With most of the Automattic sponsored staff members of the Global Community, who routinely handle WPCS banking, and many deputies offline to celebrate end of year holidays we’ll be pausing our payments programs Saturday December 21 through Sunday December 29.
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 20, 2019.
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 that time will not likely be processed until Monday, December 30, 2019. Sponsor invoices paid December 21-29 won’t be marked paid until after December 30. 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.
Additional note: Our banking is done through US accounts and all US banks will be closed Wednesday, January 1, 2020. No payments will be processed that day.
Normal vendor payment and sponsorship attributions scheduled will resume Monday, December 30 2019 though it may take through the end of the week to get fully caught up.
If you have any concerns or question please let us know as soon as possible!