Community Roundup Week Ending March 29

WordCamp Canada

Starting a new WordCamp takes a Herculean effort. And starting a WordCamp for an entire country (second largest by area in the world) is a huge undertaking, for sure.

It’s especially difficult post-pandemic, when companies have had layoffs, people are a little burned out, and sponsors aren’t…well…sponsoring as much as they used to.

I’ve been watching the WordPress Canada Slack. Their WordCamp started with a small group of organizers, but over the last week it looks as if more have joined the numbers.

Nathan Wrigley talked with Shawn Hooper about it over on the Taverm Jukebox. Give it a listen.

And learn more about sponsoring and attending on the WordCamp Canada website. (Speaker announcements are coming soon!)

In the Spotlight

Alex Moss is Principal SEO at Yoast and agency owner at FireCask, with over 15 years experience in every aspect of the SEO industry.

Join Us on Meetup

Join us for our Meetups! Details on our Meetups are available on our Meetup page.

• Professionals Meetup 4/9 (APAC)
  https://www.meetup.com/post-status/events/299998114/
• Professionals Meetup 4/9 (North America/Europe)
  https://www.meetup.com/post-status/events/299998071/
• Product Owners Meetup 4/17 (APAC)
  https://www.meetup.com/post-status/events/299998130/
• Product Owners Meetup 4/17 (North America/Europe)
  https://www.meetup.com/post-status/events/299998091/
• Agency Owners Meetup 4/25 (APAC)
  https://www.meetup.com/post-status/events/299998145/
• Agency Owners Meetup 4/18 (North America/Europe)
  https://www.meetup.com/post-status/events/299998101/

Quick Links:

• WordPress.org: WordPress 6.5 Release Candidate 4
• HeroPress: Words to WordPress: The Uncharted Path of Syed Laden
• Freemius: What is an EULA & Why Must Software Products Have Them?
• Gutenberg Times: Gutenberg 18.0, Playground, Pattern, and Form plugins and so much more — Weekend Edition 289
• Zack Katz: GravityView made $4,000 on day one…and more than $5,500,000 in ten years | Zack Katz’s Blog
• PostStatus: Marketing a WordPress Product Live: Session 7
• Underrepresented in Tech: “Old Broads” Working in Tech (feat. Chris Ford)
• WCEU: Tickets are Available

Find the complete WordPress events schedule here.

Photo of the Week

Today’s photo of the week comes from Mosne — Paolo Tesei on WordPress Photos.