WCEU 2024 Contributor Day: What to do?

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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 2024 is one month ahead and the Community Team would love to have as many contributors joining as possible. WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. is one of the flagship events held in a year along with WordCamp Asia and WordCamp US. During this time, we would love to welcome team members to get together, contribute, collaborate, onboard new members, and maybe come up with new ideas for the future. Several members including some of the Community Team Reps will be present at the event and we will have few facilitators to get through the day.

Let’s all enjoy WCEU 2024 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/. together and make the most of our time to work on the team’s goals.

Here are some topics that could be discussed during the day.

Topic Examples

What would you like to see the community team accomplish at WCEU this year?
What topics do you think we should focus on?
What goals would be impactful to our day spent collaborating together?
How can we improve the Handbook for the Community Team?
New 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./WP Event Orientations / Vetting
WP Event budget reviews
Training for Meetup/WordCamp Organizers
Training for current Event/Program Supporters

Can’t attend in person?

Join the conversations that happen all year long in the Make Community 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/.. It’s simple to join and allows you to connect to all of the Make WordPress contributor teams!

We will try our best to have the #community-team channel running during the day, but we highly recommend you to comment in this post or in the channel about any specific topics we should look into during WCEU.

Your Feedback is Invaluable

The Community Team thrives because of its diverse perspectives and rich discussions. Don’t stop now. Please comment on your ideas below before May 31st, after that, we’ll close the comments, consolidate all ideas and we’ll publish another post with the final plans on June 7th.

Thank you!

#community-team, #contributor-day, #wceu

Kevin Cristiano 12:59 pm on May 23, 2024
I will be there and would like to work on
- updating the 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/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license 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./Trademark sections of the handbook to directly address Sponsors
- updating the handbook on materials and branding that sponsors are permitted to have at their booth/table.
I’d appreciate input and assistance from anyone who would like to help.
- Isotta 3:19 pm on May 29, 2024
  
  Great idea, Kevin! I add to the list of updates to make: update the website section of the WC organizer handbook to indicate what all event websites should mandatory include (like the link to CoCCode 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 privacy in the footer, etc)
Roger 3:49 pm on May 23, 2024

I suggest spending some time discussing how to welcome new contributors to the project. It can be pretty overwhelming for new people to know where to start and how to start.

Having a guide is helpful but maybe a dedicated 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/. channel for onboarding new contributors. There they can ask questions about how to engage with a team, githubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ and slack best practices, etc. Then have dedicated people to help answer those questions and point them to relevant documentation and resources. It seems like this could go along with the idea of the On-demand mentorship program.
Isotta 5:54 pm on May 29, 2024

Here is a personal opinion based on my experience with WP event budget reviews at WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event.. I don’t think this is an efficient way to use our limited time together at CD: one program managerProgram Manager Program Managers (formerly Super Deputies) are Program Supporters who can perform extra tasks on WordCamp.org like creating new sites and publishing WordCamps to the schedule. can’t do multiple budget reviews at the same time, and each budget review usually takes at least an hour. For in-person budget reviews, I’d recommend we create a way for organizers to book a slot with a program manager on Friday or Saturday. Maybe we can have program managers who attend WCEU set up one or two slots on their calendars and then share the links with organizers so they can book if needed.

I’d love for us to have:

A table focused on event application vetting, as we have many new applications, and it would be awesome if we could clear the queue.
Two tables focusing on WC/Event orientations 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. orientations.
Training for event organizers and event supporters about the budget tool and invoicing best practices.

I’m happy to help where needed the most! Thanks a lot @st810amaze for coordinating this.
Shusei Toda 12:43 pm on June 3, 2024

Thank you @kcristiano, @rogermedia, and @peiraisotta for the comments!

We will create a quick summary note and publish once it is done so that the Community Team can get ready for WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event..

*Closing the comments area for wrap up. Feel free to reach out in 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/. if you have other ideas for WCEU Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor Days are standalone days, frequently held before or after WordCamps but they can also happen at any time. They are events where people get together to work on various areas of https://make.wordpress.org/ There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. https://2017.us.wordcamp.org/contributor-day/ https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/..