General meeting minutes: 04/16/2019

The following are minutes from the general project meeting on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. All documents for The WordPress Governance Project can be accessed on the project’s Google Drive. Props: Pat Lockley and Morten Rand-Hendriksen Agenda Comments on minutes from last meeting (if any) Appointment of meeting lead + secretary Update on action items from last …

What should WordPress Governance look like?

As the weekend approaches, here’s my challenge to the WordPress community and other interested parties: If you got to decide, what would WordPress’ governance structure look like? As work progresses in the WordPress Governance Project, several people have reached out with suggestions and opinions about what WordPress governance should look like. This is a good …

General meeting minutes: 03/26/2019

The following are minutes from the general project meeting on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. All documents for The WordPress Governance Project can be accessed on the project’s Google Drive. Props: Pat Lockley and Morten Rand-Hendriksen Agenda Minutes from last meeting Meeting leader and secretary Anything to add to the agenda? Review action items from March 19th …

Researching Governance Models: A Call to Action

The core purpose of the WordPress Governance Project is to illuminate existing and ad hoc governance models within the WordPress Open Source project and provide input on how to create an official governance platform for the project. A crucial component of this work is discovering and evaluating existing governance models both within the Open Source …

General meeting minutes: 03/05/2019

The following are minutes from the general project meeting on Tuesday, March 05, 2019. All documents for The WordPress Governance Project can be accessed on the project’s Google Drive. Props: Pat Lockley and Morten Rand-Hendriksen Agenda Minutes from last meeting Meeting facilitator and secretary Personas document Form for researching governance models Recruitment to do research (who …

General meeting minutes: 1/29/2019

The following are minutes from the general project meeting on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. All documents for The WordPress Governance Project can be accessed on the project’s Google Drive. Props: Morten Rand-Hendriksen and Cathi Bosco. Agenda Minutes from the last meeting etc… Appointing meeting leader & secretary for this meeting Team reps for different sub-groups Reports …

Interview on WP Tavern

Rachel Cherry and Morten Rand-Hendriksen did an interview on WP Tavern where they discussed the origins of the WordPress Governance Project, what “governance” means to them, and how they see this project unfolding. Have a listen and add your own thoughts to the conversation!

What does “governance” mean to you?

The goal of this project is to define what governance can look like for WordPress. An important part of that process is to clearly define what “governance” means in a WordPress context. A good place to start that conversation is by discussing what the term “governance” means to each of us. When you hear someone …