As outlined in the announcement post, badges related to work on the Community Team are awarded as follows:
Community Team
The Community Team badge will be manually assigned to all Community Team Program Supporters who have been active for at least 6 months (active Program Supporters listed on this page). You can find out more about the Community Team Supporters program (and how to get involved) in this handbook. Do you need to request this badge? Jump here.
Community Contributor
The Community Contributor badge will be manually assigned to all Community Team Event Supporters, as well as those who provide valuable contributions to the Community Team. Event Supporters are all listed as “Active (mentorEvent Supporter Event 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. only)” on this page. In the future, 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.-specific mentorsEvent Supporter Event 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. will be auto-assigned this badge when they begin mentoring their first WordCamp (removing the manual administration side of things). You can find out more about the WordCamp mentoring here. Do you need to request this badge? Jump here.
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. Organizer
The Meetup Organizer badge is auto-assigned to all members of Meetup organizing teams for meetup groups in the official chapter program. The list of WordPress.orgWordPress.org The community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization. https://wordpress.org/ usernames for each meetup group is manually updated by 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. by following these steps:
- Open to the Meetup tracker
- Scroll until > Meetup Information > Co-Organizers usernames (separated by comma)
- Add the co-organizer WP.org user name
- Update the status without changing it and the badge will appear in the profile
If you wish to request a badge, send the following details to support@wordcamp.org:
- Subject: Meetup Organizer Badge Request
- Content: Name of the Meetup, URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org of the Meetup, and your .org username
WordCamp Organizer
The WordCamp Organizer badge is auto-assigned to all members of WordCamp organizing teams, provided their WordPress.org username is added to their ‘Organizer’ post on any WordCamp.org website.
WordCamp Speaker
The WordCamp Speaker badge is auto-assigned to all WordCamp speakers, provided their WordPress.org username is added to their ‘Speaker’ post on any WordCamp.org website.
If the WordCamp Organizer and WordCamp Speaker badges disappear from your profile, you can try the following:
1) Remove your WordPress.org username from the Speaker (or Organizer) profile, save it
2) Add your username back in and save again
3) Your badge should re-appear like magic
This is a known bug and can be tracked on meta.
WordCamp Volunteer
WordCamp volunteer badges are assigned through “Tickets –> Profile Badges” on each WordCamp site.
Request Community Team and Community Contributor Badges
The easiest way to have the Community Team or Community Contributor badges assigned to you is for you to request them (the system doesn’t allow us to add the badge to your profile until you submit a request).
To make this request please go the Community Team or Community Contributor pages and request membership for the group.
