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The Training Team consists of general contributors and Faculty Members. Faculty Members act as guides in the team by mentoring new contributors (like you!), organizing the team’s work, and making sure the team meets the targets it has set.
You can find the list of current Faculty Administrators on this team blog post. You can reach out to any of these people if you ever need assistance completing administrator tasks.
Quiz – See if you can answer these questions 💡
Question 1: Name three Faculty Administrators you can pingPingThe act of sending a very small amount of data to an end point. Ping is used in computer science to illicit a response from a target server to test it’s connection. Ping is also a term used by Slack users to @ someone or send them a direct message (DM). Users might say something along the lines of “Ping me when the meeting starts.” when you have questions about administrator tasks.
Question 2: Name one Faculty Administrator who lives in the same region as you. (You will have to open the detailed Faculty Member spreadsheet to answer this question.)
When reaching out to a Faculty Administrator, you can also mention the @faculty-adminSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. group in the #training channel in Slack. By mentioning this Slack group, you get the attention of all Faculty Administrators at once, and whoever is available will be able to respond to you. Here is an example Slack message you can modify and use.
Hi @faculty-admin 👋🏼 I was looking at the handbook page about ABC, and I couldn’t move past step 2 because XYZ. Could you help me with this please? Thanks!
Let us walk you through making your first contribution to the Training Team as an administrator! Come validate some Content Feedback issues by following the steps in the guide below:
The Training Team keeps a list of active contributors so that we know who is available to help out with team tasks. You can request your name to be added or removed at any time! If you enjoyed your first contribution and would like your name to be added, please fill out the form below.
You are almost at the end of the Training Team’s onboarding program. How was the experience? We’d love to hear any feedback you have in the #training Slack channel.
Now that you’ve completed your first contribution, here is a list of other tasks you can complete as a team administrator. Remember, if you ever have questions, feel free to reach out to @faculty-admin in the #training Slack channel 😊
Note: We are still in the process of creating documentation for each of these tasks. If there is a task you are interested in that does not have any linked documentation, feel free to reach out to a @faculty-admin to find out how you can get involved!
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Application Reviewer
Content Feedback Logger/Sweeper
Online Workshop Administration
Thank you so much for your contribution! We look forward to having you attend one of our upcoming team meetings 👋🏼