Distributed, Working Remotely at Automattic

Agenda for this Meetup

6:30pm: Welcome and intro to group, thanks to sponsors
6:35pm: Grand Circus
6:40pm: What's New in WordPress
6:45pm: Introductions
7:00pm: Distributed, Working Remotely at Automattic
7:40pm: Q & A
8:00pm: Begin networking and WordPress site help
8:30pm: Time to go

Host: Eric Malcolm, Randy Walker, Deborah Edwards-Onoro

Sponsor: A2 Hosting (https://www.a2hosting.com/) & Grand Circus (http://www.grandcircus.co/)

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Distributed, Working Remotely at Automattic
presented by George Hotelling

This month's meetup features member George Hotelling, who recently joined Automattic (https://automattic.com/), the company behind:

• WordPress.com (https://www.wordpress.com/)

• Jetpack (https://jetpack.com) plugin

• VaultPress (https://vaultpress.com/) backup and security service

• WooCommerce (https://woocommerce.com/) ecommerce plugin

• Akismet (https://akismet.com/) anti-spam service, and

• Other online services.

George will discuss his experiences working remotely at Automattic. He’ll share what it takes to work in a distributed company and how WordPress is used to get things done.

If you’ve ever wanted to know more about how hundreds of people around the world work together while working remotely, you won’t want to miss this talk!

As always, we’ll have time to network, troubleshoot WordPress issues, and answer WordPress questions at the end of the meetup.

Speaker Biography

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George is a JavaScript Wrangler at Automattic. He lives in Canton, Michigan with his wife, two children, and two dogs.

In his spare time he enjoys brewing beer, video games, and getting outside.

Volunteer List:

We need volunteers... for photography, taking/publishing notes on our blog, greeting people when they arrive, setting up, and tweeting.

If you would like to volunteer to help with this, or any meetup, just let the host of the meetup know. You will get in for free at the meetup you volunteer, we appreciate the help.

Set Up -

Greeting -

Notes -

Photography -

Parking and Venue information

Grand Circus is located in the Broderick Tower (http://www.brodericktower.com/), and you enter from the Woodward-facing doors.

Once inside, go to the end of the hall, and take the elevator to the third floor. Turn left when you get off the elevator, then turn right and look for the signs directing you to the room.

Parking is available at the Detroit Opera House parking garage, located on Broadway. Parking is $10 (unless there's a special event). There's also limited street parking on Washington, one block west of Woodward.

The Detroit Opera House parking garage is a short walk up Broadway and around the corner from the Grand Circus space. Here's parking information from the Broderick Tower website (PDF) (https://www.grandcircus.co/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/PARKING.pdf).

Note: with the M-1 rail construction downtown, it may be challenging to maneuver downtown streets and find street parking. Stay current on the construction by visiting the M-1 construction page (http://m-1rail.com/construction/).

Please note that if there are less than 10 people registered, we'll cancel event and notify everyone by Sunday before meetup.

Everyone wanting to attend the meetup must register online. No walk-ins.