Hello friends,
Welcome to the September 2021 edition of the Meetup Organizer newsletter! Read on to stay updated on the latest tidings from the WordPress Community this month.
Newsletter contents:
- Updated Guidelines for In-person WordCamps
- Online event updates
- Tuesday Trainings
- News from the WordPress world
🔙⛺️ [Announcement] Guidelines for returning to In-person WordCamps
The Community Team published new guidelines for returning to in-person WordCamps in regions where in-person events are allowed by the local public health authority. You can now organize in-person WordCamps for fully vaccinated, recently tested negative, or recently recovered folks (in the last 3 months) — provided your region passes the in-person safety checklist OR if vaccines and/or COVID testing are accessible to all. If your region does not meet these criteria, please continue to organize online events.
Does your region meet the updated in-person WordCamp guidelines, and do you want to apply to organize an in-person WordCamp following the guidelines described above? You can do it by submitting the WordCamp application form right away!
🌍🎪 Online event updates
Get excited for WordCamp US 2021!
Get your free tickets for the biggest WordCamp in North America – WordCamp US 2021 before they run out! The organizing team has opened up calls for contributor stories and chat directors. If you are interested, you can organize a watch party for WCUS in the form of an “attendee pod” too! Check out the event website and follow the event on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to stay updated on all that #WCUS news.
Join the WordPress Translation Day Celebrations throughout September 2021
The month-long International WordPress Translation Day celebration is happening this month! Be a part of the celebrations by organizing a local translation day sprint for your meetup, joining the global events from September 17 to 30, or by nominating your local polyglots leaders. Don’t forget to sign up for the Polyglots newsletter to stay updated on the latest news!
Upcoming WordPress events
- 🇪🇸 WordCamp Galicia Spain 2021 (September 30 – October 2, 2021)
- 🇳🇮 WordCamp Nicaragua 2021 (October 8-9, 2021)
- 🇮🇹 WordCamp Italia 2021 (October 22-23, 2021)
Sign up fo the upcoming workshop: Empower women speakers for your WordPress events in India 🇮🇳 (September 24-25 2021 9am-11am IST)! The #WPDiversity team is also planning a preview workshop to see how this is run this week. (September 18 7pm-8:30pm IST)
🛠 Tuesday Trainings
Check out our Tuesday Trainings (#TuesdayTrainings) where the Community Team publishes a different topic on our blog each week to help organizers and interested community members:
- Why no one gets paid for organizing WordPress events?
- How to re-activate an inactive Meetup group
- What is the WordCamp Mentorship program and how does it work?
- How can I recruit organizers for my Meetup or WordCamp?
- What are profile badges, and how do I get one?
Is there a question you’d like to see answered, or a topic you’d like to see discussed? Send an email [email protected] with the subject line “Tuesday Trainings”!
🗞 News from the WordPress world
- WordPress 5.8.1 is out! The Core Team is actively working on WordPress 5.9: Don’t miss the roadmap and planning posts. The team aims to ship the release by December 14.
- We launched Gutenberg Version 11.3 and Version 11.4 this month
- Help the Test Team explore Block Theme switching by sharing feedback on the process.
If you have any questions, Community Team deputies are available to help. Please send an email to [email protected] or join the #community-events Slack channel. Thanks for everything you do to grow the WordPress community. Let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!
We will see you online soon!
The following people contributed to August’s Meetup newsletter: @courtneypk @evarlese @eidolonnight @jillbinder