WeeklyUpdates/2014-04-21
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Contents
All-hands Status Meeting Agenda
Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.
Friends of Mozilla 
- Justin Potts (:justinpotts) for taking on the QA leadership role for the Webmaker project
- Colin Frei, Alfredos (fredy) Damkalis, Andrew Truong (feer56), Andre Garzia, Gabriel Gómez, Viking KARWUR, Anuj Agarwal, Benlamara Abderahemane, Benny Chandra, Muhammad Mehmood Ali, Luigi Tedone, Steve Lee, Shahmir Khan, Sebastian Hengst, Jennie Rose Halperin, and Rami Khader have been managing the Tablet Contribution Program application review and awarding process with me (Asa Dotzler). They collectively developed the scoring/ranking criteria, reviewed over 1,200 applications, developed a communications plan including emails to awardees and those who didn't make the cut, created much of the program documentation, and generally kicked ass preparing to empower 500 of our community to brave the tablet jungles ahead of the core Firefox OS teams.
Upcoming Events
This Week
Monday, 21 April
- Intern presentations from 1:30-3pm in SF Commons, MV Commons and TOR Commons plus streamed & recorded on Air Mozilla - Come see Valentin Tsatskin, Olusola Ogunsakin and Joshua Dover present what they've been working on all Winter/Spring!
Tuesday, 22 April
- HTML5MTL Meetup in Montreal, Canada
- A group where technical people can come together to share, network and most importantly learn about the different aspects of HTML5.
- Frédéric Harper speaking
- Intern presentations from 1-2:30 PM PDT in TOR Commons, SF Commons and MV Commons plus streamed & recorded on Air Mozilla - Come see Viktor Stanchev, Jonathan Wei and Willie Cheong present what they've been working on all Winter/Spring!
Wednesday, 23 April
- Homebrew Website Club Meeting, 18:30-19:30 simultaneously at Mozilla SF and ESRI PDX. Description:
Any questions? See the wiki page or irc://irc.freenode.net/indiewebcamp.Are you building your own website? Indie reader? Personal publishing web app? Or some other digital magic-cloud proxy?
If so (or you want to!), come on by and join a gathering of people with like-minded interests. Bring your friends that want to start a personal web site. Exchange information, swap ideas, talk shop, help work on a project...
Thursday, 24 April
- Countdown to Firefox 29 - Eric Petitt, Director of Firefox Marketing, plus others from the Engagement team, will present a 29-minute preview of the go to market campaign for Firefox 29. Two options, both the same -- one at 9:00am PT and one at 4:00pm PT. The event will be streamed and recorded via Air Mozilla. Open to vouched Mozillians.
- First option (9:00am PT) = https://air.mozilla.org/countdown-to-29/
- Repeat option (4:00pm PT) = https://air.mozilla.org/countdown-to-29-repeat-session/
Friday, 25 April
Saturday, 26 April
- IndieWebCampNYC - the first ever IndieWebCamp in NYC, hosted at the New York Times building. BarCamp for the IndieWeb.
Sunday, 27 April
- IndieWebCampNYC - the first ever IndieWebCamp in NYC, hosted at the New York Times building. BarCamp for the IndieWeb.
- FITC Toronto 2014 in Toronto, Canada
- Frédéric Harper, Chris Mills, Vladimir Vukicevic speaking
Next Week
Project Status Updates (voice updates)
Firefox Desktop
Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)
- No
- But
- Seriously
- FF29 in a week
- Say something meaningful here about the beautiful balance between technology and product
- Movie time!
Firefox Mobile
Speaker Location:
Firefox OS
Speaker Location:
Webmaker
Speaker Location: nonverbal
- Our Maker Party 2014 site is live! Check it out here: http://party.webmaker.org/
Open Badges
Speaker Location: nonverbal
- Open Call for Badges Pilot Project for Pittsburgh City of Learning Initiative
- This summer, Pittsburgh will join other Cities of Learning in a groundbreaking initiative to pair learning opportunities for young people with digital badges in ways that allow learners to think about, pursue, and develop their interests.
- Read more on the blog.
Mozilla Science Lab
Speaker Location: non-verbal
- Want to learn more about the technology behind our "Code as a research object" project? We're running two sessions of office hours this Thursday. Come join!
- We taught over 280 people over the course of 3 days last week at 6 events, from a women in science and engineering bootcamp in California, to five events at PyCon. Massive thank you to our 21 instructors and participants. Also, have a look at Lukas Blakk's post on the instructor training for more: http://lukasblakk.com/learn-to-teach-programming/
Mozilla Reps
Speaker Location:
Grow Mozilla
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Identity
Speaker Location:
Services
Speaker Location:
Firefox Marketplace
Speaker Location: Telefoncia purchased rights to the 'What Does the Fox Say?" and created this video for LATAM markets. It features a number of Marketplace Apps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMJpK8cBjkQ&app=desktop
Developer Relations
Speaker Location: San Francisco
- DevPulse. Lots of people at Mozilla do things to help developers build the open web. So much that many people don't know what is happening or how to get involved! So we've started highlighting some key developer-centric activities each month in what we're calling DevPulse. We've published our 2nd edition today; please have a peek and get involved (see last section :).
And if you want to be added to the list to receive this by email let Diane know (diane@mozilla).
IT
Speaker Location: mjeffries,MTV
Vidyo 3.0 Portal upgrade is now live!
The latest version of Vidyo Desktop (3.0.4) has been pushed to the Vidyo Portal (see [1] for new features). That means the next time you open the Vidyo Desktop client, you’ll be prompted to update to the latest version - please select “Update Now”. The download will start and you’ll see a confirmation message when it's done installing. You will then need to enter your LDAP password to log into the new client to complete the setup process.
Please note all Vidyo calls are now managed through the Vidyo Desktop client (by clicking on the Vidyo icon on your desktop) and are no longer managed through the web portal (https://v.mozilla.com).
Thanks again to all who provided feedback over the past couple months to help test and provide feedback on version 3 of Vidyo Desktop.
Some Notes:
- [1] Support Documentation: https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/SD/Vidyo+Desktop+3
- Linux Users: The update will only download the client to the home directory, but you will need to install the package manually to update.
- Ample notice will be provide before v2 of Vidyo Desktop is no longer supported.
- If a direct download of the Vidyo client is needed, browse to https://v.mozilla.com
If you have any questions or run into any issues, please reach out to ServiceDesk:
IRC: #servicedesk Phone: x7911 eMail: servicedesk@mozilla.com
Conference Room Survey QR's are coming! (and we want YOUR feedback!)
Coming to a conference room near you will be QR codes that when scanned open a quick Google survey for feedback on your conference room experience. The QR codes are readable on any smartphone with a QR scanner installed. EUS wants to make sure your conference room experience is the best it can be, and giving us feedback is key.
Speakers
The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation. If you plan on showing a video, you need to contact the Air Mozilla team before the day of the meeting or you will be deferred to the next week.
| Presenter | Title | Topic | Location | Share? | Media | More Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who Are You? | What Do You Do? | What are you going to talk about? | Where are you presenting from? (Moz Space, your house, space) | Will you be sharing your screen? (yes/no, other info) | Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen | Link to where audience can find out more information |
| Michael Verdi | Help our users | How you can help users when Firefox 29 launches | Home | No | N/A | Links coming next week and in your email |
| Eric Petitt | Firefox Marketing | Go to market plan preview for Firefox 29 presentation Thursday. | SF | No | N/A | Air Mozilla |
| Stacy Martin | Privacy | Help Needed - Browser Privacy and Safety Guide for Domestic Violence Survivors | SF | No | N/A | https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/NNEDV |
| Javaun Moradi | Product, Fx for Desktop | Need volunteer developers/designers/UX for the NatGeo/U.N. food hackathon! | Home | (Nick Desaulniers will give update) | 
|
Details and volunteer |
| Kristin Baird | MozCamp | Update on MozCamp strategy for this year | SF | No | N/A | |
| Robyn Chau, Vladimir Vukicevic | GDC Planning Team | GDC 2014 Recap | Remote | No | http://bit.ly/1rfttkc | |
| Asa Dotzler | Firefox OS Participation | Tablet Contribution Program | MTV | No | n/a | https://wiki.mozilla.org/FirefoxOS/TCP |
Roundtable
Do you have a question about a Mozilla Project or initiative? Let us know by Friday- we'll do our best to get you an answer.
Please note that we may not always be able to get to every item on this list, but we will try!
| Who are you? | Area of question | Question |
|---|---|---|
| What's your name? What do you work on? | Is your question about policy, a product, a Foundation initiative, etc. | What would you like to know? |
Welcome!
Let's say hello to some new Mozillians! If you are not able to join the meeting live, you can add a link to a short video introducing yourself.
Introducing New Volunteers
| New Volunteer(s) | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Volunteer location | Will be working on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the new volunteer(s)? | Who will be introducing that person? | Where is the introducer? | Where is the new person based? | What will the new person be doing? |
Introducing New Hires
| New Hire | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Hire location | Will be working on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the new hire? | Who will be introducing that person? | Where is the introducer? | Where will the new person be working from? | What will the new person be working on? |
| Aaron Turon | Azita Rashed | Mountain View | San Francisco | Research Engineer |
| Justin D'Arcangelo | Diego Marcos | San Francisco | US Remote (PA) | Media Team |
| Sydney Polk | Clint Talbert | Mountain View | US Remote (TX) | Platform QA |
Introducing New Interns
| New Intern | Introduced by | Speaker location | New Hire location | Will be working on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is the new intern? | Who will be introducing that person? | Where is the introducer? | Where will the new person be working from? | What will the new person be working on? |
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Notes and non-voice status updates that aren't part of the live meeting go here.
