diff --git a/active/marketing.md b/active/marketing.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ff84670 --- /dev/null +++ b/active/marketing.md @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +# Marketing Working Group + +## Scope of responsibilities + +The working group is responsible for: + +* Planning and execution of marketing activities +* Proposing new strategies for marketing activities +* Advising the DSF Board on strategic decisions related to marketing and strategic communication + +The goals of those marketing activities are: + +- Promote Django: to increase awareness, understanding, and adoption of the framework. And beyond the framework, to strengthen the public narrative about the project, its community, and the Django Software Foundation. +- Ensure that Django is represented clearly and positively across all channels that are relevant to our audiences (such as developers, organisations, educators, open source contributors, etc). +- Increasing strategic coherence of activities across our communication channels + +The group maintains key components of Django’s marketing strategy in accordance with guidance from the Board and Steering Council, and executes on that strategy autonomously. This includes maintaining: + +- The overall marketing strategy for Django and the DSF. +- A website content strategy, including an editorial line for the blog. +- Brand guidelines for Django and the DSF +- KPIs aligned with objectives of the DSF + +Delegated responsibilities for the group to work on autonomously: + +- Management of the "www" djangoproject.com website content, in particular the Django blog and other channels that are closely related to marketing. +- Management of one-off campaign sites like the [20th birthday site](https://birthday20.djangoproject.com/). + +Delegated responsibilities for the group to work on with others: + +- Management of fundraising pages on [djangoproject.com](http://djangoproject.com), in collaboration with the fundraising WG. +- Contributions of marketing content to the "docs" [djangoproject.com](http://djangoproject.com) website content, in collaboration with Django core contributors. +- Publication of new content across Django online community and social media channels, in collaboration with the Online Community WG and Social media WG. +- Creation of physical and digital marketing collateral for Django events, and Django’s presence at events, in collaboration with the Events Support WG. + +## Initial membership + +- Chair: TBC +- Co-Chair: TBC +- Board Liaison (must be an active Board member; may be the same as Chair/Co-Chair): TBC +- Steering Council Liaison: TBC +- Other members: + - Raffaella Suardini + +## Future membership + +We welcome everyone with an interest in marketing, and an understanding of the [goals of the Django Software Foundation](https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/). We select relevant volunteers based on our understanding of gaps in the group’s expertise. + +### How do people who want to join sign up / volunteer / express interest? + +To apply to join the group, fill our \[marketing working group application form]. + +### How will decisions on adding/removing members be handled? + +Direct membership: new members may self-nominate; the WG will vote (50%+1) to approve/deny new members. The WG will vote for New Chair/Co-Chairs and decision to appoint will be based on gaining majority votes. + +Members join the group for one year term. At the end of this term, they need to opt into staying involved to keep being a member of the group. + +Members can be removed from the group with a 50%+1 vote from other members. + +### Access granting and deployment + +New members join the group with no access to the website’s content publishing functionality. After 6 months of onboarding, they can request publishing access to the Chair, Co-Chair, Board Liaison, who decide whether the onboarding is completed, and if so liaise with the [ops team](https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/teams/#ops-team) to manage permissions. + +For content managed via hard-coded templates within the website repository, contributions are made via pull requests. Content changes are reviewed by other group members, with a final quality check by the \[website working group](https://www.djangoproject.com/foundation/teams/#website-team) before merging. + +## Budget + +No allocated budget. Once created, the group will likely request a budget to: + +- Hire external marketing experts +- Procure relevant tools (for example design software) + +## Communications + +1. Group-only private channel in the DSF slack +2. Shared #marketing public channel for all DSF slack members +3. TBC: shared channel with fundraising and website WG members +4. TBC: channels to be identified on the Django Forum and Discord server +5. Private group mailing list for internal communications only + +## Reporting + +We post public meeting notes to the forum, with private information (such as in-progress partnerships) left out. The DSF Board and Steering Council have access to the group’s full private meeting notes. + +For campaigns, we share a tracker with all DSF volunteers. + +The team produces an annual report that is shared publicly with the Django community.