context.

🔴 Failed

Direct MZLA to either put the Thunderbird Mission Statement back on the “Who We Are” page or add it to the drop down menu at the top of the Thunderbird website.

https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/about/mission-statement/

2025-12-09
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Tim Maks		Yes: Magnus, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Mic, Patrick, Philipp
Teal

The reasons for several abstentions were unclear to me, so I plan to seek clarification, propose any needed amendments, and then bring forward a revote on the motion so the Council can reach a clearer decision.

🔴 Failed

The Council approves our 2026 Thunderbird Council budget, as detailed in this document.

2025-12-09
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Teal

No: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp

Abstain: Tim Maks
Teal

I voted yes because I believed this budget would fund our 2026 initiatives and Term Sheet responsibilities while improving inclusivity and reducing disparities between MZLA and non-MZLA Council members, and I also want the record to reflect my concern that the Chair’s dual role as an MZLA employee created a perceived conflict of interest and that the motion proceeded without the amendment process with my understanding of our Bylaws, which limited the Council’s ability to consider proposed amendments before the final vote.

🟢 Approved

The Council approves the Thunderbird Mobile Roadmap 2026, as detailed in this document.

2025-11-24
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks

Abstain: Mic
🟢 Approved

Schedule a three day in person Council meeting November 13-15, 2025 in Hamburg, Germany in place of MozWeek to do longer term planning.

2025-11-10
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Tim Maks		Yes: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council approves conducting a survey in the Addons Dev Matrix channel and mailing list to gather input on what is considered relevant for the Extension API, so that the information can be used in the Roadmap CWG. The survey will be shared in the Council Matrix channel before being published, so that everyone can review it.

2025-10-17
Proposed: Mic

Seconded: Teal		Yes: Mic, Patrick, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council requests MZLA to provide support for meeting facilitation, summarization, and supporting public communication of council activities. Participation can be re-evaluated by the council or MZLA at any time, such as when business matters take precedence.

2025-08-04
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Teal		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council approves the charter initiating the Roadmaps CWG with the intent of fulfilling our responsibilities in the Term Sheet.

2025-08-04
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council approves the charter initiating the Council Bylaws CWG with the purpose of updating the Bylaws to improve the Council’s internal processes with an aim for clarity and efficiency.

2025-06-23
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Tim Maks		Yes: Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council approves the charter initiating the Council Term Sheet CWG with the purpose of updating the Term Sheet to more accurately reflect the Council’s evolving role as a strategic steering committee.

2025-06-09
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Mic		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

The Council approves the charter initiating the Council Webpage CWG with the intent of providing more public information about the council and how it operates.

2025-06-05
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks
🟢 Approved

With the new two year council term, council roles will be re-elected after one year has passed. This allows for a transition, and potentially new council members stepping up after they have experienced council operations.

2025-05-12
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Magnus, Mic, Patrick, Philipp, Teal, Tim Maks

2024-2025

Term: February 02, 2024 to April 16, 2025

Council Members:

  • Danny Colin (Chair)
  • Kai Engert (Secretary)
  • Bogomil Shopov (until August 12, 2024)
  • John Bieling
  • Patrick Cloke
  • Philipp Kewisch
  • Teal Dulcet
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotesStatements
🟢 Approved

Proposal to approve the 2025 Thunderbird Mobile Roadmap See 2025 Product Strategy - Mobile.

2025-03-21
Proposed: Kai

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Danny, John, Kai, Patrick

No: Teal

Abstain: Philipp
Philipp

(conflict of interest, mobile manager) I shall note that I do not agree with the assessment that the matter was not sufficiently discussed. There was ample opportunity to discuss within and outside of council meetings, and the proposed amendments apparently did not receive support from other council members.


Teal

While I support the iOS part of the roadmap, as well as the investments in stability and correctness on Android, by voting on this mobile roadmap without holding any meetings with the Council or negotiations with MZLA as I requested, as well as not meaningfully including any of our other six goals or considering any of my amendments, the one sided roadmap is overall very disrespectful of the community, which will set Thunderbird on Android back another year on much needed changes, including switching to Mozilla's GeckoView browser engine to allow direct code sharing with desktop.

🟢 Approved

Proposal to approve the revised 2025 Thunderbird Desktop Roadmap as described in this document

2025-03-20
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Danny		Yes: Danny, John, Kai, Patrick, Philipp

No: Teal
Philipp

I shall note that I do not agree with the assessment that goals were not sufficiently taken into account, especially given the timing of sharing the council goals. The proposed amendments apparently did not receive support from other council members.


Teal

While the addition of initial work on Chat is a welcome improvement, by not meaningfully including any of our other six goals or considering any of my amendments, the one sided roadmap is overall very disrespectful of the community, which will set Thunderbird back another year on much needed changes.

🟢 Approved

Approve 2025 budget as provided by Ryan

2025-02-13
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Danny		Yes: Danny, John, Kai, Patrick, Philipp

No: Teal
Teal

While MZLA did provide a single page high level overview of their proposed budget with breakdowns by category/department, it did not provide enough information for me to make an informed decision, including the itemized amounts, which I requested, or the final amount of the Council budget.

🟢 Approved

Proposal to change the election rules See election rule updates.

2025-01-09
Proposed: Danny

Seconded: Kai		Yes: Danny, John, Kai, Patrick, Philipp, Teal
🟢 Approved

Update the Thunderbird Module owners as follows (by module). Note that “removed” positions automatically go to the emeritus status.

  • Thunderbird Council:

    • Remove Bogomil Shopov

  • Thunderbird Desktop:

    • Add Alessandro Castellani as peer
    • Remove Aceman as peer
  • Build Config:
    • Add Daniel Darnell as peer
    • Remove Philipp Kewisch as peer
  • Theme:
    • Promote Alessandro Castellani from peer to owner
  • UX:
    • Remove Henry Wilkes as peer

  • Calendar:

    • Add Sean Burke as peer

  • Mail and News Core

    • Remove Joshua Cranmer as owner
    • Add Thunderbird Council as owner
    • Remove Aceman as peer
  • Addressbook
    • Remove Aceman as peer
  • Add new Exchange module
    • Add Sean Burke as owner
    • Add Brendan Abolivier as peer
  • Feeds
    • Remove alta88 as peer
  • MIME Parser
    • Remove Jim Porter as peer
    • Remove Joshua Cranmer as peer
  • Message Database
    • Remove Aceman as peer
    • Remove Joshua Cranmer as peer
    • Add Ben Campbell as owner
  • News
    • Remove Joshua Cranmer as owner
  • Remove duplicated S/MIME under Mail and News Core (It already exists under Thunderbird Desktop)
  • SMTP
    • Remove Ping Chen as owner
  • Unit Testing Infrastructure
    • Remove Joshua Cranmer as peer

Peers and owners which were removed are removed due to no longer contributing to the project in that capacity, with the exception of the Thunderbird Council, where Bogomil had previously stepped down.

Date unknown
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Danny, John, Kai, Patrick, Philipp, Teal
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
The council supports a strategic initiative proposal by MZLA regarding upcoming Thunderbird services. The council added conditions to enable more users to benefit, as well as providing more information to the public on why this decision was made, should MZLA decide to move forward with this initiative.

2024-05-21
Proposed: Danny

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Bogo, Danny, John, Kai, Patrick, Philipp, Teal
🔴 Failed

Direct MZLA update their policy to regularly review and integrate select patches from prominent TB forks into Thunderbird. Any integrated patches should be attributed to the fork, but this should require NO interaction with any volunteers from the fork.

2024-04-04
Proposed: Teal

Seconded: Bogo		Yes: Teal

No: Kai, Patrick, Philipp

Abstain: Bogo, Danny, John

2022-2024

Term: December 20, 2022 to February 24, 2024

Council Members:

  • Berna Alp (Chair)
  • Patrick Cloke (Secretary)
  • Ben Bucksch
  • Danny Colin
  • John Bieling
  • Micah Ilbery
  • Philipp Kewisch
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

Approve the Thunderbird Council Bylaws. See also Bylaws Voting Record.

2023-12-12
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Micah		Yes: Berna, Danny, John, Micah, Patrick, Philipp

Abstain: Ben
🟢 Approved

The council agrees to follow Mozilla and redirect users from the module ownership page of the old Mozilla wiki to the new in-tree documentation.

2023-10-18
Proposed: John

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Ben, Berna, Danny, John, Micah, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Foremost, Thunderbird remains committed to its focus on decentralized, open-standard communication and being a significant driver of freedom on the Internet. We further recognize the need for interoperability, and feel this also extends to situations where the user is limited in choice by others, such as their system administrator. In alignment with this, our objective is to extend the reach of the Project and to engage with users even on proprietary protocols.

Therefore, we support the request from MZLA to explore seamless integration of non-standard protocols such as Exchange for use in situations where open-standard protocols are not available.

The MZLA team shall investigate viable implementation strategies and collaborate with the council and community to find an experience that is in line with the Thunderbird mission.

2023-08-07
Proposed: John, Philipp

Seconded: Micah		Yes: Berna, Danny, John, Micah, Patrick, Philipp

No: Ben
🟢 Approved

In response to the persisting technical issues with our current systems, the Council shall transition back to the reliable and established tools provided by MZLA for all file storage, collaboration on meeting notes, task organization, and video meetings. While acknowledging that such changes might present some inconvenience, we firmly believe that the overall functionality and stability of the MZLA tools outweigh these discomforts.

2023-08-07
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Danny		Yes: Danny, John, Micah, Patrick, Philipp

No: Ben, Berna
🟢 Approved

Let Thunderbird project become member of Matrix Foundation, on Silver level, with 2000 USD/year

2023-07-10
Proposed: Danny

Seconded: Ben		Yes: Ben, Berna, Danny, John
🟢 Approved

Investigate to use Jitsi for Community meetings, and Council meetings.

2023-07-10
Proposed: Ben

Seconded: John		Yes: Ben, Berna, Danny, John, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Move hostname nextcloud.thunderbird.net to IONOS (DNS at thunderbird.net, configure NextCloud at IONOS to the new hostname)

2023-07-10
Proposed: John

Seconded: Ben		Yes: Ben, Berna, Danny, John, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Module Ownership Change: Approve the change to the Thunderbird Desktop module made by Ryan Sipes, to make Thunderbird Council the owner of Thunderbird Desktop, and make Magnus a peer.

2023-07-03
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Micah		Yes: Ben, Berna, Danny, John, Micah
🟢 Approved

Ben propose that the Thunderbird Council post the following statement to the IETF mailing list:

“The Thunderbird project would like to support this effort. We have been following this and think easy-to-use machine readable information in email is a relevant and important problem to address.

We support the creation of Internet standards for this goal, and the creation of an IETF working group for this subject. While we have to await the resulting standards before deciding on concrete implementations, there's interest by Thunderbird to eventually support resulting RFCs in our mobile and desktop clients. Some individuals may also get involved in writing or commenting on the proposed specs.”

2023-06-12
Proposed: Ben

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Ben, Berna, Danny, John, Micah
🟢 Approved

Propose to record council meetings with a retention period of [TBD].

2023-03-27
Proposed: Danny

Seconded: Ben		Yes: Berna, Danny, John, Micah, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Approve MZLA/Thunderbird FY23 Budget.

2023-02-06
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Danny, John		Yes: Berna, Danny, John, Micah, Patrick

No: Ben

2021–2022

Term: October 28, 2021 to December 20, 2022

Council Members:

  • Berna Alp (Chair)
  • Andrei Hajdukewycz (Secretary)
  • Ben Bucksch
  • Dirk Steinmetz
  • Magnus Melin
  • Patrick Cloke
  • Philipp Kewisch
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

Allow new council members to see previous term’s Council meeting notes, unless there’s a specific, localized issue regarding a specific new Councilor. Such an issue must be proposed by 4 Councilors.

2022-12-05
Proposed: Ben

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Offer a one-time surprise bonus to all employees. Lisa will work out the details together with the board. The amount will stay within the existing budget.

Note: This motion wasn't technically required to use money within the existing budget.

2022-12-05
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Dirk		Yes: Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick

Abstain: Andrei
🔴 Failed

Publish the role of the Thunderbird Project Election Observer on GitHub.

2022-10-24
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Dirk		Yes: Berna, Magnus, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Add Thunderbird Election Process to the council-docs repository as the start of a Thunderbird Council bylaws document.

2022-08-01
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Dirk		Yes: Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Vote on the final version of the Operational Rules term sheet and announce it to the community via council meeting minutes and publish it on GitHub, wiki, Thunderbird website.

2022-08-01
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp

No: Ben
🟢 Approved

Approve Conflict Resolution document to be submitted to the board along with Term Sheet.

2022-08-01
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk
🟢 Approved

Acquire K-9 Mail and all its Intellectual Property assets and accounts, as set out by the contracts created by MZLA legal.

Date unknown
Proposed: Ben, Berna

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick, Philipp

Abstain: Magnus
🟢 Approved

Keep conflict resolution clause in the document, noting that we would like to have one, but will define it separately. This is as opposed to removing it and implying that we do not need a conflict resolution statement.

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Patrick, Philipp

No: Magnus
🟢 Approved

Approve section "c" beginning with "The oversight of the staff leadership team will be managed as follows..."

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Approve section b in the sheet starting with "The oversight of the funds collected..."

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Change to and approve: “Changes of more than 30% per budget category or 10% of the whole budget, whichever is less, up or down within major budget categories, and/or budget reallocations between budget categories require majority approval by each of the Council and the MZLA Board.”

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp

No: Dirk
🟢 Approved

Approve the term sheet section "The full Thunderbird Council" section a, I-iii, ending "on the product road map."

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Vote to approve the text block starting “MZLA Technologies, represented by the MZLA Board, is responsible for:” in the term sheet.

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick
🟢 Approved

Change sentence to "The Council plays an advisory role to the MZLA Board in setting yearly goals for the staff on the staff leadership team."

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick

No: Berna
🟢 Approved

Replace “OKRs” in the term sheet with the term “goals”

2022-05-16
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick
🟢 Approved

On term sheet sentence: "Stewardship of the funds collected through Thunderbird donations and new business lines that relate directly to Thunderbird" vs. "...new business lines that result from those funds", replace "new business lines that relate directly to Thunderbird" with "...new business lines that result from those funds."

2022-05-09
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Magnus

No: Patrick
🟢 Approved

Motion on re-org term sheet: Discussion about the sentence "The Thunderbird project including product strategy, technology, ..." - Keep "technology" in the sentence.

2022-05-09
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Magnus

No: Patrick
🟢 Approved

Motion on sentence in re-org term sheet:

  • Version A (NO): “The Thunderbird project is stewarded by the Thunderbird Council and assisted by MZLA Technologies”
  • Version B (YES): “The Thunderbird project is jointly stewarded by the Thunderbird Council and MZLA Technologies”
2022-05-09
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp

No: Ben, Dirk
🟢 Approved

The Thunderbird Council module is hierarchically above Thunderbird desktop and Thunderbird mobile, and the Thunderbird Council is the highest org. Once we start work on Thunderbird mobile, there will be a new top-level module for Thunderbird mobile, which is parallel to Thunderbird desktop.

2022-04-25
Proposed: Ben

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick

No: Magnus
🔴 Failed

On Council bylaws: We start with a blank sheet. Dirk is leading the process of creating the document. We decide with a Council motion which rules are part of the process. These motions may be individual rules or a larger section of the document.

2022-04-11
Proposed: Ben

Seconded: Dirk		Yes: Ben, Berna, Dirk

No: Andrei, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Create a new public repository at https://github.com/thundernest/council-docs with the description 'Official repository for organizational matters regarding the Thunderbird council, the elected body governing the Thunderbird project' and give all councilors that both have GitHub accounts and are interested administrative access to that repository. The repository features 'Wikis', 'Issues', 'Sponsorships', 'Projects', 'Discussions' must be disabled. The repository's main branch and settings must not be changed by anyone, unless there is an explicit council motion requesting the specific change. Any councilor may revert and/or publicly report changes that were not performed in accordance with a council motion.

2022-04-11
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Start negotiations and prepare contracts for MZLA acquire K-9 including brand assets, including donation cash flow. The full contracts are to be presented to the council for final approval. Negotiators shall immediately communicate any unforeseen details.

2022-02-28
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Ben		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk

Abstain: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Have a community discussion asking about mobile clients in general, but not mentioning K-9, asking: How would they like the mobile client to look like? Native client? What is important for you in it?

2022-01-31
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk

Abstain: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

As general direction, but not as business strategy: "Thunderbird: Secure and build on position by (a) ensuring continued product/market fit (e.g., mobile, enterprise), and (b) ensuring financial health by building/integrating value added services and monetizing through subscription or enhanced donation mechanics"

2022-01-31
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Andrei		Yes: Andrei, Berna, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp

No: Ben, Dirk
🟢 Approved

The Council requests that the MZLA board perform due diligence with the intent to acquire K9 mail. Once the board has done this, they will report their findings to the Council, and a separate motion will decide how and whether the acquisition will be finalized.

2022-01-10
Proposed: Andrei

Seconded: Ben		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick, Philipp

No: Magnus
🟢 Approved

Approve and adopt the 2022 Budget with the intent to review it.

2022-01-10
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🔴 Failed

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to onetime bonus payout with specific amounts/terms.

2022-01-10
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Ben		Yes: Ben, Berna

No: Dirk, Patrick, Philipp

Abstain: Andrei, Magnus
🟢 Approved

Give employees Dec 23 - Jan 3 off without using PTO, conditional on MoFo telling us how to handle it with all employees/contractors.

2021-12-06
Proposed: Andrei

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Patrick, Philipp

Abstain: Magnus
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Motion to contract a web designer for a new design for the Thunderbird blog.

2022-11-22
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Ben will take meeting notes and will provide to the council list and provide 24 hours if something is factually incorrect. If there is an objection, we expand to 72 hours after the meeting. If there is an issue that is contentious, this issue is mentioned as redacted because somebody objected. It will then be posted even if there is further discussion necessary. They will then be posted to be tb-planning.

2021-11-22
Proposed: Ben

Seconded: Berna, Dirk		Yes: Andrei, Ben, Berna, Dirk

No: Magnus, Patrick, Philipp

2020–2021

Term: October 16, 2020 to October 28, 2021

Council Members:

  • Philipp Kewisch (Chair)
  • Ryan Sipes (Treasurer)
  • Patrick Cloke (Secretary)
  • Berna Alp
  • Christopher Leidigh
  • Dirk Steinmetz
  • Magnus Melin
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Delegate contract renewals to MZLA. Managers may renew contracts of their reports up to a certain % raise per year.

2021-11-08
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

Formally delegate expenses, reporting for tax purposes, reviewing (sanity-checking) employee expense sheets, etc off of the Treasurer/Council to Ryan (MZLA).

2021-11-08
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick

Abstain: Ryan
🟢 Approved

Delegate contract renewals: Managers may renew contracts of their reports with up to 4% raise per year.

2021-11-08
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract.

2021-11-08
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract.

2021-11-08
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to contract design system review from Ura Design

2021-09-27
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan
🔴 Failed

For the current election cycle, make the mailing list elections run on publicly readable on discuss.thunderbird.net (Topicbox). Posting shall remain limited to people in the electorate, with the existing restrictions outside of the discussion phase.

2021-09-27
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Berna, Dirk

No: Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Team re-org (August 2021): Promotion to team lead

2021-09-13
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan

Abstain: Dirk, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Team re-org (August 2021): Change the reporting structure under Magnus to be as in the chart, as of September 1.

2021-09-13
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan

Abstain: Dirk, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Contract with Jane Silber for business development consulting.

2021-08-16
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Christopher		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan

Abstain: Dirk
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to contracting with a specific individual.

2021-08-02
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Christopher		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus

No: Philipp
🟢 Approved

Team re-org (July 2021). Note - this was later revised.

2021-07-19
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Ryan

No: Philipp

Abstain: Dirk
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to performance review.

2021-06-21
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to convert a contractor to full time.

2021-06-21
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Christopher		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract for 6 months.

2021-06-07
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus
🟢 Approved

Agreement on and publishing of the below texts for preamble and mission.

  • Preamble: Email has been and continues to be the fundamental communication tool and a significant driver of freedoms on the Internet. But it is also threatened by new non-standards-based, closed and centralized messaging platforms. To prevent this erosion, the public deserves an alternative that is secure and reliable, while protecting our privacy, enhancing our productivity and serving as a platform for current and future forms of messaging.

  • Mission: Thunderbird facilitates cross platform, decentralized, open-standard communication, which puts the user in control of their data and workflow. We aspire to offer an interoperable and extensible open-source platform for messaging and managing personal information, such as email, contacts, and appointments.

2021-05-10
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract for 6 months.

2021-04-26
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Christopher		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract for 6 months.

2021-04-26
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract for 6 months.

2021-04-26
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to employee benefits for an individual.

2021-04-26
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Dirk		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to MZLA employee benefits as a whole.

2021-03-09
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Berna, Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to bonus pay.

2021-03-15
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Dirk		Yes: Berna, Dirk, Magnus, Ryan
🟢 Approved

Fix voting records motion: can we agree on a new phrasing replacing the motion from 2020-09-28:

Publish the complete voting record of all council members on all motions excluding motions containing PII and confidential information in the regular minutes.

2021-02-01
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to contracting through a third party.

2021-02-01
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to contracting and employment.

2021-02-01
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Magnus		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan
🟢 Approved

The council should not make major strategic or organizational decisions, including but not limited to restructuring the project or significantly changing policies for public services or products, without having had at least 7 days of public discussion regarding the specific decision. These discussions are announced on tb-planning, but can occur on any public discussion channel.

2021-02-01
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Berna		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Ryan

Abstain: Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Approve hiring two more developers.

2021-02-01
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan

Abstain: Philipp
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Approve hiring two developers.

2020-12-17
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Extend an existing contract.

2020-12-10
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to renew a vendor contract for a year.

2020-12-07
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp
🟢 Approved

Adopt and experiment with Council;DR as outlined above and in slides (to save time, vote with your preference on how information is shared)

2020-11-23
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Ryan
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Various contract renewals.

2020-11-09
Proposed: Dirk

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: Berna, Christopher, Dirk, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan

2019–2020

Term: March 21, 2019 to October 16, 2020

Council Members:

  • Philipp Kewisch (Chair)
  • Ryan Sipes (Treasurer)
  • Wayne Mery (Secretary)
  • Berna Alp
  • Jörg Knobloch
  • Magnus Melin
  • Patrick Cloke
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

Publish the document Thunderbird Election Process publicly on the Mozilla Wiki.

2020-09-28
Proposed: Patrick

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Berna, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan, Wayne
🟢 Approved

Publish the complete voting record of all council members on all motions excluding PII and confidential information in the regular minutes.

2020-09-28
Proposed: Berna

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion was made related to a CPG action.

2020-07-27
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 5

Abstain: 1
🔴 Failed

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion was made related to a CPG action.

2020-06-09
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Magnus		No: Berna, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan, Wayne
🟢 Approved

Hand over the Quicktext Add-On ownership to its de facto maintainer John Bieling from the Thunderbird Development Team.

2020-03-10
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Berna, Jörg, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan, Wayne
🟢 Approved

NDA Visibility: The agreement will not be made available publicly. It shall be made available to candidates that are standing for election once the discussion period is over

2020-02-28
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Jörg, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan, Wayne

No: Berna
🟢 Approved

Requiring the NDA

  • The Mozilla NDA will be made a requirement for serving on the Thunderbird Council
  • The requirement will be communicated as part of the election process, before candidates stand for election.
  • The voting occurs and results are gathered. Candidates that pass the vote sign the NDA.
  • If one or more candidates do not sign the NDA, a second vote occurs with remaining candidates. For one remaining candidate it is a yes/no vote, otherwise the same method as for the council vote.
2020-02-28
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Jörg, Magnus, Patrick, Philipp, Ryan, Wayne

No: Berna
🟢 Approved

Approval for the “Thunderbird job requisites late 2019”

2019-12-05
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 5

No: 1
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
FOSDEM 2020 (approve costs for three people)

2019-12-05
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to contract extension.

2019-12-05
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

Remove exchange option for free accounts (Hotmail/Outlook). Remove exchange option for Office365 as well - “back to original terms”.

2019-11-14
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: 5

No: 1
🟢 Approved

Until a further motion amends it, the roles are filled as follows:

  • Ryan assumes the operations role, pending his acceptance.
  • Philipp assumes the main point of contact role.
2019-10-10
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: 5
🟢 Approved

Parts of Thunderbird that are add-ons for technical reasons that are developed by the Thunderbird project do not require approval by the Thunderbird Council.

2019-05-05
Proposed: Jörg

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

Any new third party add-on to be shipped in Thunderbird will need to be approved by the Thunderbird Council. The Lightning and WeTransfer add-ons are grandfathered in.

2021-11-08
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Berna		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

Passed External Transparency reporting - this will make it so that Council meeting notes are shared regularly with some things held back because for confidentiality purposes.

2019-08-22
Proposed: Berna, Philipp

Seconded: Berna, Patrick		Yes: 4
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to contract extensions

2019-07-25
Proposed: Jörg

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to contract extension for 6 month

2019-07-10
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Jörg		Yes: 6

No: 1
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to adjusting a contractor rate.

2019-07-10
Proposed: Magnus, Ryan

Seconded: Philipp, Wayne		Yes: 4
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to a contract extension.

2019-06-20
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Ryan		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to a contract extension.

2019-05-30
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Berna		Yes: 5
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to a contract extension.

2019-05-30
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: 5
🟢 Approved

The Council agrees to explore the Thunderbird LLC as the primary option forward, organizationally. We will convey this to MoFo and continue discussion to explore the specifics of how the LLC will be set up. Further voting will occur when there are concrete items to decide on, e.g. a contract.

2019-04-25
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Swag/Promotion Budget Approval

2019-04-25
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 6
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to salary rates to account for local country benefits.

2019-04-16
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 4
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to hiring a full time employee

2019-04-05
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 4

No: 1
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to hiring a contractor

2019-03-27
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: 7
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Change the title of Ryan Sipes to "Community and Business Development Manager". Define his new responsibilities and salary.

2019-03-24
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: 5

2018–2019

Term: March 31, 2018 to March 21, 2019

Council Members:

  • Philipp Kewisch (Chair)
  • Ryan Sipes (Treasurer)
  • Wayne Mery (Secretary)
  • Jörg Knobloch
  • Magnus Melin
  • Patrick Cloke
  • Philippe Lieser
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to hiring an employee.

2019-03-21
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 5

No: 1
🟢 Approved

As clarification of the Council decision of 2018-01-31 stating that only two people of the same organization/association/unit or company can be nominated for election to the Thunderbird Council; The 'Mozilla Corporation' and the 'Mozilla Foundation' which serves as legal home of the independent 'Thunderbird Project' (and hence fiducially contracts staff for the project) are (considered) separate companies for purposes of "professional affiliation".

2019-03-13
Proposed: Wayne

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Berna, Magnus, Philipp, Ryan

Abstain: Jörg, Patrick, Wayne
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
The Council agrees to allocate a budget of up to NNN in legal fees, per quarter. Accessing this budget doesn't require further votes, but the intent needs to be signaled to the council list, and informal approval needs to be obtained from one further council member.

2019-03-04
Proposed: Wayne

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: 6

No: 1
🟢 Approved

Sending Magnus and Kai to the Freiburg meetup with DeltaChat Feb 4-5th. Combined costs for Magnus with FOSDEM will be around 2000 EUR

2019-01-13
Proposed: Magnus

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: 6

No: 1
🟢 Approved

Sending any European council member to FOSDEM, plus Ryan as community manager. Travel costs max 1250 EUR for European travelers, and 2250 EUR for international travelers

2019-01-08
Proposed: Philipp

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 4
🟢 Approved

Collaborate with BenB on getting this into account creation (non-exclusively), but no contract.

2018-11-20
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Wayne		Yes: 4
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to accepting a % rate to negotiate a partnership.

2018-07-18
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: 7
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
Spend an amount to pay a contractor for fixing the specific security bug(s). We will attempt to use the SOS funds, but if that is not possible we will use Thunderbird funds.

2018-06-06
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

Move Ryan to full time status to increase hours devoted to current role, plus cross train with Andrei, plus interim build engineer (until we have hire an engineer), plus document web and engineer processes.

2018-05-30
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

Request to make use of Matomoto website analytics at $140/month, minus 30% discount.

2018-05-13
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Philippe		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to hire a contractor

2018-05-09
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

WeTransfer - Consensus is to not enable in the release (or wait until a point release to ship) unless terms are agreed to.

2018-05-02
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to hire a contractor.

2018-04-27
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

“The Thunderbird Council agrees that the logo change presented in this thread is in the best interest of the product and requires no further changes. Once the original trademark owner (Mozilla) approves, the logo will be considered the new official Thunderbird logo and implemented in all properties

2018-04-27
Proposed: Ryan

Seconded: Philipp		Yes: Majority (unknown)

2017–2018

Term: March 17, 2017 to March 31, 2018

Council Members:

  • Philipp Kewisch (Chair)
  • R Kent James (Treasurer)
  • Ben Bucksch (until January 30, 2018)
  • Jörg Knobloch
  • Magnus Melin
  • Patrick Cloke
  • Ryan Sipes
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to hire a contractor at a rate TBD.

2018-03-14
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion to extend a contract

2018-03-07
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

New mailnews/ and mail/ module owners (makes decisions): Kent, Jörg, Magnus, Ben (removing jcranmer)

2017-06-23
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

Maildev - create mailing list for discussion open to all developers (everybody who contributed code to TB). Decision will be made by the 4 new module owners above. Module owners meet per video conference

2017-06-23
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

Negotiate hiring community manager, rate TBD at Philipp’s (Chair’s) discretion

2017-05-19
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)
🟢 Approved

Add CardBook to the "Featured Add-ons" section of ATN

2017-04-14
Proposed: Unknown

Seconded: Unknown		Yes: Majority (unknown)

2016–2017

Term: March 01, 2016 to March 17, 2017

There were more motions in this period, however we were just beginning to define a formal voting process and did not track them all. Exact term start is not known.

Council Members:

  • Magnus Melin (Chair)
  • R Kent James (Treasurer)
  • Jörg Knobloch
  • Matt Harris
  • Patrick Cloke
  • Philipp Kewisch
  • Wayne Mery
OutcomeMotionDetailsVotes
🟢 Approved

[CONFIDENTIAL - This motion was redacted/reworded for publishing]
A motion related to hiring a contractor

2017-03-09
Proposed: rkent

Seconded: Patrick		Yes: Jörg, Matt, Patrick, Philipp, Wayne, rkent

2014–2016

Term: 2014 to March 17, 2017

We did not have a formal voting process in this period. rkent was reconfirmed as chair in July 2015.

Council Members:

  • R Kent James (Chair)
  • Florian Quèze
  • Joshua Cranmer
  • Magnus Melin
  • Mike Conley
  • Philipp Kewisch
  • Wayne Mery