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Alex Cuadra 6:13 am on November 13, 2024
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Community Team November Meeting Recap

Attendance: @zinanga @nukaga @peiraisotta @harishanker @_DorsVenabili @sippis @tacoverdo @dpknauss @alexcu21 @rjekic @golosins @patricia70

Notes: 

This recap is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend, as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the Agenda for November and are held in our #community-team 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/. channel on Make WordPress.

You can find the meeting chat log here:


Please leave your comments if you have any feedback. 

Additionally, each agenda item discussed may have its own Make post related to its topic with more information, and you can add to the discussion directly to that post.

Chat Summary

Here are some discussion points from the meeting.

Highlights to Note

Here are a few things everyone should be aware of:

Some comments:

Taco Verdo asked who is organizing watch parties and about expected turnout. Rocío Valdivia responded that Devin (she/her) is coordinating the watch parties.

Open posts

Current open posts

Comments on open posts:

Isotta had encouraged to nominate for community team repTeam Rep A Team Rep is a person who represents the Make WordPress team to the rest of the project, make sure issues are raised and addressed as needed, and coordinates cross-team efforts. for 2025. 

Announcements / Newsletters

Some announcements: 

Open Floor

Isotta brought to our attention about: Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Expands to WordCamp Asia and WordCamp Europe!

The Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship will now be available for 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. Asia and WordCamp Europe, in addition to WordCamp US.

The scholarship is designed to support those who are passionate about contributing to WordPress, especially individuals who might otherwise face financial barriers to attending.

Next Meeting

Community Team Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month. There are two meetings to support different time zones. The meetings will take place on #community-team on Slack.

Call for Meeting Facilitators

The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursdays of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team, and is a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team.

If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps.


If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps:@peiraisotta, @Shusei, @leo, or @nukaga. 

#community-team-meeting, #community-team, #mentorship-cohort-oct-2024

Alex Cuadra 2:57 pm on October 10, 2024
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Community Team October Meeting Recap

Attendance: @nilovelez, @zinanga, @BobDunn-trainer, @patricia70, @matteoenna, @brandondove, @_dorsvenabili

Notes:

This recap is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the Agenda for October and are held in our #community-team 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/. channel on Make WordPress.

You can find the meeting chat log here:

Chat Summary

Here are some discussion points from the meeting.

Highlights to Note

Here are a few things everyone should be aware of.

Open Posts

Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts and comments.

The GatherPress project has made significant advancements since its initial proposal and continues to evolve through active collaboration. Regular updates are being shared with the community. Current 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. organizers are testing the project and providing feedback, expected by the end of the week. The team is in discussions with Ryelle from the MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. team and hopes to start the integration into 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/ soon. Additionally, @zinanga is excited to begin experimenting with a new group, allowing for real feedback to improve the project.

Announcements / Newsletters

Open Floor

The Contributor Mentorship program will begin on Monday, and participation is open to everyone in the community. Activities in the program are public, and members are encouraged to follow along, comment, participate, and even join calls in the #mentorship-cohort-oct-2024 channel. The program is not restricted to just 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. and mentees. Additionally, @patriciabt is leading a project to bring new contributors to BuddyPress and bbPressbbPress Free, open source software built on top of WordPress for easily creating forums on sites. https://bbpress.org., aiming to keep both projects active and thriving. @zinanga has expressed interest in participating and sharing their experiences.

There was a question about the new marketing expense guidelines for WordPress events. @brandondove suggested creating examples of acceptable marketing activities for organizers to use as a reference. @zinanga shared a link to the proposed changes and mentioned that some ideas were already recommended. @Rocío Valdivia added that @Fernando Lopez and @Paula Carmona are working on a draft with ideas on how to use the marketing funds, initially in Spanish. Rocío invited Brandon to coordinate with them to create an English version and share it on the Make Community blog for further feedback.

Next Meeting

Community Team Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month. There are two meetings to support different time zones. The meetings will take place on #community-team on Slack.

Call for Meeting Facilitators

The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursday of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team, and is a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team.

If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps.


If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps:@peiraisotta, @Shusei, @leo, or @nukaga. 

#community-team-meeting, #community-team

Alex Cuadra 5:09 pm on July 8, 2024
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Community Team July Meeting Recap

Attendance: @peiraissota, @matteoenna, @zinanga, @yogesh, @ciudadanob, @lucas, @patriciabt, @Lidia Marbán, @Devin(she/her), @nukaga, @gmrafi, @chaion07, @nhrrob, @aion, @Muhibul Haque, @alexcu21, @askdesign, @Taco Verdo (Yoast), @sumitsingh

Notes: 

This recap is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the Agenda for July and are held in our #community-team 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/. channel on Make WordPress.

You can find the meeting chat log here:

Please leave your comments if you have any feedback. 

Additionally, each agenda item discussed may have its own Make post related to its topic with more information and you can add to the discussion directly to that post.

Chat Summary

Here are some discussion points from the meeting.

Reactivating Inactive 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. Groups

There are some community members helping with reactivation in some cities like: Karachi, Pakistan, Buenos Aires, Argentina. This month we are reactivating 370 inactive meetup groups around the globe. Also, there are some shared experiences in how to help to tackle challenges on the existing groups.

First time attendees post

The team recently published this post: First time attendees a key measure of success for WordPress events is the percentage of first-time attendees.

WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program Q4 2024

A call for interest has been published here

Addressing overlapping projects

Addressing Overlapping Initiatives and Improving Collaboration Across Teams – An in-person meeting during 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. Europe was convened to address the overlapping initiatives among various WordPress contributor groups and explore ways to enhance collaboration and streamline efforts.

Events Financial summaries


The Events of the Month – March & April 2024 report has been published with the event financial summaries.

Ongoing Discussion needing feedback.

  1. Join the conversation about event sponsorship, and leave feedback about the Proposal for a Unified Sponsorship Initiative before July 10.
  2. Don’t miss the Proposal to integrate Slack workspaces from local WP Communities into Slack Enterprise Grid, and share feedback before July 12.

Meetup organizer newsletter

Meetup Organizer Newsletter: June 2024.

Community team meetings

A doubt was raised by community team members about the number of sessions per meeting. While other teams have only one session per meeting, they asked if the community team should also switch to one session each month instead of our traditional two sessions. 

Some attendees agreed, if the meeting is running asynchronously, one session is ok.

WordCamp Websites SEO 

@Taco Verdo brought a topic to the table:

“Something I’d like to bring to the attention is that our WordCamp websites need love, from an online marketing/SEO perspective. Old WordCamp websites are outranking current/upcoming WordCamps, WordCamp pages shared on social media don’t have proper descriptions/images, and quite a few more issues. Unfortunately, this is not a new problem, but I feel it’s important that we keep repeating the pain.” 

According to some attendees, this is something that requires attention in order to improve SEO in events sites.

Next Meeting

Community Team Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month. There are two meetings to support different time zones. The meetings will take place on #community-team on Slack.

Call for Meeting Facilitators

The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursday of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team, and is a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team.

If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps.


If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps:@peiraisotta, @Shusei, @leo, or @nukaga. 

#community-team-meeting, #community-team