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Hello everyone! The Diverse Speaker Training Group (#WPDiversity) helps WordPress event organizers diversify their speaker lineups and create more inclusive and welcoming events. Every year we calculate our results accomplished since the previous State of the WordState of the Word This is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US.…

In October and November 2022, the #WPDiversity group held an Inclusion workshop and follow-up coaching session, and a full-day in person women speakers event in San José, Costa Rica.   Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events  Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events Workshop, October 13, 2022 We held a watch party workshop to help MeetupMeetup…

I have been told that I can post here to start a discussion about it, so here it is For years, I found it annoying that we have a Twitter field in the WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together…

When I proposed the Polyglots Outreach Effort, I was inspired by the Community team’s Meetup reactivation project. While the format is different, many goals are the same: to help support various WordPress communities in their efforts.  A few MeetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a…

Attending: @askdesign, @jillbinder, @juliarosia, @katiejrichards, @kcrockett, @leogopal, @martatorre, @onealtr, @sc0ttkclark Attended by proxy: @santanainniss Facilitator: @jillbinder Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1671040841432489 Summary 1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone) We started discussing a Translation pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or…

The WordPress 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. Reactivation Project is well underway. Read on for an update! Since the last update: +7 new Meetup groups have joined the WordPress meetup chapter…

Summary: This is a request for all Contributor Teams to suggest Community Summit topics by January 16, 2023. As announced at 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…

Hello MentorsEvent 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 their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues.!If you are currently mentoring a WordCampWordCamp WordCamps…

After deliberation and conversation with current Global Sponsors, we have the proposed draft for the 2023 Global Community Sponsorship Program. If you know a company that you think would be a good candidate for global sponsorship, please suggest they review this post, provide feedback, and email [email protected] for more details! TL;DR 2022 saw an increase of in-person WordCamps. Hooray!…

The Community Team chat is taking place on the first week Thursday every month.  As you know, the meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in some of the things our team does. Feel free to join us, even if you are not currently active…