Hello, SUMO Nation!
The third week of the new year is already behind us. Time flies when you’re not paying attention… What are you going to do this weekend? Let us know in the comments, if you feel like sharing :-) I hope to be in the mountains, getting some fresh (bracing) air, and enjoying nature.
Welcome, new contributors!
Most recent SUMO Community meeting
- You can read the notes here (most of the staff members were AFK due to MLK Day in the US) and see the video on our YouTube channel and at AirMozilla.
- IMPORTANT: We are considering changing the way the meetings work. Help us figure out what’s best for you – join the discussion on the forums in this thread: (Monday) Community Meetings in 2016.
The next SUMO Community meeting…
- is happening on Monday the 25th – join us!
- Reminder: if you want to add a discussion topic to the upcoming meeting agenda:
- Start a thread in the Community Forums, so that everyone in the community can see what will be discussed and voice their opinion here before Monday (this will make it easier to have an efficient meeting).
- Please do so as soon as you can before the meeting, so that people have time to read, think, and reply (and also add it to the agenda).
- If you can, please attend the meeting in person (or via IRC), so we can follow up on your discussion topic during the meeting with your feedback.
Developers
- You can see the current state of the backlog our developers are working on here.
- The latest SUMO Platform meeting notes can be found here.
- Interested in learning how Kitsune (the engine behind SUMO) works? Read more about it here and fork it on GitHub!
- We have a new link for promoting contributions to Kitsune’s code. Please use http://mzl.la/SUMOdev whenever you want to show interested people to see what Kitsune is all about – thanks!
Social
- Next week, there will be a kick-off meeting for the rethinking of Mozilla’s general support strategy through social networks. Are you interested in taking part? Let Madalina know!
Community
- The NDA process and list is currently being reworked under the leadership of the Participation Team. Expect to see messaging on this subject in the coming days.
- Are you going to FOSDEM next week? Would you like to have a small SUMO-meetup? Let me know!
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Ongoing reminder: if you think you can benefit from getting a second-hand device to help you with contributing to SUMO, you know where to find us.
Localization
- You can read more about the recent “infrequent contributor survey” in this thread. In short: the good news is that we’re doing a good job at making it easy enough for everyone to contribute. The bad news – we’re not doing enough to make sure they know what to do after their first contribution. Expect some changes in the messaging for first-time contributors to the KB :-)
- Our magical l10n dashboards keep being magical ;-) Thank you for your patience. If you see any discrepancies between the number of localized articles and the percentage shown in the bar, file a bug!
Firefox
- for Android
- for Desktop
- Heads up – next week should be release week! Keep your eyes peeled ;-)
- for iOS
Thank you for reading all the way down here… More to come next week! You know where to find us, so see you around – keep rocking the open & helpful web!