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Speaker Workshops Does the thought of speaking at one of our WordPress MeetupsMeetup 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. or WordCamps intrigue you? Do you think you don’t know or have anything worth…

Curious about what we do? Want to see if there’s a way you could help out with the #WPDiversity working group? The Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) is having a Zoom call for the group’s volunteers, and the call is open to all in WordPress. Agenda: Past: Our impact since launching in 2017 Now: The…

Welcome to February, friends! As you know our Community Team chat is taking place every first week Thursday of the month. 

Toward the end of last year, the Community Team opened a call for suggestions for the 2022 Community team goals. As you can see from the comments on that post, lots of great suggestions were made!  2022 is a unique year for the Community Team due to the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,…

January 2022 Allyship Program In our 3-month Allyship program, we hold support chats in the WordPress 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/ #community-events channel in months 2 and 3. We invite the current and previous cohorts to attend (cohorts 1 and 2).…

Attending: @jillbinder, @evarlese, @juliarosia, @katiejrichards, @onealtr, @mysweetcate, @wpfangirl, @patriciabt Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1643216526145700 Summary Welcome new members Updates on what you’re working on (Green: On plan. No help needed; Yellow: Not on plan but I have a strategy to get there; Red: Not on plan, no plan to get there, I’m lost!) Katie will be working on…

Thank you to everyone who participated in the recent proposal for updated safety measures for WordPress events in 2022. It speaks volumes of the WordPress community that so many of contributors shared their thoughts on this topic. Some background Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Community team has worked to continually adapt the…

Attending: @onealtr, @devinmaeztri, @evarlese, @tantienhime, @wpfangirl, @mysweetcate Facilitator: @onealtr Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1642006813086500 Summary 1. 2021 celebrations – Our work was mentioned in Matt’s 2021 State of the WordState of the Word This is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US. It looks at what we’ve done, what we’re doing, and…

Happy New Year!  Welcome to the January 2022 edition of the monthly 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. Organizer newsletter.  Last year brought many exciting updates and events to the WordPress community,…

Last year, the Community Team opened up a pathway to return to In-person WordPress meetups, WordCamps, and do_action charity hackathons. In addition to following local laws and safety guidelines, the Community team’s current guidelines recommend that only individuals who are fully vaccinated, recently tested negative, or recently recovered from COVID-19 could participate in in-person WordCamps.…