Title: Recap for Training Team Meeting on December 8, 2020
Author: Michael Geheren
Published: December 8, 2020
Last modified: December 9, 2020

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 [  ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geheren/) [Michael Geheren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geheren/)
6:47 pm _on_ December 8, 2020     
Tags: [community ( 2 )](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/community/),
[community-team ( 6 )](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/community-team/),
[marketing ( 34 )](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/marketing/), [training ( 367 )](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/training/)

# Recap for Training Team Meeting on December 8, 2020

[Slack Log](https://wordpress.slack.com/archives/C02RW657Q/p1607446802339100)  (
Requires SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform [https://slack.com/](https://slack.com/).
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login to view. [Set one up](https://make.wordpress.org/chat/) if you don’t have 
a Slack account)

**Attendance**: [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/), [@onealtr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onealtr/),
[@geheren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geheren/), [@oglekler](https://profiles.wordpress.org/oglekler/),
[@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/), [@meher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meher/),
[@nalininonstopnewsuk](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nalininonstopnewsuk/), [@rastaban](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rastaban/)

Meeting led by: [@onealtr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onealtr/)

## Upcoming team meetings

Friday 11 December 2020 at 11:00 UTC

Tuesday 15 December 2020 at 17:00 UTC

## Introduction and Welcome 

 * Welcome to new Contributor _Hetvi Patel_

## Congrats and Thanks

For anyone new, we want to acknowledge contributions made to the team so please 
fill out our [contact form](https://make.wordpress.org/training/getting-started/contact/),
if you haven’t already done so. It will also help us provide you with access to 
various Training team accounts.

## What we are working on now

We are currently working on these [last steps](https://make.wordpress.org/training/2020/11/25/high-priority-items-before-learn-wordpress-org-launch-part-2/)
before launching [Learn.WordPress.org](https://learn.wordpress.org/) on December
15!

 * [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) said we are nearly done
   with tasks for launch!
 * One of the last big projects is a “partial landing page” so when someone visits
   the [Lessons Plans page](https://learn.wordpress.org/lesson-plans/), things are
   laid out a bit better and more organized. [@evarlese](https://profiles.wordpress.org/evarlese/)
   [has been working on this](https://github.com/WordPress/learn/issues/153#issuecomment-738855453).
   Currently, they are digging back to one of our design team collaborators who 
   originally worked on [the InVision layout](https://wp.invisionapp.com/share/BNP0V7QXRF8#/screens/330323714)
   [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) shared last Friday to
   get parts of this working.
 * [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) said there are still 
   2 lesson plans that need to be written:
    -  Creating/joining Slack, orientation to channels and etiquette. [@geheren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geheren/)
      took this on. [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/) can
      help review when done.
    - Joining Get Involved Teams – See [Contributor Day Handbook](https://github.com/WordPress/contributor-day-handbook/blob/master/*Start%20Here%20-%20General%20Guides/How%20to%20join%20the%20WordPress.org%20Slack%20instance.md).
      No one took this task to [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/)
      is doing for now (but she has a lot going on for launch, if someone has time
      to take on).

[@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) gave a shout-out to the 
[#marketing](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/marketing/) team for coordinating
with the [#training](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/training/) and [#community](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/community/)
teams on the launch! They would like feedback:

 * Suggestions for the channels for external outreach and promotion. Where do you
   or those you know get their news about WordPress?
    - They could also really use non-English news sources in the outreach effort.
    - There is a link in Slack to a Google Doc to share ideas.
 * Marketing is also [seeking quotes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H5ifKa9yztRHsa8hH9iBlfkt7dd9usJBLET9La25A8A/edit)
   on how people use the Learn website and why contributing to Learn and Training
   is fun, and how you can encourage others.
 * [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/) also asked for volunteers
   to help with social sharing graphics

To celebrate the launch, [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/)
announced that we will be golding a virtual get together on Wednesday 16 December
from 1 pm to 1:45pm UTC.

 * There is a link to the Eventbrite on Slack.
 * Bring your party drinks, snacks and fancy backgrounds. This will be a cross-team
   event
 * If there are too many people, [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/)
   said we will plan a second event. Limited to Zoom’s numbers.
 * They will also be sharing graphics and social media items, plus a fun quiz.
 * One thing: [@webcommsat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/webcommsat/) asks that
   we check with everyone before photos are taken and shared on social media to 
   be respectful to where people may be joining us from. We will take official photos,
   so make sure your Zoom name if it includes your email address, etc.
 * They are trying to organize a big virtual cake too, so reach out to [@meher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/meher/)
   if you can participate.
 * Down the line, there will be a 6-month party too!

## Standup/Check-In

 * [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) spent the last week working
   on cross-team communication. She followed up with [@jessecowens](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jessecowens/)
   and [@sippis](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sippis/) on slides and screenshots
   for [#marketing](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/marketing/). Her only
   blockers are time. By Friday, she will have any of our screenshots from herself
   and the team ready for [#Marketing](https://make.wordpress.org/training/tag/marketing/).
   She will also be working on the Get Involved lesson plan (see above), unless 
   anyone else can take on.
 * [@onealtr](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onealtr/) committed to learn last week
   on how to facilitate the meetings and was taught by [@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/).
   He led today’s meeting and it went great!
 * I ([@geheren](https://profiles.wordpress.org/geheren/)) took last week off after
   my “mini sprint” the week before. I went back to work after a week+ of vacation
   and needed to catch up. This week I will be working on this recap and the Slack
   lesson plan.

## Action items

[@courane01](https://profiles.wordpress.org/courane01/) shared where comments are
needed:

 * [https://make.wordpress.org/training/2020/12/03/learn-wordpress-blue-sky-thinking/](https://make.wordpress.org/training/2020/12/03/learn-wordpress-blue-sky-thinking/)
 * [https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/12/01/proposal-moving-the-learn-working-group-to-training/](https://make.wordpress.org/community/2020/12/01/proposal-moving-the-learn-working-group-to-training/)
 * [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H5ifKa9yztRHsa8hH9iBlfkt7dd9usJBLET9La25A8A/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H5ifKa9yztRHsa8hH9iBlfkt7dd9usJBLET9La25A8A/edit?usp=sharing)

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