WordCamp Europe Contributor Day: Brainstorm  

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. Europe is just around the corner, and so is 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/.—a chance for the WordPress community to come together, collaborate in person, and make real progress on key initiatives.

To ensure a productive and welcoming experience, the HostingHosting A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to make their website accessible via the World Wide Web. Team is organizing in advance. This includes identifying priority projects, setting up small working groups, and preparing to welcome new contributors.

How We’ll Structure the Day

Here’s the plan to make the most of our time together:

  • A small onboarding team (2–3 people) dedicated to welcoming and supporting first-time contributors.
  • A project lead for each initiative, responsible for guiding work and ensuring progress during the day.
  • Contributors, who would like to join specific projects.

If you’re planning to attend and contribute with the Hosting Team, please let us know:

  1. If you’d like to be part of the onboarding team.
  2. If you’re interested in leading a project.
  3. If you’re interested in joining a project as a contributor.
  4. If you have additional ideas or suggestions for the day.

Project Proposals for Contributor Day

We’ll finalize the list based on your input and attendance, but here are the projects currently under consideration:

  • Hosting Tests
    Connect with hosts attending Contributor Day who haven’t yet begun reporting, or who stopped some time ago. We’ll offering hands-on support to get them reporting.
  • Hosting Profiles
    We started last year at WordCamp Europe to think about how can we add more information of those hosts who already contribute and report through the Hosting Tests.
  • Onboarding Process
    Update and streamline the documentation and contributor pathway for new members of the Hosting Team.
  • Advanced Administration Handbook
    Contribute to the Hosting Team’s Advanced Administration Handbook, which collects best practices, recommendations, and operational guides for managing and scaling WordPress environments.
  • Hosting Handbook Review
    Identify outdated content, improve clarity, and fill gaps in our documentation for hosting contributors.

If you’ll be in Basel for Contributor Day and want to work with the Hosting Team, we’d love your input. Let’s make sure our time together has impact, supports our community, and welcomes new contributors with open arms.

Looking forward to seeing many of you there.