Source: Make WordPress: Community

  • Recap of Contributor Working Group Meeting (#WPContributors) for Oct. 21, 2020

    In attendance: @annezazu, @tacoverdo, @daisyo, @webcommsat Agenda Link: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/10/15/contributor-working-group-wpcontributors-agenda-for-wednesday-october-21-2020-1900utc/Meeting Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1603306957162400 Sorry for the delay in getting this out! Check-in and Meeting Schedule We kicked off the meeting with a quick check in to see how folx are doing. The new meeting schedule was announced: 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month at 19:00UTC Tools…

  • Getting more Learn WordPress Discussion Group leaders and attendees

    Learn WordPress is getting closer to its full launch and more workshops are being published, worked on and planned. One essential idea with workshops are discussion groups, that are a great way to share thoughts and ideas between others that have watched the recorded workshop. Discussion groups can be held via Zoom or in #community-events…

  • Proposal: Event Schema for WordCamp.org

    We have taken some great steps in improving the SEO of 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. Learn more. sites by rearranging the URL structure. I…

  • Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) on October 28, 2020

    Summary: We talked about how our workshops went in October, the Intermediate workshop series coming up in November, Spanish translations, Community badges, working on our annual report for consideration for the upcoming State of the WordState of the Word This is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US. It…

  • Tuesday Trainings: Organizing WordPress Meetups Part 1: Getting Started

    Welcome back to Tuesday Trainings We took a bit of a break from the Tuesday Trainings series to reassess and see how best to proceed. But now we’re back. The aim of this series is the same as it was before, to shed light on topics and information that folx in this community may find…

  • WordCamp.org URL Migration Complete

    Background Earlier this year, @jonoaldersonwp and @joostdevalk highlighted some significant SEO problems with WordCamp.org, and proposed changing the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org structure to help fix them. After discussion, the team decided to change the existing structure of year.city.wordcamp.org…

  • Weekly Updates

    Hello to all our 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., WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re…

  • Learn WordPress course planning

    In order to make sure Learn WordPress is ready for a full launch, we need to work towards publishing content as soon as possible that can empower WordPress users to learn relevant and valuable skills. The best way to do that is by compiling courses that target specific learning outcomes. I proposed this on GitHub,…

  • Meetup Organizer Newsletter: October 2020

    Hello friends, Welcome to the October edition of our 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! We have many exciting news and updates from the WordPress community and resources for your…

  • Addressing Mailchimp and Newsletter service privacy concerns

    A few weeks back, @hlashbrooke and I jointly-published a post that announced Mailchimp as the chosen newsletter service for the Community Team. In the following days, members of the community shared concerns about the lack of transparency in the newsletter service selection process and the privacy implications of using a newsletter service. I had published…