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Global Sponsorship – Monthly Report Administration
Each month, a community representative is expected to send a report showing all 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. events that are scheduled or are in planning. This allows the sponsors time to make plans for travel or swag shipments.
Add a calendar reminder for yourself to send the report near the end of every month
Enter a date range that starts in January of the year prior to the current Global Sponsorship Program year (January 1, 2023 for the 2024 Global Sponsorship program for example). This will ensure that all events created in the prior year for the current year are captured in the resulting list. The end date should be December 31 of the current program year.
Select Status (optional): Any
Click Export resulting WordCamps as CSV button
Select Available Fields: Name, Start Date, End Date, Location, URLURLA specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org, E-mail Address, Twitter, WordCamp Hashtag, Number of Anticipated Attendees, Status, Contributor DayContributor DayContributor 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/., Contributor Day Date, Organizer Name, Email Address, Telephone, Mailing Address, Sponsor WranglerWranglerSomeone, usually a person part of event organizing team, who looks after certain things like budget or sponsors. Name, [Virtual Event Only], Venue Name, Physical Address
Click Export CSV button
Open spreadsheet and sort by status.
Delete all rows with status of: Approved for Pre-Planning, Pending Agreement, Cancelled, Declined, Interview/Orientation Scheduled, More Info Requested, Needs E-mail Address, Needs Orientation/Interview, Needs Vetting
Sort by Start Date. Delete any prior year events. Delete all events that relate to the upcoming year. (if no start date, Sort by URL and delete events with the future year in their URL)
Delete lines with Flagship events (e.g., WCEUWCEUWordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event., WCUSWCUSWordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event., WC Asia, etc.)
Sort by Start Date and export CSV (naming convention: WordCamp-Details-Global-YYYY-MMM-DD.csv)