{"id":3407,"date":"2014-12-19T15:03:29","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T22:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2014-12-19T15:03:29","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T22:03:29","slug":"whats-up-with-sumo-19th-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2014\/12\/19\/whats-up-with-sumo-19th-december\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s up with SUMO \u2013 19th December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last-but-one SUMO blog post for 2014. Can you feel the excitement of 2015 already? I usually get stuck with writing the old year whenever I have to put a date down for a month or so&#8230; But, enough about me, let&#8217;s talk about you &#8211; the SUMO nation!<\/p>\n<h2><strong class=\"username\">Salutations to those who joined us recently<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/Saileshpat\">Saileshpat<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/scantleous\">scantleous<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/SarahConnor\">SarahConnor<\/a> (watch out for terminators!)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/OmegaIndependenceInc\">OmegaIndependenceInc<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/nareshprajapat\">nareshprajapat<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/juan.uy\">juan.uy<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/NurdBurd\">NurdBurd<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/gautam.saini3\">gautam.saini3<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/oldxslow\">oldxslow<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/Rodarisha\">Rodarisha<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/AxxxGxxxxx\">A.G.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/WidyaDamayanti\">WidyaDamayanti<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/patelarun741\">patelarun741<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/farlone\">farlone<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/Frank26\">Frank26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/NeilErdwien\">NeilErdwien<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/Sirusdark\">Sirus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/sohailmazumdar\">sohailmazumdar<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/live55\">live55<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/Toad-Hall\">Toad-Hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/xenonify\">xenonify<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/PHIDIAS0303\">PHIDIAS0303<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;if I missed your username, I&#8217;m sorry &#8211; make yourself known in the comment section!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>The latest SUMO Community meeting<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wpview-selection-before\">Agenda and notes: <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.org\/sumo-2014-12-15\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.org\/sumo-2014-12-15<\/a>&#8230; and the video is below!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/myCJlkI-XSY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<h2><strong>Reminder: the next SUMO Community meeting&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8230;is going to take place on Monday, 22nd of December (unless we decide to cancel entirely, so keep an eye on the forums and our Twitter feed).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">You can find the agenda and notes here: <a href=\"https:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.org\/sumo-2014-12-22\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/etherpad.mozilla.org\/sumo-2014-12-22<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Remember &#8211; if you want to add a discussion topic to the live meeting agenda:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Start a thread in the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Community Forums<\/a>, 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).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">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).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Community shout-outs<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid67\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/HBloomer\" target=\"_blank\">HBloomer<\/a> for writing new KB articles within her first two weeks &#8211; thank you!<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid67\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/duggabe\" target=\"_blank\">duggabe<\/a> for jumpstarting the Thunderbird IA project &#8211; woot :-)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid67\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/philipp\" target=\"_blank\">philipp <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/ashickurnoor\" target=\"_blank\">centurion<\/a> for their input on 2015 KB goals &#8211; kudos, gentlemen&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid67\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/pollti\" target=\"_blank\">pollti<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/scootergrisen\" target=\"_blank\">scootergrisen <\/a>for their ongoing contributions towards improving their locales &#8211; you rock!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid67\" class=\"ace-line\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/jayelbe\" target=\"_blank\">jayelbe<\/a> for providing super helpful answers in the forum &#8211; hooray!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Forum news<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>As we&#8217;re moving on with working on new things we would like to see if we&#8217;re on the right track. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surveygizmo.com\/s3\/1941047\/Contributor-Survey-take-2\" target=\"_blank\">If you can spare 5 min to answer the <span class=\"il\">survey<\/span> questions here<\/a>, it would be great. Your feedback shapes the way the forum develops, so keep it coming! <a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/lo2NBhas\/sumo-roadmap\" target=\"_blank\">Remember that you can check the entire roadmap here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Last SUMO Day of the year happened yesterday &#8211; thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/community\/top-contributors\/questions\" target=\"_blank\">everyone who participated yesterday&#8230; and in the last 3 months of the forum&#8217;s activity<\/a>. You make it happen!<\/li>\n<li>A high level overview of the plans for 2015: organized contributor training and mentoring, ongoing forum redesign, more recognition &#8211; you will see the roadmap in early 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>KB news<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid95\" class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">Searches for &#8220;Firefox&#8221; went up 15% on Google and they were mostly related to the Flash plugin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">The goals for January and onward: organized KB contributor onboarding, re-testing and adjusting of the information architecture, shorter, SEO and more l10n-friendly articles.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\"><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1y_f117o2oKRISVk_Y7MdJsi1Y6jK9BgF87ph9bY2Eeg\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">More 2015 goals here &#8211; please share your KB wish list with us<\/a>!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>L10n news<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Big 2015 Discussion has been kicked off in the forums. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/forums\/l10n-forum\/710929#post-63138\" target=\"_blank\">If you&#8217;re a localizer, please take a look at this thread, read more about the proposed steps and participate in the discussion <\/a>&#8211; you can shape 2015 with all of us!<\/li>\n<li>High level overview of the plans for next year: m<span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">oving towards a single Mozilla L10n identity, <\/span><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">defining 3 tiers of l10n within SUMO, <\/span><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">&#8220;supercharging&#8221; localizers, and much more &#8211; check that forum thread!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">Firefox (+ OS, + for Android) news<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid152\" class=\"ace-line\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">The &#8220;Refresh from Web&#8221; feature (both on mozilla.org and SUMO) will be coming to Firefox 35 on January 13.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">As you all know, 2 weeks ago we announced the future iOS version of Firefox. There&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/forums\/support-forum-contributors\/710919#post-63081\" target=\"_blank\">a thread waiting for your ideas on how to best support a new product like iOS &#8211; get writing!<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div id=\"magicdomid152\" class=\"ace-line\">\n<div class=\"\"><span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy\">If you are using Android Lollipop, please work with Roland (rtanglao AT mozilla.com) on testing video on your favourite video sites (this is related to: <span class=\"author-g-4oyxl2z122zoyz122zrdtexy url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1106874\">https:\/\/bugzilla.mozilla.org\/show_bug.cgi?id=1106874<\/a><\/span>)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"mozillabrasil.org.br\" target=\"_blank\">Finally, thanks to Mozilla Brasil <\/a>for organizing a work-week that covered a lot of local ground related to all things Mozilla!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>One final request: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/a\/mozilla.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1xTiSj_53rE2C7LkOyS3cvlEGsUH2ZfoN57yPoxV402Q\/edit#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\">please share your 2014 highlights (and one wish for 2015) with us here<\/a>! We&#8217;re looking forward to hearing what made you happy around Mozilla and SUMO in the last 360+ days.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The last-but-one SUMO blog post for 2014. Can you feel the excitement of 2015 already? 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