**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
**To-do List for next meeting**
[ ] Contact Wrishiraj
[ ] Approach the candidates for the advisory committee (Last day to confirm Sunday, 27 September 2020).
[ ] Paul Brown (BD)
[ ] Nate Graham (AK, Messaged)
[x] Jonathan Riddell (AK, Denied)
[x] Carl Schwan (AK, Confirmed)
[ ] Bhushan Shah (AK, To be Confirmed)
[ ] Nicolas Fella (AK, Messaged)
[ ] Ivana Isadora (BD)
[ ] Valorie Zimmerman (BD)
[x] Niccolo Venerandi (AK, Confirmed)
[x] Kenny Coyle (BD, Confirmed)
[x] Julian Steinmann (AK, Confirmed)
[ ] Myriam Schweingruber (BD)
[x] Kai Uwe (AK, Confirmed)
[x] Bhavisha Dhruve (AK, Confirmed)
[x] Tomaz Canabrava (BD, Confirmed)
[x] Contact Neofytos for the financial plan.
[ ] Share the financial plan with the working group.
**Next meeting: **Thursday, 1 October 2020 at 5.00 pm UTC.
**Tasks/Agenda for the next meeting:**
• Contact Wrishiraj
• Approach the candidates for the advisory committee.
• Contact Neofytos for the financial plan.