WordCamp Organizer Banned for Life After Misappropriating Funds

<div>&NewLine;<p>The WordPress Community Team has banned a WordCamp organizer for life after they used &dollar;734 USD in surplus event funds for personal expenses — a small amount by some measures&comma; but significant enough to trigger the program’s toughest sanctions&period; In a post on the Make WordPress Community blog yesterday&comma; Automattic-sponsored contributor and financial wrangler Harmony Romo said the money involved a…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;therepository&period;email&sol;wordcamp-organizer-banned-for-life-after-misappropriating-funds" rel&equals;"nofollow">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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