This is the home of the Make Community team for the WordPress open sourceOpen SourceOpen 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!
Here is where we have policy debates, project announcements, and assist community members in organizing events.
Everyone is welcome to comment on posts and participate in the discussions regardless of skill level or experience.
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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.).
The global community teamGlobal Community TeamA group of community organizers and contributors who collaborate on local events about WordPress — monthly WordPress meetups and/or annual conferences called WordCamps. uses WordCamp.org sites to budget, track, and log event expenses related to WordPress community events. This page has information on how that works.
The WordPress global community team uses the WordPress Foundation’s subsidiary corporation, WordPress Community Support PBC. A group of financial administrators, volunteers who review and process payment and reimbursement requests currently includes: Angela Jin, Erica Varlese, Hari Shanker, and Naoko Takano. Harmony Romo also provides bookkeeping support.
As the volunteer team recruits local sponsors, they enter the sponsors’ address and contact information into the Sponsors tool, and then request that WPCSWPCSThe collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules (sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the WordPress Coding Standards.
May also be an acronym referring to the Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPress Coding Standards Handbook. invoice the sponsor. When a volunteer presses the “send” button on a sponsor invoice request, the request is then sent to a network admin queue. A community team deputy reviews the request and approves it, which then sends the invoice information to QuickBooks Online. An invoice is emailed to the sponsor via QuickBooks Online, and a PDF copy of that invoice is also sent to the volunteer who requested that the sponsor be invoiced.
A financial administrator reviews all revenue accounts daily, and attributes income to sponsor invoices in Quickbooks Online. Once an invoice is marked Paid in Quickbooks, the status of the sponsor invoice listing on the 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. site is also changed to Paid, and the volunteer who requested the invoice receives an email, notifying them of the change in status. Sponsor contact information is held indefinitely in QuickBooks, for tax and audit purposes, as well as in the WordCamp site.
When a volunteer needs to request payment for a vendor, or request reimbursement for an approved WordCamp-related expense, they can fill out a vendor payment request or a reimbursement request. All financial and personal details are encrypted. Financial and personal details are only visible by the volunteer requesting the funds, plus the financial administrators who review the payment or reimbursement and execute payment. After a funding request is marked “Paid,” the financial and personal data included in the request is deleted.
If you have questions about the handling or retention of personal or financial data on wordcamp.org, please email us and we’ll be happy to answer your questions.