{"id":13024,"date":"2021-02-26T16:59:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prague.wordcamp.org\/2021\/?p=13024"},"modified":"2021-02-26T16:59:47","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T15:59:47","slug":"yoast-care-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prague.wordcamp.org\/2021\/yoast-care-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Yoast Care fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We value everybody who contributes to WordPress and wish to reward everyone who does so. Of course, we can\u2019t hire everyone, but we can help some people by giving them a gift of $500,- and an interview<\/a> to say thank you for their time and effort. You can help us with finding those awesome contributors! Nominate the people who work so hard to make WordPress even better so we can reward them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The WordPress community, or even better, our<\/em> WordPress community, is made of thousands of volunteers world-wide. Together we write the code, test the patches, translate the software and organize the events that make this community to what it is today; a friendly and welcoming environment for all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many of those volunteers work on WordPress in their free time, or while self-employed. This means they\u2019re really making WordPress better out of the goodness of their hearts. Some of them even work on WordPress so much, they hardly have any time left to make a decent income. All because they care for the project and the Open Source values associated with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Yoast, we love the Open Source way. If we could, we would support all those who are struggling to make ends meet, because they\u2019re working on FOSS. Unfortunately, we can\u2019t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What we can do \u2013 with your help! \u2013 is put those who are essential to WordPress\u2019 success in the spotlight. And that\u2019s why we started Yoast Care, the Yoast Community Appreciation REwards. So from now on, every year, Yoast pledges at least $25,000 to Yoast Care. This money will be distributed over the \u2018winners\u2019 of Yoast Care (approx. 50 people per year).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But it\u2019s more than just money. A big portion of Yoast Care is a blog post highlighting your contributions to the WordPress community as a public way to say \u2018thank you\u2019!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So how does it work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you know someone in the WordPress community who does amazing work on WordPress and the WordPress project, you can now nominate this person for Yoast Care. This means you have to fill out the form below explaining why you think this person deserves Yoast Care. At Yoast, we\u2019ll review all applications. Every application has an equal chance to be rewarded, as long as the nominee has contributed to WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a nominee makes it to the second round, the nominator conducts an interview<\/a> with the nominee that will later be published on yoast.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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