End of 10 Akademy Edition | can you help?

[Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss]

Hi KDE community!

I am writing now on behalf of the "End of 10 Akademy Edition" team.

At Akademy this year we are organizing a large install event to 
introduce new users to KDE Plasma and KDE apps. For this, we are looking 
for volunteer helpers. Perhaps that could be you?!

First and foremost we need help with installation and new-user support 
*during* the installation event on Thursday 11 September. The more 
helpers we have, the bigger our end-user outreach can be and the bigger 
and more fabulous the Akademy End Of 10 install fest will be.

Can you help us help new users install and use KDE software during the 
install party?

If yes, please be in touch with me, Aniqa (aniqa.khokhar at kde.org), or 
Farid (farid at kde.org).

Other ways you can help include:

* Before the event: inviting friends/co-workers, promoting the event 
with members in the target audience of artists, designers, illustrators, 
developers (Python in particular), and gamers in Berlin.

* During the event: managing attendees, getting feedback to further KDE 
Goals, troubleshooting end-user problems, being supportive and 
encouraging with new users, welcoming people to the KDE community.

* After the event: Publishing posts/photos (with permission) online 
about the event, documentation of end-user feedback for KDE Goals.

A unique aspect is that we will target user groups related to KDE's 
current goals: (1) Development, (2) Input, (3) Recruitment. We intend to 
use this moment for feedback, demands, suggestions, features related to 
the KDE Goals, as well as promotion of KDE Frameworks for students and 
the new bindings for Python and Rust.

More details and summary below.

Please be in touch asap if you can help us make the event a wild 
success! We need and want your support :)

Cheers,

Joseph
(on behalf of "End of 10 Akademy Edition" team)

_Details_

- *What*: End of 10 Akademy Edition
- *When*: Thursday 11 September (last day of Akademy), late afternoon
- *Where*: Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin)
- *Who*: Volunteer helpers (you!), end-users in target groups
- *Target groups*: Artists, Designers, Illustrators, Developers (Python 
in particular), Gamers

The current cycle of KDE Goals focuses on three main goals:

   (1) Streamlining application development to make it easier for 
developers to create KDE and third-party apps using languages beyond C++ 
such as Python and Rust;

   (2) Improving input device support to deliver seamless experiences 
for diverse users including artists with drawing tablets, gamers with 
controllers, and those needing accessibility features; and

   (3) Formalizing recruitment processes to bring new contributors to KDE.

For more information about the goals, see: https://kde.org/goals/

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Joseph P. De Veaugh-Geiss (he/him)
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