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Kasirye Arthur 7:28 pm on October 7, 2025
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Community Team Meeting Agenda for 09 – October -2025

The Community Team chat takes place on the first Thursday of every month in the #community-team channel on 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/.. 

This meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in some of the things our team does. Feel free to join us, even if you are not currently active in the team!

Asia-Pacific / EMEA friendly meeting:Americas friendly meeting: You will find a preliminary agenda for the meeting below. 

If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps: @adityakane, @Arthur, @Shusei, or @webtechpooja. It does not need to be a blog post yet, the topic can be discussed during the meeting nevertheless. We use the same agenda for both meetings.

Check-ins: Program and Event Supporters / Contributors

  • What have you been doing and how is it going? 
  • What did you accomplish after the last meeting? 
  • Are there any blockers? 
  • Can other team members help you in some way?

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.

Reporting

Reporting a Misappropriation of Funds

Open Floor

This is your chance to discuss things that weren’t on the meeting agenda. 

We invite you to use this opportunity to share anything that you want with the team. If you currently have a topic you’d like to discuss, add it to the comments of this post and we will try to update the agenda accordingly.

Hope to see you on Thursday, either in the Asia-Pacific / EMEA (12:00 UTC) or Americas-friendly version (21:00 UTC) of the meeting!

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Nasim Miah 7:19 am on September 11, 2025
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Community Team September 2025 Meeting Recap

Attendance: @marutim @patricia70 @zinanga @Maruti @Webtechpooja @devmuhib @nilovelez @Mosescursor @muddassirnasim @alexcu21 @clk87

Notes: 

This recap is a summary of the Community Team’s 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 September 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 here:

  • APAC/EMEA:
    • Meeting Host – @zinanga
    • https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1756987272582539
  • AMER:
    • Meeting Host – @alexcu21
    • https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1757019591123369


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:

Highlights included Matt Mullenweg’s keynote, sessions on AI, accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility), and large-scale WordPress, plus a lively Sponsor Hall and community networking.

Open Posts

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

  • WordPress Credits Program Update
    The program is moving from alpha to betaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process., expanding beyond the pilot atthe University of Pisa. This fall, Fidélitas University (Costa Rica) will join with its first student cohort. The initiative aims to onboard more students by 2026 and welcomes support from educators, companies, and contributors.
  • WordPress 6.9 Roadmap
    In the August 27 Dev Chat, the WordPress 6.9 roadmap was published. Targeting a December 2, 2025, release. GutenbergGutenberg The Gutenberg project is the new Editor Interface for WordPress. The editor improves the process and experience of creating new content, making writing rich content much simpler. It uses ‘blocks’ to add richness rather than shortcodes, custom HTML etc. https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/ 21.5 is now available with improvements, and discussions are focused on adding a database index for enhanced performance and enhancing wp_die() with HTTPHTTP HTTP is an acronym for Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP is the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web and this protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. status codes.

Announcements / Newsletters

As with the 6.7 and 6.8 cycles, 6.9 will continue with a smaller, focused squad structure, ensuring collaboration across teams while keeping the release process efficient. This cycle also continues the experiment of merging MarComms Lead responsibilities with Release Coordination.

Open Floor

  • There was community interest in whether a future Community Summit is planned, as the last ones were in 2017 (WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event.) and 2023 (WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event.). Some contributors noted overlap with WCEU discussions on improving cross-team collaboration and contribution models.
  • @4thhubbard replied, Currently, there is no movement on P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. or formal planning for another summit. The idea can be revisited in the coming weeks with a more structured discussion.
  • Community members praised Kolhapur’s online contribution events, with interest in starting similar initiatives in the USA, the Americas, and LATAM (possibly in November). Organizers and contributors expressed enthusiasm and support to help make this happen.

Next Meeting

Community Team Meetings are held on 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 are 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: @Aditya Kane, @Arthur, @Shusei, and @Pooja Derashri.

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