Category Archives: Chat Summaries

Nora Ferreirós 12:02 pm on September 22, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, September 22, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on 22-09-2023 11:00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. 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. voting tool. poll.fm was finally the tool chosen for the current Team Rep voting process. We’ll hopefully work on a better process for next time.
  2. Encouraging more sustainable traveling to WCEU Torino. We talked of, first of all, gathering resources and tools that help attendees to travel in a more sustainable way, and also developing strategies that motivate them to do so from other points of view such as networking or socializing with other attendees. And secondly, to shape the content in collaboration with the WCEU organizing team.
  3. Establishing timezone friendly meetings. Waiting for discussing this.
  4. 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/ as a team managing system. GitHub will be one of the tools for managing the team in addition to P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. (decisions), Slack (discussions) and, maybe, Google Docs. Still open to comments and suggestions. Anyway, our GitHub repository has to be properly setting up.
  5. Team Roles. Call for contributors for some specific tasks.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1695380447069559

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next 29-09-2023 11:00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 3:16 pm on September 15, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, September 15, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 15th of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. 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. election process. We discussed about the best system to conduct the voting. Three options were considered:
    • 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/. The one more familiar to the WordPress processes and it allows synchronization with P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/.. The system is not in place yet and there’s no documentation for doing it. We’d need time and someone with the knowledge to carry it out.
    • Poll.fm. The one the hosting team used in their Team Rep voting process. It’s an external tool developed by Automattic.
    • Slack. This option was discarded due to accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) and transparency issues.

You can check the different opinions shared during the meeting here. The decision will be made based on the comments left on this same post.

  1. Establishing timezone friendly meetings.
  2. Encouraging train traveling to WCEU.
  3. Issues with Sustainability Blog and Team section. All fixed.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1694775620852269

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 22nd of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 11:57 am on September 8, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, September 8, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 8th of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. Publication of the birth of #sustainability team.
  2. Decision making process. People joining asynchronous cannot share their opinion prior to making decisions as they are made during meetings that not everyone can attend live due to time zone issues.
  3. 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. election process. You can check The WordPress Sustainability Team rep call post draft.
  4. Team roles.

Please, visit the Start of the meeting for more info.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1694170832226249

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 15th of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 11:55 am on September 1, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, September 1, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 1st of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. How to manage and organize the Team documents and contributions.
  2. The future of the WPSustainable Plugin.
    • Should the team have an official 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?
    • What would be the plugin’s functionalities and purpose?
    • What Teams should be also involved in this plugin?
    • What’s the roadmap?
  3. Sustainability in WCUS 2023.
  4. The Sustainability Handbook repository has been created by @javiercasares: https://github.com/WordPress/sustainability.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1693566025193569

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 8th of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Csaba (LittleBigThings) 3:12 pm on August 25, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, August 25, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday, August 25, 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

Please find the initial agenda here. We talked about:

  1. Update from WordPress Sustainability Team about 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. election process (coming soon), the GitHub repo and project board created at WCUS
  2. Update from the WordPress Community Summit 2023, 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/. (see live notes) and 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 2023 (coming up, but see 1. as well)
  3. Making WordCamps and Meetings more sustainable: picking up the working doc for more environmentally sustainable WordCamps and moving to a Handbook (in co-operation with the events/community team?). Also, try to get some guidance on sustainable travelling on the WordCamp EU site (will discuss this with the organizers)
  4. Open floor for ongoing stuff and new ideas:
    • Possible collaboration with other 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. communities on sustainability after collaborating around the Software Resilience Act. See also Open UK on sustainability.
    • Web safe fonts and the new Font Library
    • organizing the team better with sub-leads and more clear/consolidated notes and tasks

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here.

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 1st of September 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 11:47 am on August 18, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, August 18, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 18th of August 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. Having a Sustainability table at WCUS 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/..
  2. Team members attending Community Summit 2023.
  3. Discussing about participating in 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. initiatives like this one.
  4. Sustainability table at 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. Germany’s Contributor Day.
  5. Should the Sustainability meetings continue to occur weekly or should they turn into biweekly?

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1692356422067749

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next meeting (the exact date depends on the outcome of the discussion of point five). If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 11:52 am on July 28, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, July 28, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 28th of July 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. Proposing to 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 2024 organizers a train travel information section in the web (by @ramonfincken).
  2. Discussing about the relationship between Sustainability Team and DEIB proposal.
  3. Discussing about participating in 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. initiatives like this one.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1690542057654799

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 18th of Agost 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 12:04 pm on July 14, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, July 14, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 14th of July 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. Collaborating with other initiatives that already are working on financial or social matters on WordPress.
  2. Reorganizing and giving format to the Roadmap WordPress Sustainability Team Brainstorm document

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1689332463236629

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 28th of July 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Csaba (LittleBigThings) 12:32 pm on June 30, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, June 30, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday, June 30, 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

Please find the initial agenda here. We talked about:

  1. More sustainable transportation to WordCamps
  2. Update on what the team is doing
  3. Ideas for our roadmap, including social, economic and environmental sustainability
  4. Writing a post for a call for team reps

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here.

Important discussions had happened around:

  • a guide/tools about more sustainable travel options for WordCamps
  • learning from and partnering with other teams
  • timelines and prioritisation of team activities for the roadmap

Next meeting

We don’t have a meeting next week, but we look forward to seeing you Friday, July 14, 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.

Nora Ferreirós 11:57 am on June 23, 2023  

Sustainability Chat Summary, June 23, 2023

The WordPress Sustainability Chat meeting took place on Friday 23rd of June 2023 at 11.00 UTC on the Sustainability channel of Make WordPress Slack.

Agenda

You can check the initial agenda here. We finally discuss about:

  1. How can we be more inclusive, diverse and human-centered as a community? How can we attract new members to the community to ensure its continuity and diversity?
  2. What can be done to guarantee the economical longevity of the WordPress project?
  3. How can WordCamps and meetups be organized in a more sustainable way?
  4. Make the WordPress CMS become leading on sustainability.

Important discussions had happened about:

  • the role this team has in social and financial matters.
  • aligning with standards (as UN ones).
  • how to create engagement.
  • visibility through tags.

Attendance

You can find the attendance thread here: https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C03JNV77Y57/p1686913272859899

Next meeting

We look forward to seeing you next Friday 30th of June 2023 at 11.00 UTC. If you have any suggestions for the next meeting agenda, please, drop them on the Sustainability channel or leave a comment on this post.