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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here are the notes from the KDE Network's BoF.</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Introduction </span></b></p>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The KDE Network will be a group of KDE representatives in their respective cities/countries. </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">They promote KDE and it’s work in their local community. </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Additionally, they are responsible for helping to grow the community, and to act as a liaison between their local community and KDE. </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Members of the KDE Network Group are Community Members who have agreed to help promote KDE. </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">They use their knowledge of KDE and their public speaking skills or social networking skills or people skills to help promote KDE. </span></li></ul>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Purpose/Goals </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Derived from our Promo goals. We want to increase our community and outreach in more countries, including: </span></p>
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<li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Brand awareness about KDE. </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Increase and engage new contributors. </span></li><li><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Increase the number of end-users. </span></li></ul>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Legal entity/Registration </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">The KDE Network will help existing or new groups to promote KDE in their local community. It does not have to be legally registered. If they want to
form a foundation or a legal entity it will be a separate domain and they should consult the board members in this regard. </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Localization </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">In certain communities, it will be better to localize the KDE Network in their languages. We will provide all the marketing material in English that
can be translated and printed locally. </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Finance </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">All the expenditure on events and travelling will be reimbursed. We have a Financial plan for this and can be found in the documents. </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Documents </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">You can find all the related documents here: </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://share.kde.org/s/G9Ro2z2gi4bMqmf"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://share.kde.org/s/G9Ro2z2gi4bMqmf</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Task on Phabricator </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://phabricator.kde.org/T13386"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://phabricator.kde.org/T13386</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Communication </span></b></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">You can join the group through </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Telegram: </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://t.me/joinchat/RdiLrhsDx3GaExUW2lqsLA"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">https://t.me/joinchat/RdiLrhsDx3GaExUW2lqsLA</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;"> </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">Matrix: </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal;">#kde-network-program </span></p>
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