{"id":1196,"date":"2017-05-24T18:07:12","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2017.brighton.wordcamp.org\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2017-05-24T18:17:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T17:17:57","slug":"organising-wordcamp-in-the-open-how-you-can-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/organising-wordcamp-in-the-open-how-you-can-get-involved\/","title":{"rendered":"Organising WordCamp in the open: how you can get involved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we edge closer to announcing the schedule, it\u2019s the perfect time to remind everyone that we welcome your feedback, ideas and participation.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re organising as much of this event as possible in the open, so the best place to suggest ideas is on Slack. You can also send us your ideas via the website or via email (brighton@wordcamp.org).<\/p>\n<p>If you haven\u2019t already, you can join the UK WP Community Slack by following <a href=\"http:\/\/wpslack.uk\/\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re organising in the public channel #wordcamp-brighton. I hope to catch up with\u00a0you there!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1211\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1211\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1211 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/2017.brighton.wordcamp.org\/files\/2017\/05\/organising-wordcamp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/organising-wordcamp.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/organising-wordcamp-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/organising-wordcamp-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/files\/2017\/05\/organising-wordcamp-448x300.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1211\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WordCamp Brighton 2016 organisers and volunteers. Photo: Gemma Evans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>We welcome all your ideas<\/h2>\n<p>We welcome every single one of your ideas \u2013\u00a0big or\u00a0small.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we can\u2019t make every idea reality.<\/p>\n<p>If we don\u2019t implement your suggestions, it\u2019s usually for one of the following reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It isn\u2019t inclusive and\/or accessible<\/li>\n<li>We can\u2019t afford to do it (<strong>solution:<\/strong> help us find more sponsors!)<\/li>\n<li>We\u2019re too busy right now (<strong>solution:<\/strong> offer up your time to help us!)<\/li>\n<li>There isn\u2019t enough time before the event to organise it (<strong>solution:<\/strong> we could do it next year!)<\/li>\n<li>We need to prioritise other more important things (<strong>solution:<\/strong> offer up your time to help us!)<\/li>\n<li>There are rules about what systems we can use (one example is the fact we can\u2019t use any plugins on this site)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s no such thing as a bad idea, so keep them coming.<\/p>\n<h2>We welcome all your constructive feedback<\/h2>\n<p>We also 10000% encourage your feedback. After the first WordCamp Brighton we sent out a survey. We received some very helpful feedback, which we\u2019ve taken on board.<\/p>\n<p>We also regularly receive and welcome feedback via Slack, email and this website.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, we sometimes get the odd piece of not-so-constructive feedback \ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>Definitely let us know if we could be doing something better. But I do ask you try and empathise with us if we do something you don\u2019t agree with, or if we make a mistake. We\u2019re only human and we\u2019re all volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Organising a WordCamp is <em>a lot<\/em>\u00a0of work \u2013 even a relatively small WordCamp takes a huge amount of time and effort.<\/p>\n<p>There are a massive number of things we take into consideration when organising and making decisions, not least the many nuances of being inclusive and making people happy.<\/p>\n<p>Our motivation comes from wanting to create a WordPress event people really enjoy and feel comfortable attending. So we ask that all feedback comes with equally\u00a0kind\u00a0intentions.<\/p>\n<h2>Become an organiser or volunteer<\/h2>\n<p>Did you know you can join us on the organising team? It\u2019s a big commitment and a lot of work, but it\u2019s also really fun. You get to bring\u00a0your ideas and feedback to life. And you get to try out lots of new things.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/2017.brighton.wordcamp.org\/about-wordcamp-brighton-2017\/organisers\/\">WordCamp Brighton organising team<\/a> isn\u2019t a closed group \u2013 it evolves over time depending on people\u2019s availability and interests. If you\u2019d like to join us, either this year or in future, let us know.<\/p>\n<p>If you live somewhere there isn\u2019t already a WordCamp, you can even apply to start one up yourself. Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/make.wordpress.org\/community\/handbook\/wordcamp-organizer\/welcome\/\">WordCamp organiser handbook<\/a>\u00a0to get an idea of how to get started.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t have time to get <em>that<\/em> involved? <strong>Consider becoming a WordCamp Brighton 2017 volunteer instead!<\/strong> We\u2019re doing a call for volunteers next week and are aiming to find around 20 people eager to help out throughout the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we edge closer to announcing the schedule, it\u2019s the perfect time to remind everyone that we welcome your feedback, ideas and participation. We\u2019re organising as much of this event as possible in the open, so the best place to suggest ideas is on Slack. You can also send us your ideas via the website &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/organising-wordcamp-in-the-open-how-you-can-get-involved\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Organising WordCamp in the open: how you can get involved&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14832409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[213701],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-organising"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phePWh-ji","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":344,"url":"https:\/\/brighton.wordcamp.org\/2017\/here-comes-wordcamp-brighton-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":1196,"position":0},"title":"Here comes WordCamp Brighton 2017","author":"Alice Richardson","date":"March 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"We're happy to announce:\u00a0WordCamp Brighton 2017\u00a0is officially on the calendar! 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