Renaming the Happiness Bar

There’s been some discussion over the years about the name “Happiness Bar” for the staffed help desk at WordCamps all over the world. When it comes down to it, it seems a lot of folks don’t like the name.

So let’s work on finding a new one. Have an idea? A thought? A statement? If it pertains to the Happiness Bar we’d love to hear it!

#happiness-bar, #wordcamps

Hi everyone I’m going to have to postpone…

Hi everyone, I’m going to have to postpone the meeting today as I’ve come down with some sort of food poisoning, and I’m not able to attend.
Please could you pick a date & time that would be convenient for the meeting? Otherwise we will do next week’s meeting as normal.

#commhub

WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“Isn’t it a pleasure to study and practice what you have learned?”
– Confucius

Not many new videos have been submitted for moderation but we have had three WordCamps close in the last few weeks – WC Lancaster, WC St Louis and WC Dayton – so we should see those videos soon. And this weekend will be busy with 3 WordCamps happening – WC Atlanta, WC Seattle and WC San Diego.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • moving the docs to make:community
  • names to help distinguish different mod roles
  • update on the issue of 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. Happiness Bars being more inclusive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 26 videos from 8 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Tracy Apps: How To Not Design Like A Developer

Arjun Singh Thakuri: How to start a WordPress Theme/Plugin Business

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Thursday happenings!

Community chat at 19:00 UTC

Office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. with Cami at 20:00 UTC. Today’s topics are WordCamps and finances!

#community

I’ve visualized a couple of premises and thoughts…

I’ve visualized a couple of premises and thoughts re: commhub as a result of contributor dayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. at 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. London. There’s also a poll on polyglots to evaluate whether these thoughts are of meaning in general, or an edge case.

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commhub-rosetta

#commhub

WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“We are trying to construct a more inclusive society…. We are going to make a country in which no one is left out.”
– Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Pending queue has videos to moderate. We are getting new videos from 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. Toronto.
This is a busy month for WordCamps with 5 this month, so we will have many more videos coming.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • update on getting ready to offer post-production services to WordCamps
  • policy about offensive language used in videos
  • issue at WordCamp Happiness Bars dealing with some attendees feeling intimidated and how to be more inclusive.

In The Last 7 Days

We published 14 videos from 6 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Alina Kakshapati: Build WordPress as a Career

Sakar Upadhyaya Khatiwada: Because Website Speed Matters

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Community Chat Recap | March 19, 2015

Slack Log (Requires SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. login to view. Set one up if you don’t have a Slack account.) Next week’s chat will stay at 19:00 UTC. No change for Daylight Savings Time in the US.

This week’s chat consisted of a couple really good discussions. We heard updates about the ModSquad and 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. site improvements. Here are the team highlights:

From WPTV (@jerrysarcastic)

  • Post-production for WordCamp videos is being offered by the ModSquad and they are looking for contributors to participate. All it takes is a laptop, time to help, and some direction which you can find here:  https://wptvdocs.wordpress.com/
  • Once the process is all streamlined, we’d like to have this announced in opening and closing remarks at Camps. Also in Contributor Days.
  • Follow Up Questions
    • @hlashbrooke: What’s the best way to get raw footage to [WPTV] if the internet connection is poor?
      • Jerry: No solution just yet, but have discussed sending physical media.
      • Ian: What are the blockers for mailing? Cost. Countries that don’t have FedEx to use our account.
      • Jerry: It’s worth considering having the drives on hand to send out to people who need them.

From Improving WordCamp.org (@iandunn)

  • Haven’t reached a consensus on the CSSCSS CSS is an acronym for cascading style sheets. This is what controls the design or look and feel of a site. editor updates. Might not be the highest priority, and might be worth surveying WordCamp organizers.
  • The ability to clone other WordCamp themes is a popular idea, and @ryelle built a prototype for that: https://github.com/ryelle/WordCamp-Style-Import
  • Follow Up Questions
    • Hugh: Could we make any previously used wordcamp themes available for use for future camps?
    • @kcristiano: When will import style be available?
      • Ian: There is no timeline yet, but some issues have been identified.
      • Ian: Manually importing styles is currently supported. http://plan.wordcamp.org/first-steps/web-presence/using-the-wordcamp-theme/

For more information on this and other meeting times, check out the sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. and the Welcome box on https://make.wordpress.org/community/.

#agenda, #community-management, #meeting, #team-chat

WordPress.tv Moderator Squad Update

“If A is success in life, then A = x + y + z. Work is x, play is y and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
– Albert Einstein

The Pending queue has been growing and we have videos to moderate. We are still getting videos from 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. Maui. We have videos from WordCamp Nepal, WordCamp Cape Town and WordCamp Orlando in the queue. We also have some NYC meetupMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. videos to moderate.

In the Mod Chat we talked about:

  • what videos are in the Pending queue
  • progress is being made in editing videos and cutting in slides

In The Last 7 Days

We published 35 videos from 7 WordCamps and WordPress Related Events around the world.

The Top Three Most Viewed WordCamp Videos Last Week

Christina Fuchs: Was sind Mitgliederseiten und wie lassen sie sich in WordPress realisieren?

Sara Cannon: Smart Design

Jonathan Buttigieg: Pourquoi vous devriez vendre un plugin/thème premium

#moderator-update, #wordpress-tv

Community Chat and Office Hours Today!

A reminder that Community Chat is coming up at 19:00 UTC.

And at 20:00 UTC you can join Josepha and I for office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time.. Today’s topics are WordCamps and Finances. We have no formal agenda but will be hanging out in #events if you have any questions.

#agenda, #community-management, #meeting

Office Hours Today!

A reminder to the Community that Cami and I have office hoursOffice Hours Defined times when the Global Community Team are in the #community-events Slack channel. If there is anything you would like to discuss – you do not need to inform them in advance.You are very welcome to drop into any of the Community Team Slack channels at any time. today starting at 20:00 UTC in the #events channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. We will be discussing MeetupsMeetup Meetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in our Meetup Organizer Handbook. and Volunteering, so stop by if you have any questions about those topics!

For more information on this and other meeting times, check out the sidebar and the Welcome box on https://make.wordpress.org/community/.

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I should mention that there is no formal agenda. We will be available to answer any questions you have, but will not be posing questions on our own. 🙂
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