The open web isn’t an abstraction. It’s the person two neighborhoods over who runs a monthly meetup out of a coffee shop, the WordCamp organizer who’s been doing it for a decade, the Linux user group that meets in a library basement on Tuesdays. Open source runs on people who show up in rooms together.
Start with WordPress meetups. There are hundreds of them, in cities all over the world, and most are free. You walk in, someone hands you a name tag, and by the end of the night you know three people who are working on the same things you are. If there isn’t one near you, you can start one.
If you want something bigger, WordCamps happen everywhere from small towns to major cities. They’re affordable, friendly, and the contributor days are some of the best on-ramps into the project.
You can also host your own gathering around the film. Invite your meetup, your team at work, a few friends who keep asking what you actually do all day. Watch it together, then talk about it. That’s it. No format required.
The open web gets stronger every time someone shows up. Be one of those people.
Code for the People 