thank you to the 7 people who have already submitted nominations 
We definitely need more candidates! And at that, a good diverse set of candidates. If you’re considering applying but aren’t sure please email foundation@djangoproject.com, we’d love to help.
Some questions that came up along the way.
What kind of experience do I need?
There is no definite requirement! Personally I’d say 6 months of experience with Django is a good minimum to make sure you understand what Django and its community are about, but technical skills aren’t particularly relevant beyond that. More important is ability to communicate and coordinate with others. Experience with long-term community organizing for example.
How do I know if I’m a good fit?
My take is what’s most important by far is having the motivation to take that kind of governance position. The DSF is both a large open source community and a mid-size non-profit. It’s not all glamorous, we need motivated people 
Aside from that I’d say some experience with the Django community / specific communities also helps a lot to have a good sense of who you’d be working with / on what.
Aside from motivation (and time), we also want a board that’s representative of our wider community. There’s currently no specific requirement there either, just want to encourage people to think of who is and isn’t represented on the board.
What kinds of decisions does the board make?
The directors are ultimately responsible for all activities of the Django Software Foundation, so it’s pretty varied (see our September 2025 meeting minutes). We do have a lot of other teams at the DSF, so some topics we stay away from. For example technical decisions are the prerogative of the Steering Council, not the DSF Board. All Django events are organized by other people, with the DSF only providing support. Our big regular topics are governance, sustainability, community health, legal aspects.
Can I use AI tools to write my candidate statement?
We recommend against it, because in our experience AI-generated statements don’t work well. They use lots of pompous language and your voice gets lost. It’s not a hard and fast rule, if you have a good use case for it we won’t stop you.
Can I nominate someone else?
Yes, though only with their consent! We will ask them directly to confirm. Being a Director of a non-profit like the DSF is a big time commitment (I would recommend a minimum of 2-3 hours per week over 2 years) that also comes with legal commitments as we are a registered US 501(c)(3).
What does a Director do day to day?
Those “minimum 2-3 hours per week” are spent differently every week, but as a general theme, we coordinate with others (directors, volunteers, staff) to make our different projects happen. Back when he was on the Board, Will Vincent wrote a great A Year in the Life of a DSF Board Member. For the current Board, our big topics this year have been fundraising, hiring a new Fellow, recruiting an Executive Director, celebrating Django’s 20th birthday.
Please keep the questions coming! Whether here or by email or DM, and I’ll post the answers here for others’ benefit.
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