History of WPCampus

2023

• January 27: WPCampus Board of Directors meets for the first time
• March 7: Published new Board of Directors to the WPCampus website
• March 14: Officially announced our inaugural Board of Directors
• July 12-14: WPCampus 2023

2022

• April 13: Rachel Cherry announces she is stepping down as the only Director of WPCampus
• April to November: A working group was formed and met bi-weekly on the leadership transition
• October 25: WPCampus opened nominations for Board of Directors
• November 22: WPCampus closes nominations for the new Board of Directors

2021

• September 21-22: WPCampus 2021 Online

2020

• July 29-30: WPCampus 2020 Online
• July 29: Update on Gutenberg accessibility audit at WPCampus 2020 Online

2019

• January: Project kickoff for the WPCampus Gutenberg accessibility audit
• January 31: WPCampus 2019 Online
• January 31: Progress update on Gutenberg accessibility audit at WPCampus 2019 Online
• February 28: Last day to donate to the Gutenberg accessibility audit
• April 29: Full Gutenberg accessibility audit results provided to WPCampus
• May 1: Gutenberg accessibility audit report released
• May 13: Public webinar to discuss the Gutenberg accessibility audit results
• July 25-27: WPCampus 2019
• November 12: Begin to see tangible accessibility fixes in WordPress 5.3

2018

• January 30: WPCampus 2018 Online
• July 12-14: WPCampus 2018
• July 13: Truck Sheep (our beloved mascot) was brought to life at WPCampus 2018
• October 24: Announced RFP for audit
• November 27: Began fundraising for the WPCampus Gutenberg accessibility audit
• December 5: The audit was fully funded
• December 6: WordPress 5.0 (including Gutenberg) was released
• December: Tenon selected as vendor to perform the Gutenberg accessibility audit

2017

• January 23: WPCampus 2017 Online
• July 14-15: WPCampus 2017

2016

• July 15-16: WPCampus 2016

2015

• August 3: Rachel Cherry tweeted an idea about a WordCamp for higher ed
• August 4: WPCampus Slack workspace was created
• October: Our eduwapuu was created by WPCampus member, Elaine Shannon