Title: Sustainability Chat Summary, August 16, 2024 Author: Csaba (LittleBigThings) Published: August 20, 2024 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/littlebigthing/) [Csaba (LittleBigThings)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/littlebigthing/) 10:05 pm _on_ August 20, 2024   # Sustainability Chat Summary, August 16, 2024 The WordPress Sustainabilitysustainability Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Chat meeting took place on [16-08-2024 11:00 UTC](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20240816T1100) on the [Sustainability channel](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57) of [Make WordPress Slack](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/). * [Start of the meeting in Slack](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1723806007421549). * Meeting led by [@noradriana](https://profiles.wordpress.org/noradriana/) * Notes taken by [@littlebigthing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/littlebigthing/) ## Agenda You can check the initial agenda [here](https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/2024/08/14/sustainability-chat-agenda-august-16-2024/). ### News * Now that the team badges are already set up, people involved on the team can request them according to [the decided criteria](https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/2024/03/01/wordpress-sustainability-team-badges-formal-decision/). * 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 by the repository owner. [https://github.com/](https://github.com/) has been added to [the directory created by Open Sustainable Technology](https://opensustain.tech/). * [Discussion](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1723806078802269) 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](https://central.wordcamp.org/about/). US. #### Looking for feedback * Proposal from last month’s Mentorship Chat to [work closely with the Sustainability Team](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C037W5S7X/p1723708808577379). * Feedback on [WP Sustainability Team Roadmap](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1W6F4qUEuHDnzvsS1or0MLKDT97qMmPMqu9jIQVBrw2Y/edit?pli=1) proposed at the previous meeting. Check the details in [the chat summary](https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/2024/07/08/sustainability-chat-summary-july-5-2024/). * [Feature overview of the WP Sustainability plugin](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OaTJT5xF1zJWjiMF-01NzS5nNpr5NwmnNVTdeC3orUE/edit?usp=drive_link) and the [guidelines](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J7uMTT4RjwLcVWijBAUSulZASRXS4XIx8BTZeVDil3M/edit?usp=drive_link): feedback and addings to the 2 documents are welcome. * [Training team testing GatherPress](https://make.wordpress.org/training/2024/06/27/training-team-testing-gatherpress/) as an alternative for meetups. #### Looking for volunteers * [Improve Sustainability Team handbook](https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability/issues/5) * Improve the [Sustainable Events Handbook section](https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/handbook/sustainable-events/). * Leave your feedback on [the Project Health Dashboards hangouts summary](https://make.wordpress.org/sustainability/2024/06/07/may-project-health-hangouts-summary/) * [Organizations sponsoring non-staff](https://github.com/WordPress/five-for-the-future/discussions/254) * [Adopt and integrate Open Collective](https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability/issues/24) * [Create a draft to collect information about the efforts made by the WCEU’s organizers in favor of environmental sustainability](https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability/issues/33) * [Let’s create a better overview of WP Sustainability issues](https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability/discussions/32) * [Create a template/pattern for a sustainability page for WordCamp sites](https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability/issues/46) #### Open discussions Topics raised can be found [here](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1723806555858909), feel free to share your thoughts. ## Attendance You can find the attendance thread [here](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1723806014712909). ## 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](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20240830T1100). 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