Finalising topics for the Community Summit

The Community Summit is going to be hosted in Paris just a few days before 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. Europe, on 13 & 14 June 2017. We are at the stage now where all contribution teams are being asked to finalise their topics for the Summit, so that is what I would like to do here. The deadline for final topics is 9 June 2017.

The currently proposed topics for all teams are listed here, and these are the ones for the Community Team:

  1. Global involvement in the Community Team
    • Language barriers
    • Diversity
  2. WordCamps & Money
    • Responsible use of WordCamp funds within the new legal structure
    • Sponsoring volunteers
    • Sponsorship levels
    • Better value for sponsors
    • Cost of swag
  3. Marketing & Engagement
    • Engaging people outside the WordPress bubble
    • More involvement at 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. & WordCamps
    • Going from a strong 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. to a WordCamp
  4. Paying for speaker travel
  5. Regional camps
  6. Improving deputyProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. training
    • Improving training materials
    • Keeping deputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. updated
  7. Code of ConductCode of Conduct “A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the norms, rules, and responsibilities or proper practices of an individual party.” - Wikipedia and harassment reports
    • Training organisers on how to handle harassment reports
    • Reviewing the Code of Conduct to be more inclusive
  8. Supporting other event types
    • Financial and logistical support for different types of events
    • Microgrants tool

What we need to know from the community and our deputies (whether you will be attending the Summit or not), is the following:

1. Which of those topics do you think we could sort out in a 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/. and/or P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. discussion before the Summit?
2. Are there any additional topics that you feel are important for us to discuss at the Summit?

While answering those questions, please bear the following from the Summit announcement post in mind:

The main purpose of the summit is to move the project forward before and after the event, with the event being a milestone in a larger set of work.

With this main goal in mind, we’ll touch base with all team reps to figure out which of the topics proposed can be handled beforehand, and come up with topics that would be:

1) of importance to the project as a whole
2) would benefit from cross-team collaboration
3) will leave us in a better position than when we started

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