Attending: @askdesign, @dashifen, @jillbinder, @martatorre, @onealtr, @santanainniss @wpfangirl
Host: @wpfangirl
Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1679504407533679
Summary
1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone)
2 – First time here
3 – Who we are (@jillbinder) + Comments, questions, ideas (anyone)
@jillbinder covered who we are and how people can help.
@wpfangirl said that our Inclusion workshop last week was really illuminating
@martatorre asked if we have a safe space program, such as groups that are just for women so they feel safe to talk and discuss technology without fear. Answer: Not officially, but groups are welcome to do this as they choose. There are certain guidelines and recommendations in this thread on WordPress Slack.
4 – Recent & Upcoming workshops (@jillbinder)
The Inclusion workshop with special guest @camikaos last week went great! And @boren sharing valuable links from stimpunks.org.
11 attended from 10 cities in 5 countries
First results — sometimes go up more with the feedback form due a week later: self-reported preparedness to run an inclusive event score went up 59%!
Upcoming events: https://tiny.cc/wpdiversity
April 20, 2023: Follow-up Slack Chat for ‘Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events AMER/EMEA’ on #community-events
May 13, 2023:Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events APAC
5 – Marketing (@santanainniss)
@santanainnis had good interactions on the posts about last week’s workshop, and it showed. We had a big uptick in number of registrations after she started posting.
6 – WPDiversity APAC (@onealtr)
WordCamp Kerala will be this weekend. They shared with us that 4 of the speakers will be from our diverse speaker workshops.
WordCamps in Asia are being announced.
7 – Diversity in Spain project (@martatorre) + Ideas wanted: Diversity room & cameras (@jillbinder & @martatorre)
@martatorre asked for ideas for the diversity table (which will be a classroom) on Contributor day at WordCamp Barcelona. She will also have access to a professional camera and asked for ideas on what to do with the cameras.
8 – WPDiversity t-shirts (@martatorre)
Not something created by our group, but created by others in the community who are passionate about diversity in WordPress: @martatorre shared with us that there is a WordPress t-shirt that represents diversity that is for sale in the online WordPress store. https://mercantile.wordpress.org/product/diversity-wordpress-t-shirt/.
If many of us are interested in it, we can get a discount for our team.
We talked about ordering these for when we have WPDiversity events/tables at WordCamps!
9 – “Wins” project & Handbook updates (@jillbinder)
@jillbinder asked for feedback on:
- the changes to our handbook page
- the Accountability game she is creating for April 2023 for the diverse-speaker-support Slack channel
10 – Other Updates + Next meeting host (anyone)
End: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1679508140393939