Foundation/Weekly Priorities/2018-11-05

Mozilla Foundation Weekly Priorities: Nov 5, 2018

Nov 7 - MoFo Monthly Call
November 12-23 - East Africa Working Open Workshop Tour (Steph W)
November 15 - Mozilla Science Mini Grants initial funding concepts due (Final deadline = Nov 30) (Steph W)
November 30 - Mozilla Open Leaders Cohort 7 applications close (Abby & Chad)
Dec 3-7 - All Hands
Dec 13 - Stage 1 Letter of Intent deadline for the Responsible Computer Science Challenge (Final Deadline is Jan 29)

Buyer's Guide Launch: optimization and polish on the buyer's guide before public launch (Engineering & Design)
Catch-up and assessment post-MozFest with an eye to Q4 fundraising and all other year-end cleanup (Jesse VD)
Rolling out of stay interviews - first interviews taking place (Michael Aukland)
MozFest debrief and kicking off 2019 outreach; major gift outreach; year-end email fundraising planning (Partnerships team)
Finalizing All Hands schedule (Lainie)
Making a decision about launching IHR 2019 in multiple languages (Jairus)
Data & Metrics Working Group members talking to their Directors about proposed scope for aligned data strategy (Arliss and Data & Metrics Working Group members)
Finalize the Form 990 and other tax forms (Josh, Angela, Mark, Mitchell, Michael Durham)
Finalize the September Executive Summary, Prepare first stages of the October Close, and Prepare Roadmap for Distributed Budget Management (Ruzanna, Josh, Tate and Tryon)
Onboard Jessica as the Grants Manager (Kalpana, Jessica)
Begin to review Contract Manager applicants (Stephen, Josh)
Working on Ponton updates (Theo)
Hiring in the EU and Misinfo campaign tests (Jon)
Impact goals and IOT Guidelines (Sara)
Continue execution of Creative Media Awards and Responsible CS Challenge (Jenn, Lindsey)
Sign-off on fellows’ planning docs, and help them capture all follow-ups from MozFest (Leadership Programs team)
Start preparation for fellows’ participation at All-Hands (20+ in attendance) – (Leadership Programs team)

Continuing the impact goals work, particularly through several external interviews this week and next.
Prep for mid-November board meeting.
Topics discussed during last week's executive team meeting:
- MozFest Debrief
- Strategic planning updates
- Board prep

Director, Digital Engagement Applications still open
Contracts Manager
Currently screening for the UI Developer role, and in the interview process for European Campaigner, Organizer, European Partnerships, Research & Data Analyst, and Social Media Specialist roles