Attending: @askdesign, @harishanker, @jillbinder, @katiejrichards, @kcrockett, @martatorre, @onealtr, @santanainniss, @sc0ttkclark, @volkswagenchick
Host: @onealtr
Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1674669608034749
Summary
1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone)
2 – First time here
3 – Group Goals (@jillbinder) + Comments, Questions, Ideas (anyone)
@jillbinder shared the long-term vision and quarterly goals
4 – Recent Things & Upcoming Dates (@jillbinder)
@thehopemonger from WordCamp Entebbe, Africa let us know that thanks to our work, they are having their first women speakers panel
An update on the speaker workshop that @simo70 ran in Italy earlier this month: The 4 participants were from: Milan, Rome and Ancona
Saturday, January 28, 2023 @ 9am-11:30am India time: Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events APAC
Mid February: Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events APAC
Mid March 2023: Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events — Follow-up Slack Chat
5 – Marketing (@santanainniss)
In the last two weeks, had two sets of posts: Year end results w/ CTA to join WPD effort & the APAC speaker workshop.
@santanainniss shared the stats. There was the highest ever number of clicks on the APAC post!
- https://twitter.com/WordPress/status/1614563817144344576
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wordpress_wordpress-wpdiversity-activity-7020329492007018497-ElS5
6 – APAC WPDiversity Network Building (@onealtr)
@onealtr shared upcoming WordCamps in Asia
7 – Diversity in Spain project (@martatorre)
@martatorre is working on:
- WPFem https://wpfem.org/ to get more diverse speakers in Spain and around the world
- Creating more diverse WordPress events in Spain
- WordCamp Barcelona 2023 is thinking about creating their first Diversity table at Contributor Day in Spain
- Jill’s note about this: This would be our first Diversity table outside of a flagship WordCamp!
8 – Available Roles (@jillbinder)
- Speaker Mentor Coordinators
- Community Engagement Role
- Translation Facilitator
9 – Other Updates + Next meeting host (anyone)
An update on our APAC WPDiversity Network Building meetings: @devinmaeztri, @onealtr, and @jillbinder met this week to discuss how these meetings are going, and together decided to put them on pause for now. @onealtr will lead a discussion on WC Asia Contributor Day to find out if there is a desire for these meetings and if yes, what to change about them.
End: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1674673159328359