WordPress has an official Meetup account. WordPress meetup groups that are part of this account receive certain benefits, including having the meetup.com dues paid by the WordPress Community Support, PBC.
Having a meetup group on this account does require following the Five Good Faith Rules that were created by a group of volunteer meetup organizers.
The Five Good Faith Rules include:
- WordPress Meetups are for the benefit of the WordPress community as a whole, not specific businesses or individuals. All actions taken as an event organizer are with the best interest of the community in mind.
- Membership in the local meetup group is open to all who wish to join, regardless of ability, skill, financial status or any other criteria.
- Meetups are volunteer-run with volunteer speakers.
- Meetup groups allow events to be organized by any reliable/trusted member of the community.
- Meetups are welcoming places where everyone works to foster an accepting environment which is free of discrimination, incitement to violence, promotion of hate, and general jerk-like behaviour.
We also ask everyone that organizes WordPress Chapter Meetup to uphold the principles of the WordPress open-source project, including the GPL. This helps protect the user/attendee, who might not realize that by using a non-GPL plugin or theme, they are giving away the rights that WordPress provides them.
If you’d like to start a new meetup inside the WordPress Meetup Chapter Program or have an existing meetup you’d like to add to it, you can learn more on our Joining the Meetup Chapter Program page.
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