Attending: @jillbinder @katiejrichards @heyyearl @onealtr @tantienhime @volkswagenchick @harishanker @wpfangirl @danitto @webcommsat @lmurillom
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Recent results:
- An attendee of the Empowering Women Speakers in India workshop in September 2021 spoke for the first time at a WordPress Bengaluru meetup 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. on Saturday.
- Another attendee of one of our Diverse Speaker workshops in 2020 has become an avid speaker in 2021 and attributes our workshop as one of the things that helped her get there.
- The Diverse Speaker channel had 19 past workshop attendees join in October. [I reported 17 in the meeting. Nineteen is the correct number.]
- Allyship workshop last week: 9 participants from 6 countries. Increase in score coming soon.
Updates from volunteers:
- @katiejrichards is writing up clear, instructional documentation for marketing for #WPDiversity events
- @wpfangirl needs to start planning 2022 meetups 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., so is going to jump in the #diverse-speaker-support channel and see who is looking for opportunities.
Upcoming workshops:
Translations:
@devinmaeztri is working with our translators to have the Spanish Lat Am and Portuguese BR translations completed by the end of this year.
- Looking for 1-2 volunteers for role.
Open floor:
- @heyearl made the great suggestion that we share our team’s links and resources with new volunteers so that they can have a go to list of where to follow our activities
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