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Currently we're not doing a great job of promoting our sponsors or being clear around funding & project progress.

An org README would be a good place to start?...

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Encode is dedicated to pushing forward the Python web ecosystem.
Our work includes:
* [Django REST framework](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/) - A world-leading API framework for Django, used by internationally recognised businesses worldwide, [depended on by nearly ½ million repositories](https://github.com/encode/django-rest-framework/network/dependents?package_id=UGFja2FnZS01NzA4OTExNg%3D%3D), and with [over 40 million downloads](https://pepy.tech/project/djangorestframework).
* [HTTPX](https://www.python-httpx.org/) - Pushing forward Python's HTTP capabilities, with a fully featured HTTP client offering both sync and async APIs, with HTTP/1.1 & HTTP/2 support.
* Starlette, Uvicorn, Databases, ORM. - Building out the core components for a [high-performance Python async web ecosystem](https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=data-r18&hw=ph&test=fortune&l=zijzen-7).
To date we have fielded over 10,000 issues and pull requests, made a substantial impact to the productivity and capabilities of working with APIs using Django, and been a key player in expanding Python's async web and HTTP capabilities.
We provide [monthly reports on all our work](https://www.encode.io/reports/), and offer [sponsor placements alongside our project documentation pages](https://www.django-rest-framework.org/#funding).

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  1. We should mention MkDocs.

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  1. We should mention how to sponsor encode.

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Yep, I'm okay with those either as a follow-up or as part of this PR.

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lovelydinosaur commented Feb 9, 2024

Needs...

  • Pointer to making sponsorships
  • Include mention of mkdocs as a past alumni

To figure out...

  • Managing sponsor placements.
  • Paying team members.
  • Visibility of progress.

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Kludex commented Feb 9, 2024

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Kludex commented Feb 12, 2024

@tomchristie Can I help somehow here, or what is missing?

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Can I help somehow here, or what is missing?

Hrm merge it whenever you're happy with it I guess. ☺️

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