<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:52 PM, Michael Hebenstreit <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michael@mhthemes.com" target="_blank">michael@mhthemes.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">At the moment it seems that a lot of unexperienced reviewers are being motivated on WordCamps around the world. They review a few themes during the contribution day and then it’s over (in most cases).</div>
</blockquote></div></div></div></blockquote><div>WordCamps aren't recruitment drives. Those sessions should be entirely for the benefit of the people there, not for any other purpose. Our goal at WordCamps, overall, is to educate and inform (and meet and greet and BBQ and so on).</div>
<div><br></div><div>If showing somebody how the theme review works and having them do one for hands on experience helps them in any way, then that was the point. Whether the result is useful to us or not is irrelevant, we only care whether or not it was useful for that person. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Wordcamps are for the Wordcampers. If they decide to continue reviewing, great. If not, that's okay too.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div>-Otto</div></div><div><br></div></div>
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