2024 Django Software Foundation board nomination

My self-nomination statement for the 2024 Django Software Foundation (DSF) board of directors elections

I have many ideas to bring forward for the Django community and, for this reason, I decided to answer the DSF call and run for a seat on the 2024 Django Software Foundation board of director election.

Below you will find information about my nomination, which you can also find on the Django website at https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2023/nov/13/2024-dsf-board-candidates/ ⬀

📜 Nomination Statement

Ciao, I’m Paolo and I live in Italy.

I’ve been a contributor to the Django project for years, and a member of the DSF. I attended my first DjangoCon Europe in 2017 and have since presented many Django talks at conferences around the world. I’ve participated as a coach in DjangoGirls workshops several times, and I organized one in my hometown. I’ve always been a Python developer, I helped the PyCon Italia organization for a few years and I recently founded the Python Pescara meetup.

As a member of the DSF board of directors, I would like to bring a different point of view to the foundation, as a southern European citizen, inhabitant of the Mediterranean area, non-native English speaker, and a small company employee.

Some initiatives I would like to carry forward are:

• organize active user sprints to focus on specific Django features
• continue the work of renovating the Django project website
• create synergies with the Python community and its web sub-communities
• simplify Django documentation and help its translations
• support creators of Django content (e.g. books, articles, podcasts, videos, …)

👤 Full Name

Paolo Melchiorre

📍 Location

Pescara, Italy

🔗 Links

• 2024 DSF Board Candidates ⬀
• 2024 DSF Board Nominations ⬀