Update: Global Meetup Reactivation Project
The WordPress Meetup Reactivation Project is well underway. Read on for an update! Is your meetup currently active? Tell the world by posting a photo on social media with the hashtag #WordPressMeetup Background Why meetup reactivation? Many WordPress meetups around the world have been dormant due to the COVID-19 pandemic and organizer burnout. Yet thriving meetups are crucial for the health of the global WordPress community! How does meetup reactivation work? In July, the Global Community Team published a Call for Supporters and launched the Meetup Reactivation Project. Since then, Meetup Reactivation Supporters started directly reaching out to the organizers of every dormant WordPress meetup to: Check on the status of the meetup Encourage reactivation Ask how we can best support the organizers Identify whether new organizers are needed We define a dormant meetup as one that has not held an event in the past six months (virtual or in-person). There were more than 400 dormant WordPress meetups at the launch of this project — which means there is significant opportunity to reactivate our global community! The numbers (so far)! There are currently 764 WordPress chapter meetups in 112 countries, with 494,736 members. Yet at the start of the reactivation…
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