Hi Lydia, On Mon, Nov 27, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Lydia Pintscher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone :) > > Since Akademy in Almería we have been going through the process of > defining goals for KDE for the next 3 to 4 years. Different ideas were > proposed and refined. 10 of them made it into the community-wide vote > to select 3 of them. Today I am proud to announce the result based on > the 684 submitted votes. > > The 3 goals KDE will be focusing on over the next 3 to 4 years are: > * Top-notch usability and productivity for basic software: We want our > users to love our software and enable them to do their day-to-day work > hassle-free. As part of this goal we will focus on polishing our basic > software so everyone will be delighted to use it. For more details see > the proposal: https://phabricator.kde.org/T6831 > * Privacy Software: A central part of KDE’s vision for the future is > privacy. As part of this goal we will work on improving > privacy-related features, settings and applications all over KDE’s > software. Once done KDE software enables and promotes privacy, which > is crucial for a free and open society and protecting our users from > harm. For more details see the proposal: > https://phabricator.kde.org/T7050 > * Streamlined onboarding of new contributors: KDE can only achieve its > vision if we enable many people to join our community and support us > with their specific knowledge and skills – be it programming, artwork, > promotion, translation, event organizing or any of the other hundreds > of areas needed to make KDE successful. As part of this goal we will > identify and remove barriers to entry in our documentation, > infrastructure and processes. For more details see the proposal: > https://phabricator.kde.org/T7116 > > I am excited about what this will bring for the next years of KDE and > how it will help bring great software to our users. > > What will happen next? I am helping the proposers of the goals come up > with a plan. There will be sprints related to the topics in 2018 as > well as a progress report at Akademy. None of these goals is going to > be achieved without help. It’ll need all hands on deck – including > yours!If you are able to help with one of them please add your name to > the proposal on Phabricator linked above so you can be contacted once > the plan for each of them becomes more clear. > > Thanks to everyone who submitted one of the great proposal, Ben for > providing the list of voters and Kevin for his help in making sense of > the votes.
Maybe next Akademy should focus on these topics? Maybe prefer talks specific to these three goals? Maybe even have a separate track for these topics? 684 votes is indeed a good number - this worked out well. Greetings Dominik
