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Lidia Arroyo Vargas 3:02 pm on November 6, 2024
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Impact and Growth: First Year of the Community Reactivation Project in Latin America

Context

The WordPress Latam Community Reactivation Project was launched nine months ago to revive and strengthen WordPress communities across Latin America. With a vision to foster collaboration, mutual learning, and active member participation, this initiative aims to empower individuals, build strategic alliances, and create consistent monthly events that engage, connect the community, and activate local leaders and communities in the region.

Key Achievements

The WP Latam team has driven the growth and reactivation of WordPress communities across Latin America, creating spaces for mentorship, teaching, and collaboration. Today, more people of all ages are connected and have access to technology in their language and time zone, strengthening this supportive regional network.

Key Results

  1. Community Reactivation: We reactivated communities in:
  2. Community Expansion: Additionally, new communities were formed in:
  3. Support at WordCamps: WP Latam provided support at events like WordCamp Bogotá and WordCamp Guatemala, managing social media, registration, and volunteers. It also led contributor tables in marketing, support, and community.
  4. Regional Communication Channels: With Telegram (+150 members), social media, and email, we facilitated connection and learning throughout the region.
  5. Regional Latin American Meetup: This monthly space connects communities, showcasing local achievements and specialized topics in WordPress, development, and marketing.

Impact on Communities in 2024

  • Continuous Mentorship: Local 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. support leaders in organizing events and developing strategies.
  • Regional Collaboration Network: Active exchange of best practices and resources between communities.
  • Structured Training: Monthly 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. sessions with high-value educational content.
  • Empowerment of New Leaders: New leaders have emerged, expanding communities and motivating others.

Key Contributors

Next Steps in 2025

  • Expanding WordPress events in San José (Costa Rica), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Nicaragua, and other cities.
  • Podcast featuring inspiring stories from the community.
  • Virtual Contributor Latam event.
  • Series of events for training new WordPress Event and 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.

The WP Latam mentorship team has significantly shifted collaboration and visibility for WordPress in Latin America. We’ve joined forces in a strong network that grows our community and fosters technology access for all!

Thanks to @peiraisotta and @_dorsvenabili for inspiring, mentoring, and supporting this initiative!

The following people contributed to this post: @lidarroy, @alexcu21, @sion99, @josvelasco, @arburola, @_dorsvenabili

#community-team, #community-management, #meetups, #wordcamps, #latam

#2024, #reactivation, #recap, #wplatam

Julia Golomb 6:17 pm on September 19, 2023
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From Japan to Rome: Recent and Upcoming Next Generation WordPress Events

WordPress events spark innovation and adoption by way of accessible training and networking for users, builders, designers, and extenders. We celebrate community by accelerating 21st-century skills, professional opportunities, and partnerships for WordPressers of today and tomorrow.

– Purpose Statement, WordPress Community Events Program

The WordPress community is buzzing with innovation, and Next Generation WordPress Events are at the heart of it!

The Community team continues to encourage WordPress enthusiasts around the world to organize creative events that align with the above purpose statement. The ‘Next Generation WordPress Events’ project invites you to think beyond the traditional 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. format, and consider what sort of unique event – whether in-person or virtual – would meet the needs of your particular community. For inspiration, check out this recent post with ideas for NextGen WordPress events.

With this purpose in mind, we are excited to let you know about three upcoming and two recent NextGen events that are shaping the future of WordPress.

Three upcoming NextGen events

September 29, 2023: WordPress Community Day in Rome, Italy

This one-day event will focus entirely on the activities of the WordPress Community Team, and will provide support and practical tools to people who organize local 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. or WordCamps (or would like to start doing so), or who would like to propose talks, panels and workshops, but do not know how to begin. There will be opportunity to discuss improvements to documentation in Italian to support organizers, and to explore new event formats such hackathons, do_actions, and NextGen events. Participants will share experiences and develop a deeper understanding of which tools and best practices can help build a stronger WordPress community.

September 30, 2023: WordCamp Gdynia

This one-day WordCamp in Gdynia, Poland has a unique focus: ‘Optimization: Work and WordPress’. Speakers will present various approaches to this topic, and participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, connect with other WordPress enthusiasts, and develop practical knowledge.

October 22, 2023: WordCamp (NextGen Event) Tegal

This one-day “Scale Up” workshop in Tegal, Indonesia will focus on enhancing participants’ WordPress skills for the enterprise world. Approximately 50 local WordPress enthusiasts will gather to learn from four experienced WordPress experts who will serve as 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 facilitators. By attending this workshop, participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to make the most of WordPress for enterprise purposes.

Two Recent NextGen Events

Community Building Workshop in Japan

This monthly Community Building workshop series brings together Japanese contributors to develop community leadership skills. They have held two events so far: at the August workshop, participants shared tips about sustaining a successful WordPress 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. At the recent September workshop, participants discussed the GPLGPL GPL is an acronym for GNU Public License. It is the standard license WordPress uses for Open Source licensing https://wordpress.org/about/license/. The GPL is a ‘copyleft’ license https://www.gnu.org/licenses/copyleft.en.html. This means that derivative work can only be distributed under the same license terms. This is in distinction to permissive free software licenses, of which the BSD license and the MIT License are widely used examples. (general public license) and trademarks. To cater to the Japanese audience, the team uses two platforms: their Meetup.com page for registration, and the event website for promotion. Here is a recap of the first event, in Japanese.  

WordCamp Bengaluru

Video: Percussion at the opening of WordCamp Bengaluru. Published under CC0, video by Arun Shenoy.

Held on July 29, 2023, this one-day WordCamp Bengaluru was organized a little differently than a traditional WordCamp.The event’s tracks combined panel discussions, workshops and lightning talks, and the event was infused with traditional local culture. It kicked off with percussion and floral arranging; and instead of an after party, attendees were invited to join a historical walk of Bengaluru. A full recap of the event can be read here.

Image: Attendees of NextGen WordCamp Bengaluru

It’s Your Turn!

Are you inspired to organize a NextGen WordPress event in your community or online? Apply to organize a NextGen event!

Have you attended a NextGen WordPress event, or do you have an idea for a future event? Share your experiences, hopes, ideas, and questions in the comments below!

Thank you to @deadpool76, @devinmaeztri, @kharisblank, @motylanogha, @nukaga and @yoga1103 for contributing to this post!

#community-event, #next-gen-events, #recap

Devin Maeztri 11:00 am on August 2, 2023
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Recap: Inaugural NextGen Pilot Events

In early July 2023, the first two NextGen WordPress pilot events were held in Leipzig, Germany, and Sevilla, Spain. Both events experimented with a one-day, small-scale format that can be easily organized, replicated, and enjoyed by the community.  

The event in Leipzig was a local 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. (WordCamp Leipzig 2023) through which the organizer, Robert Windisch, aimed to demonstrate that a small and simple local WordCamp is achievable and can ignite the community. This WordCamp did not have a welcome dinner or after party, nor did they not provide swag or badges. 

Nilo Velez, the organizer of WordCamp Sevilla 2023, also delved into experimentation and organized WordPress Day in only 20 days. Since WordCamp Sevilla was already in planning, the WordPress Day event was announced on the WordCamp Sevilla site.

Event Format

The organizers of both events were experienced and had a clear vision for their respective gatherings. Robert aimed to organize a small and intimate, low-budget yet high-quality conference that introduced a diverse range of speakers.

Nilo organized a 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/. with selected 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/ projects (Support, TV, and Polyglots) that required specific tools, addressed clear tasks, and needed a large number of volunteers. Nilo hopes to continue holding similar events at universities, schools, or town halls.

Photo courtesy of Bernard Kau

Attendees

Each event hosted approximately 30-40 attendees. Unfortunately, we received only a small number of responses to the Attendee Satisfaction Survey: 9 responses from Leipzig and 12 from Sevilla.

Out of the 9 respondents from Leipzig, only 2 reported being first-timers to a WordPress event, while all 12 respondents from Sevilla were returnees. All but one respondent have used WordPress for more than a year.

All 12 respondents from Sevilla stated that they were ‘very likely’ to recommend the event to others. In Leipzig, 6 respondents were ‘very likely’ to recommend the event, while the rest were ‘likely’ to recommend it.

Takeaways

  • From these pilot events in Leipzig and Sevilla, we learned that organizing a small WordPress community event, larger than 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., is both achievable and desirable.
  • Although the events were smaller than regular WordCamps, local sponsors can still contribute alongside global community sponsors. Both events received support from a couple of local sponsors.
  • The events confirmed that Community team contributors know how to effectively organize conferences and contributor days. Therefore, our challenge is to see if we can experiment with a format that we haven’t yet seen within our WordPress ecosystem.
  • We also noticed that more attendees were returnees rather than first-time attendees. What can we do to attract new audiences to our events?
Photo courtesy of Nino Velez

Share Your Ideas

If you are keen to see innovative event formats and topics happening in your area, you can start now! Share your ideas with us, and we will support you in making them happen. You can submit your ideas via the Ideas Form and then chat with us on how we can provide assistance.

Thank you to @kau-boy, @juliarose, @harmonyromo, @nilovelez, @_dorsvenabili, and @nullbyte for contributing to this post!

#community-event, #next-gen-events, #recap

Hugh Lashbrooke 9:46 am on May 18, 2017
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Community Team chat summary – 18 May 2017

This is the recap for the Community Team chat for the EU/Asia-Pacific timezones at 8:00 UTC. There will be a second meeting with the same agenda at 20:00 UTC as well. Here is the agenda and here are the Slack logs.

Items discussed:

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. check-in

  • @divyadeepsawhney and @imnok have signed them deputy agreement, but not heard back yet. @_dorsvenabili will respond to that today about next steps.
  • @kenshino will pick up another 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. to 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. soon.
  • @emanuel_blagonic is ready to mentor another WordCamp (or more than one!).
  • @mayukojpn is working hard at managing WordCamp 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. in the Asia-Pacific timezones.
  • @drebbitsweb has been involved in a lot more 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. orientations and will be taking them by himself soon.
  • I will be finishing the deputy training for @adityakane and @carl-alberto tomorrow, so they can get started in Help Scout from next week.

Keeping up with the Community 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/.
It has been mentioned recently that some 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. are not (or are struggling to) keep up with this P2. It is very important for deputies to keep up to date with things on here, so we discussed how we can help with this. An idea that was suggested and can be easily implemented is a consistent tag be used for important posts that must be highlighted for deputies – we can then have a feed of that tag’s posts in a sidebarSidebar A sidebar in WordPress is referred to a widget-ready area used by WordPress themes to display information that is not a part of the main content. It is not always a vertical column on the side. It can be a horizontal rectangle below or above the content area, footer, header, or any where in the theme. widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user., so it will bu automatically updated.

Help Scout access
The issue of security with regards to so many people having access to Help Scout was brought up. This is something that requires further discussion and a decision must be made about who we give access to going forward.

Community Summit and WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. 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/. prep

  • @_dorsvenabili will publish a post about the Community topics for the Community Summit and we can discuss those on there.
  • Once myself, @andreamiddleton and @kcristiano (the Community Team leads for the WCEU Contributor Day) have discussed things a bit further, we will post about the plans and open that up for discussion as well.

Highlighting posts
We highlighted a few P2 posts for deputies to take note of and encouraged discussion to take place in the post comments instead of 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/..

These meetings are held in the first and third Thursday of each month according to the schedule in the sidebar here. Meetings are held at 8:00 and 20:00 UTC in #community-team in Slack.

#meetings #recap

#agenda, #meeting

Cami Kaos 10:13 pm on April 6, 2017
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20 UTC Community Chat notes

April 6 2017 20:00 UTC Community Chat edition – notes for those who couldn’t make it.

This is a #recap for those who couldn’t make the Community Chat. Join us in the#community-team channel for real time discussion. Not 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/. yet? Sign up here.

Our agenda based on the morning’s agenda

  • Can and should we increase the frequency of meetings from monthly?
  • Open discussion about 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. naming conventions
  • Managing 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., it would be good to find someone else to manage mentors in the EU/Asian timezone
  • _This was on the agenda, but did not quite get discussed_ Roles & Responsibilities and naming conventions of groups within Community Team – e.g. Who’s WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each.?

Other requests for the agenda that were not reflected in the morning meeting

  • collaborate with the Polyglots on the Rosetta Outreach project.
  • have check-ins on the progress of the 2017 goals.
  • a discussion of whether we still need/want monthly reports
  • changing/modifying the language in the code of conductCode of Conduct “A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the norms, rules, and responsibilities or proper practices of an individual party.” - Wikipedia to reflect gender expression

Topic 1 – Can and should we increase the frequency of meetings from monthly? – https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1491509190670362

General consensus was that twice monthly meetings would be good with @miss_jwo pointing out that it would depend on the focus of them and @kcristiano pointing out that we wouldn’t want bi-weekly reports.

@remediosgraphic asked if we would continue with the two separate meetings for different timezones. general consensus was yes.

@chanthaboune moved that we vote on it on the p2 so others have a chance to weigh in.

Topic 2 – Open discussion about WordCamp naming conventions – https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1491509605805959

The morning session of the chat focused primarily on the URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org structure but touched on the city/country debate as well.

@remediosgrphic brought up WordCamp Netherlands but stated that Costa Rica (also a small country) agrees with the city naming convention.

@krcistiano stated the naming convention should be a guideline not a rule, but that country naming would be super hard to justify.

It was discussed that not a small part of the reason for city based WordCamps is to avoid locked in organizers that act as a controlling force in the community.

@slash1andy asked what happens when there are 2 different groups both wanting to organize a country camp

@myinternetscout proposed there should be some threshold before a country WC could be considered. Also asked about State named camps.

@kcristiano asked if we should have a p2 post on this topic to prep for this year’s community summit.

There was a reminder that no binding decisions are made on slack and that this discussion will evolve over the years and be held at Community Summit. For full details of this portion of the conversation see slack link above.

Topic 3 – mentors in the EU/Asian timezones – https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1491510753180972

We need more of them and we need someone to partner with @brandondove to wrangle them

Mentioned that Cami and Brandon are working with Corey on a tool to make mentoring a bit easier

Brandon brought up that @mayuko volunteered to be 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. wranglerWrangler Someone, usually a person part of event organizing team, who looks after certain things like budget or sponsors. for Asia

Jenny suggested we have one mentor wrangler per region (Americas, Europe, Asia)

Reminder that we’re accepting more awesome 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.

Topic 4 – roles and naming of WordCamp volunteers – https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1491511424398804

1. We have the Global Community TeamGlobal Community Team A group of community organizers and contributors who collaborate on local events about WordPress — monthly WordPress meetups and/or annual conferences called WordCamps. which is all volunteers who work on WordCamp/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. applications, mentoring, or training.
2. WordCamp Central can mean the community p2 or roughly anyone who has to be on the bank account so they can sign contracts.
The folks who can sign contracts are part of the Global Community Team

A discussion of what “WordCamp Central” and “Central” means to different people. This will take further discussion, clarification, and agreement. And we’ll need to train ourselves and others on how to refer to the team and parts of the team.

And a glossary would be helpful

Additional topics – We didn’t get to additional topics and they will need to be discussed later

Open Q&A –

@kcristano asked about the proposal for changing/modifying the language in the code of conduct to reflect gender expression and whether we’re looking to revamp the CoCCode of Conduct “A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the norms, rules, and responsibilities or proper practices of an individual party.” - Wikipedia or get approval on that minor change.

@chanthaboune answered that we’re looking at that minor change

cami suggested we discuss the change on a p2 or at the Summit where a decision can be made and we can move forward with the update.

in attendance: @chanthaboune @camikaos @nowellvanhoesen @brandondove @yaycheryl @thabotswana @sheriebeth @miss_jwo @kcristiano @remediosgraphic @slash1andy @myinternetscout

You can read the full chat here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1491508769525185

#meetings #recap

#agenda, #meeting

Mayo Moriyama 2:51 pm on April 6, 2017
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Notes from the community team chat for Asia/Pasific/everyone on April 6th

Today we had a first community team chat for Asia/Pasific/everyone! 🌏🌎🌍🙌 @kenshino did great facilitator, Thanks a lot! Let me share the summary:

Monthly Stats

Frequency of meetings

  • Backgroud: @kenshino proposed. Currently we do monthly meeting. A lot of 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. are volunteers who only can help a couple hours per week, so we won’t use much energy for frequent meeting.
    On the other hand, Asia is a growing region and some people have always felt that missing monthly meetings meant not getting even eyes on issues that needed to be discussed.
  • Needs opinion: How often should we have meeting?
    Please add comment on this post 📝
    • once a week
    • one every two weeks
    • (I don’t see the opinion for keeping monthly)

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. naming

  • Background: @mayukojpn proposed this topic originally. Recently we saw a opinion about event name (city name vs country name) in Europe, but how in Asia? Do you have opinion or issue with event name? (at least we discussed in Japanese community sometimes)
  • Decision: nothing at that time.
  • note: This time we actually talked about URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org structure (2017.city.wordcamp.org) not event name. It happened because I didn’t explain what I expected when we start this topic (sorry!). So Mayo will propose this topic again at next meeting with preparing my question. About URL structure if anyone have better idea, let’s suggest!

Extra 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. manager

  • Background: @_dorsvenabili proposed as we’re getting bigger and more global, it would be good to have one extra super deputyProgram Manager Program Managers (formerly Super Deputies) are Program Supporters who can perform extra tasks on WordCamp.org like creating new sites and publishing WordCamps to the schedule. to assign/manage/train new 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. the EU/Asian timezone.
  • Decision: @mayukojpn raised hands and was recommended during meeting (Thanks!) to become a mentor manager of EU / Asia time zone. If there are no objection Mayo will contact to @brandondove and start working for it.

Next meeting

  • Next meeting will be next week or two weeks later on Thursday, depends on the answer of “Frequency of meetings”.
  • Talk about skipped topic:
    • Roles & Responsibilities and naming conventions of groups within Community Team – e.g. Who’s WordCamp CentralWordCamp Central Website for all WordCamp activities globally. https://central.wordcamp.org includes a list of upcoming and past camp with links to each.?
    • Open discussion about event name (How define your event name/area?)

We saw these people during the meeting. If you want to add anything to this summary, please add comment 😉 @kenshino @_dorsvenabili @imnok @ibonazkoitia @mayukojpn @nielslange @thewebprincess @gounder @francina @ivankristianto @drebbitsweb @emanuelblagonic @mercib @miss_jwo @adityakane

#asiapacific, #meeting, #recap

#agenda

jerrysarcastic 9:30 am on July 13, 2014
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ModSquad Hangout Recap

Howdy ModSquad! Great hangout chat in IRC yesterday, and awesome to get a chance to talk with you all. If you weren’t able to make the chat, you can find a full log of what we discussed, but here’s a recap of some of the high points:

Foreign Language videos

We are always looking to add mods who are native speakers, but in the absence of that, non-English videos tend to languish. Let’s reverse that trend by doing the best we can to get those out as fast as we can by:

  • Lifting descriptions from the 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. site as-is (no Google Translate!) and add a link to slides if we can.
  • If we need a description for the talk, take it from the WordCamp site as-is as well, adding the speaker names to match our standard formatting.
  • Viewing the video for technical issues (lighting, sound, etc)

If we can do those things, then the video is ready to publish. We can always have someone double-check it later, but let’s not hold them hostage like we do now.

Curating content

We had a good discussion around how to better feature the that truly represent the best of what WordCamp is about: Great presentations, educational content, and though provoking discussions. We see these every day, but the way wordpress.tv is set up now, they get lost pretty easily once they fall off the home page.

One idea, which is not quite ready for implementation is curating content for syndication to other outlets (YouTube, G+, Facebook, etc.) as well as publishing here. The other thing we can do is to start making use of blog.wordpress.tv as a place to post “Staff Picks” blog posts, which I’d like to kick off soon. Any volunteers to go first? Let me know in the comments.

Helping WordCamps directly

We discussed how a large number of videos never make it to wordpress.tv. One big pain point is the difficulty in getting good videos (clear picture, sound, etc.) that are publishable. We reject a lot of videos over issues of quality; one way we can help with this is to get better documentation in place for WordCamp organizerswho are not video expert necessarily—to help them to take better quality video.

On the other side, one reason we never see video submissions in the first place is that it is hard for WordCamp organizers to find the necessary time and resources to do post-production. Sadly many videos end up in this graveyard, and as mods we never see them, but one way we can help is by actually doing the post-production centrally (powered by fearless mods) to take this off organizers hands.

The dream scenario here would be to have video uploaded to wordpress.tv the same day as the event, have mods perform simple edits like trim the ends, add titles, etc. Once that is done, we could publish them right away, instead of months later (or not at all) as happens currently.

Get involved!

If you have a passion for docs, a background in video, experience in videoing 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./camps, or can recommend a friend, speak up! We are moving forward on docs and post-processing support, and would love your help.

Phew, that was quite a recap. Again, thanks to everyone that made is (plus anyone who was there in spirit) and I will see you in the queues!

#docs, #hangouts, #i18n, #post-processing, #recap, #wordpress-tv