Events Team Update for 7/12/2013

Past weeks:

  • trained Scott Basgaard, Remkus DeVries, and Heather Acton to respond to 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. applications
  • created a huge number of predefined replies in SupportPress for easier application responding
  • approved for planning São Paul, St. Louis, Edmonton, DC, Vienna, LA, and Wroclaw
  • approved budgets and set dates for WordCamps Providence, Buffalo, Orlando, Albuquerque, Sofia, Porto, Tokyo, Salt Lake City, Toronto, LA, Porto, Malaga, and Detroit
  • emailed with some Indian and African applicants around their meetupMeetup All local/regional gatherings that are officially a part of the WordPress world but are not WordCamps are organized through https://www.meetup.com/. A meetup is typically a chance for local WordPress users to get together and share new ideas and seek help from one another. Searching for ‘WordPress’ on meetup.com will help you find options in your area. organizations and eventual WordCamps
  • replied to applications for Nigeria, Karachi, “USA,” Jabalpur, Gambia, Lagos, Mumbai, Karachi, Colombo, Nashik, Hartford, and Santa Rosa
  • WCSF
  • worked with camps in planning
  • reconnoitered with committees that have fallen quiet

Coming week:

  • Create Q2 bill for Bluehost
  • Connect WMPL sponsor with organizers of upcoming camps
  • Post an Events project groups amnesty/update post to /events
  • Launch that darned mentorship program

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