Reminder of the March 31 cut-off date

Hey there all you fine organizers, don’t forget: March 31 is the last day that WordPress FoundationWordPress Foundation The WordPress Foundation is a charitable organization founded by Matt Mullenweg to further the mission of the WordPress open source project: to democratize publishing through Open Source, GPL software. Find more on wordpressfoundation.org. will accept 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 income! 🙂 Please send revised payment instructions to any sponsors whose invoices are still outstanding, if you invoiced them using the WordPress Foundation instructions.

For any sponsors you have not yet invoiced, please use the Sponsor Invoices tool for any new sponsor you need to invoice (if you’re using WPCSWordPress Community Support WordPress Community Support PBC is a Public Benefit Corporation, created specifically to be the financial and legal support for WordCamps, WordPress Meetup groups, and any additional “official” events organized within the WordPress Community Events program./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. as your legal and financial entity). This will ensure that all sponsors receive the most up-to-date payment instructions.

Again, after March 31, we will no longer accept sponsor payments to WordPress Foundation accounts. Any check sent to the WordPress Foundation check address will be returned to sender, and the account we use for wire transfers will be closed. Please over-communicate with sponsors about the changes to our payment instructions! (We’ll also be emailing major WordCamp sponsors with this information directly.)

If you have invoiced a sponsor using the Foundation’s payment info and have not yet received payment, please send revised payment instructions to that sponsor.

Please strongly encourage your sponsors to pay electronically (preferably via ACH or wire transfer) whenever possible. It’s the very fastest way for us to collect and for sponsors to get credited for their support of WordCamp.

And if you have any questions, please ask them in the comments below! 🙂

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