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Okay, so the first training coming up will be aimed at giving new helpers an overview of how we currently process meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. applications, walking through our vetting…

“Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues… I’m someone who changes his mind all the time.” – Malcolm Gladwell We published videos from WC Lyon, WC Seattle: Experienced Edition and WC London WC Lancaster – WC St Louis – WC San Diego – WC North Canton – WC Portland – WC Nashville and WC…

I know, I know, so many posts. I would apologize, but come on, isn’t exciting to see a bunch of stuff starting to happen? 🙂 I should have added in the post about volunteers/paid volunteers that we desperately need design help as well. If you’re a designer who wants to get involved (working on design…

I’ve been approached by a couple of people who want to apply for their city to host WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event., and there is some confusion about what the application is actually for, and what is required. I want to share those questions here so that we can all be on…

By far the most common request in the WordCamp.org tools survey results was for the ability to write custom PHPPHP PHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML. https://www.php.net/manual/en/index.php and JavaScriptJavaScript JavaScript or JS is an object-oriented…

The results from the WordCamp.org tools survey are in. Each PDF below has a chart with the totals, along with the anonymous feedback that was given. How well does Jetpack’s CSS editor meet your needs? If we were to improve the CSS-editing experience, which approach would you prefer? To have more options when customizing your site, which…

While gathering feedback from the deputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook./mentorsEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a…

Hello, community wranglers! It’s been a little over 6 months since the introduction of the deputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. program,…

“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.” – Lao Tzu We had 23 how-to videos submitted this week. No new WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy.…

Slack Log (requires SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ login to view). The chat started off by sending good vibes to the WordCamps coming up this weekend (Lyon, Hamilton, Cologne, and Orange County). Next we got team updates from Improving WordCamp.org, WPTV, WordCamp…