Title: Community Deputy Office Hours Author: Angela Jin Published: May 10, 2021 Last modified: September 23, 2021 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/angelasjin/) [Angela Jin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/angelasjin/) 5:07 pm _on_ May 10, 2021   # Community Deputy Office Hours The [2021 Community Team goals](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/02/08/community-team-2021-goals-summary/) included improving communication within the Community Team and increasing training and support for 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).. Towards those goals, the team will be hosting weekly “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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/). 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.” for Community Team Deputies over Zoom. Three, weekly hours have been selected to cover different schedules and timezones: * Thursdays at [13:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210520T13&p1=1440&am=45) * Fridays at [6:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210521T06&p1=1440&am=45) * Fridays at [15:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20210521T15&p1=1440&am=45) These office hours are open to all [active deputies](https://make.wordpress.org/community/community-deputies/), both experienced and new. This time is intended for deputies who handle everything from email triage in HelpScout, to vetting and responding 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). and 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/). applications, or even helping organizers vet for GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing [https://wordpress.org/about/license/](https://wordpress.org/about/license/). The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license [https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html). This means that derivative work can only be distributed under the same license terms. This is in distinction to permissive free software licenses, of which the BSD license and the MIT License are widely used examples.. Bring all your questions on deputy tasks and get training, hear feedback from other deputies, and level up your experience as a community 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).! These calls are entirely optional and not formal in any way, and all deputies are invited to attend, even if only to listen in. Office hours will start on Thursday, May 20th, and a Zoom invite will be shared in the [private deputy channel](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/03/12/request-for-feedback-review-for-the-dedicated-deputy-communication-channel/) prior to the chat. At this time, these office hours are limited to active Community 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/). only, to provide a safe space for us to discuss potentially sensitive aspects of our work, and to provide greater psychological safety for deputy learning. Deputies will continue to make decisions in collaboration with the broader community on this 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](https://make.wordpress.org/). ## Not a deputy but want to learn more? Great! The deputy team warmly welcomes more people. To learn more about what is involved, check out the [deputy handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/). You can also find us in the [#community-team](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RQC7RN) channel (if you don’t have an account already, sign-up for one here: [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)). 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[Timi Wahalahti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sippis/) 5:49 pm _on_ May 10, 2021 3. Soooo excited about this! 4. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/256e919d15a299d7da5ec9868517f1392b2e508e74124bb18d622d94feb77846? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 5. [Sam Suresh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/samsuresh/) 12:00 am _on_ May 11, 2021 6. 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