In May 2015 a chain of encounters led a small group of strangers to meet, on and offline, and revive the WordPress Italian Community. After endless hours of chats on Slack, we have regular monthly meetups in half a dozen cities, contributor meetings and at least 2 WordCamps planned for 2016. This is our story and we hope it can be your community’s story too.

1. T H E R E B I RT H O F T H E
I TA L I A N C O M M U N I T Y
Francesca Marano Cohen - @MeetTheCohens

2. WO R D C A M P S 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 5

3. C I AO ! S O N O F R A N C E S C A
WO R D P R E S S P R O F E S S I O N A L , C O M M U N I T Y J U N K I E ,
B U S I N E S S E X P LO R E R .
P O LYG LOT, M E E T U P O R G A N I Z E R , WO R D C A M P O R G A N I Z E R .
L E T ’ S TA L K @ M E E T T H E C O H E N S

4. 2 0 0 3 - 2 0 1 5
WO R D P R E S S I N I TA L I A N

5. M E E T PAO LO & S T E FA N O

6. pic by Daniela Vladimirova
N O E N G L I S H

7. B I G
C O U N T RY

8. O P E N S O U R C E W H AT ?

9. T U R N I N G P O I N T:
L AT E S P R I N G 2 0 1 5

10. M E E T LU C A

12. T H E
F E A R L E S S
O N E S

14. R O S E T TA F O R T H E W I N

15. M E E T
F R A N Z E
F R A N C E S C O

16. M E E T U P S
I N I TA LY

17. C O N T R I B U TO R DAY,
N OV E M B E R 2 0 1 5

18. • Milano, November 7, 2015
• Approximately 60 attendees
• Organised by members of Milano, Torino, Barletta
Meetups
• Team leads from Italy and Europe (Accessibility, Core,
Community, Mobile, Polyglots, Support)

19. S H OW, D O N ’ T T E L L

21. C O M M U N I T Y
Help others kickstart their
Meetups and WordCamps

22. P O LYG LOT S
Translate all the things

23. S U P P O RT
There are no stupid
questions

25. WO R D C A M P TO R I N O 2 0 1 6

26. C O N T R I B U TO R DAY

28. M E E T
A N D R E A

30. S H OW U P

31. H E L P OT H E R S

32. M A K E I T I N C LU S I V E

33. H AV E F U N !

34. G R A Z I E N E H
@MeetTheCohens