All-hands Status Meeting Agenda
Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.
Friends of Mozilla
- KaiRo would like to nominate XtC4UaLL for helping with undoing changes on MozillaWiki over the weekend by people who think editing a public wiki and “defacing” pages there constitutes “1337 hacking”. (See bug 986832 for more background.)
Upcoming Events
Monday, 24 March
Developer Relatoins published the first edition of “DevPulse” today. This provides highlights about what is happening among web & app developers worldwide, and is intended to foster greater points of collaboration among various groups at Mozilla to support them. You can read past and current issues on the DevRelations wiki: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Engagement/Developer_Engagement/DevPulse and send feedback to diane@mozilla.com
Wednesday, 26 March
- Homebrew Website Club Meeting, 18:30-19:30 simultaneously at Mozilla SF and MozPDX. Description:
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…
Any questions? See the wiki page] or irc://irc.freenode.net/indiewebcamp.
Thursday, 27 March
- Pixlfest, Oklahoma City, OK, US
- Luke Crouch speaking, Developer Relations sponsoring
- PragueJS, Prague, Czech Republic
- Frédéric Harper speaking on Firefox OS
Project Status Updates (voice updates)
Webmaker
Speaker Location: nonverbal
- Webmaker won a prize for our Thimble tool from Common Sense Media!
- We’re hosting monthly “Geekouts” on the HOMAGO.com (stands for Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out) for community members to connect on specific topics
- This Thursday, March 27th at 12:00pm EDT, Karen Smith from Hive Toronto is hosting a discussion about how you can teach the web without laptops and in an engaging and participatory way.
Open Badges
Speaker Location: nonverbal
- Mozilla BadgeKit is now available in private beta! Know how to build your own front end website to run it, or want to integrate it into your MoFo project? Fill out this form.
Mozilla Science Lab
Speaker Location: nonverbal
- The first Science Lab prototype is live! Read the blog post.
Policy & Advocacy
Speaker location: nonverbal
- The Web We Want campaign has just announced its 2014 Small Grants Program to find events or actions that will get people involved in debating, celebrating, and imagining the Web they Want.
- People can apply for any amount between $1,000 and $5,000.
- Applications due by April 7th. Here’s an action idea: host a ‘quilting bee’ in schools, libraries, youth clubs, etc., where you teach people digital skills by showing them how to make their own part of the Web We Want interactive quilt using Mozilla’s Webmaker tools and curriculum.
- Apply for a grant at https://webwewant.org/2014-grants/
Open News
Speaker location: nonverbal
- Catch the Open News team at these events over the next few weeks:
Web Compatibility
Speaker Location: nonverbal
- Karl and Hallvord from the webcompat team took a trip to Beijing to discuss compatibility in China. Karl wrote about some very interesting insights gained into the Chinese web and browser markets.
Speakers
| 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 |
| Robyn Chau | Events Project Manager | Game Developers Conference | SF | No | https://wiki.mozilla.org/Games/GDC | https://wiki.mozilla.org/Games/GDC |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maisha Cannon | Mat Cadwell | San Francisco | Mountain View | Recruiting |
| Arcadio Lainez | Eric Petitt | Mountain View | San Francisco | Engagement |
| Lars Hansen | Naveed Ihsanullah | Toronto | Norway | JavaScript |
| Junior Hsu | Marco Chen | Taipei (Recording) | Taipei | Software Engineer |
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Notes and non-voice status updates that aren’t part of the live meeting go here.
Status Updates By Team (*non-voice* updates)
Engagement
PR
- Mozilla Appoints JavaScript Creator Brendan Eich As Its New CEO
- Mozilla Picks Insider Eich as New CEO
- Firefox gets a revamped look and easier sync in latest beta
- Firefox’s massive overhaul moves to beta
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