Find them online: Meetup | WordCamp | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website
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Contributor Team: Polyglots
Help us improve WordPress in languages other than English. Join the Polyglots Team! The Polyglots Team is responsible for translating WordPress into hundreds of languages. It’s a big job, which is why we need help from native and fluent speakers to make it possible.
Loop INto MoreVolunteer Call for WordCamp US is Now Open
We are opening the WordCamp US 2019 Call for Volunteers today. As you may know, WordCamp US relies on generous volunteers from the community to help us to make the event happen. Whether you are able to help out with a few hours on one day, or you want to spend the whole time volunteering, we have a place for you.
Loop Into MoreCommunity Spotlight: Rochester WordPress Users Group
Community Spotlight: WordPress Sacramento
Contributor Team: Mobile
We live in a mobile world, so the work of the Mobile Team is never ending! Contributors to either the iOS or Android apps should have knowledge of development on their respective platform. Following the handbook at that point should not be hard.
This team is especially suited for:
- iOS – someone who knows Swift, Xcode, and Git
- Android – those who know Git, Android Studio, Java, Kotlin, and Gradle
Community Spotlight: WordPress Ottawa
Find them online: Meetup | WordCamp | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website
Ottawa at a glance
1
Meetup/Month
- Ottawa – General WordPress Meetup
2011
Year Meetup Established
1208
Total Meetup members
1
WordCamp/Year: WordCamp Ottawa 2019
155
Last WordCamp Total Attendees
323
Highest Attendees at WCOTT 2014
WCOTT
Upcoming WordCamp July 13th – 14th, 2019
Contributor Team: Themes
The Themes Team is a group of volunteers who review and approve themes that are submitted to be included in the official WordPress Theme directory. The free themes in the WordPress repository are important to businesses, groups, individuals, and organizations around the world. It’s the work of this team that ensures themes found here are properly evaluated, meet all requirements, and are safe for others to use.
A walkthrough on how to review themes will be provided, so if you’ve never done it before, don’t worry, you will be a valuable part of the team very quickly.
Loop into moreCarol Gann: 2019 Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship Recipient
WordPress Orlando Meetup Co-organizer
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. Today they announced that the recipient this year is Carol Gann.
Kim was an avid supporter of women participating and thriving in all aspects of the WordPress community. This year’s recipient, Carol Gann, a Meetup coordinator from the WordPress Orlando Community, is a woman who is doing just that.
Loop into moreMemories of Kim Parsell
Tomorrow, the WordPress Foundation will be announcing the recipient of this year’s Kim Parsell Memorial Scholarship. In advance of that announcement, we’d like to honor Kim by sharing some memories of Kim from her friends in the WordPress Community, and how Kim has impacted their lives even today.
Living in rural Ohio, Kim connected with many online via Twitter and Slack. She actively contributed to the WordPress Open Source Project as a member of the Documentation Team. According to WP Tavern, “Kim has worked on improving documentation in WordPress as a member of the docs team. She substantially contributed to the effort of adding inline documentation to every hook in WordPress…She’s contributed to every release of WordPress from 3.7 to 4.1. “
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