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If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!
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If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!
We are currently updating the names of our contributor roles throughout our resources. The new role names are Community Team Event SupporterEvent SupporterEvent Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues. (formerly MentorEvent SupporterEvent Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues.), Community Team Program SupporterProgram 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. (formerly DeputyProgram 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.), and Program ManagerProgram ManagerProgram 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. (formerly Super DeputyProgram ManagerProgram 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.).
All Program Supporters and Managers who hold orientations will set up group orientations. We request that you schedule at least 1-2 per month* for each type of orientation:
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
WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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. organizer
New Supporters (formerly Deputy)
*Full-time sponsored Supporters will offer 1 event type/week.
Visit Calendly’s Getting Started page, and follow the process to set up a new account if you don’t have one already. Once you set up your account, please follow the next steps.
By default, the information required to the invitees are name and email, but as you’ll be orienting several people at the time, you’ll need to know what their application is for, so you can check the tracker in advance and look for useful information left by the supporter who reviewed it.
Open the Invitee Questions section
Click on +Add New Question
Label the new field as Meetup Name, WordCamp Name, etc as needed, depending on the orientation event you’re creating
In order to provide the best service for the community, let’s aim to schedule our group events at times and days without creating any conflict with other supporters. Before setting up your availability, please check this calendar and make sure that you don’t create an event at the same day and time already offered by someone else. (Note: all event time will be in UTC on the calendar)
Ideally, below is how our Community team weekly orientation schedule should look like for each event type:
Meetup Orientation – 2 to 3 weekly events in English for different time zones, and 1 in Spanish
WordCamp Orientation – 2 to 3 weekly events in English for different time zones, and 1 in Spanish
New Supporter Orientation – 2 weekly events in English for different time zones (Spanish orientation available upon request during the application review process)
To create another event type, you can follow the steps since the beginning, or you can clone an event and then modify name, description, availability, and settings accordingly.
After cloning an event, the new one might appear switched OFF. Please remember to turn it on before sharing the link.
All availability will be published on the Programs and Managers and Event Organizer handbooks. Once you’ve created the event, it will appear on your Calendly dashboard. You can then click on the Copy link button:
After a successful application review, applicants will receive an email invitation via HelpScout to book a group orientation with the link to the handbook page where they can find all availability. Once they click on the slot that suits them better, they will be redirected to your Calendly booking page:
After confirming a slot, both you and the applicant will receive a confirmation email. If you have connected Calendly to your personal calendar tool, the event will show up on your calendar as well.
Usually, you connect your calendar when you set up your Calendly account for the first time. In case you haven’t done it, you can go to Personal Settings → Availability → Connected Calendars
If you wish, you can connect multiple calendars:
For additional information about Calendly settings, please check the documentation at the page Getting Started.
