Django Governance: Growing Sustainable... with Rachell Calhoun Tim Schilling
summary
Concrete governance moves are listed and proven: document an 8‑week mentor checklist, run decisions on weekly calls and record minutes, require 50% admin approval for key votes, use appointment/election/founder models with clear tradeoffs, set annual reconfirmations and term limits, and keep onboarding/offboarding checklists and Discord/Slack channels. Examples include a mentorship program with measurable onboarding steps and living docs; iterative pruning and versioning of those docs is the way to avoid burnout and island leadership.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:27Why governance today
- 3:11What is governance
- 4:55Organic vs intentional growth
- 5:37Governance struggles
- 7:01Why governance matters
- 8:47Update governance signs
- 10:11Celebrating contributions
- 11:36Governance models overview
- 13:41Appointment and election challenges
- 15:09Start small with governance
- 16:56Governance infrastructure
- 17:57Communication tools
- 19:23Onboarding documentation
- 20:04Governance health check
- 21:48Improve governance actions
- 22:53Human-first governance
- 23:39Q&A
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