KafleG 9:13 am on November 13, 2024
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Nominations Call for the themes team representatives: 2025 Edition

The Themes team is seeking representatives for the year 2025. It’s time to submit your nominations! Please leave a comment in the section below to nominate a team member. Based on the nominations, two or three representatives will be selected for the Themes team.

Currently, @acosmin, @shivashankerbhatta, and me (@kafleg) are the team representatives. 

What are Team Reps?

Team representatives are responsible for acting as the primary communicators on behalf of their team.

In the WordPress open-source project, each team typically has one or two representatives (reps).

Read here to learn more about team reps.

Responsibilities:

  • They represent the team
  • Communication with other teams
  • Post weekly updates
  • Mentor theme reviewers 
  • Transfer themes, suspend or delist themes (if necessary)
  • Conduct team meetings, write meeting agendas and meeting notes 
  • Guide theme authors and reply to their questions 
  • Regularly check themes team email and follow-up etc. 
  • Maintain Theme Check 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
  • Review Patterns and set live or delist them, etc.

What are the qualifications?

A representative should be an active member of the WordPress Community. Someone reliable and trusted, familiar with WordPress theme development.

How to nominate someone? 

The deadline for nominations is Sunday, December 15, 2024.

Nomination text sample: “I would like to nominate @nominee_wp_username”. Or you can also nominate yourself. You can write “I would like to nominate myself”. 

If you get nominated but if you are not ready for the reps, you can decline it as well.

How Will the Election Work?

If we receive more nominations and are unable to reach a consensus on the representatives, we will hold a vote, similar to an election. If necessary, we will publish a separate post with detailed information about the voting process.

Once the results are in, the new team representative(s) will be announced in a follow-up blog post.

If you have any questions, feel free to comment below. Happy Nominating!

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