KDE Goals – a year lost, a year gained

[Adam Szopa]

The year 2020 was difficult in many ways, but it also was important for me: I joined KDE 
e.V. as a consultant in the role of Project Coordinator.
One of the main focuses of mine was supporting the KDE Goals[1] initiative, which 
resulted in creating a formalized process[2].
As you might know (or read in the process), the KDE Goals are to be replaced roughly 
every two years.
This timebox was selected to balance keeping the Goals fresh, and letting the Goal 
Champions have enough time to work on the topics with the community.
Often, the goals have dedicated Sprints[3], where community members from all over the 
world meet up to work together – this not only greatly accelerates the work, but also lets 
the community create a stronger bond (and is a perfect opportunity to take group photos 
that the Promo team can use later 🙂 ).
As you might guess, the previous year was hardly an ideal one for those kind of events, 
and even though Virtual Sprints did happen, they can only be a substitute for the in-
person ones.
So as the new year started, discussion about a potential extension of the current Goals 
period began. An extension would mean that instead of starting the process of selecting 
new Goals this year, we would do that in 2022 instead.
This has two main benefits:
     1. The current goals will get more time to finish the work that is already ongoing and 
was somewhat hindered by the pandemic. And if we’re lucky enough, perhaps by this 
time next year we could even think about having a in-person event.
     2. The new Goal Champions will start their reign in a (hopefully) more predictable 
world, with all of us having a better understanding if the vaccines will let us travel and 
meet again. This will help the Champions set the scope of the Goals.
Of course there are some considerations to be made. As mentioned before, the process 
assumes replacing Goals with new ones, so that they reflect the current focus of the 
community. Extending the Goals forever would resolve in a discrepancy between what the 
community wants, and what the KDE e.V. is promoting and helping with. However, I hope 
you agree with me that the current Goals (Wayland[4], Consistency[5], and KDE is All 
About the Apps[6]) are still very much relevant.
The other thing is, Championing can be a demanding task, so our current Champions 
might feel exhausted with an extra year in focus. The good news is, after talking with 
Méven, Niccolo and Jonathan I can confirm that they are ready to extend their roles for an 
additional year. Additionally, I have confirmed with the KDE e.V. Board that they are OK 
with this extension as well.
So this brings me to the part, where I can officially announce, that the KDE Goals get an 
extra year! I hope this will give you more time to engage[1] with the work being done as 
part of this initiative, and also more time to plan out your Goal proposals for 2022 🙂
PS. Speaking of engaging in ongoing work, there is a Wayland Virtual Sprint[7] currently 
active! 

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[1] https://kde.org/goals/
[2] https://community.kde.org/Goals/Goals_Process
[3] https://community.kde.org/Sprints
[4] https://community.kde.org/Goals/Wayland
[5] https://community.kde.org/Goals/Consistency
[6] https://community.kde.org/Goals/All_about_the_Apps
[7] https://community.kde.org/Sprints/Wayland/2021Virtual
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