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addComment.moveForm("comments-43034", "0", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> <span class="tags"> <br/>Tags: contributors, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/tag/team-reps/" rel="tag">team reps ( 3 )</a>, training    </span> </span> </h4> <div id="content-43034" class="postcontent"> <h2>Training Group, Team Reps, and Growing the Team</h2><p>Hi Support Team! A bunch of things today….</p> <h3>Welcome Training to Support</h3> <p>At the community summit, we went a little bit team-creating-crazy. As such, we splintered people into groups (like docs out of support) rather than splintering into projects within larger teams. For Support, this meant that electing team reps was especially hard, since the people getting votes were repping other teams. </p> <p>One of these new teams, Training, started with excitement but then petered out with no activity for a couple of months. The solution to these two issues seemed pretty clear: merge Training back into Support, and have Christine Rondeau serve as the 2nd team rep. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/mentions/ipstenu/" class="mention">@ipstenu</a> was in favor, so there we go. Welcome Christine back to the fold!</p> <p>Christine will be working closely with the Community Outreach group, and we’re starting to plan our first training project already. It’l be focused on Troubleshooting WordPress, aimed at leveling up people to the point that they can do more with WP professionally, and could be more confident contributing to forums. She’ll undoubtedly be asking you all for ideas and help. Note: in line with the diversity initiatives, we’re going to do this first workshop for women, a la railsbridge. It’ll also get posted online for all and sundry.</p> <h3>Contributor Drive</h3> <p>I’ve been scouring every open source project’s community sites to see how they approach things, and one had a great concept that I want us to <del>steal</del> modify, use, and redistribute. <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://make.wordpress.org/support/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"/> The idea was this:</p> <p>Weekend Project: Become a Contributor</p> <p>We’ve done things like this at WordCamps (usually on dev day, and mostly focused on contributing to core), but what I was thinking of for support was something not too intensive: 20 Questions.</p> <p>20 Questions Proposal:</p> <ul> <li>Publicize the weekend project to become an official wp forums contributor, called 20 Questions.</li> <li>People can sign up to be part of the weekend contributor drive. Current volunteers (approved as knowing their stuff) will be the mentors.</li> <li>Their goal is to answer 20 questions successfully (mentor says yes, good answer) during the weekend before the cutoff time.</li> <li>Keep at least 1 support person in IRC channel for team at all times during the weekend (make schedule in advance).</li> <li>At cutoff, tally the results! People who got at least 20 right are officially congratulated and welcomed as support contributors. We can make a graphic they can put in their sidebars or something maybe. People who didn’t make it are thanked for their efforts, and pointed to resources to help them level up. The person with the most questions answered gets a prize. The person who answered the hardest question gets a prize (so they aren’t incentivized to just do easy ones). We can do wp swag and/or WC tix for prizes.</li> </ul> <p>What do you guys think? I think it would be super fun.</p> </div> <div class="discussion" style="display: none"> <p> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66b0cdae53d953cd9767a8eab3fbeac7?s=16&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D16&r=G" class="avatar avatar-16 photo" height="16" width="16"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://jane.wordpress.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Jane Wells</a>, <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/689fb582a3eb32be094bf4a0181dad3d?s=16&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D16&r=G" class="avatar avatar-16 photo" height="16" width="16"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://www.aaronnimocks.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Aaron Nimocks</a>, <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abfd4ff9c24957f1a9f0435e23de1f73?s=16&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D16&r=G" class="avatar avatar-16 photo" height="16" width="16"/> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://halfelf.org/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a>, and 10 others are discussing. <a href="#" class="show-comments">Toggle Comments</a> </p> </div> <div class="bottom-of-entry"> </div> <ul id="comments-43034" class="commentlist inlinecomments"> <li id="comment-73230" class="comment byuser comment-author-willmot even thread-even depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/7f86be6d7ff0a450b95eff8f7fcd3cef?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://hmn.md/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Tom Willmot</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T22:05:10Z">10:05 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73230" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73230", "73230", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73230" class="commentcontent"><p>A contributor drive sounds like a great idea. + 1 from me.</p> </div> </li> <li id="comment-73231" class="comment odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/312a558dc3619f40b429d60b6fde9ee1?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://www.carriedils.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Carrie Dils</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T22:05:41Z">10:05 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73231" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73231", "73231", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73231" class="commentcontent"><p>Hi Jane, I love the idea. I think the 20 questions would give someone like me the opportunity to know for sure whether my knowledge level is up to par (and the confidence to jump into forums). I also like offering resources to give people pointed feedback for increasing knowledge. +1</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-73268" class="comment byuser comment-author-andrea_r even depth-2"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/19370a2484593358d3d903edfbcc2e6a?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://studiopress.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Andrea Rennick</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T22:26:43Z">10:26 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73268" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73268", "73268", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73268" class="commentcontent"><p>Carrie you are more than qualified. <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://make.wordpress.org/support/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"/> </p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-74126" class="comment odd alt depth-3"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/312a558dc3619f40b429d60b6fde9ee1?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://www.carriedils.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Carrie Dils</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T14:06:38Z">2:06 pm <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-74126" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-74126", "74126", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-74126" class="commentcontent"><p>Thanks, Andrea. I appreciate that!</p> </div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-73236" class="comment byuser comment-author-masonjames even thread-even depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/99dee4d5287d0f9e26ff72e7228d97ac?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://masonjames.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">masonjames</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T22:08:18Z">10:08 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73236" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73236", "73236", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73236" class="commentcontent"><p>Love this idea. It gives a very specific time to for engagement and criteria for success. Count me in. I’ll do what I can to bring some peeps with me as well and would be happy to be on IRC.</p> </div> </li> <li id="comment-73262" class="comment byuser comment-author-nofearinc odd alt thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/25de575216d3743f80181b2dca2cd7d9?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://devwp.eu/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">nofearinc</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T22:20:42Z">10:20 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73262" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73262", "73262", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73262" class="commentcontent"><p>I feel pity about the Training group, but seems like the majority of training academies and speakers are working solo. Anyway, that contributor drive is great and I look forward to it!</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-73266" class="comment byuser comment-author-jenmylo bypostauthor even depth-2"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/84987b436214f52ec0b04cd1f8a73c3c?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/jane/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Jen Mylo</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T22:25:52Z">10:25 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73266" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73266", "73266", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73266" class="commentcontent"><p>There’s no reason to feel pity…. the people and the projects are still alive, but now in a more supportive group environment that will encourage participation.</p> </div> </li> <li id="comment-74222" class="comment byuser comment-author-ipstenu odd alt depth-2"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abfd4ff9c24957f1a9f0435e23de1f73?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://halfelf.org/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T16:13:58Z">4:13 pm <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-74222" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-74222", "74222", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-74222" class="commentcontent"><p>To add on to what Jen said, training is the other half of support. It helps us get better at giving support, and helps the people who get support get better at what they do. It’s a logical grouping <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://make.wordpress.org/support/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley"/> </p> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-73311" class="comment byuser comment-author-emiluzelac even thread-even depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/239a34b0d1ceb0acdd42b1657267a081?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://themeid.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Emil Uzelac</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-16T23:35:26Z">11:35 pm <em>on</em> January 16, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73311" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73311", "73311", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73311" class="commentcontent"><p>+1 Jen!</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-73472" class="comment byuser comment-author-avi_lambert odd alt depth-2"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://1.gravatar.com/avatar/39e8bf52863280defa3337bd4a526b7e?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://www.avilambert.net/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Avi_Lambert</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T03:30:55Z">3:30 am <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73472" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73472", "73472", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73472" class="commentcontent"><p>+1 for the 20 questions concept – IRC, Google Hangout, Twitter Chat, I’m in for all of ‘em.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-73641" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/29baff3c907ccaf20348621bebc8267f?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://atlantawpcoach.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Kathy Drewien</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T06:17:05Z">6:17 am <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-73641" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-73641", "73641", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-73641" class="commentcontent"><p>I want to play. My intentions of getting more involved in training and support never seem to materialize into action. Perhaps a public declaration will propel me forward.</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-74257" class="comment byuser comment-author-crondeau odd alt depth-2"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/2731301837d70cee240f91c9e1ad3efb?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://about.me/crondeau" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Christine Rondeau</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T17:05:21Z">5:05 pm <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-74257" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-74257", "74257", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-74257" class="commentcontent"><p>I declared it publicly on my about page years ago – <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://about.me/crondeau" rel="nofollow">http://about.me/crondeau</a><br/> It’s nothing official, but it’s there anyway.</p> <p>If you do contribute to the forums, core, themes, etc… I would just add that to your bio or wherever. I don’t think that there are any rules about that.</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-74347" class="comment byuser comment-author-jenmylo bypostauthor even depth-3"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/84987b436214f52ec0b04cd1f8a73c3c?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://profiles.wordpress.org/users/jane/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Jen Mylo</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T19:04:37Z">7:04 pm <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-74347" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-74347", "74347", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-74347" class="commentcontent"><p>Sounded like Kathy meant a public declaration that she’s going to, rather than that she has? Kind of like NaNoWriMo.</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-74403" class="comment byuser comment-author-ipstenu odd alt depth-4"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abfd4ff9c24957f1a9f0435e23de1f73?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://halfelf.org/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-17T20:22:38Z">8:22 pm <em>on</em> January 17, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-74403" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-74403", "74403", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-74403" class="commentcontent"><p>WPHelpMo?</p> </div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-75638" class="comment byuser comment-author-wpbum even thread-even depth-1"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/689fb582a3eb32be094bf4a0181dad3d?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://www.aaronnimocks.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Aaron Nimocks</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-19T02:56:59Z">2:56 am <em>on</em> January 19, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-75638" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-75638", "75638", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-75638" class="commentcontent"><p>Is the contributer drive a go for the weekend? I’m sure I’ll answer at last 20 either way but it is a cool idea. Gives me a goal.</p> </div> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-75652" class="comment odd alt depth-2"> <img alt="" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310im_/http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/66b0cdae53d953cd9767a8eab3fbeac7?s=32&d=http%3A%2F%2F0.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D32&r=G" class="avatar avatar-32 photo" height="32" width="32"/> <h4> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://jane.wordpress.com/" rel="external nofollow" class="url">Jane Wells</a> <span class="meta"> <abbr title="2013-01-19T03:26:27Z">3:26 am <em>on</em> January 19, 2013</abbr> <span class="actions"> <a class="thepermalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#comment-75652" title="Permalink">Permalink</a> | <a rel="nofollow" class="comment-reply-link" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" title="Reply" onclick="return addComment.moveForm("commentcontent-75652", "75652", "respond", "43034")">Reply</a> </span> </span> </h4> <div id="commentcontent-75652" class="commentcontent"><p>Not for this weekend; we would need to officially set up available mentors, publicize the drive etc. I would think we’d want 2 weeks advance notice.</p> </div> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <div class="respond-wrap"> <div id="respond"> <h3 id="reply-title">Reply <small><a rel="nofollow" id="cancel-comment-reply-link" href="/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/2013/01/training-group-team-reps-and-growing-the-team/#respond" style="display:none;">Cancel reply</a></small></h3> <form action="https://web.archive.org/web/20130124004310/http://make.wordpress.org/support/wp-comments-post.php" method="post" id="commentform"> <p class="comment-notes"> Required fields are marked <span class="required">*</span></p> <p class="comment-form-author"><label for="author">Name <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="author" name="author" type="text" value="" size="30" aria-required="true"/></p> <p class="comment-form-email"><label for="email">Email <span class="required">*</span></label> <input id="email" name="email" type="text" value="" size="30" aria-required="true"/></p> <p class="comment-form-url"><label for="url">Website</label><input id="url" name="url" type="text" value="" size="30"/></p> <div class="form"><textarea id="comment" class="expand50-100" name="comment" cols="45" rows="3"></textarea></div> <label class="post-error" for="comment" id="commenttext_error"></label> <span class="progress spinner-comment-new"></span> <p class="form-submit"> <input name="submit" type="submit" id="comment-submit" value="Reply"/> <input type="hidden" name="comment_post_ID" value="43034" id="comment_post_ID"/> <input type="hidden" name="comment_parent" id="comment_parent" value="0"/> </p> <p style="display: none;"><input type="hidden" id="akismet_comment_nonce" name="akismet_comment_nonce" value="db3bb4ab22"/></p><p class="comment-subscription-form"><input type="checkbox" name="subscribe_comments" id="subscribe_comments" value="subscribe" style="width: auto; 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