Training Team Meeting Recap – 6 June, 2023

This meeting followed this meeting agenda post. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. account, you can set one up.)

This meeting was held in the EMEA/AMER time zone, led by @webtechpooja

Introductions and Welcome

There were 18 attendees: @webtechpooja @lada7042 @meher @margheweb @chetan200891 @newcomer22 @611shabnam @jominney @sumitsingh @ardianimaya (async) @courtneypk (async) @west7 (async) @onealtr (async) @quitevisible (async) @vanpariyar (async) @arasae @bsanevans (async) @saif2002

There were 14 people who just joined the team!: @mrinal013 @hasibtanvir @sandipjbhatt @wpcustomizer @goldbomber @leonnugraha @611shabnam @firoz2456 @poojabhimani @mayuripatel @beryldlg @studionashvegas @laurentmagnin @newcomer22

News

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• June 6 –@ardianimaya
• June 13 –@nahidsharifkomol
• June 20 –@sumitsingh
• June 27 –@jominney

Looking for feedback

Recap and Next Steps: Training Team Onboarding

25 people have completed the Training Team’s new onboarding program. More than half have continued on with regular contributions to the team. The link above considers how the program can be improved further.

Looking for Volunteers

• Join the Training Team as a Translation Coordinator (Faculty role)
  • There’s a new role in theFaculty Program– Translation Coordinators. If you have experience translating content for the Training Team and are excited about helping even more people get involved, apply using the Content Translator Faculty program Handbook page.
• Implementing Learning Pathways #1577
  • For anyone who would like to contribute to this project, please do comment to indicate interest in the 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/ issue.
• WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program: Pilot Program Proposal
  • Each team has been asked to devote at least one team member. Courtney Robertson and Pooja Derashri have already shared their interest, and it’s still open for any Faculty members to volunteer.
• Team Meeting Hosts and Coffee Hour Hosts
  • Looking for co-hosts for the following dates:
    • June 13 – Coffee Hour EMEA/AMER: needs volunteer
    • June 20 – EMEA/AMER Team Meeting: needs volunteer, APAC Coffee Hour: @chaion07 with @bsanevans co-hosting
    • June 27 – Coffee Hour EMEA/AMER: needs volunteer
    • July 4 – APAC Coffee Hour: @jominney with @piyopiyofox co-hosting

Other News

• WordCamp Europe 2023 Contributor Day
  • During 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 2023, the Training team held in-person and remote 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/. meetings (this was held via Zoom and Slack). @psykro and @courane01 were our Table leads in Athens, Greece, for the day, @bsanevans hosted an Online Zoom contributor meeting, and @webtechpooja helped answer queries on Slack.
• GitHub updates for Subject Matter Experts and Content Translators
  • The two new GitHub project boards discussed in this proposal have been created. A new project board titled LearnWP Topic Vetting has been created specifically for vetting content topic ideas. Also, a new GitHub project board titled LearnWP Content – Localization has been created. This new project board tracks localization issues separately from general content creation issues.
• Analysis and results of the Individual Learner Survey has finally been published. Please leave your comments on the post. This data and discussions will be a big factor the team will consider as we prioritize our activities from here on.
• 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. @piyopiyofox is back from sabbatical leave. Welcome Back, Destiny! 
• WordPress 6.4 Development Cycle: As planning for 2023’s third major releaseMajor Release A set of releases or versions having the same major version number may be collectively referred to as “X.Y” -- for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, and all other versions in the 5.2. (five dot two dot) branch of that software. Major Releases often are the introduction of new major features and functionality. unfolds, meet 6.4’s release team and support release cohorts, as well as the planned schedule. The best part of this release is our Training is also a part of this release, and @courane01 is a Release leadRelease Lead The community member ultimately responsible for the Release.!

Content Published in the Last Week

• Tutorials
  • How to switch from a classic to a block theme
  • Managing a WordPress Multisite Network

Open Requests for Review

• Tutorials
  • Designing with Row and Stack Blocks
  • Advanced Multisite Management
  • Developing for multisite
  • 7 Tips for improving Website security
  • WordPress Playground
• Lesson Plans
  • Block Locking – Lesson Plan
  • WordPress Action Hooks – Lesson Plan
• Courses
  • Course – An introduction to the WordPress REST API
• Translated Content
  • Gujarati: Locking Blocks in the Full Site Editor 
  • Spanish: Managing Comments 
  • Hindi: Introduction To Common Plugins 
  • Khmer: Getting to know the WordPress Dashboard 
  • Indonesian: Intro to the Site Editor and Templates 
  • Khmer: Dashboard Overview 

Project Update

• Analysis of the Individual Learner Survey results 
  • A big Thank You to @abhansnuk and @west7 for publishing these results. This is an important post for the team as we prioritize future activities. Please leave any comments you have on the post.

Open Discussions

• Other ways to Contribute: Ready to start contributing? Here are a couple of ways to get involved today!
  • Co-host an upcoming Online Workshop: Learn more about Co-hosting an Online Workshop in our handbook page.
  • Help resolve a Content Error: We have information on how to Validating and Triaging Content Error Reports.
  • Join the Training Team Welcome Committee!: Help us welcome new members to the Training Team and foster our growing community.

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