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Welcome to the official blog of the community/outreach team for the WordPress open source project!

This team oversees official events, mentorship programs, diversity initiatives, contributor outreach, and other ways of growing our community.

If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!

Getting Involved

We use this blog for status reports, project announcements, and the occasional policy debate. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to comment on posts and join the discussion.

You can learn about our current activities on the Team Projects page. There projects are suitable for everyone from newcomers to WordPress community elders.

You can use our contact form to volunteer for one of our projects.

Communication

In addition to discussions on this blog, we have weekly Office Hours on Tuesday 20:00 UTC 2015 and Thursday 20:00 UTC 2015 in the #events channel on Slack for real-time communication.

• Tuesdays: Meetups and Volunteering
• Thursdays: WordCamps and Finances

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  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 22, 2016 Permalink |  

    Friday #daily-updates

     

  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 21, 2016 Permalink |  

    Thursday #daily-updates

     

    • Cami Kaos 1:07 am on April 22, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • shipped swag and lanyards for WordCamp Europe
      • shipped half pack of swag to Kailua-Kona Meetup
      • chat with WordCamp Brighton about org ream and sponsorship

    • Josepha 12:28 pm on April 22, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • Sponsor invoices
      • Income attribution
      • WC Indianapolis interview
      • SupportPress triage

  • Josepha 2:08 am on April 21, 2016 Permalink |  
    Categories: Community Management ( 132 ), WordCamps ( 109 )

    WordCamp Status Weekly Report (From April 15th to April 20th) 

    Hello, Community Team! This is a report of all the WordCamp applications that we’ve seen work on this week (from April 15th to April 20th).

    If you have questions (or see something that’s missing) let us know in the comments!

    1) 4 applications NEEDS VETTING
    Chennai, India
    Dhaka, Bangladesh
    Geneva, Switzerland
    Tel Aviv, Israel

    2) 0 applications REJECTED

    3) 2 applications NEEDS ORIENTATION/INTERVIEW (deputy scheduling orientation in parenthesis)
    Stockholm, Sweden
    Indianapolis, Indiana (Josepha)

    4) 10 applications ORIENTED AND APPROVED FOR PRE-PLANNING (sent agreement and signed, site created, templates, etc.)
    Omaha, NE, US
    Split, Croatia
    Kyiv, Ukraine
    Bhopal, India
    Baltimore, Maryland
    Bucharest, Romania
    Milan, Italy
    Raleigh, NC US
    Birmingham, AL, US
    Dallas, TX, US

    5) 1 applications NEEDS BUDGET REVIEW (deputy scheduling orientation in parenthesis)
    Sevilla, Spain

    6) 0 WC BUDGET APPROVED. WAITING FOR CONTRACT.

    7) 0 WCs NEEDS CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED

    8) 4 WC is WAITING FOR ORGANIZERS TO FILL OUT LISTING ON CENTRAL BEFORE PUBLISHING TO SCHEDULE
    Cape Town, South Africa
    Marbella, Spain
    Netherlands
    Toronto, Canada

    9) 4 WC has been PUBLISHED ON CENTRAL THIS WEEK
    Bilbao, Spain
    Vancouver, Canada
    Nashville, TN, US
    Las Vegas, NV, US

     

  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 20, 2016 Permalink |  

    Wednesday #daily-updates

     

    • Cami Kaos 12:11 am on April 21, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • WordCamp Toronto Budget review/ approval
      • WordCamp Omaha interview/ orientation
      • reviewed and signed WordCamp Toronto venue contract
      • reviewed and signed WordCamp Toronto catering contract
      • made vendor payments
      • released sponsorship invoices
      • WordCamp Omaha: created site, set email forward, confirmed Polldaddy account and moved to pre-planning

    • Josepha 12:15 am on April 21, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • Finished Rosario Meetup transfer
      • Ordered swag for La Plata
      • Ordered swag for Cordoba
      • Ordered swag for Buenos Aires
      • Vetted Nairobi Meetup application
      • Vetted Hortolândia Meetup Application

  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 19, 2016 Permalink |  

    Tuesday #daily-updates

     

    • Cami Kaos 11:27 pm on April 19, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • review and signed WordCamp Nashville contract 2 of 2
      • WordCamp Split interview/ orientation
      • sent WordCamp Split organizer agreement
      • moved WordCamp Nashville to the schedule
      • created email address, email forward, site, budget, folder, and Polldaddy account for WordCamp Split
      • Sponsorship income attribution
      • confirmed Polldaddy accounts exist for WordCamps Raleigh, Birmingham, Baltimore, Milan, and DFW
      • moved WordCamps Split, Raleigh, Birmingham, Baltimore, Milan, DFW, Bhopal, Bucharest, and to pre-planning
      • created Polldaddy account for WordCamp Bhopal
      • support triage

    • Josepha 12:18 am on April 21, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • McAllen Meetup orientation
      • Meetup discussions (usability, etc)

  • Rocio Valdivia 10:43 pm on April 18, 2016 Permalink |
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    Categories: Community Management ( 131 )

    Meetups Status Weekly Report (from April 10st to April 18th) 

    Hi Community team!
    Here are the current statuses of those Meetups we saw movement from during the past week (from April 10st to April 18th). We’d love some help from the community deputies for vetting some of the applications, so let me know on Slack if you have any questions. Have a nice week! 🙂

    1) NEEDS VETTING
    Nairobi, Kenia
    Hortolandia, Brazil
    Verona, Italy
    Genova, Italy
    Kapolei, HI, US
    Clinton, NJ, US
    Antibes, France
    Maidstone, UK
    Appleton, WI, US
    Crete, Greece
    Lille, France
    Norwick, UK
    Valence, France
    Halle, Germany
    Nuremberg, Germany
    Würzburg, Germany
    Bitburg, Germany

    2) REQUESTED MORE INFORMATION
    Keta, Ghana

    3) REJECTED

    4) NEEDS/SCHEDULING ORIENTATION/INTERVIEW
    Cork, Ireland (Rocío)
    Kalispell, MO, US (Rocío)
    Vancouver, Canada (Josepha)
    Aix en Provence, France (Rocío)
    McAllen, TX, US (Josepha)
    Washington, DC, US (Josepha)

    5) ORIENTED. NEEDS TO TRANSFER THE GROUP TO THE CHAPTER
    Sioux Falls, SD, US

    6) ORIENTED AND JOINED THE CHAPTER
    Ahmedabad, India
    Rosario, Argentina
    Guadalajara, México
    Bogota, Colombia
    Zilina, Slovakia

     

  • Cami Kaos 5:34 pm on April 18, 2016 Permalink |
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    Categories: Community Management ( 130 )

    Swag Report: 4/11/16 – 4/17/16 

    Lanyard 100 packs sent: 0

    Button & sticker 200 packs sent: 0

    Button & sticker 100 packs sent: 0

     

  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 18, 2016 Permalink |  

    Monday #daily-updates

     

    • Cami Kaos 12:10 am on April 19, 2016 Permalink | Log in to Reply

      • WordCamp Kyiv organizer orientation
      • created email address and forward, set up Polldaddy account, created site, assigned mentor, and created budget document for WordCamp Kyiv
      • reviewed WordCamp Montreal contract, requested correction
      • issued ticket refund through WPF PayPal
      • refunded WordCamp Sponsorship payment made to WPF – requested it be sent to WPCS
      • scheduled WordCamp Split orientation
      • update banner image for WordCamp New Orleans
      • scheduled budget review/ meeting time for WordCamp Toronto
      • created email address and forward, created site, assigned mentor, and created budget document for WordCamp Bhopal

  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 17, 2016 Permalink |  

    Sunday #daily-updates

     

  • WordCamp.org 4:00 am on April 16, 2016 Permalink |  

    Saturday #daily-updates

     

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