Recap of November 24, 2015

Slack Log  (Requires SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/ login to view. Set one up if you don’t have a Slack account)

1. Welcome
2. Lesson plan updates
3. Testing updates
4. WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They’re one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. US
   1. Logistics/finding each other (in person/virtually on Slack & Twitter)/what to bring
      1. Use the Training Slack Channel to stay in touch throughout the event
      2. Need to touch base with @courane01 or @bethsoderberg?  Use Twitter DMs.   https://twitter.com/courtneyengle &  https://twitter.com/bethsoderberg
   2. Community Summit
   3. Team Working Day Agenda – We already have basic scheduling constraints. Each possible agenda item below has any backup documentation listed under it. Please add anything I’ve missed in the comments.
      • Google hangout for team members unable to attend in person on December 3
        • DM @courane01 in slack with your preferred address to be invited to the hangout
        • Submit your preferred times to join via hangout
      • Slides
        • General slides post
        • List of slide decks (or not) that people have used to test the plans
        • July 31 special slides meeting recap
      • Organization of website (make.wordpress.org/training)
        • Training handbook draft outline
        • Basic site map of what the site has now
          • @courane01 will outline our existing site structure
          • @bethsoderberg will move each piece to a post-it note
          • During #WCUS we will arrange these with our desired site structure
      • Identifying priority lesson plans
        • Spreadsheet of lesson plans in progress
        • List of workshops/lessons/statuses
        • Proposed workshops
      • Lesson plan testing process
      • Revisit last year’s agenda and unfinished to dos
        • Recap of 2014 prep meeting
        • 2014 agenda
      • Roadmap for the future
      • Work time – we will forgo individual work time to afford more team collaboration time
      • Team coffee/breakfast at 7:30am
   4. Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/
      1. Work on lesson plans that have been identified as a priority
      2. Speaker lesson plan tasks
      3. Lesson plan testing training
         1. We’d like to have a few folks from our team available that day to train new people in testing lesson plans
      4. Auditing of existing plans that are ready for testing
         1. Draft guidelines on how others can do this with hopes to share it to new people at Contributor Day
5. What do we want to/need to discuss at next week’s (short and snappy) meeting? Prepare before WCUS?
   1. Coffee/breakfast before Community Summit on Dec 3.
6. Questions