Recap of October 27, 2015

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Weekly meeting: Thursdays 00:00 UTC

Dev-squad 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/ triage: Thursdays 07:00 UTC

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Welcome
Daylight Savings Time in Europe last weekend and US next weekend. Training team will continue to meet at 17:00UTC.
Recap of last meeting
Tagging on old training team blog posts
1. @courane01 has gone through all posts on our team site to organize tags and categories. Descriptions of each tag and categoryCategory The 'category' taxonomy lets you group posts / content together that share a common bond. Categories are pre-defined and broad ranging. will be documented in the upcoming team handbook.
2. @linnifred would like a “Get Started” category as well.
Welcome Wagon
1. Welcome new meeting attendees with this
Lesson plans status and questions
1. @jillbinder “So I have two versions and I’m not a detail-oriented person. I need some help from someone who is to create the master plans to submit to your team.”
  1. This will be suggested for the WCNYC contributor day this week.
2. @melindahelt has been added to the Choosing and Installing a Theme lesson plan
Testing status and questions
Is there any progress on reviewing changes in WordPress 3.9 and up?
1. @mikemueller and @judylw have made progress through WordPress 4.0
2. They will see what can be done before WCNYC 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/.
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. NYC Contributor Day – how would it be useful for volunteers to contribute?
1. Combine less plans @jillbinder will send to @bethsoderberg
2. List lesson plans impacted by WordPress updates on spreadsheet
3. @bethsoderberg will write a post for WCNYC detailing what people can do to contribute
Questions

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#content-audit, #contributor-days, #procedures

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