With most of the Automattic sponsored staff members of the Global Community team, who routinely handle WPCS banking, and many deputies offline to celebrate end of year holidays we’ll be pausing our payments program Saturday December 19 through Sunday January 3.
During this time we’ll halt WordCamp and Meetup vendor payments, reimbursements, sponsor invoicing, sponsor payment attribution, and contract review and approval. If you’ll need to pay for goods or services during that time please submit all requests no later than 9am Pacific Friday, December 18, 2020.
Payments submitted leading up to the payment intermission may have additional delays from year end postal, bank, and business closures so expect additional processing time.
Payment requests submitted after 9am Friday, December 18, 2020 will not likely be processed until Monday, January 4, 2021. Sponsor invoices paid December 19, 2020 – January 3 2021 won’t be marked paid until after January 4, 2021. Contracts will not be reviewed and approved until the following week.
Some deputies, mentors, and community members will still be available by email at [email protected] or on Slack in the #community-events channel but response times are expected to be slow.
Normal vendor payment, sponsorship attributions, and contract review schedule will resume Monday, January 4, 2021 though it may take through the end of that week to get fully caught up.
If you have any concerns or question please let us know as soon as possible!