Training Team Meeting Recap – 25th January 2024

This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. 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.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 14 attendees: @courtneypk, @cnormandigital, @bsanevans, @lada7042, @sierratr, @askdesign (async), @devmuhib (async), @webtechpooja (async), @psykro (async), @jhimross (async), @quitevisible (async), @margheweb (async), @ironnysh (async), @melbos (async)

We’ve had some new people join the channel recently.
@mohdumar1654, @zahidbenu, @cparkinson, @gajendrasingh, @priyanshii5@aanchals09,  @sunilkumarthz,  @umairashraf1986, @monusing, @rcreators, @blvtomoya, @blvtomoya, @anumit, @feedmymedia, @mzaidi604, @manukk, @keerthikavya

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

News

Meeting Note Takers

February 1 – @aanchals09
February 8 – need volunteer
February 15 – need volunteer
February 22- need volunteer

  • We’re looking for volunteers to take notes each week through the rest of November. Would anyone like to volunteer for the team? Please post in the #training channel

Looking for feedback

Looking for volunteers

  • Call for Hosts!! Who would like to facilitate an Online Workshop this year? Reach out to a 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..
  • Call for Mentors and Mentees for the project-wide Mentorship program – until February 7
  • Request for Faculty reviewers to look at and audit the HandbookGitHub link for faculty 

Updates from last week’s dev-squad triage session

Attendees: @psykro@digitalchild@devmuhib009, and @hellosatya

Next week, @digitalchild is keen to host the dev squad session, and @psykro committed to getting the draft dev squad guidelines ready for that.

If you’re interested in participating, come visit the #meta-learn Slack channel at 7:00 UTC. You’ll find the time shown in your local timezone on the Training Team’s meeting calendar.

Other News

Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

  1. Discussion in the thread about the review process. @sierratr question- After completing the third review if you are a faculty member can you move the issue to Preparing to Publish? Comments: @bsanevans– “If you are a Faculty member go right ahead” @psykro – ” I would welcome anyone who moves an item into the preparing to publish.”
  2. @sierratr question- How do we handle reviews that are submitted with the review checklist? Comments: @bsanevans – Suggested pinging the person to encourage the reviewer to use the checklist and re-submit.

Feedback awaiting validation

Topics awaiting vetting

Good first issues for developers

Validated feedback awaiting fix

Project Updates

  • Learning pathways
    We have some first draft redesign edits and thumbnails up for review, and will connect with Design   re: next steps next week:
  • 2024 goal planning sessions. Just another friendly reminder to add your comments. What are some goals for the training team?

Faculty Updates

Asked faculty to check in and answer the following questions.

  • What have you been working on and how has it been going?
  • Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
  • Do you have any blockers?
  • Can other Faculty or Training Team members help you in some way?

Open Discussions

  • @devmuhib question- Someone has translated several pieces of content, all of which seem to be directly copied and pasted from Google Translate. I have personally reviewed this content and can confirm that the translations are not good in quality and, at times, not readable. Despite multiple requests to modify the content and maintain a certain standard, the issues persist, and the content remains unreadable. What is the appropriate course of action for such translations? @bsanevans had a few suggestions
    • Raise some specific items in the translation
    • If in the same timezone, work on a translation together.

If there are any other suggestions please add to this thread. Translation Discussion

  • @jonathanbossenger brought up- our use of InstaWP to be discussed by the team.
    • @psykro and @bsanevans have added comments on the issue in 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/.
  • @bsanevans brought up- Faculty members are added to the Learn Content Triage team on GitHub. This gives them access to triage issues, change statuses, and most importantly, check-off boxes automatically added by automation. (More info about this group in this handbook page.)
    • What do folks think about extending this permission to vetted content creators, too? 
      • @bsanevans gave more context in the thread.
      • We could offer this access to folks who, for example, meet all these criteria:
      • Is a vetted Tutorial presenter or Online Workshop facilitator
      • Has created 3 or more pieces of content
      • Has requested to be added to the GitHub triage group
      • So, it wouldn’t be something we give automatically, but something we could provide upon request, once there’s a track record of contribution.

@courtneypk, @gusaus, @psykro, @lada7042 supported this idea.


You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#contributor-days, #learn-wordpress, #meeting-recap, #training-team

Meeting agenda for April 11, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in EMEA/Americas timezone on Tuesday, April 11th, 2023, at 16:00 UTC, and @webtechpooja will be hosting.

1. Intro/Welcome

Welcome to all new teammates who joined the Training Team this week!

2. News

  1. Meeting Note Takers
  2. Looking for feedback
  3. Looking for volunteers
    • Would anyone like to update https://learn.wordpress.org/pathways-to-learn-wordpress/ ? (See this Slack message for the initial call for help)
  4. Discussion: How can we streamline meeting agenda/recap posts? Reps have two ideas:
    1. Agenda in 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/, recap on the blog
    2. Detailed agenda on the blog, and add notable discussions in the comments section.
  5. Proposal: To avoid unnecessary notifications for team members, on-hold projects will be recorded in the team’s administration GitHub project board, and will be added back to meeting agendas when they are resumed.
  6. Other announcements

3. Content published in the last week

4. Open requests for review

5. Project updates

6. Open Discussions

If you have topics you’d liked discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.


You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

Meeting agenda for April 04, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in the APAC timezone on Tuesday, April 04, 2023, at 07:00 UTC. @bsanevans will be hosting.

1. Intro/Welcome

Welcome to all new teammates who joined the Training Team this week!

2. News

  1. Meeting Note Takers
  2. How can we streamline meeting agenda/recap posts? Reps have two ideas:
    1. Agenda in 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/, recap on the blog
    2. Detailed agenda on the blog, and add notable discussions in the comments section.
  3. What’s new on Learn WordPress in March 2023
  4. A new handbook page Published:
  5. Proposal: How to run a Learn WordPress course cohort
    • This new proposal is looking for your feedback by April 7th.
  6. News from other WordPress teams
  7. Upcoming Workshops
  8. How about temporarily relocating the other projects section from the agenda to the Paused column of the Github Training team Administration Project board?
    • To avoid unnecessary notifications for our team members, we will exclude the on-hold projects from the current agenda and add them back when they are resumed.
  9. Contributor Badge Awarded – @karthickmurugan and @esratpopy

3. Creating content for the WordPress 6.2 release

Please reference the resources below as we prepare content on Learn for the 6.2 release.

Content for 6.2

4. Content published in the last week

5. Open requests for review

6. Project updates

7. Open discussions

If you have topics you’d liked discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.


You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#agenda

Meeting agenda for March 28, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in EMEA/AMER timezone on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023, at 16:00 UTC. @webtechpooja and @lada7042 will be co-hosting.

1. Intro/Welcome

Welcome to all new teammates who joined the Training Team this week!

2. News

  1. Meeting Note Takers
  2. Faculty Members Update
    • Faculty members had an annual check-in survey they completed recently. Read all about the results on Faculty Survey Results – Q1 2023.
      • From the post: “Based on the responses, main takeaways are to recruit and/or train more Administrators, increase engagement on the team blog, and continue to focus on improving communication, collaboration, and processes.
  3. Please see the Make WordPress Meeting Calendar for up-to-date information about meeting times
  4. Learning pathways
  5. We’re looking for WordCamp EU Contributor Day Table Lead volunteers!
    • 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. EU 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/. will be on June 8th this year. @webtechpooja will be attending, and will be one of two Table Leads. We’re looking for one more volunteer!
    • If you’re interested in becoming a Table Lead, please reach out to a 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. (Pooja or Ben) to show your interest.
    • Please show interest by March 29th. The selection will be announced by March 31st.
  6. Proposal: How to run a Learn WordPress course cohort
    • This new proposal is looking for your feedback by April 7th.
  7. We have a new handbook page drafted: Preparing for a Flagship WordCamp Contributor Day
    • Please leave feedback on the draft by March 31st. You can find the draft linked in this Slack message.
  8. News from other WordPress teams

3. Creating content for the WordPress 6.2 release

Please reference the resources below as we prepare content on Learn for the 6.2 release.

Content for 6.2

4. Content published in the last week

5. Open requests for review

6. Project updates

7. Open discussions

If you have topics you’d liked discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.


You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

Meeting Agenda for March 21, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in APAC timezone on Tuesday, March 21st, 2023, at 07:00 UTC, and @bsanevans will be hosting.

1. Intro/Welcome

Welcome to all new teammates who joined the Training Team this week!

2. News

  1. Meeting Note Takers
    • March 21 – @nomadskateboarding
    • March 28 – need volunteer
    • April 4 – need volunteer
    • April 11 – need volunteer
  2. Faculty Members Update
    • Monthly faculty meetings have been discontinued.
    • Faculty members had an annual check-in survey they completed recently. @courtneypk will be sharing results in the next week or so.
  3. Meeting times for EMEA/Americas is changing from this week
    • Please see the Make WordPress Meeting Calendar for up-to-date information about meeting times.
      • EMEA/Americas meetings and coffee hours on Tuesdays will now be held at 16:00 UTC. Friday EMEA/Americas coffee hours will continue to be held at 10:00 UTC.
      • There are no changes to APAC meeting times.
  4. Dev-squad update: Triage sessions planning
  5. Learning pathways
  6. Team badges
    • The process of requesting a team badge has been updated. Please see Team Profile Badges for details.
    • @psykro was awarded the Training Team Badge this week for 12 months of consistent contribution to the team.
  7. We’re looking for WordCamp EU Contributor Day Table Lead volunteers!
    • 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. EU 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/. will be on June 8th this year. @webtechpooja will be attending, and will be one of two Table Leads. We’re looking for one more volunteer!
    • If you’re interested in becoming a Table Lead, please reach out to a 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. (Pooja or Ben) to show your interest.
    • Please show interest by March 29th. The selection will be announced by March 31st.
  8. We have a new handbook page drafted: Preparing for a WordCamp Contributor Day
    • Please leave feedback on the draft by March 31st. You can find the draft linked in this Slack message.
  9. News from other WordPress teams

3. Creating content for the WordPress 6.2 release

Please reference the resources below as we prepare content on Learn for the 6.2 release.

Content for 6.2

4. Content published in the last week

5. Open requests for review

6. Project updates

7. Open discussions

If you have topics you’d liked discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this post.


You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#agenda

Meeting Agenda for March 14, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in EMEA/AMER timezone on Tuesday, March 14th, 2023, at 17:00 UTC, and @webtechpooja will be hosting.

  1. Intro/Welcome
  2. News
    1. Meeting Note Takers
      • March 14 – @faguni22
      • March 21 – need volunteer
      • March 28 – need volunteer
    2. Faculty Members Update
    3. Daylight Savings Time ends on March 12 for AMER and March 26th for EMEA. And according to the poll, we will run the meeting at 16:00 UTC. We will change the time from the next meeting i.e. March 21.
      • Does anyone want to volunteer with me to co-host the upcoming EMEA/AMER meeting on March 28?
    4. Dev-squad update: Triage sessions planning
    5. Introduction to WordPress Development: A proposed learning path
    6. Launching the Contributor Working Group: Call for Volunteers
  3. Start working on revising and creating content for  WP 6.2 on LearnWP – WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 launched on Feb 7
  4. Projects
  5. Other Work in Progress
  6. Request for review
  7. Open Discussions

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#agenda

Meeting Agenda for March 7th, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in the APAC timezone on Tuesday, March 7th 2023 at 07:00 UTC with @bsanevans and @webtechpooja hosting.

  1. Intro/Welcome
  2. News
    1. Meeting Note Takers
      • March 7 – @afrin29
      • March 14 – need volunteer
      • March 21 – need volunteer
      • March 28 – need volunteer
    2. Faculty Members Update
    3. Training Team goals for 2023 have been published
    4. WordPress 6.2 Release
    5. Daylight Savings Time ends on March 12 for AMER and March 26th for EMEA — please vote on what to do.
    6. The first Learn WordPress Newsletter was published: Learn WordPress March Newsletter
    7. With the launch of the new onboarding program, the Welcome Wrangler role has evolved. Come and join the renewed Welcome Committee!
    8. How shall we refer to the site https://learn.wordpress.org? Add your thoughts to this Slack discussion.
    9. 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. Destiny will be away from March 1 – June 1 for a sabbatical.
    10. A discussion has started to include Online Workshops in the WordPress admin dashboard widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.Proposal: Modify the Events and News widget to show topic-based meetups worldwide
  3. Published Content
    • Tutorial
    • Lesson Plan
    • Course
  4. Start working on revising and creating content for  WP 6.2 on LearnWP – WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 launched on Feb 7
  5. Projects
  6. Other Work in Progress
  7. Request for review
  8. Open Discussions

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#agenda, #learn-wordpress, #training-team

Meeting Agenda for February 28th, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in the EMEA/AMER timezone on Tuesday, February 28th 2023 at 17:00 UTC with @webtechpooja and Laura Adamonis hosting.

  1. Intro/Welcome
  2. News
    1. Meeting Note Takers
      • Feb 28 – @fike
      • March 7 – @afrin29 (would you like to take notes?)
      • March 14 – need volunteer
      • March 21 – need volunteer
      • March 29 – need volunteer
    2. Faculty Members Update
    3. WordCamp Asia 2023 Contributor Day
    4. Training Team’s new onboarding program is now live!
    5. New link for the LearnWP website development project in #meta-learn
    6. Training Team Goals 2023
    7. Learn Newsletter
    8. Daylight Savings Time ends on March 12 for AMER and March 26th for EMEA— let’s vote on what to do
    9. 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. Destiny will be away from March 1 – June 1 for a sabbatical.
    10. A discussion has started to include Online Workshops in the WordPress admin dashboard widgetWidget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user.: Proposal: Modify the Events and News widget to show topic-based meetups worldwide
  3. Published Content
  4. Start working on revising and creating content for  WP 6.2 on LearnWP – WordPress 6.2 Beta 1 launched on Feb 7
  5. Projects
  6. Other Work in Progress
  7. Request for review
  8. Other ways to Contribute
  9. Open Discussions

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

#agenda

February 2023 Faculty Meeting

Faculty Members have opted into an asynchronous meeting every 15th of the month (or the closest business day). We will hold our meeting over a two-week period, and the meeting host (typically the poster) or another assigned individual will post discussion outcomes at the end of the feedback period.

Please find outlined below Updates for review, Topics for Discussion, and items that require assistance in the Working Together section. The meeting host will add a comment for each topic for discussion.

Discussion period: 16–28 February, 2023

Updates

Here are some recent happenings and open feedback requests.

Open Feedback Requests

Topics for Discussion

Please comment on this post with answers to the Faculty Member check-in items and your input on our topics for discussion.

  • Check-in: Please feel free to answer some or all of the below self check-in items:
    • How are you doing?
    • What’s your bandwidth like?
    • Anything you’d like extra eyes on?
    • What things will you be focusing on in the coming month?
    • How best can you help or be tapped in this coming month?
  • We are seeking faculty volunteers to help host Training Team meetings and coffee hours. Please comment if you can help host any of the upcoming meetings.
    • APAC: Tuesdays 07:00 UTC
    • Americas/EMEA: Tuesdays 17:00 UTC
    • Additional Americas/EMEA coffee hour: Fridays 14:00 UTC
  • Faculty Meetings
    • We are seeking faculty volunteers to host the next Faculty meeting. Please comment if you can help host in March 2023. Since it is an asynchronous meeting that takes place on the team blog, you would just be responsible for publishing a post just like this one.
    • Are you finding this asynchronous meeting format on the team blog useful? Do you have any suggestions for improving the faculty meeting process?

Have any other topics for discussion? Please your walk-on topic in the comment titled Walk-on Topics for discussion.

Working Together

Outlined below are the tasks per role that require assistance. All tasks are logged in the Training Team’s LearnWP Content Development board.

All

The following Faculty Members work to progress the needs of all roles: @courane01, @azhiyadev, @webtechpooja, @piyopiyofox, @courtneypk, @bsanevans

Editors

Faculty Members: @fikekomala @aion11 @mrfoxtalbot, @digitalchild, @afshanadiya

Editor assistance required

Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

Faculty Members: @wpscholar, @annezazu, @pbrocks, @richtabor, @chetan200891, @HardeepAsrani, @chrismkindred, @amitpatelmd, @psykro, @digitalchild, @afshanadiya

SME assistance required

Content Creator

Faculty Members: @amitpatelmd, @psykro, @arasae, @west7, @ndiego, @trynet, @chrisbadgett, @colorful-tones, @eboxnet, @robinwpdeveloper, @caraya

Content Creator assistance required

Administrator

Faculty Members: @onealtr @meaganhanes

Admin assistance required


#faculty-meeting

#agenda

Meeting Agenda for February 14, 2023

This week’s meeting will be held in the EMEA/AMER timezone on Tuesday, 14 February 2023 at 17:00 UTC with @webtechpooja  and Mark-Andrew Nordstrom hosting.

  1. Intro/Welcome
    • Welcome: Partho Hore, Yara-Nee Dennis, Yiannis Passalides, Sharon Yates, Saud Razzak, kraft, BobWP, ahmed bouazizi
  2. News
    1. Meeting Note Takers
    2. Faculty Members Update
    3. WordCamp Asia 2023 Contributor Day
    4. No Meeting next week, Feb 21, due to WCAsia
      • We will have a coffee hour at 07:00 UTC on February 22nd
    5. Apply to Attend the 2023 Community Summit
    6. Training Team’s new onboarding program is now live!
    7. Video conferencing options for Online Workshops
    8. New link for the LearnWP website development project in #meta-learn
    9. Training Team Goals 2023
    10. Feedback request
  3. Published Content
  4. Start working on revising and creating content for  WP 6.2 on LearnWP – BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process. launched on Feb 7
  5. Projects
  6. Other Work in Progress
  7. Request for review
  8. Other ways to Contribute
  9. Open Discussions

Upcoming Meetings

You are welcome to join the team at any time! If you are new to the Training Team, please introduce yourself in the #training channel before the meeting (or anytime!) and feel free to join us in the meeting and participate as you are able.


Training Team Mission

The WordPress training team helps people learn to use, extend, and contribute to WordPress through synchronous and asynchronous learning as well as downloadable lesson plans for instructors to use in live environments, via learn.wordpress.org.

Getting Involved

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join in, comment on posts, and participate in meetings and on projects.

Team Links

  1. Learn.WordPress.org
    1. Lesson Plans
    2. Tutorials
    3. Courses
    4. Online Workshops
    5. Pathways to Learn WordPress
  2. Getting Involved
    1. GitHub Website Development
    2. GitHub Content Development
    3. What We Are Currently Working On This Month
  3. About The Team
  4. Our Team Blog

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