Not sure if you want to pop into 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/. to see what’s up with the 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.? Here’s the agenda for today’s chat.

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.: Stats, and 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. surveys. @chanthaboune will provide an update.

WCs: @andrea will do a stats update.

Banking Update: Creation of the new entity, banking setup etc is partly done. @andreamiddleton will give an update on what’s done, what we’re still waiting on, and what things need to change in orientations and documentation (instructions around contracts, invoicing sponsors, etc).

Global Sponsors: Andrea will update us on 2016 global sponsors so everyone knows what’s up.

Budget Template: @kcristiano has been working on a new budget template for WCs. Get a quick update on the status and primary differences from the old one.

Infrastructure Update: Plans for what we’re going to be changing on wordcamp.org and in associated tools. I’ll do this one.

Availability, who’s still active, and access levels: When (how much time) are deputies available for the coming month? We will start doing this check-in each month so that we can plan better instead of getting backed up unexpectedly when people get busy. We’ll also check in about what everyone thinks they are trained to do to make sure everyone is on the same page. If the meeting runs long, this part can be skipped and I’ll 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.” people individually.

P.S. @camikaos will be sending out our backlog of swag shipments this week. Next week she’ll be
adding people to the new swag store and we’ll set up revised training on the new swag store (running on woocommerce, requires a new login, etc) so that things can get back to normal on the swag front. Cami will also send out meetup swag packs.

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