Attendance: @peiraisotta, @adityakane, @matteoenna, @tacoverdo, @_dorsvenabili, @sumitsingh, @nukaga, @patricia70 , @st810amaze, @aion11, @mpcdigital , @nhrrob, @unintended8, @kafleg, @devmuhib @samsuresh, @juliarosia,
Notes: This recap is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the Agenda for Jun and are held in our #community-team Slack channel on Make WordPress.
You can find the meeting chat log here:
- APAC/EMEA: 12:00 PM UTC
- AMER: 21:00 PM UTC
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Chat Summary
Check-ins: Program and Event Supporters / Contributors
- What have you been working on recently and how is it going?
- Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
- Are there any blockers?
- Can other team members help you in some way?
@peiraisotta: WC Europe has been taking a good part of my focus lately.
I have been mentoring WC Kraków and the Somos event. Next week it’s WCEU already!!
@adityakane: He had been working a bit on and off with the new Vetting Team and transitioned to Github along with some mediation threads. Also mentoring WC Bengaluru and unofficially a bit to WC Kolkata.
@_dorsvenabili: WCEU mentorship, WCEU IRT tasks, writing and gathering stats for the post: Current challenges of WordPress Events. Shaping the future and more.
@sumitsingh : He is leading the training table at WCEU next week and published a post for that too.
@nukaga : Preparations are underway for WordCamp Asia 2025. He has some vetting. He going to WordCamp EU. He is on the move today and this is from his mobile.
@patricia70: WCEU organiser, almost full time in the last weeks (not easy as a non-sponsored who needs to work on her business).
@st810amaze: WordCamp Asia 2025 preparation has started and bit busy with that. Start the preparation of WCAsia2025? Also preparing for the WCEU2024 Contributor Day
1 more week to go!
@aion11: Vetting meetup applications. He have vetted 6 applications in the last few weeks. Will be vetting more.Also, working in the WCAsia Comms team.
@mpcdigital : He is preparing a few events in my area and doing a lot of meetup orientation meetings and WordCamps.
@nhrro : Currently he is working as a WordPress 6.6 Triage Co-Lead.6.6 Beta 1 is released this Tuesday. Beta 2 will be released next week.
@unintended8: A little late, but time… Currently spending most of my life on WCEU. Can’t wait to meet many of you in a few days!!!
@kafleg : Mentoring WC Kolkata and WC Delhi, Chennai Meetup at the moment.Getting ready for WCEU and will be leading the themes table. Also vetting meetup applications.
@devmuhib : I will lead the WordCamp Training Table at WordCamp Europe (Online Version) and getting prepare for that. Set an Online Workshop for Learn WordPress on next 9th of June. Triaging Issues on GitHub for the Training Team
Highlights to Note
- WCEU 2024 Contributor Day: What to do?
- Comments have closed and a summary is underway. Thank you to those who commented. Feel free to comment under this thread if you have other ideas for WCEU Contributor Day. Proposal to Update Our Event Venue Policy
- Comments have closed and a summary is underway. Thank you to those who commented.
- Check out the WordPress Community Support Financial Health Update
Moving forward, here are some highlighted announcements from WCEU and WCUS.
Events program has seen significant challenges in bringing new users and new attendees in recent years due to many factors. To that end, this conversation aims to examine the events program’s current state and explore what changes could attract fresh users to the WordPress Project. Read carefully and share feedback before June 28, 2024.
- Recognizing Contributions and Acknowledging Challenges . This conversation is posted on the Sustainability blog to address the challenge of recognizing all contributions across the project.
- Project Health Dashboards. Following the discussion about the contribution recognition challenge, the whole community is invited to share ideas and feedback about what tools we can use to create dashboards for the contribution teams. Please join the conversation and leave feedback before June 17.
In case you missed them, here are the latest announcements and newsletters. Take your time to read them now, or save them for later. Make sure you catch up whenever you can!
- Have a look at what the Contributor Working Group have discussed in their last Mentorship Chat!
- Meetup Organizer Newsletter: May 2024
Last but not least, it’s time to open the floor!
@peiraisotta would love to hear from @patriciabt @kafleg and @chaion07 how were today’s supporter hours? I’ve never attended one: what do you do in these sessions? @patricia70 talked about visa processes in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Pakistan, to come to Europe. @chaion07 shared some points about organizing WCEU 2024 as a program supporter. @nhrro shared his experience with visa complexity.
Call for Meeting Facilitators
The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursday of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team and are a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team.
If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps.
If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps:@peiraisotta, @st810amaze, @leogopal, or @nukaga.