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As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance communication and collaboration among our local WordPress communities, we propose thatWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community Support PBC is a Public Benefit Corporation, created specifically to be the financial and legal support for WordCamps, WordPress Meetup groups, and any additional “official” events organized within the WordPress Community Events program.considers adopting our local communities, currently on freeSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platformhttps://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel athttps://make.wordpress.org/chat/.plans, into a consolidated Enterprise Grid plan. More information:An introduction to Slack Enterprise GridandGuide to the Enterprise Grid admin dashboard.
In alignment with@MattMullenweg’s proposal at theState of the WordState of the WordThis is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US. It looks at what we’ve done, what we’re doing, and the future of WordPress.https://wordpress.tv/tag/state-of-the-word/.2023, where he suggested adopting a few polyglot channels by saying about free Slack spaces for local communities: “you shouldn’t need to do that”, this initiative to transition to an Enterprise Grid could be seen as an extension of that vision. By consolidating our Slack workspaces, we not only enhance our ability to support multilingual communication but also significantly broaden the scope for cross-community interactions. This proactive step would further integrate diverse voices and expertise into our global WordPress community, supporting our collective growth.
It’s important to note that many of our local WordPress communities currently operate on free Slack plans. The list of known communication platforms for local communication can be seen here:Local Slack Teams.
These communities, which are pivotal in promoting WordPress and offering support at a local level, are indeed especially important for Polyglots but not only: Support,Community event organization and many more conversations happen in those Slack workspaces. Local communities face significant limitations in terms of message history and integration capabilities under the free plan model,with access to the conversations limited to 90 days. As Slack moves towards deleting older than 1 year historical data for free accounts, our community’s valuable discussions and resources risk being lost. Transitioning to an Enterprise Grid plan would safeguard our archives and enhance our operational capacities,ensuring that every local community has the tools they need to thrive.
Key Benefits of Moving to Slack Enterprise Grid:
Data Continuity and Access: By migrating to Enterprise Grid, we can ensure that all historical data — including messages, files, and customizations — is preserved. This is critical as Slack’s upcomingpolicy changewill delete older than 1-year history for free workspaces starting 26 August 2024.
Enhanced Security and Compliance: Enterprise Grid offers advanced security features, compliance settings, and administrative capabilities that are not available in free Slack plans. These include SAML-based single sign-on, and comprehensive user and channel management.
Improved Collaboration Across Workspaces: Enterprise Grid allows for better integration across different workspaces. This is especially beneficial for communities that are segmented by region or interest group, facilitating smoother communication and resource sharing across the entire network.
Implementation Considerations:
Timeline: The transition should ideally be completed before 25 August 2024 to avoid any disruption caused by the deletion of message history for free plans. However, we understand that this deadline is short and even if it is not feasible in that timeframe, this proposal is still valid, with the workspaces recovery of 1 year of historical conversations.
Community Feedback and Support: It is crucial to involve community leaders and members, as well as free local Slack “owners”, in this transition process to ensure their needs and concerns are addressed.
User accounts: Address the concern of user accounts as people might already have accounts in several of those Slack workspaces. See with Slack if some sort of consolidation and merging user accounts are possible without losing user history in all the workspaces they belong to.
This change would hugely benefit the communication within the community, but it doesn’t solve all problems. For example, Slack refuses users and domains linked to certain locations, like Iran, Russia, etc.
Slack being a third-party proprietary application, we need to take into consideration these concerns, and talk with them about data ownership:Slack’s use of traditional machine learning models. If we move to anopen sourceOpen SourceOpen Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL.solution at a later date, with this proposal we will at least have consolidated the existing Slack workspaces.
Call to Action:
Let’s consider this proposal and provide feedback on the feasibility of this transition, and if this is possible before 25 August 2024, in the comments belowbefore July 12, 2024for collaborative decision-making.
In an effort to provide some real-time information for event organizers and the community alike,Central is sharing monthly financial summaries for all the events of the prior month + any events from prior months that had not paid all invoices or submitted transparency reports by the month following their event. Below are links to the prior reports that have been shared:
Updates on WordCamps Held Before March with Open Budgets
WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.Manila (November 11, 2023) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and eighty-nine Approved Attendee Total:230 Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and budget closed. Final cost 492,728PHPPHPPHP (recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a widely-used open source general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.http://php.net/manual/en/intro-whatis.php./ $8,869 USD and cost per person/per day of 1,705 PHP/ $31 USD. Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 60,119 PHP/ $1,082 USD. Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp Udaipur (December 2, 2023) Final Tickets Sold:three hundred Approved Attendee Total:three hundred and fifty Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and budget closed. Final cost 694,577 INR/ $8,335 USD and cost per person/per day of 2,315 INR/ $28 USD. Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 23,220 INR/ $279 USD. Open Items – Finances:The surplus funds were sent to WC Pune 2024 to assist with final payments for their event.
WordCamp Ahmedabad (December 9, 2023) Final Tickets Sold:one thousand and fifty-one Approved Attendee Total:eight hundred Budget Notes*:Transparency Report received, reviewed, and follow up questions sent. Open Items – Finances:Still awaiting answers from the organizers. A follow up check in was sent June 5, 2024. The last communication was April 17, 2024.
WordCamp Nepal (Jan 12 – 13) Final Tickets Sold:eight hundred and fifty-nine Approved Attendee Total:800 Budget Notes*:Transparency Report received and reviewed. All open questions answered. Final cost 4,090,902 NPR/ $30,682 USD and cost per person/per day of 2,381 INR/ $18 USD. Currently, the event reflects a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 870,493 NPR/ $6,529 USD. Open Items – Finances:Still Awaiting final notes regarding the amount of 1 additional government subsidy in order to close the report.
WordCamp Zaragoza (Jan 19 – 20) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and sixty Approved Attendee Total:225 Budget Notes*:Budget closed. Final cost 19,283 EUR/ $21,019 USD and cost per person/per day of 37 EUR/ $40 USD. Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 5,753 EUR/ $6,271 USD. Open Items – Finances:No open items
Kerala Photo Festival (Online) (Feb 3-10) Final Tickets Sold:N/A (333 tickets were claimed for participation) Approved Attendee Total: N/A Budget Notes*:Budget closed Final cost $1,125 USD Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately $123 USD Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp Kansai (Feb 23-24) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and sixty-four Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and sixty Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and budget closed Final cost 2,441,951 JPY/ $15,873 USD and cost per person/ per day of 4,609 JPY/ $30 USD Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 126,963 JPY/ $825 USD Open Items – Finances:The surplus funds were returned toWPCSWPCSThe collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules(sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the WordPress Coding Standards.May also be an acronym referring to the Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPressCoding Standards Handbook.for use in future events.
WordCamp and Events Held in March
Women’s WP Day, San José, Costa Rica (March 8) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and forty-seven Approved Attendee Total:one hundred and twenty Budget Notes*:Budget closed Final cost $7,436 USD and cost per person/ per day of $50 USD Event closed on budget. Open Items – Finances:No open items
Switzerland Community Day (March 23) Final Tickets Sold:fifty-five Approved Attendee Total:sixty Budget Notes*:Budget closed Final cost 4,813 EUR/ $5,247 USD and cost per person/ per day of 87 EUR/ $94 USD Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 1,357 EUR/ $1,479 USD Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp Torrelodones (March 23 – 24) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and twenty-five Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and fifty Budget Notes*:Budget closed Final cost 28,234 EUR/ $30,763 USD and cost per person/ per day of 62 EUR/ $67 USD Event closed with additional Global Sponsorship funds used of approximately 2,811 EUR/ $3,052 USD Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp and Events Held in April
WordCamp Vienna (April 5 – 6) Final Tickets Sold:three hundred and seventy-one Approved Attendee Total:three hundred and fifty-five Budget Notes*:Budget still open Open Items – Finances:Payments still to be made for Audio/Visual, Food & Beverage, Signage, Speaker Events, and Venue.
WordCamp Chiclana (April 5 – 6) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and ninety-five Approved Attendee Total:two hundred Budget Notes*:Budget closed Final cost 21,544 EUR/ $23,477 USD and cost per person/ per day of 54 EUR/ $59 USD Event closed with additional Global Sponsorship funds used of approximately 1,566 EUR/ $1,701 USD Open Items – Finances:No open items
Masaka Education Showcase (April 6) Final Tickets Sold:sixty Approved Attendee Total:one hundred Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and open questions were sent on May 15, 2024. Still awaiting a reply. Open Items – Finances:Still finalizing transparency report
WordCamp Gliwice (April 13 – 14) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and twelve Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and sixty-twoB udget Notes*:Transparency report reviewed and budget closed Final cost 113,430 PLN/ $28,358 USD and cost per person/ per day of 232 PLN/ $58 USD Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately 5,429 PLN/ $1,357 USD Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp Bilbao (April 20 – 21) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and eighty-two Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and fifty Budget Notes*:Budget closed Final cost 22,033 EUR/ $24,016 USD and cost per person/ per day of 59 EUR/ $65 USD Event closed with additional Global Sponsorship funds used of approximately 1,310 EUR/ $1,428 USD Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp Leipzig (April 20) Final Tickets Sold:sixty-five Approved Attendee Total:ninety Budget Notes*:Budget still open Open Items – Finances:No expenses paid for this event yet. Awaiting requests for Audio/Visual, Food & Bev, Signage, and Venue.
YouthCamp Kozhikode (April 27 – 28) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and twenty-three Approved Attendee Total:one hundred and seventy-five Budget Notes*:Still awaiting Transparency Report. Budget still open Open Items – Finances:An email was sent requesting the report on May 15, 2024. No response has been received yet.
Budget Notes*: If an event was able to raisemoresponsorship income or ticket income, or the expenses were less than amounts listed in the approved budget, the additional funds are contributed back to the Global Sponsorship fund. If, on the other hand, an organizing team raiseslesssponsorship income or ticket income than planned, or expenses are higher than originally budgeted, the additional amount needed to cover all expenses is covered by the Global Sponsorship fund and will be stated as additional Global Sponsorship funds used.
The goal of WordPress events is to provide a space where community members can come together and share knowledge, build relationships with other members and sponsors, and spread love for WordPress. The goal is never to make money. BecauseWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community Support PBC is a Public Benefit Corporation, created specifically to be the financial and legal support for WordCamps, WordPress Meetup groups, and any additional “official” events organized within the WordPress Community Events program.pays taxes on any net income at year end, we strive to hold events where income is equal to expenses.
Transparency Report**: WordCamps that run funds through WordPress Community Support (WPCS) – meaning WPCS collects ticket income and sponsorship income, and pays vendors directly – are not required to submit a Transparency Report.
Alternatively, organizing teams thatrun money locallycollect all or some of the ticket income and sponsorship income directly. The team then uses the collected funds to pay expenses of the event. The organizing team is responsible for completing a transparency report after the event where they submit receipts/documentation for all expenses, support for ticket income collected,and support for sponsorship income collected. More info can be foundhere. #community-team,#wordcamps,#events-of-the-month
WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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 2024 is one month ahead and the Community Team would love to have as many contributors joining as possible.WCEUWCEUWordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event.is one of the flagship events held in a year along with WordCamp Asia and WordCamp US. During this time, we would love to welcome team members to get together, contribute, collaborate, onboard new members, and maybe come up with new ideas for the future. Several members including some of the Community Team Reps will be present at the event and we will have few facilitators to get through the day.
Here are some topics that could be discussed during the day.
Topic Examples
What would you like to see the community team accomplish at WCEU this year?
What topics do you think we should focus on?
What goals would be impactful to our day spent collaborating together?
How can we improve the Handbook for the Community Team?
NewMeetupMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in ourMeetup Organizer Handbook./WP Event Orientations / Vetting
WP Event budget reviews
Training for Meetup/WordCamp Organizers
Training for current Event/Program Supporters
Can’t attend in person?
Join the conversations that happen all year long in the Make CommunitySlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platformhttps://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel athttps://make.wordpress.org/chat/.. It’s simple to join and allows you to connect to all of the Make WordPress contributor teams!
We will try our best to have the#community-teamchannel running during the day, but we highly recommend you to comment in this post or in the channel about any specific topics we should look into during WCEU.
Your Feedback is Invaluable
The Community Team thrives because of its diverse perspectives and rich discussions. Don’t stop now. Please comment on your ideas below beforeMay 31st, after that, we’ll close the comments, consolidate all ideas and we’ll publish another post with the final plans onJune 7th.
Welcome to the April 2024 edition of your WordPressMeetupMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in ourMeetup Organizer Handbook.Organizer Newsletter! The newsletter aims to inspire and empower WordPress meetup organizers worldwide to host engaging, impactful meetup events. Do you have ideas for topics to feature in a future edition of the newsletter? Please email your suggestions to support@wordcamp.org.
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Explore WordPress 6.5 Highlights
WordPress 6.5 “Regina”was recently released! Thismajor releaseMajor ReleaseA 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.brings exciting features like the new Font Library, enhanced drag-and-drop functionality, and over 110 performance updates, making the Post Editor and Site Editor 2x faster than before. Notable improvements include AVIF image support, 65accessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)enhancements, and developer-friendly features like the InteractivityAPIAPIAn API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways.. With contributions from 700 individuals across 57 countries, including 150 first-time contributors, WordPress 6.5 reflects a global effort to empower users with a smoother, more efficient experience. Following closely, themaintenance and security release of WordPress 6.5.2addresses crucial bug fixes and security enhancements, ensuring the WordPress experience remains top-notch.
How Your Meetup Can Explore WordPress 6.5 Together
Interactive Workshops:Host workshops focused on 6.5’s innovations, like creating custom fonts with the new Font Library.
Show and Tell:Inspire your community by showcasing real-world applications of 6.5 features. Encourage members to share their projects and learn from each other.
Share Your Feedback with Meetup.com
Earlier this year, Meetup.com was acquired by Bending Spoons, an Italian-based tech company with an ambitious vision for Meetup’s future. Bending Spoons acquired Meetup because they believe in the mission to foster human connections. Over the next few years,this new parent company intends to invest nearly $50 million to improve the product and grow membership. In particular, the team plans to improve event discoverability and reduce the friction for organizers to create events and engage with their communities.
HarnessWordCampWordCampWordCamps 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 2024 for your Meetup Group!
WordCamp Europe 2024 has unveiled itsschedule and speaker lineup! From talks on WordPress’s future to hands-on workshops, there’s something for everyone. WordCamp Europe talks are live-streamed and recorded, so you can bring together your meetup group to watch and discuss the sessions. It’s the next best thing to being there!
Celebrating Success: WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program
TheWordPress Contributor Mentorship Program’s second cohorthas just wrapped up, boasting52 menteesguided bytwenty-eightmentorsEvent SupporterEvent Supporter (formerly Mentor) is someone who has already organised a WordCamp and has time to meet with their assigned mentee every 2 weeks, they talk over where they should be in their timeline, help them to identify their issues, and also identify solutions for their issues.over six weeks. A heartfelt congratulations to all mentees – including six recipients of theLGBTQ+Press Empowerment Grant– for their outstanding contributions to WordPress.
Introducing our newest WordPress Meetup groups
Let’s welcome the new Meetup groups recently added to our chapter! Do support them in organizing both local (in-person) and global (online) meetup events, and let’s learn from their experiences and experiments along the way.
This month, we celebrate the WordPress Meetup groups of Cebu (Philippines), Managua (Nicaragua), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Malappuram (India)!
Meetup Organizers, we want to feature you!
We’d love to publish pictures from Meetups all around the world in each newsletter. Do you want your Meetup to be featured? Share 1 picture with the Community team!Rename your picture as “Meetup-name_event-date” andupload it to this folder.The formats supported are jpg and png. Please remember, always ask for permission from your group members before taking the picture and sharing it with us!
If you have any questions, Community Team Supporters are here to help. Please email us at support@wordcamp.org or join the#community-eventsSlackchannel.Thanks for everything you doto grow and support the WordPress community. Let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!
In an effort to provide some real-time information for event organizers and the community alike,Central is sharing monthly financial summaries for all the events of the prior month + any events from prior months that had not paid all invoices or submitted transparency reports by the month following their event. Below are links to the prior reports that have been shared:
Updates on WordCamps Held Before February with Open Budgets
WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.Tokyo, Japan (Oct 20-22) Final Tickets Sold:four hundred and twenty-four Approved Attendee Total:400 Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and budget closed Final cost $40,926 USD/ 5,684,195 JPY and cost per person/ per day of $32 USD/ 4,469 JPY. Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately $403 USD / 56,002 JPY.
Open Items – Finances:There was a surplus on hand with organizers totaling $6,634 USD/ 921,333 JPY that has since been returned to Central.
WordCamp Manila (November 11) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and eighty-nine Approved Attendee Total:230 Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed but awaiting a few answers to open questions
Open Items – Finances:Open questions sent January 10, 2024, with the latest reply on March 8, 2024. Another request for answers was sent March 27, 2024.
WordCamp Udaipur (December 2) Final Tickets Sold:three hundred Approved Attendee Total:three hundred and fifty Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and a few open questions sent to organizers on March 18, 2024. Still awaiting a reply.
Open Items – Finances:Still awaiting answers to questions sent following the review of the transparency report.
WordCamp Ahmedabad (December 9) Final Tickets Sold:one thousand and fifty-one Approved Attendee Total:eight hundred Budget Notes*:Awaiting Final Numbers
Open Items – Finances:Still Awaiting final Transparency Report**. There has been communication with organizers on March 27, 2024, and the team has committed to providing the report by April 1, 2024.
WordCamp Nepal (Jan 12 – 13) Final Tickets Sold:eight hundred and fifty-nine Approved Attendee Total:800 Budget Notes*:Still awaiting Transparency Report submission and final numbers.
Open Items – Finances:Still Awaiting final Transparency Report**, and the team has been in communication as late as March 26, 2024, to say the information will be submitted as soon as possible.
WordCamp Zaragoza (Jan 19 – 20) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and sixty Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and twenty-five Budget Notes*:The budget appears almost complete. The only remaining vendor to be paid appears to be theaccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)services.
Open Items – Finances:One more vendor to pay. The budgetwranglerWranglerSomeone, usually a person part of event organizing team, who looks after certain things like budget or sponsors.and organizing team were emailed on March 21, 2024, to ask about this remaining invoice.
WordCamp and Events Held in February
Kerala Photo Festival (Online) (Feb 3-10) Final Tickets Sold:N/A (333 tickets were claimed for participation) Approved Attendee Total: N/A Budget Notes*:Prize winnings are still being paid to the winners of the event
Open Items – Finances:All expenses still not paid
WordCamp Phoenix (Feb 9-10) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and twenty-four Approved Attendee Total:four hundred Budget Notes*: Final cost $30,350 USD and cost per person/ per day of $67 USD Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately $8,784 USD
Open Items – Finances:No open items
WordCamp Pune (Feb 17) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and thirty-two Approved Attendee Total:four hundred Budget Notes*:Transparency Report submitted and reviewed Final cost $6,075 USD/ 506,221 INR and cost per person/ per day of $26 USD/ 2,182 INR. Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately $2,366 USD / 197,166 INR
Open Items – Finances:There are still reimbursements to be made to the organizers, but the costs have been reported in total, so total expenses will not be affected.
WordCamp Kansai (Feb 23-24) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and ninety-nine Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and sixty Budget Notes*:Still awaiting Transparency Report submission and final numbers.
Open Items – Finances:Still Awaiting final Transparency Report**, and the team has been in communication to say the information will be submitted by April 14th.
Budget Notes*: If an event was able to raisemoresponsorship income or ticket income, or the expenses were less than amounts listed in the approved budget, the additional funds are contributed back to the Global Sponsorship fund. If, on the other hand, an organizing team raiseslesssponsorship income or ticket income than planned, or expenses are higher than originally budgeted, the additional amount needed to cover all expenses is covered by the Global Sponsorship fund and will be stated as additional Global Sponsorship funds used.
The goal of WordPress events is to provide a space where community members can come together and share knowledge, build relationships with other members and sponsors, and spread love for WordPress. The goal is never to make money. BecauseWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community Support PBC is a Public Benefit Corporation, created specifically to be the financial and legal support for WordCamps, WordPress Meetup groups, and any additional “official” events organized within the WordPress Community Events program.pays taxes on any net income at year end, we strive to hold events where income is equal to expenses.
Transparency Report**: WordCamps that run funds through WordPress Community Support (WPCSWPCSThe collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules(sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the WordPress Coding Standards.May also be an acronym referring to the Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPressCoding Standards Handbook.) – meaning WPCS collects ticket income and sponsorship income, and pays vendors directly – are not required to submit a Transparency Report.
Alternatively, organizing teams thatrun money locallycollect all or some of the ticket income and sponsorship income directly. The team then uses the collected funds to pay expenses of the event. The organizing team is responsible for completing a transparency report after the event where they submit receipts/documentation for all expenses, support for ticket income collected,and support for sponsorship income collected. More info can be foundhere.
Hi, WordPressMeetupMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in ourMeetup Organizer Handbook.Organizers!
Curious to see all WordPress upcoming events worldwide? Check outthe WordPress Events site! You canfilterFilterFilters are one of the two types of Hookshttps://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Hooks. They provide a way for functions to modify data of other functions. They are the counterpart to Actions. Unlike Actions, filters are meant to work in an isolated manner, and should never have side effects such as affecting global variables and output.by country, month, and event type and connect with the WordPress communities around the world!
News fromWordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.Asia
In his Q&A session at WordCamp Asia, Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Co-founder) announced thatState Of The WordState of the WordThis is the annual report given by Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress at WordCamp US. It looks at what we’ve done, what we’re doing, and the future of WordPress.https://wordpress.tv/tag/state-of-the-word/.2024 will be held in Tokyo, Japan on December 16, 2024. You can view thefull recording of Matt’s Q&A session on YouTube.
The Community Team has announced a project to revive Meetup Groups in big cities in Asia that are inactive, or help the local WordPress community that are not yet part of the WordPress Meetup Chapter Program to join.Please see the project’s post for more details, and let us know if you’d like to be involved!
MeetupsMeetupMeetup groups are locally-organized groups that get together for face-to-face events on a regular basis (commonly once a month). Learn more about Meetups in ourMeetup Organizer Handbook.of the Month
This month, we celebrate the WordPress Meetup groups of Bengaluru (Bangalore, India), Griñón (Spain), and Satkhira (Bangladesh)!
Bangalore, IndiaGriñón, SpainSatkhira, Bangladesh
Introducing our newest WordPress Meetup groups
Let’s welcome the new Meetup groups recently added to our chapter! Do support them in organizing both local (in-person) and global (online) meetup events, and let’s learn from their experiences and experiments along the way.
We’d love to publish pictures from Meetups all around the world in each newsletter. Do you want your Meetup to be featured? Share 1 picture with the Community team!Rename your picture as “Meetup-name_event-date” andupload it to this folder.The formats supported are jpg and png. Please remember, always ask for permission from your group members before taking the picture and sharing it with us!
Meetup Tip of the Month
The best way to boost discoverability of your Meetup events is by putting relevant keywords in your event’s title and description (for example, “WordPress”). When writing your event description, be concise and specific. Include the same relevant keyword in your event title and at least twice in your description. The more you use a searchable keyword, the easier it will be for members to find your event.
If you have any questions, Community Team Program Supporters are here to help. Please email us at support@wordcamp.org or join the#community-eventsSlackchannel. Thanks for everything you do to grow and support the WordPress community—let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!
TrelloTrelloProject management system using the concepts of boards and cards to organize tasks in a sane way. This is what the make.wordpress.com/marketing team uses for example:https://trello.com/b/8UGHVBu8/wp-marketing.has changed their free plan. It now limits free Workspaces to 10 collaborators. Currently their are about 24 current and former Community Team members associated with the team’s free Workspace.
Trello has informed us that:
On April 8, 2024, in free Workspaces at or over the limit, you’ll only be able to share boards with current Workspace collaborators.
On May 20, 2024, in free Workspaces over the limit, boards will become view only.
Theinitial conversation in Slackseemed to indicate that we might be done with Trello and ready to move toGitHubGitHubGitHub 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/for project planning. If so, then we can close our free Trello Workspace.
If we want to continue using Trello, we will need to limit the number of users.
So, the question I need feedback on is:
Should we close Trello and use GitHub?
Should we keep Trello and decide which 10 members have access to it?
It has been proposed to a non-editable footer to all Event Website Pages moving forward. This footer would contain two things:
the Privacy Policy
a link to the new events.wordpress.orgWordPress.orgThe community site where WordPress code is created and shared by the users. This is where you can download the source code for WordPress core, plugins and themes as well as the central location for community conversations and organization.https://wordpress.org/website
It would be displayed on allWordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.and New Format event sites. If it’s a site that is generated for a Community Team-sponsored event, it would have this footer at the bottom of each page.
This meets two goals.
One, it fills any legal requirements a state or country might have about displaying the Privacy Policy in a way that can’t accidentally be altered by an organizing team.
Two, it brings visibility to the new events.wordpress.org website where community member can find more events in their area, or easily apply to organize an in their area.
As always, feedback is welcomed and encouraged. Please share yours by 20 March, so we can get this footer into development as soon as possible.
The Community Team chat takes place the first Thursday of every month in the#community-teamchannel onSlackSlackSlack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platformhttps://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel athttps://make.wordpress.org/chat/..
This meeting is meant for all contributors on the team and everyone who is interested in taking part in some of the things our team does. Feel free to join us, even if you are not currently active in the team!
You will find a preliminary agenda for the meeting below.
If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps:@peiraisotta,@Shusei,@leo, or@nukaga. It does not need to be a blog post yet, the topic can be discussed during the meeting nevertheless. We use the same agenda for both meetings.
Call for meeting host If anyone is available to host the second sessions of the Community Team monthly meeting at 9pm UTC, please reach out to one of the team reps, who are all based in APAC and EMEA countries:@peiraisotta,@Shusei,@leo, or@nukaga.
Check-ins: Program and Event Supporters / Contributors
What have you been doing and how is it going?
What did you accomplish after the last meeting?
Are there any blockers?
Can other team members help you in some way?
Highlights to Note
Here are a few things everyone should be aware of.
This is your chance to discuss things that weren’t on the meeting agenda.
We invite you to use this opportunity to share anything that you want with the team. If you currently have a topic you’d like to discuss, add it to the comments of this post and we will try to update the agenda accordingly.
Hope to see you on Thursday, either in the Asia-Pacific / EMEA (12:00 UTC) or Americas-friendly version (21:00 UTC) of the meeting!
In a continuing effort to provide some real-time information for event organizers and the community alike, below is a month-in-review post with recaps of the prior month’s events and how they fared financially, in terms of ticket sales and budget.
Updates on WordCamps Held Before January with Open Budgets
WordCampWordCampWordCamps 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.Tokyo, Japan (Oct 21) Final Tickets Sold:four hundred and twenty-four Approved Attendee Total:400 Budget Notes*:Transparency Report has been submitted and is in review. Open Items – Finances:still in review
WordCamp Manila (November 11) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and eighty-nine Approved Attendee Total:230 Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed but awaiting a few answers to open questions Open Items – Finances:Open questions sent January 10, 2024 & follow up email sent February 19, 2024, with a deadline of February 26th for a reply
WordCamp Udaipur (December 2) Final Tickets Sold:three hundred Approved Attendee Total:three hundred and fifty Budget Notes*:Transparency Report has not been submitted Open Items – Finances:Email check in was sent January 11, 2024, and additional time was allowed for completion. A deadline of March 4th has been set for the final report submission
WordCamp Ahmedabad (December 9) Final Tickets Sold:one thousand and fifty-one Approved Attendee Total:eight hundred Budget Notes*:Transparency Report has not been submitted Open Items – Finances:Post event email check in was sent January 11, 2024, and an additional email was sent February 19, 2024, to request the report.
WordCamp and Events Held in January
Kolkata Career Camp (January 6) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and fifty-eight Approved Attendee Total:two hundred and fifty Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and budget closed Final cost $3,240 USD/ 270,013 INR and cost per person/day of $17 USD/ 1,709 INR. Event closed with additional Global Sponsorship funds used of approximately $450 USD / 37,825 INR. Open Items – Finances:There was a small balance on hand with the organizer after the event totaling 3,805 INR that was transferred to WC Pune to assist with some of their outstanding expenses.
WordCamp Nepal (Jan 12 – 13) Final Tickets Sold:eight hundred and fifty-nine Approved Attendee Total:800 Budget Notes*:Still awaiting Transparency Report submission and final numbers. Open Items – Finances:Still Awaiting final Transparency Report**, and the team has been in communication to say the information will be submitted as soon as possible.
WordCamp Zaragoza (Jan 19 – 20) Final Tickets Sold:two hundred and sixty Approved Attendee Total:225 Budget Notes*:The budget appears almost complete. The only remaining vendor to be paid appears to be for theaccessibilityAccessibilityAccessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility)services. Open Items – Finances:One more vendor to pay
Jakarta Web Challenge (January 27) Final Tickets Sold:one hundred and seventy-one Approved Attendee Total:one hundred and thirty Budget Notes*:Transparency Report reviewed and budget closed Final cost $3,090 USD/ 48,285,772 IDR and cost per person/day of $18 USD/ 282,320 IDR. Event closed with a contribution to Global Sponsorship funds of approximately $2,351 USD / 36,737,528 IDR. Open Items – Finances:There is a surplus with the local organizers totaling approx $633 USD / 9,902,372 IDR that will be returned to Central via PayPal.
Budget Notes*: An event closed on budget if the approved Global Sponsorship amount is what was utilized. If an event is able to raisemoresponsorship income or ticket income, or the expenses are less than amounts listed in the approved budget, the additional funds are contributed back to the Global Sponsorship fund. If, on the other hand, an organizing team raiseslesssponsorship income or ticket income than planned, or expenses are higher than originally budgeted, the additional amount needed to cover all expenses is covered by the Global Sponsorship fund and will be stated as additional Global Sponsorship funds used. This amount represents funds in addition to the approved Global Sponsorship amount.
The goal of WordPress events is to provide a space where community members can come together and share knowledge, build relationships with other members and sponsors, and spread love for WordPress. The goal is never to make money. BecauseWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community SupportWordPress Community Support PBC is a Public Benefit Corporation, created specifically to be the financial and legal support for WordCamps, WordPress Meetup groups, and any additional “official” events organized within the WordPress Community Events program.pays taxes on any income at year end, we strive to hold events where income is equal to expenses.
Transparency Report**: WordCamps that run funds through WordPress Community Support (WPCSWPCSThe collection of PHP_CodeSniffer rules(sniffs) used to format and validate PHP code developed for WordPress according to the WordPress Coding Standards.May also be an acronym referring to the Accessibility, PHP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, etc. coding standards as published in the WordPressCoding Standards Handbook.) – meaning WPCS collects ticket income and sponsorship income, and pays vendors directly – are not required to submit a Transparency Report. Alternatively, organizing teams thatrun money locallycollect all or some of the ticket income and sponsorship income directly. The team then uses the collected funds to pay expenses of the event. The organizing team is responsible for completing a transparency report after the event where they submit receipts/documentation for all expenses, support for ticket income collected,and support for sponsorship income collected. More info can be foundhere.
