Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

At this point, I am not even sure what Wordpress.org is anymore other than a marketing department for Automattic. It's hard to know if this is a real position with real people reporting to it or if the entire org is a paper department.

Re: Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

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Post by photomatt » Tue, Oct 08, 2024, 8:24 PM UTC

mattbeck wrote: post #3

photomatt wrote: post #2

I'm very excited to have Mary on board. :)

Can you clarify if this is a 1:1 backfill for Josepha's role or if her scope will be different?

The scope will be significantly broader as Mary brings a lot of talents to the ecosystem.

Re: Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

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Post by mattl » Tue, Oct 08, 2024, 8:27 PM UTC

photomatt wrote: post #2

I'm very excited to have Mary on board. :)

Can you clarify if "Executive Director of WordPress.org" is the same job as "Executive Director of the WordPress Foundation"?

I know you personally own wordpress.org and not the foundation (as many people suspected) so this is unclear.

Re: Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

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Post by bzmrgonz » Tue, Oct 08, 2024, 8:37 PM UTC

mattl wrote: post #6

photomatt wrote: post #2

I'm very excited to have Mary on board. :)

Can you clarify if "Executive Director of WordPress.org" is the same job as "Executive Director of the WordPress Foundation"? I know you personally own wordpress.org and not the foundation (as many people suspected) so this is unclear.

There is a wordpressfoundationorg, so I doubt it. In my opinion org is software repo/wp-inc HQ.. and com is commercial and hosting enterprise. But of course, let's hear from the horse's mouth himself!! :-P

Re: Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

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Post by quintoni » Tue, Oct 08, 2024, 9:02 PM UTC

photomatt wrote: post #2

I'm very excited to have Mary on board. :)

Can you clarify when you're going to cease your public tantrums and your erratic idiotic behavior that is causing problems for Wordpress users worldwide?

Re: Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

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Post by DonnieBurger » Tue, Oct 08, 2024, 9:06 PM UTC

Apparently Automattic states she's back working for them: https://x.com/automattic/status/1843750645037445200

So then what is WordPress.org in this context?

Re: Mary Hubbard New Executive Director of Wordpress.org

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Post by pluginvulns » Tue, Oct 08, 2024, 9:15 PM UTC

DonnieBurger wrote: post #9

Apparently Automattic states she's back working for them: https://x.com/automattic/status/1843750645037445200 So then what is WordPress.org in this context?

WordPress.org seems to be used to refer to Matt Mullenweg [1], as he apparently personally owns it, though one of Automattic's lawyers said last week that it is a non-profit that is separate from the WordPress Foundation [2].

The previous Executive Director of WordPress was also an Automattic employee. When they were announced in the role their employment with Automattic also wasn't disclosed [3].

[1] https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/10/02/who-or-what... [2] https://www.pluginvulnerabilities.com/2024/10/03/automattic-... [3] https://make.wordpress.org/updates/2019/01/16/expanding-word...