**Goal**
Derived from our Promo goals. We want to increase our community and outreach in more countries, including:
- Brand awareness about KDE.
- Increase and engage new contributors.
- Increase the number of end-users.
**What is the KDE Network?**
The KDE Network will be a group of KDE representatives in their respective cities/countries. They promote KDE and it’s work in their local community. Additionally, they are responsible for helping to grow the community, and to act as a liaison between their local community and KDE.
Members of the KDE Network Group are Community Members who have agreed to help promote KDE. They use their knowledge of KDE and their public speaking skills or social networking skills or people skills to help promote KDE.
**What do they do?**
- Participate at local events on behalf of KDE.
- Request marketing material, swag, budget for events.
- Promote KDE, FLOSS, open source projects and cross-community interaction.
- Demonstrate KDE’s products.
- Community outreach and act as a liaison for contributors interested to become part of KDE.
- Promote KDE at local user groups and universities with talks, presentations etc.
- Recruit new contributors.
- Onboarding, mentoring and fostering new users and contributors.
- Report on the activities related to FLOSS in their region.
**Where are we located?**
The KDE Network will take place around the world, initially starting a pilot project in Guwahati, India.
**Documents**
All documents are also available here.
https://share.kde.org/s/G9Ro2z2gi4bMqmf
**Communication**
You can join the group through
Telegram:
https://t.me/joinchat/RdiLrhsDx3GaExUW2lqsLA
Matrix:
#kde-network-program:kde.org
IRC/Freenode:
#kde-network-program
**The Advisory Committee**
# Paul Brown
# Carl Schwan
# Ivana Isadora
# Niccolo Venerandi
# Kenny Coyle
# Julian Steinmann
# Kai Uwe
# Bhavisha Dhruve
# Tomaz Canabrava
**The KDE Network Kerala team**
# Aiswarya
# Subin
# Kannan
# Sreeram
# Akhil
**Meeting Minutes
17 December 2020**21 January 2021**
- The team has decided to use the Malayalam channel for people in Kerala to contact the KDE Network Kerala team. Links are:
- Matrix KDE Malayalam channel: #kde-ml:poddery.com
- The KDE Network Kerala team will discuss whether Mailing list or Matrix channel will be appropriate for people in Kerala to contact the team.elegram KDE Malayalam channel: https://t.me/kde_ml
- The Get Involved page on KDE’s Website can be translated into Malayalam for Kerala regionserver for KDE Malayalam Localization joined with Assam’s team (Wrishiraj). Translation has been delayed. Target: End of April translation. Malayalam and Assamese (Wrishiraj’s team) localization have joined hands together; both are in the same server now.
- Also,- Due to the server change, last month and examinations in universities next month Plasma workspace l10n target is delayed. the KDE Network’s Wiki page can be translated into MalayalamThe new target will be at the end of April.
- We can have a Welcome page in Malayalam for new contributors from KeralaFor the sponsorship, we were thinking to make a sponsorship form which Kerala team can submit to the Board of Directors (BoD) and keep them in the loop. BoD can be part of the virtual meetings with the sponsors or be informed about the whole process.
- The KDE Network Kerala team has issues with translations issues but now it is sortedFor the sponsorship, it was suggested to make a sponsorship form which Kerala team can submit to the Board of Directors (BoD) and keep them in the loop. If possible, BoD can be part of the virtual meetings with the sponsors or be informed about the whole process. Aiswarya will discuss this with the team.
- Aiswarya will write an article on GCompris in Malayalam and will try to get it published in Newspapers.GCompris will be part of the Pehia Annual Summit. Aiswarya will have an interview with the Pehia foundation’s team. It will be part of their blog. https://www.pehia.org/events/summit2021
- Kerala Government (ICFOSS: https://icfoss.in/) promotes free software and open source- Aiswarya will share her experience with the Pehia Foundation. SoAiswarya, The KDE Network Kerala team would like them to sponsor their programs for both users and teacher training as it will not only help financially but it will help them to reach more peopleBhavisha and Aniqa will write an article based on Aiswarya’s interview for Planet KDE/Dot.
- The KDE Network Kerala team- Article on GCompris will try to contact District Institute for Education and Training.be written by a teacher before 5 February 2021. Later, They provide free venue and sponsor programs for teacher trainingit will be published in the Local newspaper’s Educational Edition.
- Subin will be giving a talk on 22 January 2021 about FOSS at a college. Aiswarya will ask him to write an article to share his experience for Planet KDE.
- KDE should sponsor the programs or sponsor should be directed to BoD/KDE- Universities, Colleges, and Schools have opened again in Kerala.
- Plasma translation- The KDE Network’s marketing material will be completed by January 2021e used in English as most students in schools and colleges speak English.
- People in Kerala were informed about the KDE Network program through Matrix channel and there- Documents and Wiki pages translation in Malayalam was a positive responsenot decided.
- Progress about- KDE.org is the KDE Network will be shared on Dot.next target to translate in Malayalam.
**Next meeting:** Thursday, 21 January18 March 2021
**Time: ** 2:00 pm UTC/ 3:00 pm CEST/ 7:30 pm IST
**Link to Join: **https://meet.kde.org/b/ani-g0p-cmf
**Tasks/Agenda for the next meeting:**
- The sponsorship decision will be confirmed.
- The team will decide about the mailing list or Matrix channel for people in Kerala to contactcheck whether documents and Wiki pages will be translated or not.
- The sponsorship issu- Subin’s article will be resolvedshared on Planet KDE.
- The team will confirm which pages can- Article on GCompris will be translated into Malayalamshared.
- The team will check if any other marketing material is required- Aiswarya’s interview/article will be shared.
- The team will check all the documents and Wiki pages.- New targets will be shared.