Reps/Council/Meetup Feb2014

Warning: With effect from 1st September 2023, the Mozilla Reps program was closed and activities ended.

The Mozilla Reps Leadership are the Council and Module Peers.
The Council provides the general vision of the program and oversees day-to-day operations globally. Currently, 7 volunteers and 2 paid staff sit on the council. The Peers oversee the Council and provide input and vision on the program in general.

Overview

The Mozilla Reps Council and Peers will meet for 2 days to solidify plans for 2014 and re-calibrate the vision and goals of Reps in general to align with One Million Mozillians. Traditionally billed as Council meetings, these bi-yearly sessions are designed to get the project leaders together to work on planning and strategy for the program. The program has made a huge impact, but to ensure continued impact we have to continually assess the program to make improvements and work on future strategy.

The items we will be focusing on during the meetup can be grouped into four main categories: structure, learning and development, visibility, and tools. Wrapped around all of these is the organizational goal of 1 Million Mozillians one of our main tasks will be to determine how we position the program to help reach this.

Reps Event Page

Date

15/16 February 2014

Location

Mozilla
16 Bis Boulevard Montmartre
Paris 75009
France

It is 2 minutes walk from the hotel.

NOTE: It is on a busy street, and there is no sign on the door so can be confusing. Contact Brian for the code to get in if you don't have it.

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Participants

• Majda Nafissa Rahal
• Henrik Mitsch
• Majken Connor
• Nikos Roussos
• Sayak Sarkar
• Melek Jebnoun
• Stefania Ioana Chiorean
• Robert Reyes
• Rubén Martin
• Pierros Papadeas
• William Quiviger
• Brian King
• William Reynolds
• Konstantina Papadea
• Guillermo Movia
• Rosana Ardila

Guest participants

• Marcia Knous
• Pete Scanlon
• Michelle Thorne

Schedule

14 Feb (arrival day) FRI

Casual gatherings of Mozillians. Relax, grab some food and drinks, and enjoy Paris a little.

15 Feb (Day 1) SAT

• 09:00 - 09:15 Office tour. Get to know your way around the Paris office
• 09:15 - 09:30 Intro by Brian, to frame the weekend
• 09:30 - 09:45 Revisit mission and (2014) program goals
• 09:45 - 10:45 Program Structure and Roles (Reps, Mentors, Council ...).
  • Clarification on roles. Are changes needed? *
• 10:45 - 11:15 Coffee/Snack break
• 11:15 - 12:30 Leadership
  • What works, what doesn't *
• 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
• 13:30 - 13:45 The Year to Teach the Web: Training, Maker Party, and Mozfest (Michelle)
• 13:45 - 14:45 Events
• 14:45 - 15:30 Leadership *
• 15:30 - 16:00 Learning, and Development (ctd.) *
• 16:00 - 16:15 Coffee/Snack break
• 16:15 - 16:45 Firefox Student Ambassadors
  • Status Update (Kate)
• 16:45 - 18:00 Enable Communities that have Impact
  • aka 1 Millions Mozillians (David, Michelle, Mary)
• 18:00 - 18:30 Day 1 Retrospective
• 18:30 - 19:30 Free time

16 Feb (Day 2) SUN

Actual

• 09:30 - 09:45 Introduction to Day 2, work process proposal
• 09:45 - 10:50 Working Groups - Session 1
• 10:50 - 11:00 Reporting Back
• 11:00 - 11:30 Fill Trello
• 11:30 - 13:00 Discussion with Pete Scanlon. Engagement and organizational goals in 2014
• 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch
• 14:00 - 15:30 Working Groups - Session 2
• 14:00 - 14:45 Tasks for Session 1 Projects
• 14:45 - 15:45 Projects and Tasks for second batch of topics
• 15:45 - 16:30 Wrapping up Working Groups Sessions, Next Steps
• 16:20 - 16:35 Break
• 16:35 - 16:45 Group Picture
• 16:45 - 17:15 WilliamR's reps.mozilla.org presentation
• 17:15 - 17:45 Konstantina's Budget and Paypal and Swag
• 17:45 - 18:00 Kensie's Intro to Discourse
• 18:00 - 18:30 Wrapping Up the Weekend (3L)
• 19:00 - 19:30 Discuss Reps Application Process (Council discussion)

Proposed

• 09:30 - 10:15 Work Practices. How we work together as teams in Reps. Ideas + discussion
• 10:15 - 11:15 Budget and Swag. What's working, what's not. *
• 11:15 - 11:30 Coffee/Snack break
• 11:30 - 12:30 Discussion with Pete Scanlon. Engagement and organizational goals in 2014
• 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
• 13:30 - 14:00 Visibility - 10 Ways to raise the profile of Mozilla Reps *
• 14:00 - 15:30 Working with Reps. Beyond SIGs - how can people work with Reps? *
• 15:30 - 15:45 Coffee/Snack break
• 15:45 - 16:15 reps.mozilla.org, current status with WilliamR
• 16:15 - 17:15 Resources / Tools - what we have, and what do we need. CRM discussion.
• 17:15 - 17:45 TBD
• 17:45 - 18:00 Break
• 18:00 - 19:30 What's next?

17 Feb (departure day) MON

Au revoir

Topics

More on the planning etherpad.

Logistics

Questions about logistics? Contact Brian or William.

Brian: +38631745599

Hotel

We are staying in the Holiday Inn Paris Opera - Grands Blvds. It is located 2 minutes walk from the office.

Weather

Forecasted to be quite mild (i.e. not too cold), at least during the day. Chance of rain. 6 day forecast

Food

Breakfast is included in the hotel reservation. Lunch and dinner will be organized and paid for by Mozilla on Saturday and Sunday. Free snacks and drinks will be provided throughout.

Saturday 15th Feb

• Breakfast (6:30 - 8:45): Hotel

• Lunch (12:30 - 13:30): Mozilla Space

• Dinner (20:30 - ): TBD

Sunday 16th Feb

• Breakfast (6:30 - 8:45): Hotel

• Lunch (12:30 - 13:30): Mozilla Space

• Dinner (21:00 - ): TBD

Getting Here

Bus from Charles de Gaulle

From Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) you can take the RoissyBus for 10.5 Euros to get downtown, about a ten minute walk from the office. It departs from Terminals 1 and 2; buy your tickets just before the doors outside. The bus is non-stop from CDG to downtown and stops near Palais Garnier. From there you can walk to the office or many hotels nearby.

The best option is to just walk from the bus stop to the hotel. It is only 10 mins and straightforward. The bus stop is at Rue Scribe, there is only 1 stop. Here is the map of the route from the bus stop to the hotel:

https://goo.gl/maps/ypnM2

You can pre-load the map on your phone, or you should be able to get online at the airport. More details on RoissyBus:

https://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/en-GB/Passagers/Access-maps-car-parks/Paris-CDG/Access/public-transport/paris-cdg-roissybus.htm
http://www.ratp.fr/en/ratp/r_61872/roissybus/

The latter has a link to a PDF that shows the pickup and drop-off points at the airport. You can also ask for 'RoissyBus' at Information points in the airport.

Metro from Gare du Nord

If you come into Paris at the Gare du Nord you can take:

1. Metro line #4 (pink line) in the direction of Porte d'Orleans, change after two stops at Strasbourg St Denis.
2. then Metro line #8 (purple line) in the direction of Balard to Grands Boulevards.

The Grands Boulevard Metro is on the same road as the Office. You can buy a Metro ticket from automated machines at all metro stops. You just need a regular Billet. The price is 1.70Eur and is valid in all directions for one Journey. This journey I gave you takes about 10 - 15 mins start to finish. You can pick up a map of Paris on the Eurostar itself.

Alternatively, you can walk from Gare du Nord in about 20-25 minutes. This may be easier since it doesn't involve carrying suitcases up and down stairs (in the Metro). You'll want to look at a map beforehand, and likely have it with you.

Metro

Metro Map (pdf)

From the metro, use one of the following two stations:

• Grands Boulevards: Follow the signs to exit 2 (boulevard Montmartre). After you reach the top of the stairs, to reach the office continue straight ahead until you reach a large doorway with the number 16^BIS over it, just after the Pret a Manger.
• Richelieu-Drouot: This station does not have numbered exits. Follow the signs for exits (signs with "SORTIE", with white letters on a blue background) to the exit for "RUE DROUOT". At the top of these stairs, continue straight ahead and immediately cross Rue Drouot (the smaller of the two streets at the intersection), and to reach the office continue straight ahead until you find a large doorway with the number 16^BIS over it, just before the Pret a Manger.

Arrivals

Who	Flight	Date	Time	From
Melek Jebnoun	TU 718	Wednesday, 12th	1325H	TUN (Tunis)
Sayak Sarkar	AI 0143	Thursday, 13th	1800H	DEL (Delhi)
Robert Reyes	MH 20	Friday, 14th	0620H	MNL (Manila)
Pierros Papadeas	UA 990	Friday, 14th	1010H	SFO (San Fransisco)
Ioana Chiorean	LH 2228	Friday, 14th	1020H	MUC (Munich)
Majda Nafissa Rahal	AF 1355	Friday, 14th	1030H	ALG (Algiers)
Brian King	OU470	Friday, 14th	1035H	ZAG (Zagreb)
Konstantina Papadea	A3 0610	Friday, 14th	1105H	ATH (Athens)
Henrik Mitsch	AF 1623	Friday, 14th	1730H	MUC (Munich)
Nikos Roussos	A3 618	Friday, 14th	1845H	ATH (Athens)
Majken Connor	EZY3964	Friday, 14th	2035H	TLS (Toulouse)
Rubén Martín	AF 1901	Friday, 14th	2220H	MAD (Madrid)
Marcia Knous	DL 1014	Saturday, 15th	1050H	JFK (New York)

Departures

Who	Flight	Date	Time	To
Henrik Mitsch	AF 1122	Sunday, 16th	2025H	MUC (Munich)
Majda Nafissa Rahal	AF 1554	Monday, 17th	0720H	ALG (Algiers)
Pierros Papadeas	LH 3241	Monday, 17th	0920H	TXL (Berlin)
Robert Reyes	MH 21	Monday, 17th	1200H	MNL (Manila)
Nikos Roussos	A3 611	Monday, 17th	1200H	ATH (Athens)
Rubén Martín	AF 1800	Monday, 17th	1525H	MAD (Madrid)
Ioana Chiorean	LH 2237	Monday, 17th	1915H	MUC (Munich)
Sayak Sarkar	AI 0142	Monday, 17th	2130H	DEL (Delhi)
Melek Jebnoun	Train to Lyon	Tuesday, 18th	TBD
Majken Connor	AC 881	Tuesday, 18th	1130H	YYZ (Toronto)
Marcia Knous	IBE 5530	Tuesday, 18th	1520H	BCN (Barcelona)
Brian King	OU471	Wednesday, 19th	1135H	ZAG (Zagreb)
Konstantina Papapdea	A3 0611	Wednesday, 19th	1200H	ATH (Athens)