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Cate DeRosia 5:48 pm on July 5, 2023
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WCUS 2023 Contributor Day: Help Needed!

Time again to start planning for the next Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/.!!!

The WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event. Contributor Team has contacted all of the team reps asking us to help with their new approach to organizing this year’s Contributor Day. To hopefully make contributing easier, they are asking teams who will be present

Who would like to be the main onboarding contact?

The Contributor Team is suggesting we designate a 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. (or active team member) as the go-to person to send new contributors to on the day of, to answer team questions and help with onboarding.

Who would like to be table leads?

Table leads can help in a variety of areas. They might keep discussion flowing, facilitate on-site onboarding or orientations, and/or help the contributors stick to the schedule for the day.

Who would like to lead a topical discussion?

Lastly, you may have a community-related topic that would be valuable to discuss as a team. Share your ideas here or as a comment on the What Should We Work On post. We can decide as a team what to include in the day’s agenda.

Comment below to let us know how you’d like to be involved in WCUS 2023 Contributor Day!

#community-team, #contributor-day, #wcus

Cate DeRosia 5:47 pm on July 5, 2023
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WCUS 2023 Contributor Day: What should we work on?

With less than 2 months to WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event. 2023, we have been asked to share our thoughts and goals with the Contributor Team.

So far this year we’ve had some robust discussions at both flagship WordCamps. Let’s keep that going!

Goal Setting

  • What would you like to see the team accomplish at WCUS this year?
  • What topics do you think we should focus on?
  • What goals would be impactful to our day spent collaborating together?

Planning Resources

Take a look back at what we’ve done so far, and think ahead to what direction we want to head toward for 2024.

Your Feedback is Invaluable

The Community Team thrives because of it diverse perspectives and rich discussions. Don’t stop now. Please comment your ideas below!

#community-team, #contributor-day, #wcus

Junko Nukaga 3:36 am on June 21, 2023
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WCEU 2023 Community Table Recap

Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/. was held on 8 June 2023 at 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. EU.

The community team created multiple sub-tables to discuss and work on several topics in a focused manner.

Here is a brief summary of the day’s discussions.

Contributor Working Group – Mentorship

Subgroup lead: Hari Shanker ( @harishanker )

We had 12 contributors who discussed the contributor mentorship program in detail. Shared ideas, and identified the next steps for the program. The mentorship program pilot dates have also been identified – our first cohort starts on July 12th! 

Improving Sponsorship Proposals

Subgroup lead: Taco Verdonschot ( @tacoverdo )

Discussion on how we can better describe the benefits sponsors are getting to create clarity for both sponsors and organizers. You can find the working doc in Google Docs. This will be added to/merged with the Handbook later.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in WordPress

Subgroup lead: Junko Nukaga ( @nukaga ) , Shusei Toda( @st810amaze )

We discussed what we perceive as challenges and actions we can take to promote diversity in our community. For example, how organizers can actively reach out to increase speaker applications from women, support from corporations, and sharing and encouraging active contributors to share their experiences. Also, promotion of Diversity Speaker training. 

Discussion about Next Generation WordCamp

Subgroup lead: Angela Jin ( @angelasjin )

Sixteen (16) people participated in the discussion. We discussed what Next Gen WordCamps are and how they came to be, the new challenges they bring and how we can address those, and also how they can be of excitement and benefit to the whole community. We explored new event formats and topics, and how sponsorship and contribution might work. People were invited to suggest new ideas for events, and to help the Community team improve its events tooling.

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. Orientation / Organizers Meetup

Subgroup lead: Isotta Peira ( @peiraisotta ), Francesco Di Candia ( @francescodicandia )

Orientation and vetting done for WordCamp Skopje (thanks to Stefano Cassone too)

Orientation done for two new Meetup

Budget Review for WordCamp Germany

Budget Review for WordCamp Leipzig

Documentation Update / Creating New Documentation

Subgroup lead:Megan Rose ( @megabyterose )

Had participation from 4 contributors, both in-person and remote.

We audited the Community Team Handbooks for clarity, typos, and other improvements. We fixed a broken link in the Virtual Events handbook.

We worked on migrating our old TrelloTrello Project management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example: https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing. goals boards from 2021 and 2022 into our new GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ repo. Shout out to Benjamin for spearheading that even though they’re a new contributor to our team! 

Those who participated

Contributor Working Group

@angelasjin , @harishanker , @cbringmann , @casiepa , @st810amaze , @tobifjellner , @tinuzzo , @estelaris , @milana_cap , @sergeybiryukov , @javiercasares , @clorith

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in WordPress

@tessclare , @unintended8 , @tacoverdo , @coachbirgit , @st810amaze , @nukaga

Discussion about Next Generation WordCamp

@vivamundo , @Mixali , @viobru , @lupoair , @afshanadiya , @megane9988 , @harishanker , @megabyterose , @nukaga , @tacoverdo , @st810amaze , @danmaby , @smarty66 , @tomlach

Meetup Orientation / Organizers Meetup

@francescodicandia , @peiraisotta , @deadpool76 , @davidsojic

Documentation

@benjamin_zekavica , @leogopal , @megabyterose , @robinwpdeveloper

Sponsorship proposals

@danmaby , @smarty66 , @Mixali , @tomlach , @tacoverdo 

Participated in Another Way

@kafleg , @sumitsingh , @vishalbhisara

About the Community Table at this WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. Contributor Day

Since there were many topics that the community team wanted to address, we asked each sub-table to have a lead who would be in charge of facilitating the work, and each sub-table was asked to facilitate their own work.

We set aside about a month for preparation, soliciting the topics and work to address, recruiting leads, and announcing the sub-tables, in order.

I would like to thank everyone who led the table leads and sub-tables this time.

For those who were unable to attend Contributor Day

If you were unable to attend the Contributor Day, the community team frequently discusses issues in the Make WordPress chat. We also have regular chat meetings at #community-team channel. We welcome input from anyone, so please join us on Make WordPress Slack.

Thank you @st810amaze @harishanker @tacoverdo @angelasjin @megabyterose @peiraisotta @francescodicandia @mysweetcate for your help in preparing for Contributor Day, the day of the event, and for this post.

#community-team, #contributor-day, #wceu, #wceu-contributorday

Jonathan Desrosiers 1:13 pm on April 19, 2023
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Cultivating More Effective Contributing on Contributor Days

Contributor Days are usually single day events focused on all things related to contributing to WordPress. They often accompany larger WordCamps, but are sometimes planned along smaller ones or even as ad-hoc events with specific focuses. People at all experience levels, backgrounds, specialties, etc. are welcome.

For larger or flagship (US, Europe, Asia) camps, various Make WordPress teams (CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., Community, Documentation, Polyglots, etc.) will have designated table leads to help orchestrate focused discussions or efforts. However, at many events the overwhelming majority of time at contributor dayContributor Day Contributor 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/. is usually spent in one of two areas:

  • Helping people decide which team’s mission and work speaks to them and fits their skill sets or passions
  • Onboarding people interested in specific teams in order to get started contributing

While these areas are very valuable and there should always be some amount of this at Contributor Days, it’s not necessarily the best use of the very limited amount of face to face time contributors have together in person. Even new contributors tend to get frustrated with the amount of time onboarding takes to reach a state where they can actually start contributing.

I fielded a unique request/feedback today from a new contributor. She indicated it took half the day to get everyone set up, then it was lunchtime, and after lunch people were getting sleepy. Add in that it took folks a while to rotate around through different teams to find what really spoke to them.  She wished we had a 2nd day for contribution time. I wonder if we could do a new contributor morning and then 1.5 days of actual work time for intl camps.

Feedback Courtney Robertson(@courane01) shared in the Making WordPress Slack

While adding a day could be an option for some camps to consider, WordCamps are already quite time intensive, even more so for those that have traveled a great distance to attend (which is the majority of attendees for flagship camps). The ability to extend the commitment of attending a 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. by even a half day is also not a privilege that everyone has for a variety of reasons, from financial constraints to social responsibilities. With these complexities in mind, the best ways to improve the effectiveness of Contributor Days will likely need to be focused on the time prior to the events themselves.

What’s Been Tried so Far

Though there are some planning and onboarding resources shared between WordCamps, they mainly fall into two buckets:

  • Logistical planning for organizers
  • Team specific documentation for team/table leads

There have also been some new contributor focused resources that have been created for specific events, but few if any have been reused in following events. Here’s a list of a few:

Specific teams have also created their own team specific resources related to Contributor Day:

After some back and forth between several contributors involved with many of the tools and efforts above in 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/. (@courane01, @desrosj, @oglekler, @st810amaze, @isabel_brison, @milana_cap, @sereedmedia, @harishanker, @webcommsat), the discussion was paused so this post could be published (posts are better at preserving discussions for historical reference).

Some other points, action items, and takeaways from the discussion so far (which you’re encouraged to go read in full):

  • All contributors can benefit from better documentation and onboarding any day of the year, not just Contributor Days.
  • Encouraging contributors to prepare for Contributor Day before arriving at the event would make the day itself much more valuable and productive.
  • Each team will have its own onboarding process and documentation. This should be compiled in a similar location for every team.
  • Collecting all onboarding information in one place will make it easier for Contributor Day organizers to communicate this information to attendees before the event.
  • Better descriptions of team duties and responsibilities with the proper global context would help new contributors determine which team they’d like to contribute to before arriving at the event.
  • Better summaries of the planned activities and focuses for each team at a specific Contributor Day beforehand would make it easier for contributors to determine which team they would like to contribute to before arriving at the event.
  • A uniform way to collect this team specific info would really help WordCamp contributor day / event organizers.
  • By Make Teams having more time to plan, they can also plan collaborations or joint discussions with other teams, eg. marketing team and training team have used contributor events to work jointly on tasks or discussions at an event, a suggestion has come from core to work on specific old tickets which attendees could read about before the event and may be relevant for other teams too
  • Bigger camps have much greater resources than smaller ones. Documenting and sharing the efforts from larger camps could enable more smaller camps to have Contributor Days, which teams from WordCamp Europe have tried to do.
  • Contributors that created tools related to Contributor Day have other responsibilities and often are unable to properly maintain them or make them flexible enough for other camps to use.
  • Sharing information with attendees 1 or 2 weeks prior is likely not enough time (especially camps that require further travel). But sharing 2-3 months in advance is likely too difficult (table leads may not be known, and registration may not have even opened yet).

And finally, some tangentially related items that were mentioned in the discussion:

Thoughts & Feedback

This post is not only meant to document the discussion and several action items that were identified, but also to gather any feedback from the wider community and volunteers with an interest in helping to complete the related initiatives. If you have any additional thoughts on this topic, please weigh in below!


Props @courane01, @desrosj, @oglekler, @st810amaze, @isabel_brison, @milana_cap, @sereedmedia, @harishanker, @webcommsat for participating in the original discussion, and @webcommsat, @annezazu, and @isabel_brison for peer reviewing this post prior to publishing.

#contributor-day, #contributors

Cate DeRosia 12:59 pm on February 14, 2023
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WordCamp Asia 2023 Contributor Day

Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/. is fast approaching and we couldn’t be more excited. We had some great suggestions and all of them seem worthwhile to pursue!

So how will the Community Team be using our time?

  1. We will provide space for #WPDiversity to meet with attendees who would like to hold an open discussion about diversity in the WordPress community in Asia. 
  2. Be available to attendees who have questions about starting a 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. or 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. in their area.
  3. Help any new contributors apply to the Meetup Reactivation project or to be a WordCamp MentorEvent 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..
  4. Improve the documentation 
  5. Discuss:
    1. What blockers prevent women from being involved as organizers and how can we support them?
    2. What people want to see on a WordCamp attendees page. What information would add value for other attendees?
    3. Discuss what the benefit and impact is of not allowing branded slides for WordCamp speakers, and why we should keep that rule.

Can’t attend in person?

Join the conversations that happen all year long in the Make Community 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/.. It’s simple to join and allows you to connect to all of the Make WordPress contributor teams!

Comment on the post to share your feedback, particularly around the two items we’ll be discussing. You’ll also have a chance to approve any updates to the handbooks so be looking for that opportunity.

Additionally, consider amplifying the event on your personal social media. I’ll be tweeting pictures from my @mysweetcate account using #CommunityTeam.

Thanks @devinmaeztri, @tacoverdo, @nukaga, @onealtr, and @peiraisotta for contributing to this post.

#meetups, #community-team, #contributor-day, #wordcamps

Cate DeRosia 9:15 pm on January 30, 2023
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WC Asia Contributor Day: What should we work on?

It’s that time again! Time to decide what to work on for WC Asia’s contributor dayContributor Day Contributor 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/.. Taco and I will be leading the team this year and we want to represent all of you and our goals well. Your feedback will help. Please comment your ideas below!

#contributor-day, #planning, #topics, #wcasia

Ryan Marks 10:12 pm on September 11, 2022
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Proposal: CampTix Attendee to Google Sheets integration

As a 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. organizer, I would like to see CampTix Attendee data populate in a Google Sheet instead of only being available as a downloadable CSV file. This would allow organizers to make a live set of data available for their needs including but not limited to on-demand badge printing.

Integration with on-demand badge printing solutions

I am an organizer of WordCamp US 2022 and am posting this during contributor dayContributor Day Contributor 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/.. Over the last 3 days, I observed the process we had in place between WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event. and the vendor we used to print our badges.

  • About two weeks before the event, a CampTix export was created.
  • Unnecessary columns in the export were removed leaving only the columns the vendor needed: name, pronouns, company, Twitter handle, and ticket type (attendee, sponsor, speaker, media, volunteer, organizer).
  • A review of the export was performed, by hand, and removed characters that the vendor couldn’t print (leaving only UTF-8 characters).
  • About one week before the event, the modified export was sent to the badge vendor.
  • The badge vendor uploaded our CSV file to Google Drive, and mapped the various columns to positions where text would appear on the badge.

Due to last minute changes to ticket details, the export from two weeks before the event was stale in a few cases:

  • Attendees that update their ticket information (name change, company change etc.) caused old information to still appear on the badge.
  • Attendees that refunded their ticket still had a badge available to be printed.
  • Attendees who purchased an available (recently refunded) ticket weren’t able to print their badge.

A manual process was necessary to update incorrect information, or add missing people to the vendor’s Google Sheet.

Organizers only need to create an “export” once

Recent exports I have in my Downloads folder

Over the course of planning a WordCamp, I find I am often pulling a fresh CampTix export. For the same reasons that I spelled out in the section above, an export becomes increasingly less valuable as time passes. While the CampTix Summarize tool is useful when looking for a count of attendees and how they answered a particular question, sometimes more specific information is needed. For example, it’s useful to see the attendee’s name and their answer, especially in the case of:

  • Microsponsors
  • T-shirt sizes
  • Life-threatening allergies
  • 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) needs

For me, the export CSV file isn’t usable until I open it in a spreadsheet application and I don’t have one installed on my computer. So, I end up uploading the file into my WordCamp’s Google Drive and open the file with Google Sheets before I can begin working with it. It would simplify the workflow by having the data immediately available in Google Sheets.

Integration Proposal

We already allow a non-logged user to access CampTix data through the Attendance UIUI UI is an acronym for User Interface - the layout of the page the user interacts with. Think ‘how are they doing that’ and less about what they are doing.. This proposal adds a new tab on the screen below called Export Integration. It would have a radio field titled Enabled and a text area field titled Secret Link similar to the screenshot.

CampTix Attendance UI

Once the Secret Link from the Export Integration is generated, it should be embedded inside the Google Sheets function IMPORTDATA() which would populate the sheet. If there are multiple use cases for Google Sheet integrations, additional Google Sheet files can be created that invoke the IMPORTRANGE() function. If only a select number of columns or rows are needed for a particular use case, the limited access use case could be wrapped by a QUERY(). Here’s an example that might make sense for the microsponsor scenario:
=QUERY(IMPORTRANGE("1gcuSqpN-x1NCn5ZaEKc_IhoBFQAlMhpjtjE1eUL4ZJo"),
"SELECT C, D, E WHERE B='Microsponsor'", FALSE)

Feedback

I’m seeking feedback on this proposal through the end of September. Please let me know if you have any questions or need clarification.

Thanks to @newyorkerlaura, @katiejrichards, and @jyoansah for their help editing this post.

#camptix, #contributor-day, #proposal, #wcus

Megan 1:13 am on September 6, 2022
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WordCamp US 2022 Contributor Day Plans

Can you believe WordCamp US is this week?! We are very much looking forward to seeing many of you at Contributor Day on Sunday! Thank you to all who shared ideas on what projects we could work on during our time together. Below is a summary of the projects we will be taking on! 💪

Projects marked with a 💻 emoji can be participated in remotely!

Projects for All Contributors

  • Apply to be a 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. or 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. Organizer during the morning session and attend a group orientation during the afternoon session.
  • Apply to be a Community DeputyProgram Supporter Community 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 attend an orientation.
  • Attend a Meetup Reactivation Roundtable discussion.
  • Review and update our Handbooks and help translate them to local languages. 💻

Projects for Experienced Contributors

  • Assist prospective Meetup Organizers in applying to organize a Meetup, vet them on the spot, and then lead a Meetup Organizer orientation during the afternoon session.
  • Assist prospective WordCamp Organizers in applying to organize a WordCamp, vet them on the spot, and then lead a WordCamp Organizer Orientation during the afternoon session.
  • Assist prospective Community DeputiesProgram Supporter Community 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. in submitting a Community Deputy Application, vet them on the spot, and lead an orientation.
  • Attend a Global Sponsorship Roundtable discussion.
  • Meetup/WordCamp/do_actiondo_action do_action hackathons are community-organised events that are focussed on using WordPress to give deserving charitable organisations their own online presence. Learn more on doaction.org. Vetting Sprint 💻
  • Respond to HelpScout emails. 💻

If you are attending WordCamp US 2022 and registered for Contributor Day when you purchased your ticket, we warmly welcome you to the Community Team table and look forward to contributing back to the community team together. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! 🎉

#contributor-day, #wcus

Megan 10:42 pm on August 15, 2022
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Call for Ideas: WordCamp US 2022 Contributor Day

WordCamp US 2022 is right around the corner and so is Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/.! Our team will have a presence at Contributor Day on Sunday, September 11, where both new and experienced Community Team contributors will work on our 2022 team goals. 🚀

Some of the goals we had for this year included:

  • 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. Group Reactivation (currently ongoing)
  • New Meetup 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. Program
  • Training for Meetup/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. Organizers

And of course, we always have our ongoing work supporting 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., WordCamps, and other events across the globe. 🌏🌍🌎

Now, we’d like to hear your ideas! What kind of tasks should we focus on? 

You can look at what we planned for WordCamp Europe’s Contributor Day earlier this year for inspiration. ✨ We’d especially like to hear DeputiesProgram Supporter Community 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.’ ideas for what activities first-time contributors can take part in. (Keep in mind that some of our ongoing work requires access which might pose challenges!)

#contributor-day, #wcus

Julia Golomb 8:16 pm on July 7, 2022
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Contributor Teams: Submit WCUS 2022 Table Leads Signup Form by July 29

Calling all Contributor Teams! Planning is underway 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. U.S. (WCUSWCUS WordCamp US. The US flagship WordCamp event.) 2022 Contributor DayContributor Day Contributor 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/., to be held on September 11, 2022 in San Diego, California.

By July 29, 2022, please submit the Contributor Day Table Leads signup form to let us know your team’s WCUS Contributor Day plans.

If your Contributor Team has subteams, please ensure that you coordinate with them before filling out the form.

Check out the WCUS 2022 Information for Table Leads page for more details!

Important Dates

  • Starting Now: Identify your Table Lead(s), Table Onboarder, and 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/. Rep and let us know by filling out this form. If your team has subteams, please ensure that you coordinate with them as well before filling out the form.
  • July 29th: This is the last day to confirm that you’re going to be represented at Contributor Day. If we don’t hear back by this date, we cannot guarantee that there will be a dedicated space for your team.
  • August 12th: Please let us know what you’ll be working on and if there are any specific times attached to those things.

Attendees’ Preliminary Interest in Contributor Day

When purchasing WCUS 2022 tickets, registrants were asked which team they would like to contribute to during WCUS Contributor Day. Here are their responses:

Contributor Team & Number of WCUS registrants who expressed interest

  • Not Sure: 399
  • CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress.: 52
  • Marketing: 40
  • Design: 33
  • Community: 31
  • 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): 24
  • Hosting: 23
  • Training: 20
  • Documentation: 20
  • WP-CLIWP-CLI WP-CLI is the Command Line Interface for WordPress, used to do administrative and development tasks in a programmatic way. The project page is http://wp-cli.org/ https://make.wordpress.org/cli/: 11
  • Support: 10
  • Testing/Flow: 7
  • Polyglots: 6
  • Theme Review: 5
  • PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party Review: 5
  • WordPress TV: 4
  • Photo Directory: 4
  • 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.: 4
  • Tide: 1
  • Openverse: 1

Questions about WCUS 2022 Contributor Day?

Comment here or pingPing The act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” your Contributor Team liaisons in Make WordPress Slack.

  • Christina Workman (@amethystanswers in Slack): Liaison to Core, Design, Mobile, Themes, Plugins, Meta, Test, CLICLI Command Line Interface. Terminal (Bash) in Mac, Command Prompt in Windows, or WP-CLI for WordPress., Hosting, Tide
  • Julia Golomb (@julia in Slack): Liaison to Community, A11yAccessibility 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), Polyglots, Documentation, Training, Openverse, TV, Marketing, Photos, Support

Update: The Contributor Team Liaisons (@amethystanswers, @juliarosia and @jenniferswisher) will attend upcoming Contributor Team meetings to share the information contained within this post and encourage teams to complete the Table Leads signup form by July 29.

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