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Jen 6:40 pm on April 17, 2014
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I posted a proposal for WCSF format over…

I posted a proposal for WCSF format over at the community team blog (since our team handles events and WCSF): https://make.wordpress.org/community/2014/04/17/putting-more-community-in-wcsf/

Anyone wanting to talk about doing another retreat-type summit vs adding community discussions to the agenda of WCSF is welcome to comment there. Please share with your teams, thanks.

#events, #summit, #wcsf

Andrea Middleton 4:50 am on July 13, 2013
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Events Team Update for 7/12/2013

Past weeks:

  • trained Scott Basgaard, Remkus DeVries, and Heather Acton to respond to WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. applications
  • created a huge number of predefined replies in SupportPress for easier application responding
  • approved for planning São Paul, St. Louis, Edmonton, DC, Vienna, LA, and Wroclaw
  • approved budgets and set dates for WordCamps Providence, Buffalo, Orlando, Albuquerque, Sofia, Porto, Tokyo, Salt Lake City, Toronto, LA, Porto, Malaga, and Detroit
  • emailed with some Indian and African applicants around their meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. organizations and eventual WordCamps
  • replied to applications for Nigeria, Karachi, “USA,” Jabalpur, Gambia, Lagos, Mumbai, Karachi, Colombo, Nashik, Hartford, and Santa Rosa
  • WCSF
  • worked with camps in planning
  • reconnoitered with committees that have fallen quiet

Coming week:

  • Create Q2 bill for Bluehost
  • Connect WMPL sponsor with organizers of upcoming camps
  • Post an Events project groups amnesty/update post to /events
  • Launch that darned mentorship program

#events

Andrea Middleton 11:29 pm on May 30, 2013
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Events Team Update for 5/30/2013

Past month:

  • Started sending out Docusign emails for WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. organizer signatures; this is working well so far. 🙂
  • Many, many, many vendor and sponsorship payments for WordCamps in April/May/June
  • Worked with the 24 WordCamps in planning and 19 WordCamps in pre-planning
  • Approved for pre-planning: Grand Rapids, Kenya, Cape Town, Nepal, Porto, Malaga, Orlando, Providence, Sofia, Vegas, and Lithuania
  • Published the dates for WordCamps Boston, Grand Rapids, Porto Alegre, Birmingham, Baltimore, and Russia
  • Published 87 WordCamp videos
  • Got approval on the Organizer Mentorship program
  • Accepted another Multi-Event Sponsor – WPML – and fielded inquiries from three more
  • Began training Cami Gebhardt, a new Automattic employee who will be helping at WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each., largely with handling financial coordination for WordCamps running the money through the Foundation

Coming week:

  • Reconnoiter with events groups that have fallen quiet
  • Conspire with @jenmylo on uniting /events and /community while we’re in SF for adacamp
  • Select and train some people to help answer WordCamp applications
  • Launch the mentorship program

#events

Jen 7:40 pm on May 17, 2013
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Proposal: Merge /Community and /Events

As mentioned in the update I posted earlier, the community outreach group has wound up mostly being connecting with contributors from other groups, with a giant amount of overlap with the Events group. Since meetups and WordCamps are our biggest outreach avenue, that’s where a lot of the /community type stuff happens. @andreamiddleton and I have been talking for a couple of weeks about the possibility of merging our groups and if that would be a good idea or not. We think it would be, so this post is to see what you guys think.

Here’s why we think it would be a good idea:

  • As mentioned, Meetups and WordCamps are our biggest outreach activity, and those (along with the wp10 celebrations) have already crossed both groups quite a bit.
  • Making that overlap official would make it a little easier to share resources and time.
  • Both teams lost their backup rep. On the /community side @sabreuse agreed to take over for @andrea_r, but there’s no replacement yet in /events for @jorbin.
  • The community team touches tons of other groups, but doesn’t always have much to report, since it’s theoretically being reported through the group where the action happens (gsoc = coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., for example).
  • Some of the projects that started as events-team-specific have morphed into community outreach (like having people submit tutorial videos to wordpress.tv that aren’t coming from events) and vice-versa (diversity outreach turning into locally-organized events that would benefit from the events structure). It just keeps getting clearer that ‘growing the community’ is the shared goal, and event planning is one of several ways to get there.
  • One less group update, one or two people less to worry about in a hangout or at a summit meeting. 🙂

Here’s the proposal:

  • Merge the /community and /events groups into one contributor group.
  • Keep the blogs separate for now, but merge them once we have a theme that will better accommodate sections to keep the threads organized.
  • Ditch me as team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. so I can focus on coordinating between teams, and keep Andrea Middleton and Amy Hendrix as team reps. (Both Andrea and Amy are on board with this idea.)

Vote in the comments: Yes, No, or a comment if you have questions or concerns that you would like answered before you say yes or no.

Thanks!

cc @chipbennett, @emiluzelac, @coffee2code, @mordauk, @ipstenu, @crondeau, @nacin, @dh-shredder, @vanillalounge, @defries, @isaackeyet, @aerych, @andreamiddleton, @siobhan, @drewapicture

#community, #events, #vote

Jen 5:36 pm on May 2, 2013
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Please Vote: WC Organizer Program Proposal

Hi everyone. @andreamiddleton posted a proposal from the Events team a while back, but hasn’t gotten any responses. It’s long, so I’m not too surprised it got skipped over, but it is important that we get your buy-in/sign-off as a group on the idea. If you want to read the whole thing, go here: https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2013/04/11/events-group-proposal-to-the-team-reps-wordcamp-mentorship-program/

For the tl;dr version:

  • Instead of Andrea reviewing every WC application and guiding every organizer though the organizing process, we’d have a team of volunteers sharing the work.
  • There would be weekly irc office hours for help and feedback.
  • There’s be a blog or forum for ongoing discussion.
  • After the WC is over, organizers would review their mentors/guides so if anyone isn’t doing a great job we can give them support to do better.

Sound okay? A simple yes/no is all we need unless you have specific concerns.

Please reply to this post with one of the following:

  • Approve
  • Veto
  • Some other comment if you have specific concens

Thanks!

#events, #wordcamp

Andrea Middleton 4:24 am on April 26, 2013
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Events Group Update for 4/25/2013

Oh hai! We suck and have not posted an update for a month. 🙁 I swear on a free copy of WordPress that we’ve been busy, though.

Past month:

  • Launched the Multi-Event WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. Sponsorship program. To date, BlueHost has come on as a Pillar in the US/Canada and a Champion everywhere else for Q2, and DreamHost has asked to sponsor as a Champion in the US from May-December, w00t! Looking like GoDaddy will also sponsor this way soon.
  • Posted the WordCamp organizer mentorship program proposal for team reps to review.
  • Review Guidelines group has continued reaching out to survey respondents, specifically about ticket prices, and is close to having a recommendation for the Team Reps on that guideline.
  • WordPress.tv published 84 videos
  • Approved the following WordCamps for pre-planning: Albuquerque, Tokyo, Grand Rapids, Birmingham, Kenya, Cape Town, and Porto
  • The following WordCamps set their date: Kobe, Portland, Buffalo, and Vancouver.
  • WordPress 10th Anniversary save the date and silvery grey tees
  • Set up a DocuSign instance for WordCamp organizer/speaker/sponsor/volunteer signatures and Speaker AV releases
  • Andrea got and recovered from pneumonia

Coming week:

  • Start sending out Docusign emails for WordCamp organizer/speaker/sponsor/volunteer signatures and Speaker AV releases
  • Reconnoiter with some groups that have fallen quiet
  • Many, many, many vendor payments for WordCamps in April/May
  • Continue to work with the 24 WordCamps in planning and 17 WordCamps in pre-planning
  • Elicit some comment/opinions on the Organizer Mentorship program

#events

Andrea Middleton 2:48 am on March 29, 2013
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Events Team Update for 3/28/2013

I’m sorry; we missed last week. 🙁

Past two weeks:

  • Base Theme group: work continues on the Post-Event Wrap-Up template as well as the development of custom widgets for “day of” and “post-event” widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. areas.
  • Event Training Materials published some speaker email templates, including acceptance, rejection, and day-of logistics.
  • WordPress.tv published 65 WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. videos, including some non-WordCamp tutorials.
  • WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each. approved Baltimore, Buffalo, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque, and Boston for planning
  • WordCamp San Diego was a big success
  • WordCamps Calgary, SF, and Seattle set their date
  • WordCamps Transylvania, Columbus, and Minneapolis opened registration

Coming week:

  • Launch the Multi-Event WordCamp Sponsorship program
  • Review Guidelines group to continue reaching out to survey respondents.
  • More work on Base Theme templates, Event Materials soliciting, and WordPress.tv moderation
  • Reach out to WordCamps from 2012 that have not uploaded their videos.
  • Post the WordCamp organizer mentorship program proposal for team reps to review.
  • Continue responding to WordCamp applications and working with WordCamps in planning.

#events

Andrea Middleton 3:15 am on March 15, 2013
Tags: events   

Events Team Update for 3/14/2013

Happy Pi Day! 🙂

Past week:

  • Base Theme group: work continues on the Post-Event Wrap-Up template as well as the development of custom widgets for “day of” and “post-event” widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. areas.
  • Event Training Materials has a place where people can submit their materials:

http://eventscodex.wordpress.com/new-documents/

  • MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. guidelines were proposed, and generated lively (and quite cordial, I thought) discussion.
  • WordPress.tv opened for public submissions, and published a moderator application to help us vet incoming moderators more easily.
  • WordPress.tv published 30 WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. videos.
  • Mentorship Program put the finishing touches on a proposal to the team reps
  • WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each. responded to 4 applications and approved WordCamps in Indonesia and Baltimore to start planning. An interview with a new organizer in SLC (Joseph Smith passing the hat) and Cordoba are in the process of being scheduled.
  • Multi-Event Sponsorship Program was posted for the team reps to review/approve.

Coming week:

  • Review Guidelines group to reach out to survey respondents.
  • More work on Base Theme templates, Event Materials soliciting, and WordPress.tv moderation
  • Reach out to WordCamps from 2012 that have not uploaded their videos.
  • Post the WordCamp organizer mentorship program proposal for team reps to review.
  • Continue responding to WordCamp applications and working with WordCamps in planning.

#events

Andrea Middleton 10:35 pm on March 8, 2013
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Proposal to the Team Reps: Multi-Event WordCamp Sponsorship Program

There are many large companies (hosting providers, etc) that want to sponsor every WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more., every WC above a certain size, WCs with more than x% developer attendees, you name it. Instead of having to reach out to each and every organizer, it would be easier for these companies to just give a blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. payment to the Foundation once a quarter and have it set up automatically. It sounds great, right? Start every WordCamp with a block of sponsorship money already in place?

Please review the Multi-Event WordCamp Sponsorship Program V1.0 and share any concerns, thoughts, suggestions, or observations you have. We started small, with the notion that we’d iterate toward complexity (dev-focused vs. user-focused WordCamp, for instance) as prospective sponsors asked for things. I’d love to roll this out for the second quarter of 2013, if possible.

#events

Andrea Middleton 1:13 am on March 1, 2013
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Events Team Update for 2/28/2013

Past week:

  • This was the final week for WordCampWordCamp WordCamps are casual, locally-organized conferences covering everything related to WordPress. They're one of the places where the WordPress community comes together to teach one another what they’ve learned throughout the year and share the joy. Learn more. organizers to fill out survey from Guidelines group.
  • WordPress.tv posted 19 event videos
  • Patches are being posted to the WordCamp Base theme, including Session Template , and we have a ticket to make the theme responsive
  • WordCamps Minneapolis, Montreal, and Austin set a date and went on the schedule
  • Envato agreed to offer a 100% GPL optino for their authors.

Coming Week:

  • Publish a survey for WP event organizers.
  • An Exciting Announcement for WordPress.tv. No, really.
  • Multi-Event Sponsorship proposal for team reps to review.
  • WordCamp organizer mentorship program proposal for team reps to review.
  • Continue responding to WordCamp applications and working with WordCamps in planning.

#events