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Finding answers to questions like: “<em>When do volunteer teams meet?”,  “How often should there be check-ins?”,  “How do we track tasks?”,  “How do we measure progress?” </em>and<em> “ What deadlines do we need to meet?” </em>for instance, will help in devising a strategy.</li><li><strong>Finding non-profits and volunteers </strong><br /><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/community/handbook/meetup-organizer/event-formats/do_action-charity-hackathon/gathering-non-profits/\">Finding eligible non-profits</a> for your event could be a challenge. When your event publishes the call for non-profits, share it widely on social media. Since this is a charitable event, we have noticed that getting PR from local news media outlets is a lot easier. You might also want to reach out to Non-profit organizations and offer assistance proactively. 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Jon Desrosiers <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2019/01/04/short-term-trac-milestone-ticket-triage-proposal/\">published a proposal</a> on how to handle punted tickets in the short term and also how to manage the other open tickets.  </li></ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Design Updates for Gutenberg Phase 2</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every Friday, Mark Uraine publishes Updates for Gutenberg Phase 2 on the make/design blog. 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WordPress 5.0 includes not only the new Block editor but also compatibility fixes for the new PHP version. <br /></p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Based on the stability, testing, and reports on the release candidates for WordPress 5.0 so far, we are now targeting Thursday&nbsp;<strong>December 6th</strong> for public release and announcement. 5.0.1 will open for commits soon, and will be an area people can choose to focus on at the contributor day at WordCamp US in Nashville this Sunday.<br />As before, if new information arises that indicates the software is not stable, we will adjust or remove the target date.</p></blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Below Questions and Answers are taken from <a href=\"https://ma.tt/2018/11/a-gutenberg-faq/\">Matt Mullenweg&#8217;s&nbsp; Gutenberg FAQs&nbsp;</a> as well as from his <a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/12/04/new-5-0-target-date/\">post about the new target date.</a><br /></p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"schema-faq wp-block-yoast-faq-block\"><div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1543929591132\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Do I have to switch to Gutenberg when WordPress 5.0 is released? <br /></strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Not at all. When it’s released, you get to choose what happens. You can install the <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/\">Classic Editor plugin</a> today and when 5.0 is released, nothing will change. We’ve commited to supporting and updating Classic Editor until 2022. If you’d like to <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/gutenberg/\">install Gutenberg early</a>, you can do that now too. The Classic Editor plugin has been available for 13 months now, and Gutenberg has been available for 18 months. Both have been heavily promoted since August 2018, and more than 1.3 million .org sites have opted-in already to either experience, so nothing will change for them when they update to 5.0.</p> </div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1543929747530\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">Is it terrible to do a release in December?</strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">Some people think so, some don’t. There have been <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/about/roadmap/\">9 major WordPress releases</a> in previous Decembers. December releases actually comprise 34% of our major releases in the past decade.</p> </div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1543932662856\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What if I don’t want to update on that date, or I’m not ready?</strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">That’s totally okay, there’s nothing that says you must update the moment there’s a new version released. You can push the button whenever you’re ready.</p> </div> <div class=\"schema-faq-section\" id=\"faq-question-1543932734088\"><strong class=\"schema-faq-question\">What if I want to upgrade but I’m not ready for Gutenberg?</strong> <p class=\"schema-faq-answer\">No problem, <a href=\"https://wordpress.org/plugins/classic-editor/\">install the Classic Editor plugin</a> and 5.0 will be indistinguishable from 4.9.8 for your posting and editing experience, and you’ll still get the other improvements and fixes that have gone into 5.0. Classic Editor is supported until 2022, and now allows you to switch between Classic and Gutenberg on a per-user or per-post level.</p> </div> </div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>November 30, 2018. </em><a href=\"https://make.wordpress.org/core/2018/11/29/5-0-gutenberg-status-update-nov-29/\">WordPress 5.0 RC2&nbsp;</a> is scheduled for&nbsp; today. 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The stability and open issues in the release candidates thus far makes me optimistic we can release soon, but as before the primary driver will be the stability and quality of the underlying software. We made the mistake prior of announcing dates when lots of code was still changing, and had to delay because of regressions and bugs. 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