The Board of Directors of KDE e.V. met again in Berlin from 14-15 October, 2017 for their autumn sprint. That was the first Eike's participation as a board member, after taking over, at Akademy 2017, the position of the KDE e.V. Treasurer, previously occupied by Marta Rybczynska. The group discussed topics such as KDE's 21th anniversary, staff and contractors, office inventory, events, community goals, strategic opportunities, fundraising infrastructure, websites, board self-assessment, and general budget. As for the events, KDE's presence at Qt World Summit 2017 has been reviewed, identified things that went pretty well and defining improvements opportunities for future KDE participations. Initial steps for announcing Akademy 2018 in Vienna, defining sponsoring opportunities, and preparation of KDE e.V. Annual General Assembly have also been discussed. In addition, possible sprints for the upcoming months have also been identified. Regarding the ongoing "Evolving KDE" initiative, the board discussed the means by which community members would vote for the proposed goals and how to support goals' proposers in their task to make them a reality in the next two-three years. Also, estrategic opportunities for KDE in the fields of mobile and automotive have been discussed.
+The Board of Directors of KDE e.V. met again in Berlin from 14-15 October, 2017 for their autumn sprint. That was the first Eike's participation as a board member, after taking over, at Akademy 2017, the position of the KDE e.V. Treasurer, previously occupied by Marta Rybczynska. The group discussed topics such as KDE's 21th anniversary, staff and contractors, office inventory, events, community goals, strategic opportunities, fundraising infrastructure, websites, board self-assessment, and general budget. As for the events, KDE's presence at Qt World Summit 2017 has been reviewed, identified things that went pretty well and defining improvements opportunities for future KDE participations. Initial steps for announcing Akademy 2018 in Vienna, defining sponsoring opportunities, and preparation of KDE e.V. Annual General Assembly have also been discussed. In addition, possible sprints for the upcoming months have also been identified. Regarding the ongoing "Evolving KDE" initiative, the board discussed the means by which community members would vote for the proposed goals and how to support goals' proposers in their task to make them a reality in the next two-three years. Also, strategic opportunities for KDE in the fields of mobile and automotive have been discussed.
KDE e.V. Board Autumn Sprint