Representatives from the Ubuntu Governance bodies along with various Canonical, flavor and community leads met virtually, on July 14th 2026 to discuss the state and future of the Ubuntu Community:
Disclaimer
It is important to note that the Governance Sync Meetings have a clear goal to encourage communication and collaboration between various Ubuntu Governance bodies. The sync meetings are not created to gatekeep information, nor as a replacement for proper, established governance processes, voting and decision making.
Round table governance
- Representatives of the Membership Board reported that there have been no new members requests lately. Most of the meeting time was taken by this topic:
- Application process should be made less intimidating and more modern. Keeping the process in Discourse makes sense for user experience, since the application is made there. The Membership board is keen to make improvements.
- More promotion of what Ubuntu membership means, how to get it, and explain the perks.
- Potentially identify current members at events to easily start conversations and encourage questions around Ubuntu Membership.
- Display clearer qr-codes, digital reel, and other assets, to spotlight membership and programs related to those.
Updates on the Ubuntu Wiki
- The Communications Council unanimously voted to move forward with the new Ubuntu Wiki, based on MediaWiki.
- All articles from the old Wiki have been backed up and made publickly available on GitHub.
- A new Ubuntu wiki, Part 1: Announcement and A new Ubuntu wiki, Part 2: Features are available for more context around this initiative.
Get involved!
Ubuntu governance sync meetings take place every 2 months on the second Tuesday of January, March, May, July, September, November. There are two sessions, 3PM UTC and 10PM UTC, to best accommodate our global community. All are welcome to participate in the discussion here on the Ubuntu Discourse!