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In the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, do_action hackathons moved online in March 2020. In the past 18 months, there have been five successful regional do_action events that were held fully online with more events in the pipeline. As in-person meetups and now WordCamps are slowly coming back, it is time to bring back in-person…
The buzz in the air was palpable as soon as you entered the Town and Country Resort in San Diego. After almost three years apart, stepping into an in-person WordCamp US was nothing short of magical. Organizer Topher DeRosia likened the lobby to the arrivals area at an airport. People were hugging and laughing. It…
Wannan makala akwai shi a cikin harshen Hausa. Introduction As I sit down typing this, I’m wondering what the heck do I write about (am I allowed to say that?)! Topher says I can. So back in May this year, I got a DM from this guy called Topher. Hello there! Could I convince you…
It’s time for the next Mentorship chat of the WordPress Contributor Working Group. We’re meeting this Thursday (September 21st) to continue our work on improving the contribution experience of WordPress. For more information on the working group and its plans, check out our launch post and our past chats. Meeting times We will be holding…
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Background The WordPress annual meetup surveys were open for responses from August 2 through October 15, 2022. The following Make Community posts relate to the survey creation and distribution: Call for feedback on survey questions (May 20, 2022) Call for Translators (June 24, 2022) Survey announcement (August 2, 2022) Survey closing announcement (September 27, 2022)…
Thank you to everyone who participated in the discussion of the proposal to allow fully-vaccinated people to hold in-person meetups, where local health authorities permit. I’ll summarize the concerns and opinions shared in the post, and then discuss a decision. If you don’t want to read that far, here’s the tl;dr: The WordPress community team…