Attending: @jillbinder @katiejrichards @heyyearl @onealtr @tantienhime @volkswagenchick @harishanker @wpfangirl @danitto @webcommsat @lmurillom
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Recent results:
- An attendee of the Empowering Women Speakers in India workshop in September 2021 spoke for the first time at a WordPress Bengaluru meetup on Saturday.
- Another attendee of one of our Diverse Speaker workshops in 2020 has become an avid speaker in 2021 and attributes our workshop as one of the things that helped her get there.
- The Diverse Speaker channel had 19 past workshop attendees join in October. [I reported 17 in the meeting. Nineteen is the correct number.]
- Allyship workshop last week: 9 participants from 6 countries. Increase in score coming soon.
Updates from volunteers:
- @katiejrichards is writing up clear, instructional documentation for marketing for #WPDiversity events
- @wpfangirl needs to start planning 2022 meetups, so is going to jump in the #diverse-speaker-support channel and see who is looking for opportunities.
Upcoming workshops:
- @oneal is facilitating How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events Southern to Southeast Asia Saturday, November 27, 2021 @ 7am-8:30am UTC
@oneal and I are facilitating How to Own Your Expertise & Start Speaking at WordPress Events AMER/EMEA Thursday, December 9, 2021 @ 6pm-7:30pm UTC(rescheduled to January 2022 – date TBD)
Translations:
@devinmaeztri is working with our translators to have the Spanish Lat Am and Portuguese BR translations completed by the end of this year.
Volunteer position open for the #diverse-speaker-support channel:
- Looking for 1-2 volunteers for role.
Open floor:
- @heyearl made the great suggestion that we share our team’s links and resources with new volunteers so that they can have a go to list of where to follow our activities
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