Hello everyone,
We have some exciting updates for you and your local Meetup groups in this issue- read on to find out more! For more news from the WordPress community, check out the latest Month in WordPress.
Here’s what’s inside this issue:
- Watch the WordPress 6.0 Walkthrough
- Contribute your voice to these WordPress Topics
- New #WPDiversity Events
- Resources from the Learn Team
- Upcoming WordPress events
🎷 Watch the WordPress 6.0 Walkthrough
Earlier this month, the WordPress 6.0 leads hosted a live-streamed walkthrough of features slated for the upcoming release.
Catch the replay here on WordPress.tv and make sure to follow the schedule to keep you and your community in the loop regarding other key dates related to the next major WordPress release! If you’re someone who’d rather read than watch, then check out that recap here.
Here’s a quick link to the release schedule for WordPress 6.0, the second major release of 2022.
🤝 Contribute to WordPress
There are two posts open for comments over on the Make Community blog.
- Return to In-Person Events: Blue Sky Thinking
Brainstorm with us to overcome issues. All ideas are welcome.
- Return to In-Person Events: Share Your Challenges
Discuss your concerns around organizing or attending in-person events
🏳️🌈 New #WPDiversity Events
Upcoming #WPDiversity Events
- Sunday, April 24, 2022: Does the thought of you or your Meetup members speaking at one of our WordPress Meetups in Nigeria intrigue you? We are holding a 1.5 hour live, hands-on, interactive workshop – How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at Nigeria WordPress Meetups — for people who are thinking about speaking at WordPress Meetups in Nigeria. Please invite your Meetup members to join us!
- May 2022: Our next Allyship for WP Event Organizers will be in the second week of May 2022. It is a valuable and proven action-oriented workshop to create more welcoming and inclusive WordPress events. You will walk away with a list of action items you can start doing right away. Please watch https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/wpdiversityworkshops/ for the May 2022 date.
New APAC-friendly meeting times will be announced very soon. Stay tuned to the #WPDiversity posts for more information.
Integrating #WPDiversity into WordPress Event Organizing
A pathway has been suggested to introduce all WordCamp and meetup organizers to #WPDiversity programs, with the aim of helping to strengthen their events from inception.While the post has closed to comments, the conversation will continue on how to become an ally in the #community-team channel on the Make WordPress Slack, and look for future updates on how these suggestions will be implemented.
💻 Resources from the Training Team
Each month the Training Team puts out a list of their new Lesson Plans and Workshops. These can be ideal to use for planning your next meetup! Take a look at what they have to offer and see if there’s an option that’s useful to your community and makes meetup organizing a little bit easier. After all, that’s why they’re here!
🌍 Upcoming WordPress events
We’d like to thank our global community sponsors for 2022 who make WordPress events possible!
2022 is seeing a return to in-person events. We have mandatory safety guidelines in place to protect your and your community. As COVID changes, these will change, so please stay current. And for those planning an in-person event, we also have legal protections available to you. Take a minute to see how the WordPress Community team has you covered.
📚 From the flagship WordCamps
- 🇪🇺 WordCamp Europe in Porto, Portugal from June 2 to 4
Tickets for the 10th Annual WordCamp Europe. Each ticket includes entry, lunch, coffee, and snacks, access to Contributor Day, the After Party, and your yearly event t-shirt. - 🇺🇸 WordCamp US in San Diego, California from September 9 to 11, 2022
WCUS has opened its call for volunteers of all backgrounds and experience. You can be certain there is a volunteer role that could use your help! Apply today. - 🇹🇭 WC Asia in Bangkok, Thailand, dates to be determined
The WordCamp Asia Call for Organizers is now open! If you meet the criteria – a full list of which can be found in the Call – then, apply now. Travel to the event is not required.
🎪 Other WordCamps on the horizon
We have plenty of WordCamps taking place this year, and so far all are in-person! Below are some of the WordCamps coming up soon—feel free to attend or share them with your meetup groups.
- 🇦🇹 WordCamp Vienna in Austria from April 23 to 24
- 🇪🇸 WordCamp Irun in Spain from May 21 to 22
- 🇺🇸 WordCamp Montclair in New Jersey, USA June 25
🔎 Check out other WordPress meetups
Did you know that there are 762 WordPress Meetup groups across 111 countries with at least 484,214 members amongst them? And those numbers continue to grow.
Take a minute to look around at where they’re located and what they’re doing. You might feel inspired to try something new at your next meetup, find some new speakers you could reach out to, or find a meetup near you to collaborate with. Who knows what you might find!
And that’s a wrap!
If you have any questions, Community Team deputies are here to help. Please email us at [email protected] or join the #community-events Slack channel. Thanks for everything you do to grow and support the WordPress community—let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!
See you online soon!
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The following people contributed to this edition of the Meetup newsletter: @rmartinezduque @eidolonnight @harishanker @mysweetcate @webcommsat @lmurillom