Hello everyone,
Welcome to the March 2022 edition of the Meetup Organizer Newsletter. We sincerely hope all our community members in Ukraine are safe and sound. WordPress Co-Founder Matt Mullenweg shared his thoughts on Ukraine, community and WordPress in the 26th episode of WP Briefing.
To learn about the latest news and resources from the WordPress community, keep reading this month’s edition and don’t forget to share the updates with your local meetup groups! For more news from the WordPress community, check out the latest Month in WordPress.
Here’s what’s inside this issue:
- WordPress 6.0
- Contribute to WordPress
- A blog for developers
- WordPress events
🎷 WordPress 6.0 set to release on May 24, 2022
The release schedule for WordPress 6.0, the second major release of 2022, has been published. As an iteration over the Go/No Go demos, WordPress leads will host a live-streamed walkthrough of features slated for the release on April 5, 2022. Follow the schedule to keep up with key dates in the next major WordPress release, and keep your local community in the loop!
While you’re waiting for WordPress 6.0, check out the WordPress 5.9.2 maintenance release which was released last week!
🤝 Contribute to WordPress
If you’re looking for new ways to get involved in the WordPress community, the following opportunities are a great way to get started.
📷 WordPress Photo Directory gets a new Make team
The WordPress Photo Directory has a new Make team! There is currently a poll to vote for team reps and the collaboration is happening at the new #photos channel of the Make WordPress Slack. If you’re interested, join the conversation or contribute by submitting your photos.
🏳️🌈 Join the #WPDiversity working group
The #WPDiversity working group is looking for volunteers, and it’s not too late to sign up. Check out this recap of the latest volunteers meeting to see the available roles. Spread the word in your local community, and if you’re interested in joining the group yourself, go ahead and apply!
Interested in widening your pool of Meetup and WordCamp speakers from underrepresented groups? Join the #diverse-speaker-support channel on the Make WordPress Slack.
💻 Proposal for a new blog for developers
Birgit Pauli-Haack published a proposal to start a blog on developer.wordpress.org to share news and updates relevant to developers. Read the proposal and share your thoughts and ideas for improvements by March 18, 2022.
🌍 What’s happening with WordPress events?
We’d like to thank our global community sponsors for 2022 who make WordPress events possible! 2022 has many exciting WordPress events, both in person and online. As always, we strongly urge you to follow the mandatory safety guidelines and also learn about the legal protections available to you for in-person events.
🎪 WordCamps on the horizon
We have plenty of WordCamps taking place this year. Below are some of the WordCamps coming up soon—feel free to attend or share them with your meetup groups!
- 🇨🇭 WordCamp Genève, Switzerland on April 9, 2022 (in person)
- 🇬🇷WordCamp Athens, Greece between April 9 and 10, 2022 (in person)
- 🇦🇹 WordCamp Vienna, Austria from April 23 to 24, 2022 (in person)
- 🇪🇺 WordCamp Europe in Porto, Portugal from June 2 to 4, 2022 (in person)
- 🇺🇸 WordCamp Montclair in New Jersey, USA June 25 (in person)
- 🇺🇸 WordCamp US in San Diego, California from September 9 to 11, 2022 (in person)
💛 Upcoming WordPress meetups
Check out the WordPress meetups coming up in March:
- Raleigh-Durham RTP WordPress Meetup: Online WordPress Help Desk (English)
- WordPress NYC Meetup: Virtual Happy Hour for WordPress Meetup Organizers (English)
- Greenville South Carolina WordPress Group: WP Greenville Meetup (English)
- The Houston WordPress Meetup Group: Sugar Land WordPress Meetup (English)
📚 Support the Learn WordPress initiative
Help make Learn WordPress the official resource on WordPress! Share your knowledge with others by organizing a social learning space based on any of the Learn WordPress workshops. Alternately, use lesson plans on Learn WordPress to organize WordPress meetups in your community! See the Tuesday Training for Meetup Organizers for an overview on how to use lesson plans.
✏️ Check out the latest lesson plans:
🤝 Sign-up for free to the upcoming WordPress Social Learning Spaces:
- “Beginner’s Guide to Full Site Editing” on Tuesday, March 15, 2022
- “WordPress for Writers: Launching your Writer Website” on Friday, March 18, 2022
- “Intro to Theme Blocks” on Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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.