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Welcome to the July 2021 edition of the MeetupMeetupMeetup 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. Organizer newsletter! We have some exciting announcements for you in this edition – read on to find out more!
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New guidelines for returning to in-person meetupsMeetupMeetup 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.
Online event updates
Tuesday Trainings
News from the WordPress world
📣🎪 [Announcement] New guidelines for returning to in-person meetups
The Community Team has announced new guidelines for returning to in-person WordPress events. You can now organize an in-person event if your local public health authority allows in-person events and your region passes the in-person safety checklist. Additionally, if your area does not pass the in-person safety checklist (but if your local public health authorities allow in-person events), you can organize in-person meetup events for fully vaccinated, recently tested negative, or recently recovered folks (in the last 3 months). If your region does not meet these guidelines, please keep organizing online events until the situation improves. Check out our 2021: Returning to in-person meetups handbook for more information.
That sounds great! How do I organize in-person events for my group? Does your region meet guidelines in our safety checklist? If not, does your location have vaccinations or testing freely available? If your answer to both questions is “yes,” fill up the safety checklist (you need not wait for a reply from us) and organize an in-person meetup for your group! If not, keep organizing online events until the situation improves in your area.
❤️ Share WordPress 5.8 with your Meetup group
WordPress 5.8 is all set to go out in a few days on July 20th, with RC1, RC2, and RC3 available already! Help us build excitement for the release by organizing an online discussion or sending a simple email to your group on version 5.8!
Through Tuesday Trainings (#TuesdayTrainings), the Community Team publishes a different topic on the WordPress Community Blog to help organizers and interested community members learn various skills. Meetup organizers will find our Tuesday Training on: “How can I bring more energy to an online event?” extremely helpful! The post shares some useful tips that organizers can use to make their online events engaging and exciting! Don’t forget to check out our other Tuesday Training posts this month:
The CoreCoreCore is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team released GutenbergGutenbergThe Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/Version 11.0.
If you have any questions, Community Team deputiesProgram SupporterCommunity 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. are available to help. Please send an email to support@wordcamp.org or join the #community-eventsSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel. Thanks for everything you do to grow the WordPress community. Let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!
