Notes: Global Marketing Team meeting, November 16, 2022

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1. Welcome and introduction

These summary notes focus on key items and actions from the meeting and assist with asynchronous contribution to the Global Marketing Team. For those unable to attend a meeting due to time zone issues, please do join the discussion threads after the meeting and send your updates.

  • The meeting discussions on the Marketing team channel start at this message in the Make WordPress Slack. You can add to the threads if you were unable to attend the meeting live. If an update relates to a task, please also update the relevant GitHub card on the GitHub tasks board. This is the main project tracking area for the team.
  • The agenda followed for the meeting on November 16, 2022. GitHub card #123 for the week
  • The meeting was facilitated by Team Reps: @nalininonstopnewsuk, @lmurillom, @eidolonnight 
  • Meeting notes: @majaloncar and @webcommsat
  • Notes Editor/Review: @nalininonstopnewsuk and @lmurillom
  • For those new to the team, the New Contributor Orientation section of the Handbook can be a good place to start. You can also visit the team’s GitHub task board and join any card you are interested in. All you need is a GitHubGitHub GitHub is a website that offers online implementation of git repositories that can easily be shared, copied and modified by other developers. Public repositories are free to host, private repositories require a paid subscription. GitHub introduced the concept of the ‘pull request’ where code changes done in branches by contributors can be reviewed and discussed before being merged be the repository owner. https://github.com/ account, and then you can add a comment to the relevant card.

2. Getting to know each other

  • Meeting attendees: participants can be viewed in this Slack thread. We welcome people from across all time zones to participate.
  •  In this part of the agenda we focus on team building. It is open to existing team members, new contributors and people from other teams that come to marketing regularly.
    Social question of the week from @nalininonstopnewsuk. Have you ever made a cake? What was your favorite and one you can recommend it to make? And of course, those who follow the meeting more regularly will know, could the next cake you bake make a good photo for #WPPhotos? For the new people joining today, do add your comments to this and any other item on the agenda. Can I have some cake and dessert emojis please? Read replies from the team on this Slack thread.

3. Volunteer to be a notetaker or a coffee break facilitator

a) Notes

Thank you to our notetaking volunteers for the next few weeks. How to information for the team’s notes are available in the Marketing Team Handbook.

The GitHub card for all aspects of each week’s meeting and any collaboration are linked in the list below by date. If you have suggestions for the agendas for these meetings or have an update you can give asynchronously, you can also add them to the card for the relevant week. There are contributors available to help anyone get started with the team GitHub, message in the main Marketing slack channel and include @nalininonstopnewsuk in your message.

Notetakers for coming weeks – join our group of contributors who help with notes by volunteering when you see a call for note-takers during our meetings, or by adding your name to the weekly GitHub card.

23 November 2022 GitHub #124 –  @ugyensupport

30 November 2022 GitHub #125 – @slspeller911

Opportunity: You can volunteer to be on the rota/ roster by adding your name and the week to the notes planning card #138. There are some slots available in December.

Update from @nalininonstopnewsuk

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for November and some dates in December. There are still opportunities to volunteer. You can find the rota at this GitHub card 138, as Larissa has linked to above. The meeting on 28 December will not take place.

b) Help to facilitate a coffee break?

We are looking for contributors to open the virtual coffee break for the bi-weekly coffee break.

Check out the GitHub card #23 and add your name to the list! Read the updated guide on facilitating a coffee break and volunteer. More on the next coffee break in the diary dates section of the meeting.

The team is exploring restarting a coffee break to enable more people from different time zones to participate. This could be alternating between an early and a late UTC coffee break. We use UTC as WordPress.org is a global 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. You can add comments and if you would be interested in an early UTC coffee break to the discussion on GitHub card #137.

4. Marketing project and task updates

i) 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. nominations

Updates from @nalininonstopnewsuk @eidolonnight and @lmurillom

The timetable was discussed and opportunity for further views to be expressed, in addition to the GitHub card where progress and discussion has been taking place. This GitHub card has also been highlighted since October to encourage interest in the process and nominations. Some changes were made to allow for the Thanksgiving holidays in the US.

The dates:

  • By 16 November 2022: publish post on the Marketing blog and highlight in the team meeting at 15:00 UTC.
  • 6 December 2022, 09:00 UTC: close nominations and confirm with those who have been nominated, if they wish to be considered for 2023 before making an announcement on election nominees or results if no election is needed. Share a list of nominations in the Slack and update this post. A link to how to vote, if needed, will be shared during the global Marketing Team meeting. This will give anyone unable to attend an opportunity to vote after the meeting.
  • 14 December 2022, 09:00 UTC: if an election is needed, this will run until this date and time. Results will be announced in the team meeting on 14 December at 15:00 UTC.

The post for 2023 team rep nominations and the timetable was published after the meeting https://make.wordpress.org/marketing/2022/11/16/2023-team-rep-nominations-for-marketing/

The team was also asked for input on the date for a social event at the beginning of the new year.
@nalininonstopnewsuk said the plan was to include items that have been suggested from the weekly social question.
Action: If you can share whether you are likely to be back by the first week or January 2023 or prefer a social in the second week, we can try and find a date and time that will work.

iii) Discussion on Marketing Team description

The main Marketing Team task board is available in GitHubThank you to everyone who has been helping progress and update cards.

We have a couple of older cards that need finishing. We will share those in the thread to help complete them. Please let the team reps know in this channel if you need help. There are lots of members of the team who can answer questions and help. Do not worry about asking for assistance. We are a team!

The update on the GitHub #50 card has been finalized and closed.

 Also this GitHub card has been closed: https://github.com/WordPress/Marketing-Team/issues/79

Read replies from the team on this Slack thread.

4a. Updates on WordPress.org social media accounts and how you can help

Update from @eidolonnight:

Our WordPress Social Media Amplification (GitHub ticket #7) details how you can help share and amplify WordPress news on social media. You will also find a list of the primary WordPress.org social accounts and campaign contacts if you would like to help craft content.

We also have a couple open conversations for folks, even new contributors, to get involved in:

Read replies from the team on this Slack thread

Update from @bjmcsherry: “WP.org had another strong week relative to other weeks in a non-release window. While numbers and engagement are down from last week, that is more of a reflection of the continued excitement from the 6.1 release. Our strongest campaigns of the week however did continue to be focused on features/benefits of the 6.1 release as users are still talking about this online. It was that continued discussion with our audience that provided us with our top 3 posts/campaigns of the week.”

Some of the performance numbers for the last week:

  • Impressions: 276,304
  • Engagements: 5,305
  • Link clicks: 1,722

4b. Updates on forthcoming WordPress releases and FSE

Update from @eidolonnight

In case you missed it, WordPress 6.1.1 Maintenance Release went out yesterday.

Media outreach was being organized (WordPress 6.1 Media Outreach #135). @jpantani and @dansoschin had no updates.

4c. Contributor events update

Update from @nalininonstopnewsuk

  • 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. Asia 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/. awareness: February 17, 2023 – GitHub ticket #108. Please add to the card if you intend to be at the contributor day and involved in the marketing table. If you would like to help organize the table, you can volunteer too.
  • WordCamp Kolkata is coming up in December and has a contributor day. @rahuldsarker asked if there was an update
  • Does anyone know of any other WordPress Contributor Days that are having a marketing table?

4d. Newsletters and series

Update from @lmurillom

WordPress Briefing podcast: we have been talking about Openverse and @Nalini has been encouraging you to participate in #WPPhotos for a while now. If you’re unsure about what exactly is the difference between the two, then the latest episode of WordPress briefing is for you: Openverse & Photo Directory– What Are They, and How Are They Different? Listen, and share with your networks!

Starting a Polyglots Outreach Effort: @evarlese is starting a Polyglots outreach program, which will include monthly posts with a call for volunteers to help reach out to a series of locale teams. Please read the post for more details, and if you want to help promoting this initiative, check GitHub card #139.

Month in WordPress: @rmartinezduque is hoping to finish the draft for October’s Month in WordPress today or tomorrow. In order to allow some time for review/feedback, the publishing date will be moved to Friday (November 18) or early next week. Check the GitHub card #131 for more information.

Read replies from the team on this Slack thread

4e. WordPress.org Redesign

Update from @eidolonnight

Design has shared mockups for the new design of the Showcase. You can follow this and other redesign updates on Make Design using the #redesign tag.

Read replies from the team on this Slack thread

5. Diary dates – upcoming events and meetings

Update from @eidolonnight

Our next Coffee break will be tomorrow, Thursday, 17 November 2022, at 18:30/ 6.30pm UTC and will be facilitated by @jpantani.

This bi-weekly social coffee break is held by the Make Marketing team for all WordPress Marketing contributors, and occasional guests. Stop by and meet some of the friendly faces marketing WordPress.

Updates via @nalininonstopnewsuk and @eidolonnight

Just a reminder that there is a discussion on coffee break at different times.

Discussion: Coffee break alternating in timezones #137

There is no set time at the moment. I wonder if 8am UTC would work or something like 1pm UTC? If you are in a different timezone and can help with this or would like to attend a coffee break on alternate weeks, add your comments on GitHub or in this meeting. Let us know if times of 8am/08:00 UTC or 1pm/13:00 UTC would work? We are interested in arranging an earlier coffee break if contributors would like one and can help facilitate.

Read replies from the team on this Slack thread

Follow this Google Calendar with meetings, collaborations, and social activities. We also list important dates in this Forthcoming Diary Dates post.

5. Open floor

5. Next meeting

Next week’s meeting will be on November 23, 2022 at 15:00 UTC (GitHub card #124).

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