closed: 23 Oct 2026
// call_for_table_leads
Take a table on Contributor Day and get a room of people to their first contribution
Applications are closed. Thank you to everyone who applied to lead a table. We are reading every application and will announce the table leads soon.
// saturday 21 november 2026, bangalore international centre, domlur. doors 09:00, the room works 09:30 to 13:00, lunch after
5
tables on the day
1
Saturday, doors to lunch
45m
briefing call, online
When
Saturday 21 November 2026, one day. Contributor Day only.
What you run
One team’s table: a starter list, the intro, and the people who sit down.
What it takes
Real footing in one Make team, a briefing call, and the day itself.
Applications closed
23 October 2026
◆ No team rep or committer status needed
◆ Apply as a pair and co-lead one table
◆ Both days covered, lunch included
// the_job
What a table lead actually does
A morning of hosting, a starter list written before it, and no slides anywhere.
BEFORE · BY 4 NOV
Bring a starter list
Eight to ten tasks a newcomer can finish in a morning, plus the accounts and tools they will need open.
09:30 · THE WELCOME
Introduce your team
Every lead gets a turn on the stage to say what their team does, then it is back to your table and straight into setup. Nobody should still be installing at 11:00.
10:00 · 165 MINUTES
Unblock, do not teach
Contribution time runs to 12:45. Pair people up, answer the same question three times without sighing, and keep the slowest person moving.
12:45 · THE CLOSE
Report what landed
What your table shipped, and who made their first contribution. They are read out by name before lunch.
IS THE JOB
Hosting. Picking work that fits the person in front of you, and making sure they leave with something merged, filed, translated or reviewed.
IS NOT THE JOB
A workshop, a talk, or a deck. Introducing your team at the welcome is the only time you are on the stage, and there is no obligation to know every answer: the room has other leads in it.
// the_tables
Ten teams suggested, five tables in the room
The call closed on 23 October. We pick the five from these ten and the teams suggested in the form.
◆ Only five of these run. The room seats more contributors across five full tables than across ten thin ones, and a team with no lead does not get a table anyway. The confirmed list goes up on 6 November.
01
Core
Trac tickets, patches and reviews. Good first bugs, not architecture.
02
Design
Figma files, mockups and issue triage for design-needed tickets.
03
Polyglots
Translating WordPress into Kannada, Hindi and the other Indic locales.
04
Documentation
HelpHub and DevHub pages: writing, editing, and screenshots that are out of date.
05
Training
Learn WordPress lesson plans and tutorials, from outline to review.
06
Support
Answering real forum threads live, with somebody watching over your shoulder.
07
Themes and Plugins
Both review queues: handbook checks, security basics and readme hygiene.
08
Test
Reproducing bugs, writing test reports and Gutenberg issue triage.
09
Accessibility
Audits, keyboard and screen-reader passes on core and on this site.
10
Community
Meetup organising, WordCamp mentoring and the deputy handbook.
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Your team
A Make team that is not one of these ten, and you can lead it.
// suggestions closed with the call
A suggested table goes in the same pile as these ten, and we pick the five from all of them.
// the_trade
Four asks, four returns
One Saturday morning and the list you write before it, in exchange for a seat and a ticket.
What we ask
01
Footing in one team
You have contributed to it, know where its handbook and channels are, and can spot a good first task.
02
A starter list, in writing
With us by Wednesday 4 November, the print deadline. We print it as your table’s handout, so it does not live in your head.
03
One 45-minute briefing call
Online, all leads together, after the leads are confirmed. We set the date then and send it to you, so there is nothing to put in your calendar yet.
04
The whole morning
In the room from 09:00 to the 13:00 close, then lunch. A table cannot lose its lead halfway.
What you get
◆ Both days covered
Your Contributor Day seat and your Sunday ticket, at no cost, with lunch on both days.
◆ A table kit that is ready
A printed table sign and your starter list copied as handouts, both there when you arrive.
◆ Your name on the site
On the Contributor Day page, next to the table you are running.
◆ The people at your table
You spend the whole day working next to them rather than presenting at them.
// not_required
What leading a table does not require
Four things worth saying plainly.
Not required
Being the team’s expert
A year of contributing is plenty. You need to know the next step, not every step.
Also not required
Doing it alone
Apply as a pair and split the day between you. Most tables run better with two leads than with one.
Fine
Leading in Kannada or Hindi
Say so in the form and it goes on your table sign. English is not the default at every table.
Separate
Volunteering and speaking
Different calls with their own forms. Leading a table does not rule either of them out.
The code of conduct applies at your table too, and you are the person a contributor tells first.
// after_you_apply
From the form to the table
Five dates, three of which ask nothing of you.
● 01 · Mon 21 Sep
Applications opened
Every application was read as it arrived.
● 02 · Fri 23 Oct
The call closed
The form is down and we are reading what is in the pile.
// you are here
● 03 · Fri 30 Oct
Leads confirmed
Everyone who applied hears back, either way, and the five tables are set.
● 04 · Fri 6 Nov
Tables published
The Contributor Day page goes up with every table and its lead on it.
● 05 · Sat 21 Nov
Contributor Day
Doors at 09:00, the welcome at 09:30, lunch at 13:00.
// questions
Questions, answered
Open any of them. If yours is not here, write to us and we will answer it.
What if nobody sits at my table?
Contributors pick their table when they arrive, and we point first timers at whichever tables are quiet. If yours is still thin by 11:00, take your list to the table next door and work together.
Is the briefing call compulsory?
It is 45 minutes online with every lead, and it is where we agree the run sheet for the day. The date is set once the leads are confirmed, and we send it to you then. If it does not work for you, we send the run sheet instead and take your questions by email.
Where is Contributor Day, and what are the hours?
At Bangalore International Centre in Domlur, on Saturday 21 November. Doors at 09:00, the welcome at 09:30, contribution time from 10:00 to 12:45, and the day closes at 13:00 with lunch. Sunday’s conference is at St. Joseph’s Boys’ High School on Museum Road, a different building.
Does this get me into the Sunday conference?
Yes. A confirmed lead gets a Contributor Day seat and a Sunday ticket at no cost, with lunch on both days. Already bought a ticket? We cannot refund it, but it is yours to pass on to anyone who wants the Sunday.
// apply
Applications are closed
Thank you to everyone who applied to lead a table at Contributor Day.
Closed
The call closed Friday 23 October 2026
We are reading every application now. Everyone who applied hears back by Friday 30 October, either way.
We finalise five tables. We read every application for those five, including the teams suggested that are not on this list.
Missed the call? You can still be in the room: get your ticket, or write to us through the contact page.
Saturday 21 November 2026 · Contributor Day