Title: Core Team Reps for 2023: Submit Your Votes Author: Jb Audras Published: December 2, 2022 Last modified: December 5, 2022 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) [Jb Audras](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) 11:46 pm _on_ December 2, 2022 Tags: [team reps ( 21 )](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/team-reps/) # Core Team Reps for 2023: Submit Your Votes Two weeks ago [we opened up nominations](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/11/14/nominations-for-core-team-reps-2023-edition/) for new CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. Team Reps to replace [@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/) and me. Nominations have closed, so now it’s time for voting! You can find the poll below. Since we’re aiming to elect two reps, you can vote for up to two people. ## What Are Team Reps? In 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, each team has on average one or two representatives, abbreviated as _reps_. Some teams have more than two, but for the sake of sanity sticking with two for now keeps things simpler. And for the historians out there, the role goes [way back to 2012](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/team-reps/). Historically with the Core team, the 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. duration was around a year, though some reps stuck around longer if there was a particularly good fit. Anyone who serves as a “**team rep**” is responsible for communicating on behalf of the Core team to the other contributor groups via [weekly updates](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/), as well as occasional cross-team chats. Reps are also consulted on 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/](https://make.wordpress.org/) There are many teams that people can participate in, each with a different focus. [https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/](https://make.wordpress.org/support/handbook/getting-started/getting-started-at-a-contributor-day/), to help find someone on the Core team who will be at an event who can help lead a Core table.  [Full details on the Team Rep role is on the Team Update site.](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/team-reps/) **It is not called “team lead” for a reason.**  It’s an administrative role. While people elected as team reps will generally come from the pool of folks that people think of as experienced leaders, the team rep role is designed to change hands regularly. This role has a time commitment attached to it. Not a huge amount, but it’s at least one or two hours a week. Here are the main tasks: * Post the devchat agenda, host the chats, and summarize them. [More details on coordinating devchat are available in the Core handbook](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/tutorials/coordinating-devchat/). * Writing regular Core team recaps and posting it in the [Updates](https://make.wordpress.org/updates) blogblog (versus network, site). * Write the [Week in Core](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/week-in-core/) post. * Keeping an eye on the moving parts of the team to be able to report for quarterly updates ([example](https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2018/04/24/quarterly-updates-q1-2018/)). Then… let’s get ourselves two new reps! ## Where Can I Vote? [Vote here!](https://poll.fm/11253800) You can vote for up to two people at the same time, but once you have submitted your vote you won’t be able to vote again. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comments. [@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/) and I will be happy to reply. Thanks! This poll will remain open until [Friday, December 16, 2022 at 23:59 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20221216T2359), after which team reps will be chosen based on the votes received. **Co-authored by [@audrasjb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/audrasjb/) and [@marybaum](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marybaum/).** [#team-reps](https://make.wordpress.org/core/tag/team-reps/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/12/02/core-team-reps-for-2023-submit-your-votes/?share=threads) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/12/02/core-team-reps-for-2023-submit-your-votes/?share=mastodon) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/12/02/core-team-reps-for-2023-submit-your-votes/?share=bluesky) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/12/02/core-team-reps-for-2023-submit-your-votes/?share=x) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/12/02/core-team-reps-for-2023-submit-your-votes/?share=facebook) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2022/12/02/core-team-reps-for-2023-submit-your-votes/?share=linkedin) 1. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/290f2b7c28bb1f2b5a6ceccbfba43a7ee24abe3e2e0c35394f4be3d8f8c49c23? s=32&d=mm&r=g) 2. [Abha Thakor](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/) 11:48 am _on_ December 6, 2022 3. Hello, just seen this post. I got involved in coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. through the way Francesca and others encouraged people to take part in tickets, dev chat, handbook information etc, and I continue to encourage others to do so too. Thank you for the nominations for the 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. role and the messages from various people about standing. I thank people for their messages and their lovely comments about my input and contribution as a volunteer to the team. However, I do not wish to stand for a team rep in 2023. Good luck to those who are standing. 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