DSF Office Hours
The DSF Board hosts open office hours every Wednesday at 6:00 PM UTC (check your local time). Anyone in the Django community is welcome to drop in. You do not need an agenda or an invitation. Video call details are on the DSF Office Hours page.
We have been running these since October 2024, and right now we have two things we would especially like to talk with you about.
Who shows up
On any given Wednesday, you might find DSF Board members, Steering Council members, Django Fellows, working group members, and community members who are curious about joining a working group. There is no membership requirement. Anybody from the community can join, and often does.
The Executive Director search
We recently published a call for applicants for a Django Executive Director. If you are considering applying, or you are still deciding whether it is the right fit, come to office hours and ask us anything: what the job actually looks like, what we expect in the first year, how the search works. We would rather answer your questions directly than have you guess from a job posting.
If this is the first you are hearing about the search, please help us spread the word. The best candidate may be someone who has not thought to look.
Fundraising to support it
Hiring an Executive Director is why we raised our 2026 fundraising goal from $300,000 to $500,000, which needs about $16,000 per month in additional recurring support. We have made real progress and are working to close the rest.
If your company uses Django, you can help through corporate sponsorship, a direct donation, or GitHub Sponsors. Most of these are a small lift for a company that already depends on Django. If you want fundraising materials to bring to your leadership team, or help picking the option that fits, come to office hours, and we will get you what you need.
Everything else
Office hours cover plenty beyond that: what our working groups are up to and how to join one, projects the Foundation is working on, and whatever you have been wondering about how the DSF operates. In the weeks before a board meeting, we use the time to gather feedback on what we are about to discuss. If you want the board to hear something, this is a direct line.
One thing office hours are not: a general Django support channel. It is not the place to debug your code or market a product. For coding help, the Django Forum will get you faster answers.
Office hours are the most direct way to keep up with the Foundation, but they are not the only one. We wrote up all the other places we post and where the conversation happens if Wednesdays do not work for you.
Otherwise, put a Wednesday on your calendar and say hello.
