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Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on March 22, 2023
Attending: @askdesign, @dashifen, @jillbinder, @martatorre, @onealtr, @santanainniss @wpfangirl Host: @wpfangirl Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1679504407533679 Summary 1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone) 2 – First time here 3 – Who we are (@jillbinder) + Comments, questions, ideas (anyone) @jillbinder covered who we are and how people can help. @wpfangirl said that our Inclusion workshop last week was really illuminating @martatorre asked if…
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Meetup Organizer Newsletter: March 2023
Hello 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. Organizers, Time indeed flies as we are in March already! After the first WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re…
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Community Team Goals for 2023 : Chat session
We will have our first chat session on March 22nd at 12:00 UTC about Community goals.The chat will be held on the #community-team channel of the Make/WordPress Slack. Please See previous posts about Community Goals here.Community Team Goals for 2023: Call for SuggestionsCommunity Team Goals for 2023 : Next Step Agenda Community Team 2023 Goals Trello Bord This…
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Contributor Working Group: Mentorship Kick-off chat Agenda | March 20th 12:00 UTC (EMEA) and 21:00 UTC (AMER)
As announced last week the Contributor Working Group of the Make/Community team is relaunching with an exclusive focus on building a Projectwide Mentorship Program for WordPress. The group will have its initial chat today to formally kick off work on the mentorship program. Inaugural Meeting times To make accommodations for as many timezones as possible,…
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Community Team Goals for 2023 : Next Step
Thank you all so much for sharing your suggestions for the Community team’s 2023 goals, there are A LOT of excellent suggestions here to be excited about! Over the next 2 weeks, suggested goals will be put into a new, public Community Team 2023 Goals Trello board as separate cards. In March, we will hold…
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Proposal: Combining Roles to Create a New Contributor Ladder
Table of Contents While @devinmaeztri and I have been working on ways to make our current mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to…
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Proposal: Updates to the Mentor Program
Table of Contents @devinmaeztri and I have been working on ways to make our current mentorEvent Supporter Event Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify…
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Launching the Contributor Working Group: Call for Volunteers
Last month, I shared a proposal in the Make/Project blog, to revamp the Contributor Working Group of the Make/WordPress Community Team in order to build a WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program. Feedback on the proposal was quite positive! Folks supported the idea, volunteered to be a part of the working group, and shared valuable insights on…
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Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) AMER/EMEA on March 8, 2023
Attending: @jillbinder @juliarosia @kcrockett @martatorre @onealtr Attended by proxy: @santanainniss Host: @jillbinder Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1678298454422199 Summary 1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone)2 – First time here3 – Who we are (@jillbinder) + Comments, questions, ideas (anyone) @jillbinder got feedback on a working group summary she is creating for putting on the handbook page. 4 – Workshops (@jillbinder) March 1 workshop: great attendance…
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Running Funds Outside of WPCS
WordCamps are back in full force! It’s such a wonderful thing to see so many active communities in the WordPress ecosystem organizing in-person events around the world. Part of the organizing process is receiving income from ticket sales and sponsors, as well as paying vendors. For most WordCamps, these financial steps are handled by Central…