Attending: @jillbinder @juliarosia @kcrockett @martatorre @onealtr
Attended by proxy: @santanainniss
Host: @jillbinder
Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1678298454422199
Summary
1 – Attendance and check-ins (everyone)
2 – First time here
3 – Who we are (@jillbinder) + Comments, questions, ideas (anyone)
@jillbinder got feedback on a working group summary she is creating for putting on the handbook page.
4 – Workshops (@jillbinder)
March 1 workshop: great attendance and energy. At least 2 have already applied to speak at WordCamps
March 16 workshop: Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events AMER/EMEA. @jillbinder asked for help with spreading the word about the event to WP Meetup and WordCamp organizers.
5 – Marketing (@santanainniss)
@santanainniss shared that the March 1 social media clicks were the second highest ever.
We have posts scheduled for March 9, 10, 15 for our March 16 Organizer workshop. Santana will circle back with those links for us to share.
6 – WPDiversity APAC (@onealtr)
@onealtr shared about the successes of WC Asia overall, and the diversity items:
- The speaker selection was 80% from and Asian country and 20% from elsewhere in the world
- There was a 60/40% male/female and non-binary selection among the speakers
- They had food available for different cultures, religions, and medical reasons
- @onealtr, @alliennimmons, and @bobwp moderated a #WPDiversity discussion during Contributor Day. There were about 20 attendees from Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, The Philippines and Malaysia.
7 – Diversity in Spain project (@martatorre)
@martatorre is helping the WordPress Barcelona team to make a diversity table on Contributor day. She is requesting ideas for what to do at the WPDiversity table.
8 – Updates: “Wins” project, Translation tool, upcoming workshops schedule, daylight savings time change (@jillbinder)
Updates from Jill:
- We have a new form to collect “speaking wins” from the diverse-speaker-support channel
- We will have an accountability game with the form in April
- We are working on testing a translation add-on on the WordPress Slack, especially for use in diverse-speaker-support
- We have WPDiversity workshops through to June 2023 listed on our Upcoming Events on our handbook page
- Daylight Savings time happens this weekend. Our next meeting will be at 5pm UTC instead of 6pm UTC
9 – Other Updates + Next meeting host (anyone)
End: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1678302058609709