Governance

Steering KM4Dev together – The Core Group is a volunteer body that helps guide KM4Dev’s overall direction, priorities, and well-being. Core Group members coordinate across initiatives, support continuity, and steward the community’s values and evolution. 🎯 What the Core Group does 💼 How the Core Group works 🙋‍♀️ Joining the Core Group The Core Group welcomes members who wish to contribute actively to the stewardship and evolution of KM4Dev. To express your interest, complete the Join the Core Group form.  Please review the Core Group Terms of Reference before…

Keeping the community running – Community Stewards are volunteers who take care of KM4Dev’s technical and administrative backbone, from digital platforms to access and continuity. Their role is to ensure that the community’s spaces remain secure, functional, and sustainable over time. Community Stewards collectively safeguard access to core systems – including the Google Workspace account, the km4dev.org domain, and key platform credentials – and ensure that KM4Dev remains functional and recoverable even as community roles rotate. Currently, Sarah Cummings, Pier Andrea Pirani, and Cesar Robles serve as KM4Dev Community Stewards. Their…

Supporting conversations and participation – KM4Dev Volunteers help facilitate and moderate the community’s main discussion space, the KM4Dev Global Group. They support healthy dialogue, help onboard new members, and keep conversations inclusive, relevant, and constructive. Each year, the KM4Dev Volunteers Steward runs an annual moderation poll to coordinate the monthly facilitation schedule. Two KM4Dev Volunteers are typically assigned each month to: This group is open to all KM4Dev members who wish to support community facilitation or technical upkeep. We are always looking for new volunteers to help facilitate our community.

Shaping KM4Dev’s shared knowledge base – The Knowledge Sharing Toolkit is curated by a volunteer Editorial Board made up of practitioners from across the development ecosystem. Board members review contributions, improve quality, and help grow the Toolkit as a shared, community-owned resource. While composition may vary over time, the Board values diverse experience and perspectives in knowledge sharing. Membership is open to anyone aligned with the Toolkit’s mission, with a strong interest or background in knowledge management preferred. Editors support the Toolkit by: The Editorial Board follows…