December Update: Global Meetup Reactivation Project
The WordPress Meetup Reactivation Project is well underway. Read on for an update! Since the last update: +7 new Meetup groups have joined the WordPress meetup chapter program+12 dormant Meetups have been reactivated 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)!…
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