MeetupsMeetup 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. are locally-organized groups that meet for events on a regular basis (commonly once a month) and power year-round WordPress communities. They are a vital part of the overall WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project.
This handbook contains information to help community members start and grow meetups inside the WordPress Chapter 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. Program. Curious about this program? You can learn more here.
Important: please read carefully.
If you are a Meetup organizer, in order to receive messages from the Global Community TeamGlobal Community Team A group of community organizers and contributors who collaborate on local events about WordPress — monthly WordPress meetups and/or annual conferences called WordCamps. via meetup.com you need to enable the Updates from Meetup Pro Networks option in your profile’s Email Updates settings. If you don’t enable it, you won’t receive important communications such us check-ins if you group becomes inactive, or major updates about upcoming changes.
This handbook also covers information on:
- building and growing your meetup
- different event formats you might try
- how to respond to code of conduct violations
- what to do if you need to step down as an organizer
- and much more!
If you find there’s information that you need that is missing from this handbook, please mention it in the #community-team channel on Making WordPress 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/. or email support@wordcamp.org.
