Title: Welcome
Author: Cate DeRosia
Published: February 14, 2014
Last modified: August 22, 2025

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#  Welcome

## **Welcome!**

This is the home of the Make Community team for the WordPress open sourceOpen Source
Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available
and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing
model, see GPL. project!

Here is where we have policy debates, project announcements, and assist community
members in organizing events.

Everyone is welcome to comment on posts and participate in the discussions regardless
of skill level or experience.

## **Get Involved**

If you love WordPress and want to help us do these things, join in!

[**Find upcoming WordPress**](https://events.wordpress.org/) [**events**](https://events.wordpress.org/)

[**Find your local Meetup**](https://www.meetup.com/pro/wordpress/)

**Organize:**

 * [WordPress Campus Connect](https://events.wordpress.org/campusconnect/)
 * [Meetups](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/meetup-program-basics/)
 * [WordCamps](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer/become-an-organizer/)
 * [Creative WordPress Events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/community-deputy/other-event-formats/nextgen-wordpress-event/)
 * [Contributor Days](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/contributor-day/)
 * [Virtual Events](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/virtual-events/)
 * [do_action charity hackathons](https://doaction.org/)

## **Let’s Talk**

**Team Meetings** are held the **first Thursday** of every month at [**12:00 UTC**](http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=12&min=00&sec=0)
and **[21:00 UTC](http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?hour=21&min=00&sec=0)**
on **[Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/)** in 
[#community-team](http://wordpress.slack.com/messages/community-team/)(
same agenda).

## **Learn More**

Learn more about the work we do from:

 * [Team Handbooks](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/)
 * [Team Projects](https://make.wordpress.org/community/team-projects/)
 * [Diversity initiatives](https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/wordcamp-organizer/first-steps/inclusive-and-welcoming-events/community-inclusion-initiatives/)

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