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Events of the Month – February 2024

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:

January 2024 

November & December 2023

October 2023

September 2023

Updates on WordCamps Held Before February with Open Budgets
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. Tokyo, Japan (Oct 20-22)
Final Tickets Sold: 424
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: 289
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: 300
Approved Attendee Total: 350
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: 1051
Approved Attendee Total: 800 
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: 859
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: 260
Approved Attendee Total: 225
Budget Notes*: The budget appears almost complete. The only remaining vendor to be paid appears to be the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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 budget wranglerWrangler Someone, 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: 224
Approved Attendee Total: 400
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: 232
Approved Attendee Total: 400
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: 199
Approved Attendee Total: 260
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 raise more sponsorship 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 raises less sponsorship 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. Because WordPress Community SupportWordPress Community Support WordPress Community Support PBC is a subsidiary of WordPress Foundation. It is 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 (WPCSWPCS The 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 WordPress Coding 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 that run money locally collect 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 found here

#community-team, #wordcamps, #events-of-the-month

#community-team, #events-of-the-month, #wordcamps

Meetup Organizer Newsletter: March 2024

Hi, WordPress MeetupMeetup Meetup 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 our Meetup Organizer Handbook. Organizers!

WordCamp Asia in Taipei, Taiwan recently wrapped up, and the energy in the WordPress Community is high! 

Curious to see all WordPress upcoming events worldwide? Check out the WordPress Events site! You can filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://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 from 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. Asia 

WordCamp Asia just concluded with a high note. Check out the highlights here. The next WordCamp Asia 2025 has been announced and will be held in Manila, Philippines. The Call for Organizers is open!

In his Q&A session at WordCamp Asia, Matt Mullenweg (WordPress Co-founder) announced that State Of The WordState of the Word This 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 the full recording of Matt’s Q&A session on YouTube.

WordPress 6.5 Coming Soon!

WordPress 6.5 is around the corner! The third Release Candidate (RC3) has been released. Please help test WordPress 6.5 RC3 to ensure that everything in WordPress 6.5 is the best it can be.

Asia Meetup Revival Project

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!

MeetupsMeetup Meetup 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 our Meetup Organizer Handbook. of the Month

This month, we celebrate the WordPress Meetup groups of Bengaluru (Bangalore, India), Griñón (Spain), and Satkhira (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.

  1. Chicago WordPress Community Meetup
  2. Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
  3. Hanoi
  4. Luzern (Lucerne), Switzerland
  5. Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  6. San Francisco
  7. Santiago de Chile
  8. Seoul
  9. Surat, 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” and upload 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. 


A special thank you to our Global Sponsors: Bluehost, GoDaddy, Automattic, WPBeginner, and WooCommerce!


If you have any questions, Community Team Program Supporters are here to help. Please email us at support@wordcamp.org or join the #community-events Slack channel. Thanks for everything you do to grow and support the WordPress community—let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!

See you online soon!

The following people contributed to this edition of the Meetup newsletter: @courtneypk, @hellosatya, and @bjmcsherry.

#community-team, #meetup-organizer-newsletter, #newsletter

Discussion: Are we continuing to use Trello for project planning?

TrelloTrello Project 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.

The initial conversation in Slack seemed to indicate that we might be done with Trello and ready to move to GitHubGitHub GitHub 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:

  1. Should we close Trello and use GitHub?
  2. Should we keep Trello and decide which 10 members have access to it?

    Please reply in the thread by 4 April. 🙂

    #community-team, #tools-discussion

    Community Team March Meeting Recap

    Attendance: @patricia70, @peiraisotta, @flopez1977, @devmuhib, @hellosatya,@krupajnanda, @vivamundo, @harmonyromo, @adityakane, @samsuresh, @courtneypk, @_dorsvenabili, @mauteri, @angelasjin, @alexcu21, @unintended8

    Notes: This recap is a summary of the Community Team monthly meeting. It will cover the discussion points, ideas, and decisions that came up during the meeting. The aim of this recap is to provide a quick overview for those who were unable to attend as well as an overview for everyone. These meetings were based on the Agenda for March and are held in our #community-team SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://make.wordpress.org/chat/. channel on Make WordPress.

    You can find the meeting chat log here:

    Please leave your comments if you have any feedback.

    Additionally, each agenda item discussed may have its own Make post related to its topic with more information and you can add to the discussion directly to that post.

    Chat Summary

    Here are some discussion points from the meeting.

    What have you been working on and how’s the progress? Any recent accomplishments, blockers, or ways the team can assist you?

    • @patricia70 is co-organizer for Switzerland Community Day, looking for a last sponsor. Event supporterEvent Supporter Event 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. for WC Bretagne, they are finalizing the budget, mentoring in the current mentorship program, onboarding volunteers as a WCEUWCEU WordCamp Europe. The European flagship WordCamp event. co-organizer, and handling additional tasks.
    • @peiraisotta, collaborated with @hellosatya on the February newsletter, mentored at WC Gliwice and WC Krakow, and contributed to the WC Europe sponsor team. Transitioning to dedicating nearly 100% of time to support the Five For The Future project, currently learning about its progress to determine the most effective ways to contribute.
    • @flopez1977, Secured GithubGitHub GitHub 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/ access with @devinmaeztri, successfully performed a vetting for a meetupMeetup Meetup 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 our Meetup Organizer Handbook., considering the establishment of a vetting team to streamline the process. Coordinated with WP Cartagena, obtained budget approval, and identified Github functions as potential blockers.
    • @devmuhib, Creating a tutorial for the Learn WordPress website while actively mentoring in the “Bengali Polyglot Onboarding” team and addressing issues in the Training team’s triage process.
    • @hellosatya, Planning first meetup, mentoring, contributing to WordPress, approved meetup group, volunteering at 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. Europe.
    • @krupajnanda, Collaborating with @oglekler, testing WP 6.5 BetaBeta A pre-release of software that is given out to a large group of users to trial under real conditions. Beta versions have gone through alpha testing in-house and are generally fairly close in look, feel and function to the final product; however, design changes often occur as part of the process./RCRelease Candidate A beta version of software with the potential to be a final product, which is ready to release unless significant bugs emerge. releases for priority issues.
    • @vivamundo, Working on WCEU, WC Romania, WC Leipzig and WC Rome

    Highlighted Things Everyone Should Stay informed: review the financial recap for January 2024 events, support Reactivation of WordPress Latam Communities, and draw inspiration from the Jakarta WordPress Web Challenge.

    @peiraisotta @harmonyromo, @adityakane shared their insights about the topic.

    @courtneypk. came back to contribute full time to the community team, after some years contributing full time to the Training team

    No feedback received on the proposal – Non-editable Footer for all Event Website Pages.

    In case you missed them, explore the latest announcements and newsletters, including the February Meetup Organizer Newsletter and updates to the newsletter documentation page. Also, the WordPress Contributor Mentorship Program’s Second Cohort for 2024 Q1 has been announced.

    Time for Open Floor:

    Next Meeting

    Community Team Meetings are held the first Thursday of every month. There are two meetings to support different time zones. The meetings will take place on #community-team on Slack.

    Call for Meeting Facilitators

    The Community Team Monthly Meetings happen on the first Thursday’s of every month. These meetings can be facilitated and run by any member of the community team, and is a great opportunity to engage with the rest of the community and team.

    If you are interested in facilitating any of these meetings in the future, please feel free to comment or get in touch with any of the Community Team Reps.

    If you wish to add points to discuss, comment on this post or reach out to one of the team reps:@peiraisotta, @st810amaze, @leogopal, or @nukaga.

    Asia Meetup Revival Project 2024

    Following up the WordPress Meetup Reactivation Project in 2022, we aim to revive some MeetupMeetup Meetup 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 our Meetup Organizer Handbook. Groups in big cities that are inactive or help the local WordPress community that are not yet part of our Meetup Chapter Program to join our program.

    We have selected 10 groups to be our focus for 2024.

    CityCountryPopulationMeetup URLURL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.orgMeetup MembersNotes
    1KarachiPakistan11,624,219https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-karachi-meetup/2683, last active in May 2023
    2Ho Chi Minh/SaigonVietnam8,993,082https://www.meetup.com/Saigon-WordPress1511, last active in May 20202022 Reactivation Project
    3SingaporeSingapore5,638,700https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-singapore/2662, last active in June 2023Last 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. in 2019
    4JeddahSaudi Arabia4,697,000https://www.meetup.com/wordpress-jeddah/2765, last active in October 2022
    4ChennaiIndia4,681,087https://www.meetup.com/Chennai-WordPress-Meetup1427, last active in Jun 2020Reactivated in 2023
    6SurabayaIndonesia2,874,314https://www.meetup.com/Surabaya-WordPress-Meetup1713, last active in Mar 2023Reactivated in 2023
    7SapporoJapan1,973,832https://www.meetup.com/Sapporo-WordPress-Meetup310, last active in Sep 2023Reactivated in 2023
    8DavaoPhilippines1,776,949https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Davao-PH336, last active in May 2023Reactivated in 2023, last WordCamp in 2019
    9SeoulSouth Korea10,349,312There is no official group.There are 2 WordPress groups on Meetup.com.There were two applications but declined.
    10HanoiVietnam8,053,663https://www.meetup.com/hanoi-wordpress-meetup/Removed from the Chapter in 2020 due to inactivity.We just completed processing the recent application, and a new group has been created, as the previous group can’t be revived. 

    Please let us know by leaving your comment below if you are:

    • Organizers of one of the groups or part of the local WordPress community in the city listed above and interested in becoming WordPress Meetup Organizers.
    • Community organizers from the same country and region of the groups listed above.
    • Event and Program Supporters from Asia who are available to participate in the project.

    We need your support to: 

    • Closely support the inactive Meetup organizers to plan Meetup events.
    • Organize regular check-ins with the inactive Meetup organizers.
    • Share experiences and encourage the group if they are interested in organizing a WordCamp or other WordPress events. 
    • Onboard new groups if you are a Community Team Supporter.

    The outreach to all the groups can be done anytime soon. However, in the first quarter of 2024, we will focus on:

    1. Karachi, supported by Yogesh (@yoga1103)
    2. Saigon, supported by Devin (@devinmaeztri)
    3. Singapore, supported by Pooja (@webtechpooja)
    4. Hanoi, supported by Devin (@devinmaeztri)

    Thank you to @devinmaeztri and @yoga1103 for contributing to this post!

    #asiapacific, #meetup, #reactivation

    Proposal: Non-editable Footer for all Event Website Pages

    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.org The 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 all 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. 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.

    #community-team, #feedback, #tool-updates

    Community Team Meeting Agenda for 7 March 2024

    The Community Team chat takes place the first Thursday of every month in the #community-team channel on SlackSlack Slack is a Collaborative Group Chat Platform https://slack.com/. The WordPress community has its own Slack Channel at https://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!

    Asia-Pacific / EMEA friendly meeting: Thursday, 7 March 2024 at 12:00 PM UTC
    Americas friendly meeting: Thursday, 7 March 2024 at 21:00 PM UTC

    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.

    Open Posts

    Check out these new and ongoing discussions needing review, feedback, thoughts and comments.

    Announcements / Newsletters

    Open Floor

    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!

    #agenda, #meeting-agenda, #team, #team-chat, #team-meeting

    #community-team-3, #agenda, #community, #meeting-agenda, #team, #team-chat, #team-meeting-2

    #community-team, #team-meeting

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    Events of the Month – January 2024

    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
    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. Tokyo, Japan (Oct 21)
    Final Tickets Sold: 424
    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: 289
    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: 300
    Approved Attendee Total: 350
    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: 1051
    Approved Attendee Total: 800
    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: 158
    Approved Attendee Total: 250 
    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: 859
    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: 260
    Approved Attendee Total: 225 
    Budget Notes*: The budget appears almost complete. The only remaining vendor to be paid appears to be for the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (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: 171
    Approved Attendee Total: 130 
    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 raise more sponsorship 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 raises less sponsorship 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. Because WordPress Community SupportWordPress Community Support WordPress Community Support PBC is a subsidiary of WordPress Foundation. It is 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 (WPCSWPCS The 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 WordPress Coding 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 that run money locally collect 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 found here.

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    Meetup Organizer Newsletter: February 2024

    Hello, Organizers!

    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. Asia is just around the corner, and there are still a few tickets available. If you’ve been waiting until the final moment to decide whether to go, now is the time to grab your ticket!

    WC Europe Call for Volunteers closes on February 28, apply now!

    Curious to see all WordPress upcoming events worldwide? Check out the new event page! You can filterFilter Filters are one of the two types of Hooks https://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!

    Watch the State of the WordState of the Word This 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 in your language!

    At the last State of the Word we experimented with AI technology! Now you can watch the whole event while listening to Matt Mullenweg speaking the following languages, assisted by AI: Spanish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, German, and Japanese.

    Choose your favorite language and enjoy! 

    Feeling bold and creative? Apply to organize a brand new event!

    MeetupMeetup Meetup 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 our Meetup Organizer Handbook. organizers are the pillar of the WordPress community. With your experience in community and event management, you have probably come up with several ideas for events that would have a powerful impact on your community, but would not fit the format of traditional WordCamps. 

    Don’t let this prevent you from giving your community a wonderful event! Apply to organize a creative WordPress event. Innovation is encouraged!

    Talking about new and inspiring WP events, have a look at the winners of the Kerala WordPress Photo Festival!

    GatherPress Pilot Program

    A group of community leaders published the proposal for a pilot program to test GatherPress, a community-developed pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party, within interested and active WordPress meetup groups. For detailed information and join the pilot head to the proposal.

    MeetupsMeetup Meetup 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 our Meetup Organizer Handbook. of the Month

    This month, let’s celebrate the WordPress Meetup Groups of Terni (Italy), Delhi (India), and Gdynia (Poland)!

    Gdynia, Poland
     Delhi, India
    Terni, Italia

    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” and upload 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!


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    If you have any questions, Community Team deputiesProgram Supporter Community Program Supporters (formerly Deputies) are a team of people worldwide who review WordCamp and Meetup applications, interview lead organizers, and keep things moving at WordCamp Central. Find more about program supporters in our Program Supporter Handbook. are here to help. Please email us at support@wordcamp.org or join the #community-events Slack channel. Thanks for everything you do to grow and support the WordPress community—let’s keep sharing knowledge and inspiring each other with our contributions!

    See you online soon!

    The following people contributed to this edition of the Meetup newsletter: @peiraisotta, @bjmcsherry, @courtneypk, @devinmaeztri, @mysweetcate, @hellosatya#community-team, #meetup-organizer-newsletter, #newsletter

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