Csaba (LittleBigThings) 6:48 am on September 4, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Summary, August 30, 2024

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on 30-08-2024 11:00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here.

News

  • Now that the team badges are already set up, people involved on the team can request them according to the decided criteria.

Looking for feedback

Come and contribute

Social sustainability

Economical sustainability

  • Update on getting funding for the WP Sustainability PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and its Guidelines

Environmental sustainability

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here.

Next meeting

Don’t forget that our meetings are biweekly now. We look forward to seeing you next 13-09-2024 11:00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, leave a comment on this post.

yellowlime 1:46 pm on September 3, 2024  

WP Sustainability Team Roadmap 2024

The WordPress Sustainability Team has defined a roadmap for their activities during the final months of 2024. It touches on the 3 topics the team is prioritizing: environmental, social and financial sustainability.

A. Environmental: 

  1. Develop guidelines (as a handbook) for making WordPress websites more sustainable.
  2. Start the development of the WordPress Sustainability PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party that reports on your website’s sustainability and encourages you to make it more sustainable.
  3. Applying feedback received on the Sustainable Events Handbook and creating awareness on the handbook’s existence.

B. Social:

  1. Launch demonstrations of CoreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress., Training, and Community team contributor dashboards by WCUS.
    • Evaluate, then expand to additional teams if interest suits.
  1. Identify who is available and interested in mentoring for the next new contributor mentorship cohort and identify areas they can onboard, including ways new contributors can see an impact during the cohort.
  2. Determine if/how we can work with the Contributor Working Group on contributing to and extending Five for the Future (5ftF); revisit and formulate next steps.
  3. Support the development of the Global Contributor Handbook.
  4. Share findings of the contributor dashboards with 5ftF organizations and how they can use the data in decision-making.

C. Economic:

  1. Lead by example. We want to get funding for our contributions (for points A1 and A2).
  2. Find out how we can partner with organizations outside the WP ecosystem that deal with the same challenges within the world of open-source. As discussed here and here.
  3. Determine if we can leverage 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/ Sponsors and Open Collective to sustain the WordPress project and community; IF yes, work through the implementation steps. 
  4. Determine if we can leverage and extend the FundOSS fundraising format to raise funds for teams and priority projects; If yes, work through the implementation steps.

Your support on achieving our roadmap goals is very welcome. You can do so by:

yellowlime 8:30 am on August 28, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Agenda, August 30, 2024

Please add agenda items by commenting below.

This week’s meeting will be hosted by @yellowlime

Sustainability Team meetings start at 11:00 UTC bi-weekly on Fridays. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the meeting by commenting 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/. threads during the meeting and throughout the following days. Meeting notes will be published by the following Tuesday to also incorporate these asynchronous conversations.

These are the topics for this week’s meeting:

1️⃣ News and updates

  • Now that the team badges are already setup, people involved on the team can request them according to the decided criteria.

➡️ Looking for feedback

Proposals and discussions in https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/ and GitHub (General discussions).

2️⃣ Come and Contribute

These are some of the priority projects and tasks to be taken forward. Are you a newcomer? Check our good first issues.

2A. Social Sustainability

2B. Economical Sustainability

  • Getting funding for the WP Sustainability PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and its Guidelines [update]

2C Environmental Sustainability

3️⃣ Open Discussions

Anyone is more than welcome to bring any topic for open discussion during the meeting.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Sustainability Team, read through our handbook to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #sustainability Slack channel at any time.

Csaba (LittleBigThings) 10:05 pm on August 20, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Summary, August 16, 2024

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on 16-08-2024 11:00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here.

News

  • Now that the team badges are already set up, people involved on the team can request them according to the decided criteria.
  • WordPress Sustainability Team’s 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/ has been added to the directory created by Open Sustainable Technology.
  • Discussion around the focus of the sustainability table for the upcoming 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. US.

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

Open discussions

Topics raised can be found here, feel free to share your thoughts.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here.

Next meeting

Remember our meetings are biweekly now and that there will be no meeting on August 23.

We look forward to seeing you next 30-08-2024 11:00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, leave a comment on this post.

Hari Shanker R 7:28 pm on August 16, 2024
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X-post: WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program Cohort #3 (2024 Q4): Call for Mentees & Mentors

X-post from +make.wordpress.org/project: WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program Cohort #3 (2024 Q4): Call for Mentees & Mentors

Nahuai Badiola 4:56 pm on August 14, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Agenda, August 16, 2024

Please add agenda items by commenting below.

This week’s meeting will be hosted by @noradriana

Sustainability Team meetings start at 11:00 UTC bi-weekly on Fridays. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the meeting by commenting 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/. threads during the meeting and throughout the following days. Meeting notes will be published by the following Tuesday to also incorporate these asynchronous conversations.

These are the topics for this week’s meeting:

1️⃣ News and updates

➡️ Looking for feedback

Proposals and discussions in https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/ and GitHub (General discussions).

2️⃣ Come and Contribute

These are some of the priority projects and tasks to be taken forward. Are you a newcomer? Check our good first issues.

3️⃣ Open Discussions

Anyone is more than welcome to bring any topic for open discussion during the meeting.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Sustainability Team, read through our handbook to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #sustainability Slack channel at any time.

Nahuai Badiola 2:08 pm on July 22, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Summary, July 19, 2024

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on 19-07-2024 11:00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here.

News

  • Web sustainability guidelines for WordPress. The idea is to take existing information and examples (such as this one and this one) to create a manual focused on WordPress and its particularities, rather than on the web in general.
    One of the main points that was debated is “who” should we have in mind when writing it. We agreed that there could be 2 potencial different readers, people who work with WordPress (developers and designers) and “casual/simple” users. So making a document that’s appealing to both it’s not easy.
    We could prioritize one for the initial guideline. Further discussion is needed.

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here.

Next meeting

Remember our meetings are biweekly now and that there will be no meeting on August 2nd.

We look forward to seeing you next 16-08-2024 11:00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 10:08 am on July 16, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Agenda, July 19, 2024

Please add agenda items by commenting below.

This week’s meeting will be hosted by @yellowlime

Sustainability Team meetings start at 11:00 UTC bi-weekly on Fridays. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the meeting by commenting 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/. threads during the meeting and throughout the following days. Meeting notes will be published by the following Tuesday to also incorporate these asynchronous conversations.

These are the topics for this week’s meeting:

1️⃣ News and updates

  • Meeting arrangement during the summer (reminder).
  • Web sustainability guidelines for WordPress. Based on this conversation.

➡️ Looking for feedback

Proposals and discussions in https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/ and GitHub (General discussions).

2️⃣ Come and Contribute

These are some of the priority projects and tasks to be taken forward. Are you a newcomer? Check our good first issues.

3️⃣ Open Discussions

Anyone is more than welcome to bring any topic for open discussion during the meeting.

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Sustainability Team, read through our handbook to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #sustainability Slack channel at any time.

Nora Ferreirós 3:46 pm on July 8, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Summary, July 5, 2024

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on 05-07-2024 11:00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here.

News

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

Projects updates

Open discussion

  • WP Sustainability Team Roadmap. @yellowlime has proposed to set up a road map with main objectives of the WP Sustainability Team for the remaining months of 2024. He has also proposed some issues for comment:
    • On the environmental topic:
      • Start the development of the WP Sustainability PluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party and guidelines for making websites more sustainable.
      • Applying feedback received on the Sustainable Events Handbook and creating awareness on the existence of the handbook.
    • On the social topic:
      • Defining actionable steps, how we can work more closely with other teams and initiatives (DEIB, Five for the Future, Community Team) on this topic.
    • On the economical topic:
      • Leading by example: securing funding for the development of a WP Plugin and its guidelines.
      • Finding out how we can partner with organizations outside the WP ecosystem that deal with same challenges within the world of open-source..

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here.

Next meeting

Remember our meetings are biweekly now!

We look forward to seeing you next 19-07-2024 11:00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, leave a comment on this post.

Csaba (LittleBigThings) 12:00 am on July 4, 2024  

Sustainability Chat Agenda, July 5, 2024

Please add agenda items by commenting below.

This week’s meeting will be hosted by @nahuai

Sustainability Team meetings start at 12:00 UTC bi-weekly on Fridays. Everyone is welcome to contribute to the meeting by commenting 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/. threads during the meeting and throughout the following days. Meeting notes will be published by the following Tuesday to also incorporate these asynchronous conversations.

These are the topics for this week’s meeting:

1️⃣ News and updates

  • Meeting arrangement during the summer
  • Our sustainable events handbook in the spotlight (here, here and here)
  • Planning for 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. US contributor table

➡️ Looking for feedback

Proposals and discussions in https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/ and GitHub (General discussions).

  • Feedback would be appreciated on Addressing Overlapping Initiatives and Improving Collaboration Across Teams
  • The Sustainable Events Handbook section: you can make suggestions (or corrections) directly editing the page content on 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/ (on each page you will see a “edit” option with the Github icon)
  • Feature overview of the WP Sustainability plugin and the guidelines: feedback and addings to the 2 documents are welcome
  • Training team testing GatherPress as an alternative for MeetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. (enhancing the data available for metrics tracking contributions and more financially sustainable for the project?)

2️⃣ Come and Contribute

These are some of the priority projects and tasks to be taken forward. Are you a newcomer? Check our good first issues.

3️⃣ Open Discussions

Does anyone have an open discussion topic they’d like to bring to the team?

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Sustainability Team, read through our handbook) to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #sustainability Slack channel at any time.