Think of the Community Council as the guiding force for the Mautic project. They look after the money side of things, deciding on the budget and making sure everything financial is running as it should. They're also the ones managing the project's staff and contractors.

The Council keeps a close eye on how the project is doing overall, and they lead in figuring out how to make sure Mautic can keep growing. This includes working out plans for large-scale fundraising. They also drive the project's long-term strategy.

They're not just focused on money, either. The Council has responsibility for things like Mautic's trademarks and brand assets, and they're the ones who sign off on any contracts to do with the project. Other teams in the project can come up with policies and procedures they think are right, and the Council reviews, documents, communicates, and if everything checks out, adopts them.

They're committed to maintaining a respectful community for the project too, so they're in charge of ensuring any breaches of the Code of Conduct get dealt with properly.

Oh, and one more thing - remember that the Council isn't hiding away in some secret lair. They meet regularly to look over the project and its needs, and you can see their meeting notes and agendas because they're made public.

So in a nutshell, you might hear people talking about Community Council members or representatives. They're just referring to the folks who make up this council.

Past and Upcoming meetings

2024

Mid-Q1 meeting (1 March): Chair - @andy Note taker - @Ruth Cheesley (she/her)
Q2 meeting (8 April): Chair - @Dominique Note taker - @Prateek Jain
Mid-Q2 meeting (28 May): Chair - @Ekke Note taker - @Norman Pracht - could not make it)
Q3 meeting (2 July): Chair - @Favour Chi Note taker - @john
Mid-Q3 meeting (19 Sep): Chair - @john Note taker - @Favour Chi
Q4 meeting (in-person 6 Nov): Chair - @Prateek Jain Note taker - @Dominique
End-Q4 meeting (19 Dec): Chair - @Norman Pracht Note taker - @Ekke

2025

Mid-Q1 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Prateek Jain Note taker - @Norman Pracht
End-Q1 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Dominique Note taker - @Simran Sethi 
Mid-Q2 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Ekke Note taker - @Adrian Schimpf
End-Q2 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @john Note taker - @Prateek Jain
Mid-Q3 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Norman Pracht Note taker - @Dominique
End-Q3 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Simran Sethi Note taker -@Ekke
Mid-Q4 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Adrian Schimpf Note taker - @john
End-Q4 2025 meeting (date TBC): Chair - @Dominique Note taker - @Prateek Jain

Name - Term starts - Term ends - Next term ends

John Linhart - 2023 - 2026 - 2029

Norman Pracht - 2023 - 2026 - 2029

Dominique De Cooman - 2023 - 2026 - 2029

Ekke Guembel - 2023 - 2025 - 2028

Prateek Jain - 2023 - 2025 - 2028

Simran Sethi - 2024 - 2027 - 2030

Adrian Schimpf - 2025 - 2027 - 2030

Meet the council and get to know more about them here.

The Community Council shall initially have seven (7) representatives. Thereafter, the number of representatives is fixed until a change by a vote of the voting members at an annual meeting of members to another odd number of representatives greater than three (3). Any votes to change the number of representatives during a meeting of the members shall be deemed to take effect before the election of any individual representatives during the same meeting.