On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 3:17 PM, Lydia Pintscher <ly...@kde.org> wrote: > Hey folks :) > > Since 2015 I and other people have been talking about Evolving KDE > (http://blog.lydiapintscher.de/2015/04/18/evolving-kde) - meaning > reflecting on where we are, where we want to go and how we will get > there. We have made great strides with defining our vision > (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Vision) and mission > (https://community.kde.org/KDE/Mission) since then. It has not been an > easy exercise but a necessary one because it gives us focus and > clarity about our purpose. > > Our vision is: "A world in which everyone has control over their > digital life and enjoys freedom and privacy." We stand behind this. We > want to fill this vision with life now. Kévin Ottens, Mirko Boehm, > David Faure, Frederik Gladhorn, me and many others came together at > Akademy to discussed how to do that. How can we give the whole KDE > community the opportunity to express what they think we should all be > working on right now? How can we find all the creative ideas and > ambitions that are hidden in so many of our community members? And how > can we talk about them all together? I believe we have found a way. > > Starting today all of KDE is invited to propose goals to work on for > the next 3 to 4 years. We will then discuss and refine them. Finally > we will have a vote for the goals we should pursue together. Goals can > be about anything you consider important - it doesn't have to be about > writing code. The top 3 proposals will get supported in various ways > for example with sponsorship of a sprint and presentation slots at > next year's Akademy. This way we will shine a spotlight on the most > important things we are working on and together support that work in > the best way we can. The plan is to do this every year and add one or > two goals to the mix every time. > > The timeline looks as follows: > * Today until beginning of October: work on the proposals > * All of October: talk about the proposal > * First two weeks of November: vote on the proposals by everyone with > a KDE contributor account > * Middle of November: publish the results > > To make it more concrete, here are some examples of potential goals > that could come out of this: > * Improving the Developer Story: a new contributor should be able to > create his first patch to any KDE application in 15 minutes or less; > * Big in Asia: users in Asia should be able to write in their writing > system in any of the software produced by KDE; > * Appeal to All our Senses: a visually impaired user should be able to > use all the software produced by KDE; > * Virtual Reality Painting: artists should be able to paint in 3D > straight from a VR world using software produced by KDE; > * Speaking Your Language: 90% of the computer users worldwide should > be able to use the software produced by KDE in a language in which > they are fluent. > > Do you have an idea for a goal for KDE? Get a small group of people > together and propose it today by adding it here: > https://phabricator.kde.org/project/board/244/ > > > Cheers > Lydia
Hey folks :) Just a quick reminder that there is a little over 2 weeks left to get the drafts for your goals in. If you need help with anything please let me know. Cheers Lydia -- Lydia Pintscher - http://about.me/lydia.pintscher KDE e.V. Board of Directors / KDE Community Working Group http://kde.org - http://open-advice.org