Attending: @jillbinder, @katiejrichards, @kcrockett, @onealtr, @sc0ttkclark, @tantienhime, @volkswagenchick
Attended by proxy: @devinmaeztri, @juliarosia, @angelasjin, @planningwrite
Facilitator: @onealtr
Start: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1651078819539489
Summary
1 Check-ins (everyone)
2 First time here
3 Comments, questions, ideas
- We talked about holding a prep session for the speakers accepted to WCUS from the #diverse-speaker-support channel.
4 Workshops (Speaker & Allyship) (@jillbinder)
- Nigeria Speaker Workshop, April 24, 2022 went quite well
- Allyship discussion, April 14, 2022 went quite well
- We are renaming our Allyship workshops from “Allyship for WP Event Organizers” to “Organizing Diverse & Inclusive WordPress Events.”
- We created the May 2022 (Cohort 3) Inclusion Workshops to be a good format for the WCUS organizers: May 10 & 14, 2022 for an hour each (also invited: All event organizers and contributors, speaker mentors in the #diverse-speaker-support channel)
5 Diverse Speaker Support channel (@kcrockett & @jillbinder)
- The new workflows and prompts have been going well. Organic conversations have begun!
6 Translations (@jillbinder for @devinmaeztri)
- The Portuguese BR Lesson Plan has been uploaded!
- In progress: Italian and French
- First thoughts are going into Inclusion workshop localization, starting with Italian
7 DEI plans for WordPress events (@jillbinder for @juliarosia, @angelasjin, @planningwrite)
- @juliarosia is organizing a documentation sprint focused on #WPDiversity
- @planningwrite worked with the WCUS team to help support underrepresented speakers with travel costs
- Feedback is requested on a Contributor Handbook and a statement on Accessibility in WordPress
- Feedback will soon be requested for: a Diversity and Inclusion Policy, a Code of Conduct
8 APAC (@onealtr)
- We sent out an announcement that we are holding APAC #WPDiversity meetings starting May 12, 2022. We are asking people in that post to indicate interest and vote on a time. Open until May 9.
9 Other Updates + Next week’s meeting chair
End: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1651082620410069