Hello Friends, Thank you everyone, for everything. Here is the wrap up. altctrl.org/basel-2025-w... We will see you when we see you. If you need us let us know! altctrl.org/call-for-org... The Alt Ctrl Org team

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For the love of WordPress The focus of the evening was free speech and governance in Open Source and specifically in the WordPress project: issues were raised and discussed and projects tackling curre...

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We are working on enabling others to run their own independent Alt Ctrl Org events. We should have more information next week, but feel free to reach out to us if interested. altctrl.org

Alt Ctrl Org - For the love of WordPress

Join us on Friday Evening from 18:00 till 21:00 on June 6th in Basel to hear voices and ideas that might not typically fit into WordCamp schedules.

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You can also watch the who playlist here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... and we have pictures too! photos.app.goo.gl/CUgAzap4Nt38.... Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. (Licenses matter: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...)

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For the Love of WordPress Many WordCamps have side events, most certainly WCEU. AltCtrlOrg aims to be an unofficial side event providing a safe yet casual sp...

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Panel Discussion “The Future of WordPress” with @francescamarano.com, @joost.blog and @sereedmedia.bsky.social. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/eeSpgEKcHlQ?...

Panel Discussion “The Future of WordPress” with Francesca Marano, Joost de Valk and Sé Reed.

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@rmccue.io, @cdils.bsky.social, @francescamarano.com, @joost.blog, @marucchi.com and other launch the FAIR project, Federated And Independent Repositories. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/owH0xMGsuCw?...

Ryan, Carrie, Francesca, Joost, Karim & others launch FAIR Federated And Independent Repositories

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Matt Leach on Distributing and updating themes & plugins with @aspirepress.bsky.social. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/HtSn3b_NR1A?...

Matt Leach on Distributing and updating themes & plugins with AspirePress

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The Heart of Open Source by @sereedmedia.bsky.social the President and CEO of @thewpcc.bsky.social. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/O9uQg4Aq89s?...

Sé Reed on The Heart of Open Source

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Charlotte Bax talking about the sustainability petition. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/lt3mfFOTaSw?...

Charlotte Bax - Sustainability petition

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Panel Discussion with Zoë Kooyman, Olivier Dobberkau, @vlad.website and @javiercasares.com. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/zaPtm24XO5A?...

Panel Discussion with Zoë Kooyman, Olivier Dobberkau, Vlad-Stefan Harbuz and Javier Casares

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@vlad.website from the Open Source Pledge discusses Collective Governance and How to Fund It. Adding the video as it has been live streamed too, thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/b-bcWjtBwz8?...

Vlad Stefan Harbuz on Collective Governance and How to Fund It

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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸@vlad.website · last yr.

Here's my talk on why collective governance can prevent abusive power, and why distributed funding is necessary for collective governance. Thanks to @altctrl.org for inviting me, and to @fairpm.bsky.social for putting these ideas into practice. ❤️

Olivier Dobberkau the President of the #TYPO3 Association presents An Overview of the TYPO3 Association. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/yRb9ue40uKo?...

Olivier Dobberkau on An Overview of the TYPO3 Association

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Zoë Kooyman the Executive Director at @fsfe.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy speaks about Free Software and Why the Terms Matter. Thanks to Claudio, Kostas and Nilo in the AV team. youtu.be/WWQvcs_UKoc?...

Zoë Kooyman on Free Software and Why the Terms Matter

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Vlad's @altctrl.org talk is such an important argument for paying Open Source maintainers 🙌

Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸@vlad.website · last yr.

Here's my talk on why collective governance can prevent abusive power, and why distributed funding is necessary for collective governance. Thanks to @altctrl.org for inviting me, and to @fairpm.bsky.social for putting these ideas into practice. ❤️

We are starting Alt Ctrl Org right now and… we have a live stream! 🤞 youtube.com/live/IOsOAsb...

We’re excited to announce that @sarahsavage.bsky.social is joining the Future of WordPress panel, @javiercasares.com will moderate our Open Source discussion, and the evening will be hosted by none other than @takisbouyouris.bsky.social . It’s shaping up to be a great night, see you on Friday!

My @altctrl.org talk about collective governance in software is happening next week! I'll post a recording in case you can't make it to lovely Basel. ☺️ altctrl.org/schedule/

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Will you be in Switzerland's beautiful city of Basel on June 6th for @altctrl.org? Vlad will be there, not only to talk about the Pledge, but also to start a conversation about collective governance of Open Source projects. We hear there will be delicious dumplings too ;)

Hey Friends, Can’t wait to see you in Basel next week, hope you can still make it! If plans have changed & you can’t join please let us know as it gives someone else the chance to come along. 👉 Cancel here: altctrl.org/attendance-c... See you next week! ❤️ The Alt Ctrl Org team

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We filled the original venue space on Day 1 with 100+ tickets. Now we’ve secured a bigger space at Klara 13 (200 capacity). 🎟️ Tickets are open to the public, don’t wait, get yours now and share this post! altctrl.org/events/6-jun...

6 June 2025 – Basel - AltCtrl.org

Once you claim your free ticket, you’ll receive a confirmation email with a QR code, making it easy and quick to check in on the day. 🍽️ Our event is held at Klara 13 food court. All attendees will re...

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Grassroots Alt Ctrl Org Event Aims to Give Voice to WordPress Governance Concerns

Grassroots Alt Ctrl Org Event Aims to Give Voice to WordPress Governance Concerns

As tensions continue to simmer in the WordPress ecosystem, a group of independent contributors is organizing a side event during WordCamp Europe 2025 to create space for conversations they say aren't…

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Will you be in Switzerland's beautiful city of Basel on June 6th for @altctrl.org? Vlad will be there, not only to talk about the Pledge, but also to start a conversation about collective governance of Open Source projects. We hear there will be delicious dumplings too ;)

We had a typo on the social graphic for Matt Leach’s talk “Distributing and Updating Plugins and Themes with AspirePress” soz AspirePress

Get ready for Alt Ctrl Org! 🚀 An amazing lineup of speakers from the WordPress and open-source community… 🧵

Just a little reminder that tickets for our June 6th event in Basel will be very limited and will go to newsletter subscribers first. So if you haven’t already signed up you can do so here altctrl.org

Exciting news, Alt Ctrl Org has secured an amazing venue, Klara 13, just 400m from Messe Basel (WCEU venue).
A vibrant food court with a private space for talks & discussions! Join us on Friday, June 6th, 18:00–21:00, free entry. altctrl.org/the-venue/ Help us spread the word!

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