Attending: @angelcabaleiro, @askdesign, @franrosa, @jillbinder, @juliarosia, @martatorre, @onealtr
Host: @askdesign
Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1683738048042419
Summary
1 – First time here
2 – Who we are (@jillbinder) + Comments, questions, ideas (anyone)
- @jillbinder described our programs and how to get involved.
- @askdesign shared that her involvement in this group has increased her awareness about diversity outside of WP
3 – Headlines (@jillbinder)
- @martatorre held the first diversity table at a local WordCamp this last weekend
- This coming weekend, lead by @pastelito, San Carlos is holding a meetup for the Women of their WordPress Community, running the speaker workshop
- Past monthly reports are up, with fantastic results: December 2022 and January 2023, February and March 2023
- In April we had the follow-up Slack discussion to the March Inclusion workshop
4 – Upcoming workshops (@jillbinder)
- We are having our first Organizing Diverse and Inclusive WordPress Events #WPDiversity workshop for Asia-Pacific (APAC) this Saturday
5 – Diversity in Spain project (@martatorre)
- @martatorre told us all about the diversity table at WC Barcelona community day. Well attended, good discussions about diversity in Spain, and new interest in our #WPDiversity programs
- @martatorre told us about her talk about diversity at WC Barcelona
- We started talking about what more active contributions could be done at more diversity tables at WordCamps in Spain
- And started talking about brainstorming a set of questions for the Meetup and WordCamp organizer handbooks that organizers can ask themselves to support them in organizing diverse and inclusive events. We will brainstorm at our next #WPDiversity meeting.
6 – WPDiversity APAC (@onealtr)
- @onealtr shared upcoming WP events in Asia
- WordCamp Iloilo 2023 will be holding a #KidsCamp. The last time was in 2019.
7 – Marketing (@jillbinder)
- @jillbinder is meeting a potential new Marketing team representative for us next week.
- Marketing for this weekend’s workshop has been more challenging as a result. Jill asked for help with getting the word out.
- Jill asked for retweets when a post goes out May 11 in APAC time on the WordPress account
8 – Other Updates + Next meeting host (anyone)
- @juliarosia asked people to apply to participate at the Community Summit. The summit is looking for more people who are passionate about diversity in WordPress.
End: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1683741587728029
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