# Keynotes WCUS 2023 Date: 2023 August 26 Saturday 3:52 pm Attendees: Tags: --- # Goals / agenda 1. # Discussion notes - It is important to know we are thriving because WordPress can change a life. The more that people know about WordPress, the more people can access all that WordPress can provide. - Use the software - Take time to build your own knowledge - LearnWP - Support forums ticket - Attend WordCamp - Meet people! - WordPress is an equalizer. Archane knowledge and connections. - Make sure we are thriving because WordPress can change your community if they can learn it. Freedoms of Open Source. - Ask the big questions your community has at the moment - Reach out past what you know is possible and the impossible becomes within reach. - WordPress thrives because it can change our world. WordPress could be the answer for over-exposure we have from social media. - Democratize publishing - How we can impact the world - Provide easier access to knowledge, community, connections - Secure the freedoms of the open web for everyone now and those that come after us. - It matters because that the world deserves an open web with protected future rights. - Open source is all about planting trees in who‘s shade we will never rest - Everything that changes anything starts with one person. - We are story tellers by nature, defines who we are and what we mean in the world. - What is the story you want to tell about yourself? - What is the story you want to tell about yourself in WordPress? - What is the story you want WordPress to tell? - WP in 2023 & beyond - [[Matt Mullenweg]] - K # Action items - [ ] Meeting Notes Distributed to the Team - [ ] Tasks & Projects Completed, Processed or Delegated - [ ] Key Dates Completed or Scheduled