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dCA Strategy 2024

Apr 2023

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Content

  • Our Missions
  • Outlook
    • Top Activities
    • Ongoing Activities
  • Budget

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Our Missions

  • We innovate and lead: Let's do the right things. We define the long-term roadmap and strategy of django CMS core development. We analyse the market and identify market trends and respond to them. We consider the voice of the community.
  • We unite contributors: Let's do things right! We activate and inspire community members to contribute and work together. We publish news and cases. We manage and review contributions. We organize community events. We recruit and organize contributors for specific missions.
  • We drive adoption: Let's get others excited! We get the word out about django CMS. We identify target audiences and drive awareness within them. We increase visibility of django CMS in the market. We match potential django CMS clients and certified django CMS service providers.

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Top Activities / Initiatives for 2024

  • Drive development of django CMS v4 ecosphere, with a focus on:
    • make relevant packages v4 compatible
    • support for headless / decoupled mode
  • Drive Volunteer Position Program (link) - recruit additional volunteers
  • Drive django CMS Fellowship program (link)
  • Grow our Discord community
  • Website relaunch of www.django-cms.org
  • Make documentation more accessible, possibly with the help of AI / smart chat bots such as chatGPT

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dCA OS / Ongoing Activities

See detailed list of must haves and job descriptions for all positions.

Fundraising

  • Manage incoming leads
  • Onboard new members
  • Manage membership renewals

Marketing

  • Continue content strategy (see marketing assessment)
  • Regular newsletter (django CMS / community (dCA))
  • Manage release communication
  • Manage / maintain www.django-cms.org

Product / Development

  • Host bi-weekly tech committee meeting
  • Workgroup management (workgroup process)
  • Release management (django CMS 4.0)

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Community

  • Manage contributors onboarding
  • Monitor and moderate all support channels
  • Manage volunteers

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Administration

  • General Assembly
  • Quarterly Board Meeting
  • Recruitment (extend the team)
  • Accounting

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Green = dCA managed; Yellow = community managed Red = not currently managed

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dCA Budget Proposal 2024

dCA Budget Proposal 2024

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Position

CHF

Fellowship Program

36,000

Style Guide & Website Design - one-time, carried over from 2023

6,000

Website Relaunch Frontend Dev - one-time, carried over from 2023

14,000

Marketing (Content production)

3,000

Tools & Operations

2,000

Events Participation Support & Sponsoring

3,000

Legal & Fees

500

Total

64,500

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Difference to 2023 Budget

-32,000

Expected 2024 sponsoring and membership contributions: 60k CHF