What is Contributor Day?

Photo of Aaron Campbell, Contributor Day lead.Many attendees have asked, “What is Contributor Day?” As someone who is a first-time WCUS attendee, I wanted to know the answer to this question myself. Spoiler Alert: It’s much easier than I thought to get involved on Contributor Day. I spoke with Contributor Day Lead Aaron Campbell to get some more information on what contributor day is, what to expect, and how to get involved.
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Community Spotlight: Communauté WordPress Montréal Community

Bonjour! The WordPress Montreal community is a vibrant group of WordPress enthusiasts that love getting together to learn, share, and encourage each other. We host meetups once a month throughout the year and hold our annual WordCamp in the summer. Our group is bilingual, which means our communication, meetups, and WordCamp talks are given in English and French. We welcome all WordPress users, from bloggers to advanced developers. Not only are we peers, we’re also friends, mentors, and teachers. Some have even met their future business partners!

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Important Deadline: November 10

Can you believe that WordCamp US is just 29 days away?! Time has flown, and it’s almost time for us all to meet in Nashville and celebrate the WordPress community! All that said, it’s time to point out a vital deadline. To ensure that we can give our printers for t-shirts and name badges sufficient time to fulfill our order, we have to have our orders to them by November 10th.

Get your ticket today!What does this mean?

If you want a badge that has your name and gravatar printed on it, and you want to be guaranteed that you will get the size shirt that fits you best, please purchase a ticket by November 10th.  If you’re not able to purchase a ticket by that date, fear not, as we’ll have blank badges we can write your name on and we’re planning to purchase a range of extra sizes for folks that register after the ordering deadline.

Announcing the Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Winner: Bianca Welds

To honor the memory of Kim Parsell, the WordPress Foundation set up a memorial scholarship to ensure that Kim’s core values would continue to be infused into the WordPress community.

Kim was very keen on seeing women participate and thrive in all aspects of the WordPress community. We think that this year’s recipient, Bianca Welds, is a woman whom Kim Parsell would have liked to have met. Keep Reading Y’all

WordCamp US 2017 is over. Check out the next edition!