Recap of the Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) on February 9, 2022

Attending: @jillbinder, @evarlese, @katiejrichards, @juliarosia, @mysweetcate, @onealtr, @volkswagenchick, @wpfangirl, @kcrockett, @patriciabt, @jasonways

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Summary

1. Updates on what you’re working on

• @onealtr: For the workshop tomorrow, I just need access to the new slides
• @katiejrichards: I’m about halfway through summarizing the blog post describing the 3 WPDiversity programs for the volunteer kit
  

2. Encouraging people to reply to: “Discussion: Diversity in WordPress Events: https://make.wordpress.org/community/2022/02/08/discussion-diversity-in-wordpress-events/
   
   
3. Our upcoming events. We could use volunteers and mentors:

• Feb 10: Switzerland speakers workshop
• Feb 16: Allyship accountability chat on #community-events
• Feb 27: Pacific Northwest speakers workshop
  

4. Zoom volunteer meeting Feb 23

• Open Invitation: Diverse Speaker Training group (#WPDiversity) Volunteers Zoom Call
• Agenda
  – Past: Our impact since launching in 2017
  – Now: The 3 diversity programs that we are working on now
  – You: Opportunities for current and new volunteers / contributors
  – Discussion: Open floor to chat about ideas for our programs, things you are inspired to lead or contribute, etc.

5. Diverse Speaker Support channel

• Team Slack chat with @kcrockett on Feb 10 @ 6pm-6:30pm ET about the Community Manager role
• After we have a Community Manager in place, then we are going to start looking for Speaker Mentors, and a Speaker Mentor Coordinator.

6. Asking the team for more feedback on the new Volunteer kit
   
   
7. Open floor

• @onealtr: Some of us have started discussing with @jillbinder about possibly holding a second meeting that is more APAC friendly. This can have the same agenda and things can be discussed async.
• @juliarosia: @Devin and I are going to do some thinking in the coming weeks on how we (the collective “we”) might effectively serve as ambassadors of WPDiversity programs at WCEU. If anyone has ideas or suggestions, or wants to participate in these preliminary conversations, please let us know!

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