Attending: @jillbinder, @juliarosia, @katiejrichards, @kimberlylipari, @onealtr, @santanainniss, @wpfangirl
Attended by proxy: @kcrockett
Facilitator: @jillbinder
Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1653498000677889
Summary
1 Check-ins (everyone)
2 First time here
3 Comments, questions, ideas (anyone)
4 WCEU (@juliarosia and @devinmaeztri)
@juliarosia: We will ask contributors to translate some simple WPDiversity pages and host an informal roundtable about diversity in the WordPress community and at WordPress events.
5 Diverse Speaker Support channel (@kcrockett, @juliarosia, @jasonways, @jillbinder)
6 Marketing (@jillbinder and @santanainniss)
7 DEI plans for WordPress events (@juliarosia)
@juliarosia: This week’s Writing Sprint is underway! The goal of this sprint is to develop the materials needed to implement this proposal to integrate #WPDiversity into WP event organizing. Anyone is invited to contribute, as described in the post. Want to contribute? Here is a handy document and contributor tracker!
8 APAC (@oneal and @devinmaeztri)
- The 1st meeting had 3 attendees, we hope more will be able to participate in the upcoming meetings
- On May 14 there was a WordPress Mega meetup in Japan where they held a Diversity Speaker Training workshop.
- We’ll also discuss upcoming WordCamps and meetups in the APAC regions.
- An update about WordCamp Asia in Bangkok coming up in February 2023
9 Workshops (Speaker & Inclusion) (@jillbinder)
We held an Organize Inclusive WP events discussion on May 10 and 14.
We had 21 attendees in 21 cities in 8 countries (Bolivia, Cabo Verde, India, Nigeria, Philippines, Portugal, The Netherlands, United States). Their self-reported preparedness in creating an inclusive and diverse event went up 23%!
10 Other Updates + Next week’s meeting facilitator (anyone)
End: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1653501541053569