{"id":12,"date":"2016-03-07T23:54:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T04:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2016.montreal.wordcamp.org\/organizers\/"},"modified":"2016-06-27T11:58:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T15:58:58","slug":"organizers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/about\/organizers\/","title":{"rendered":"The Organizing Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Montreal is a community-run event that includes as many people as possible in our decisions, however the core responsibilities tend to fall in the hands of a few key organizers who make sure that all the work gets done.<\/p>\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"414\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/organizer\/carl-alexander\/carl\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/carl.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"332,332\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Elida Arrizza&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1372612196&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"carl\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/carl.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-414 size-medium alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/04\/carl-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"carl\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/carl.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/carl.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/carl.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.carlalexander.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Alexander<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/twigpress\" target=\"_blank\">@twigpress<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"organizer\">\n<div class=\"organizer-text\">\n<p class=\"description\">Carl Alexander is a PHP developer that loves learning about advanced technology topics. Besides helping with WordCamp Montreal, he organizes the other WordPress events during the rest of the year. His other interests lie with nutrition and sports science, weight training and, most importantly, video games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"organizer alt\">\n<h3><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"413\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/organizer\/carl-alexander\/richard\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/richard.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"332,332\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"richard\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/richard.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-413 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/04\/richard-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"richard\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/richard.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/richard.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/richard.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/richardmtl.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Archambault<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/richardmtl\" target=\"_blank\">@richardmtl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richard loves the web and really loves WordPress. After attending his first WordCamp Montreal in 2010, he was hooked! Now a Happiness Engineer with Automattic, Richard wants to help spread the WordPress goodness to anyone else who\u2019s interested in the web. When he\u2019s not tinkering with his sites, he loves going to Mexico to eat spicy tacos and ride around on the metro!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"organizer alt\">\n<div class=\"organizer-text\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/alexruaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"412\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/organizer\/carl-alexander\/alex\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/alex.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"332,332\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"alex\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/alex.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-412\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/04\/alex-300x300.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"alex\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/alex.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/alex.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/alex.jpg?w=332&amp;ssl=1 332w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/>Alex Ruaux<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/molecularcode\" target=\"_blank\">@molecularcode<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Alex is a freelance web developer at Molecularcode Web Design and loves spending her days working with WordPress. She is also a regular instructor and mentor at Ladies Learning Code events. After a recent career shift herself, she enjoys giving back to the communities that helped support her. Aside from developing websites, her passions lie with 3D printing, gaming and enjoying the outdoors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"organizer\">\n<div class=\"organizer-text\">\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/about.me\/shannonasmith\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"398\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/organizer\/shannon-smith\/shannon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/shannon.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"332,332\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"shannon\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/04\/shannon.jpg?fit=332%2C332&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-398\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/03\/shannon.smith_.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"shannon\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/>Shannon Smith<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/cafenoirdesign\" target=\"_blank\">@cafenoirdesign<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"description\">Shannon Smith is the founder of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Caf\u00e9 Noir Design<\/a>, a boutique Montreal web design and development studio specializing in bilingual web design. She supports open source software, and sustainable business practices. She speaks often and blogs at\u00a0<a title=\"Chroni.ca\" href=\"http:\/\/chroni.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chroni.ca<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/114813571187124139424?rel=author\" target=\"_blank\">google+<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chroni.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"description\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/about\/organizers\/andrea_z\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/andrea_z.png?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"andrea_z\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/andrea_z.png?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/2016.montreal.wordcamp.org\/files\/2016\/03\/andrea_z-300x300.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"andrea_z\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/andrea_z.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/andrea_z.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/files\/2016\/03\/andrea_z.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.andreazoellner.com\" target=\"_blank\">Andrea Zoellner<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/andreazoellner\" target=\"_blank\">@andreazoellner<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Andrea is a<span class=\"s1\">\u00a0freelance copywriter and a content consultant at Automattic. She&#8217;s helped\u00a0nonprofits, startups, schools, and big corporations improve their websites through the power of good content. She loves wordplay, coffee shop hopping, and blogging about how to\u00a0pack the <a href=\"https:\/\/capsulesuitcase.com\/\">ultimate carry-on<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Previous Organizers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We\u2019d also like to thank the organizers of previous editions of WordCamp Montreal for their hard work.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Montr\u00e9al 2009<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afroginthevalley.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sylvain Carle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Montr\u00e9al 2010<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\">Shannon Smith<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horseandcartagency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Sera-Shriar<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Montr\u00e9al 2011 &amp; 2012<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horseandcartagency.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Brendan Sera-Shriar<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\">Carl Alexander<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Montr\u00e9al 2013<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Alexander<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/alexruaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Ruaux<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/richardarchambault.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Archambault<\/a>, &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/kwight.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kirk Wight<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Montr\u00e9al 2014<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/jeremyclarke.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jeremy Clarke<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Alexander<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/alexruaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Ruaux<\/a>, &amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richardarchambault.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Archambault<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WordCamp Montr\u00e9al 2015<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafenoirdesign.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Smith<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/carlalexander.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carl Alexander<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/alexruaux.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Ruaux<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veronicalouis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veronica Louis <\/a>&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/richardarchambault.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Richard Archambault.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordCamp Montreal is a community-run event that includes as many people as possible in our decisions, however the core responsibilities tend to fall in the hands of a few key organizers who make sure that all the work gets done. Carl Alexander @twigpress Carl Alexander is a PHP developer that loves learning about advanced technology &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/about\/organizers\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Organizing Team&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5060622,"featured_media":0,"parent":55,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5060622"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3615,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/3615"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/montreal.wordcamp.org\/2016\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}