diff --git a/active/online-community.md b/active/online-community.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3f73ff --- /dev/null +++ b/active/online-community.md @@ -0,0 +1,110 @@ +# Online Community Working Group + +## Scope of responsibilities + +This group exists to support the official community platforms and those in elevated roles on those platforms. + +The [Django Forum](https://forum.djangoproject.com/) and the [Django Discord](https://discord.gg/xcRH6mN4fa) are core parts of the community and those that provide help and moderate these platforms take significant time from their day to help others. +We can support them through training and taking action to make their lives easier. + +The broad goals of the group are: + - Facilitate and centralise discussion between moderators and admins on the various platforms. + - Coordinate efforts for training and processes around moderation. + - Provide support to improve the platforms to lighten moderation and admin workloads. + - Provide training and support to the wider community on how to use the platforms effectively. + - Ensure that our online communities are welcoming and safe spaces. + +### What actions are you proposing the WG be allowed to take directly? + - Creation and management of processes related to community platforms. Examples of these processes include: + - Proposals for adding/removing moderators & other roles and the adding/removing of roles directly. + - Training for moderators & other roles as required. + - Ensuring moderation is consistent across teams and platforms. + - Taking ideas from the community to improve the community spaces. + +### Which actions will the WG take back to the Board for votes? + - Proposals to trial a new platform. + - Proposals to migrate to a new platform. + - Proposals to retire an existing platform that is in use. + - Budget requests to improve existing platforms. + +There are a lot of potential ideas in this space. Part of the WG will be setting up a process to take ideas and have a backlog of these ideas. + +### Delegated responsibilities + +With regards to Django Software Foundation responsibilities and resources, the members of group are assigned: + +- Administrator Privileges on approved community platforms with the following conditions to create redundancy and protect the community from any single person holding too much power. + - A single member may not have Administrator Privileges on all platforms. + - Each platform has a minimum of two members with Administrator Privileges. + +## Initial membership + +- Chair: Andrew Miller +- Co-Chair: TBD +- Board Liaison: Tom Carrick +- CoC Liaison: Dan Ryan +- Other members: + - Patryk Bratkowski + - Natalia Bidart + - Ben Cardy + + +## Future membership + +Anyone can join, however they must be active on one of the community platforms for at least 3 months or nominated by a DSF Individual member. + +### Expressing Interest + +Send one of the WG members a message on Discord or the Forum. A form will be made available in a public space with the following questions: + +* Usernames on the Forum/Discord. +* Why they want to join. +* What experience and skills they bring to the WG. + +### Membership Conditions + + - New members may self-nominate. + - Members will serve for a one year term. At the end of this term, they need to opt into staying involved to keep being a member of the group. + - New members will get approved by existing members of the WG. + - If any member wishes to leave the group before the end of their term, they can do so by notifying the group. + - Members can propose a vote on removing a member from the working group. This needs 50%+1 agreement. + +### Roles in within WG + + - Chair/Co-chair: Ideally these two members will be represenatives from separate platforms within the community. This is to ensure the WG remains balanced. + - The Code of Conduct WG Liaison is a voting member of this working group that is chosen by the CoCWG from their members. + - Board Liaison: Must be an active Board member; may be the same as Chair/Co-Chair, may not be the same as CoC WG Liaison. + +## Budget + +- How much money or spending discretion do you need? + - None to begin with, however budget might get requested over time for supporting the Forum and Discord server. See below for [ideas](#budget-ideas). +- How do you want that money allocated: + - None to begin with. + +## Comms + +Where will discussions and activities take place? + +Suggestions: + +- Private Channel in the Discord Server and private category in the forum, possibly also a channel is the DSF slack. +- This space should be shared with the CoC Commitee or another space for shared comms across platforms. + +Meetings: Quarterly video call meeting on Discord. + +## Reporting + +How and how often will the WG report back to the board? + - Quarterly forum post and discord announcement of improvements made to the platforms. + - Private quarterly report of improvements made to the platforms to the Board. + + +### Budget ideas + +- Training for Moderators & Admins. +- Hosting fees for bots. +- Subscription fees for bots. +- Tools for community management/growth (https://orbit.love). +- Hosting for the forum. +- Discord Nitro.