This meeting followed this meeting agenda in GitHub. You can see conversations from the meeting in this Slack Log. (If you don’t have a 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/. account, you can set one up.)

Introductions and Welcome

There were 43 attendees:: @pkbhatt, @devmuhib, @ranupatel11, @ravigadhiyawp, @vishitshah, @rraventos, @vasantrajput, @bigod, @rjekic, @patelhitesh, @azharderaiya, @psykro, @rithika3, @jaydipgoswami, @freewebmentor, @rollybueno, @nishitajoshi, @rfluethi, @passoniate, @hemant-ahir, @nikunj8866, @mosescursor, @rinkuiihglobal, @sibokul, @sumitsingh @mohkatz, @jojo256 (async), @dilip2615 (async), @godzo (async), @Dhruvang21 (async), @zeelthakkar (async), @jagirbahesh (async), @margheweb (async), @valeriewandeler (async), @ursha (async), @studionashvegas (async), @sonaliprajapati (async), @clk87 (async), @benazeer (async),@utsav72640 (async), @mebo (async), @andrewssanya (async), @muddassirnasim (async)

Newcomers: @georgestephanis, @rahan00123, @godzo, @eleonoracode
Note taker: @nishitajoshi
Meeting hosted by: @rjekic

Welcome! Please post in the #training channel or reach out to a team member to help you with contributing. Resources to check out our onboarding program, and our Guide Program.

1. News

Meeting Note Takers

Here is our current note taker roster:

• September 23rd – @nishitajoshi
• September 30th – @vishitshah
• October 7th – @sonaliprajapati
• October 14th – @jaydipgoswami
• October 21st – @hemant-ahir

Looking for feedback

• I’d like to share my experience after translating all (more than 20) Beginner WordPress User lessons into Spanish: (see #3247 for details).
• We had an interesting discussion on general learning methods, the current state of the platform, and proposals. Join the conversation and share your thoughts (see #3278 for details).

Looking for volunteers

• Several courses are listed in the WordPress Credit course, so we’ve decided to review them thoroughly. Our goal is to catch and fix any misspellings, typos, broken links, or outdated information. Slack Log.
• You’re welcome to go through these courses as well and create issues on 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/ if you find anything that needs attention.

Here are the courses where we need volunteers:

• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/open-source-basics-and-wordpress/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/how-decisions-are-made-in-the-wordpress-project/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/community-meeting-etiquette/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/writing-in-the-wordpress-voice/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/basic-principles-of-conflict-resolution/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/beginner-wordpress-user/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/intermediate-wordpress-user/
• https://learn.wordpress.org/course/advanced-wordpress-user/

Update for last week’s triage squad

• No meeting last week.
• But, on the last Training Team meeting, we started a discussion about restarting Triage Squad sessions – thanks to @psykro and @studionashvegas. You can find more info here and join the discussion.

Other news

• New WordPress Student Clubs in Uganda
• Three new WordPress Student Clubs have been launched in Uganda! 
  • UCIPD
  • Lira Public Library
  • Lira Town College
• Campus Connect at SGS College Bhatkal, Udupi – WordPress Campus Connect Udupi hosted a hands-on session at SGS College Bhatkal, giving students their very first WordPress experience. Together, they built 50 complete one-page websites from scratch!  Read more here
• WordPress Credits is a contribution-based practice program by the WordPress Foundation that brings university students into the heart of the WordPress open sourceOpen Source Open Source denotes software for which the original source code is made freely available and may be redistributed and modified. Open Source **must be** delivered via a licensing model, see GPL. project. The program helps students develop transferable skills, gain practical experience, and join a global community of open source contributors. https://make.wordpress.org/handbook/wordpress-credits-contribution-internship-program/
• Collaboration with the Training Team for Content Translation – We’re preparing a P2P2 P2 or O2 is the term people use to refer to the Make WordPress blog. It can be found at https://make.wordpress.org/. post to collaborate with the Polyglots teamPolyglots Team Polyglots Team is a group of multilingual translators who work on translating plugins, themes, documentation, and front-facing marketing copy. https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/teams/. on improving content translations. The goal is to ensure high-quality, accurate translations for all Training Team materials.

2. Come and Contribute

Content ready for review

• See Guidelines for reviewing content when reviewing content.
• We have 9 issues ready for review.

Feedback awaiting validation

• See Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on validating feedback.
• We have 12 issues that require validation.

Topics awaiting vetting

• See Vetting Topic Ideas for step-by-step guidance on vetting topic ideas.
• We have 3 issues that require vetting.

Validated feedback awaiting fix

• Contributors, see Validating and Applying Content Feedback for step-by-step guidance on applying feedback that has been validated.
• We have 25 issues awaiting a fix.

3. Contribution Acknowledgement

Badges Awarded

• @nishitajoshi

Give Props

Let’s give props! Do you have someone from the team you want to celebrate?

• @sibokul gave props to @clk87 for arranging an online workshop on image alt text.

4. Project updates

• Course Cohort – The “WordPress BlockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. Editor Basics” course cohort has concluded.

Next week, we will focus on gathering student feedback and addressing any questions they may have.

• Content Creation – Last week, we had several workshops, and we have many more scheduled for next week, with a focus on local content creation.
• We are actively supporting the WordPress Campus Connect program – thanks to the enormous effort of @Muhibul Haque
• Coffee Hour is added to the All Meetings list -> https://make.wordpress.org/meetings/#training
• We are actively testing the Polylang translation 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, so we can fully translate all courses into different languages.
• We are updating all the handbooks and necessary documents.
• Working on outdated content and broken links

5. Upcoming Online Workshops

• Mastering the Query LoopLoop The Loop is PHP code used by WordPress to display posts. Using The Loop, WordPress processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified criteria within The Loop tags. Any HTML or PHP code in the Loop will be processed on each post. https://codex.wordpress.org/The_Loop. block in WordPress / Friday, Sep 26th · 12:30 AM to 1:30 AM IST – https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/310894290/.
• WordPress Campus Connect Info Session 1 / Thursday, Oct 9th – 5:30 AM to 6:30 AM IST
   https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/310948048/
• WordPress Campus Connect Info Session 2 / Thursday, Oct 9th – 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM IST – https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/310948061/
• Getting the Word Out: A Content-First Approach / Wednesday, Oct 1 – 2:30 AM to 3:30 AM IST – https://www.meetup.com/learn-wordpress-online-workshops/events/311111226/

If you’re interested in hosting an event, please reach out to us.

6. Contributor Updates

• What have you been working on, and how has it been going?
• Anything you’ve accomplished since the last meeting?
• Do you have any blockers?
• Can other contributors or Training Team members help you in some way?

7. Open Discussions

• If you have topics you’d like discussed in the meeting, please leave them as a comment on this issue. Slack Thread

You can see all meetings scheduled on this meeting calendar. If you are new to the Training Team, then come walk through our onboarding program to get to know the team and how we work. And if you have questions, feel free to reach out in the #training Slack channel at any time.

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