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#  Tag Archives: meeting-times

 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sippis/) [Timi Wahalahti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sippis/)
7:43 am _on_ September 23, 2021     
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# 󠀁[Announcement: Changes in Community Team meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/09/23/announcement-changes-in-community-team-meetings/)󠁿

Already some time ago [@kcristiano](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kcristiano/),
[@angelasjin](https://profiles.wordpress.org/angelasjin/), and I [proposed changing the Community Team meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/08/03/proposal-updating-community-team-meetings/).
Given that all commenters were unanimous on changing the team meetings, here we 
go!

Starting from October, the Community Team is going to leave behind all of our current
meetings. The new meetings are geared more towards the Community Team members who
are out there running events and in general doing other things than admin work. 
All meetings are repeated twice on the same day for timezone considerations.

## Summary & timeline of the change

After 2021-10-07 all current team meetings will be removed from the Community Team
calendar. New meeting types are explained a little down below in this post. In short,**
these meetings will be replaced with three new ones:**

 * Community Team Meeting on the first Thursday of each month at 12:00 UTC and 21:
   00 UTC
 * Community Local Event Organiser meeting on the second week of each month, exact
   date and time will be chosen based on [Doodle poll](https://doodle.com/poll/58me8hbgwf282kx3?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link).
 * 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. and 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).
   Chats on the third week of each month, exact date and time will be chosen based
   on [Doodle poll](https://doodle.com/poll/zkb9scub2nt5g3rz?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link).

These new meetings will be rolled out gradually, to allow everyone to vote on new
times and adjust calendars. **The timeline for changes is:**

 * On 2021-10-07 last Team Meeting with the old structure.
 * On 2021-10-07 the poll for Mentor and Deputy Chats time closes.
 * On the week of 2021-10-18 first Mentor and Deputy Chat will take place.
 * On 2021-10-31 the poll for Community Local Organiser meeting time closes.
 * On 2021-11-04 first Team Meeting with a new structure.
 * On the week of 2021-11-08 first Community Local Organiser meeting will take place.

## New meeting types, places and times

### **Community Team meeting**

Meeting for anyone currently involved (event organisers, 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., 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).)
or who wants to get involved with the Community Team. Also the place for cross-coordination
between 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/](https://wordpress.org/) teams when needed.

Compared to the old team meeting, these new team meetings will have a shorter agenda
and more time for open floor discussions. Also, a place to spark new ideas on how
our community could be developed. Highlighted blog posts will be shared only at 
the end of the meeting.

The meeting takes place in [#community-team](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-team/)
SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/).
The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at [https://make.wordpress.org/chat/](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)
channel on the first Thursday of each month at 12:00 UTC and 21:00 UTC.

### **Community Local Organiser meeting**

Meeting for all local event organisers out there! Whether you are 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/).,
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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). or 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](https://doaction.org/). organiser or planning to organise an WordPress
event – this is the meeting for you!

The purpose of this meeting is to help and connect the local community organisers.
A place to share your best ideas, concerns and challenges with others. Or just to
reach out to the Community Team for some help. The meeting will have a light structure
and theme for each time.

The meeting takes place in [#community-events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/tag/community-events/)
Slack channel or in Zoom on the second week of each month. [Vote for the meeting time](https://doodle.com/poll/58me8hbgwf282kx3?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link)!

### **Mentor and Deputy Chats**

Meeting for all active WordCamp Mentors and Community Team Deputies.

Place for mentors and deputies to share knowledge with each other, talk about ideas
and challenges encountered in weekly work and get peer support.

The meeting takes place in Zoom on the third week of each month. [Vote for the meeting time](https://doodle.com/poll/zkb9scub2nt5g3rz?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link)!

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Thank you to everyone involved in the previous discussion! Feel free to comment 
on this post if you have any questions about the new meeting formats!

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sippis/) [Timi Wahalahti](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sippis/)
5:00 pm _on_ February 11, 2021     
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# 󠀁[Meeting times starting from 2021-02-18 and Daylight Savings Time](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/02/11/meeting-times-starting-from-2021-02-18-and-daylight-savings-time/)󠁿

Community Team Meeting times are changing based on the result of a [poll we had some time ago](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2021/01/20/request-for-feedback-community-team-meeting-times-for-2021/).
Both versions of the meetings are going to be held one hour later starting from 
our next meetings on 2021-02-18 (next week!). The day is not changing, it’s still
the first and third Thursdays of every month.

### **New times for the meetings are:**

**Asia-Pacific / EMEA friendly meeting: [12:00 UTC](https://time.is/compare/1200_18_Feb_2021_in_UTC)

Americas friendly meeting: [21:00 UTC](https://time.is/compare/2100_18_Feb_2021_in_UTC)

Changes will be reflected in our blog, 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](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/).
calendar and [make.wordpress.org/meetings](https://make.wordpress.org/meetings) 
calendar tomorrow latest. If you spot a place where old meeting times are told, 
please let me know in the comments.

### Daylight Savings Time planning

DST is here again and some parts of the world are moving their clocks. In previous
years, we have moved the meeting times accordingly one hour forward after EU/UK 
has started the DST on 2021-03-29.

What we should do this year, move the meeting times like we have done in the past
or stick with the same UTC times regardless of DST? Please share your opinion in
the comments!

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