@juliaro and I sat down this morning and worked on a concrete proposal. We were quite ruthless in getting rid of stale items – it makes our community look unmaintained, which it isn’t! Now we made it to 4 top menu items only and no subpages 
The goal, as always, is to make it easy for visitors (new and old) to navigate our site. We have the following primary personas in mind:
- a new designer looking to contribute to open source
- a returning community member looking for updates (e.g. next events)
- a developer asking for help (e.g. with a job post)
- a potential sponsor who wants to support the cause
Here is our reworked information architecture
Open questions at this time
- Is there a difference between supporters and affiliates? (Can we merge them? It’s too many logos!)
- Is Open Collective our fiscal host as well? Should we list them in our imprint? (Relatedly: do we need an email contact for the site?)
New designs required
- Sidebar for events
- Better layout of resources (e.g. cards with filter/sort)
- Featured/highlighted element or section within a page
Feedback wanted! We will pick this up again February 9, 2026 so please submit your thoughts by then.