WordCamp US lead organizer speaks about programming for this year’s event, why organizers chose to forgo a blind selection process, and how organizers have addressed criticism about the lack of accessibility at last year’s event. Julia Golomb describes herself as passionate about promoting the open source values of transparency, collaboration, and inclusiveness in community engagement.…

Diversity has been a hot topic for WordCamp Europe. Last week, Sjoerd Blom, one of the event’s global leads, apologized for how he reacted to recent scrutiny of the diversity of the event’s speakers. He was responding to Michelle Frechette, StellarWP’s Director of Community Engagement, who questioned the apparent lack of diversity in the first…