{"id":3819,"date":"2016-09-01T21:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T19:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/?p=3819"},"modified":"2016-09-01T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T18:24:34","slug":"whats-up-with-sumo-1st-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2016\/09\/01\/whats-up-with-sumo-1st-september\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Up with SUMO &#8211; 1st September"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hello, SUMO Nation!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hard to believe, but the year has entered its ninth month already. So, do you still have trouble writing &#8220;2016&#8221; instead of &#8220;2015&#8221;? ;-) Quite a few updates coming your way, so let&#8217;s get started before it gets too cold!<\/p>\n<h2><strong class=\"username\">Welcome, <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/buddies\" target=\"_blank\">new contributors<\/a>!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/anf25\">anf25<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"author\"><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/easyaspi314\">easyaspi314<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"author\"><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/rahulparakh678\">rahulparakh678<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"author\"><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/hdabney246\">hdabney246<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"author\">\n<div class=\"author\"><a class=\"username\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/Rezaul_Rabbi\">Rezaul_Rabbi<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you just joined us, don&#8217;t hesitate &#8211; come over and <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/buddies\" target=\"_blank\">say &#8220;hi&#8221; in the forums!<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\">\n<h2><strong>Contributors of the week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid64\" class=\"\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/community\/top-contributors\/questions\/new?startdate=2016-08-24&amp;enddate=2016-09-01\" target=\"_blank\">The forum supporters who tirelessly helped users out for the last week.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/community\/top-contributors\/l10n\/new?startdate=2016-08-24&amp;enddate=2016-09-01\" target=\"_blank\">The writers of all languages who worked tirelessly on the KB for the last week.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>All the Social Superheroes &#8211; thank you!<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/jscher2000\">jscher2000 &#8211; <\/a>for his great tip for support forum specialists! (more information below) &#8211; thank you!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">We salute you!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"author\">Don&#8217;t forget that if you are new to SUMO and someone helped you get started in a nice way you can <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/buddies\/711364?last=65670\" target=\"_blank\">nominate them for the Buddy of the Month!<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"author\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Support\/Weekly_Meetings\" target=\"_blank\">SUMO Community meetings<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/public.etherpad-mozilla.org\/p\/sumo-2016-08-31\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>LATEST ONE:<\/strong> 31st of August &#8211; you can read the notes here<\/a> and see the video <a href=\"https:\/\/air.mozilla.org\/weekly-sumo-community-meeting-august-31-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">at AirMozilla<\/a>. <del><\/del><del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/public.etherpad-mozilla.org\/p\/sumo-2016-09-07\">NEXT ONE: happening on the 7th of September<\/a>!<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>If you want to add a discussion topic to the upcoming meeting agenda:<\/strong>\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 Wednesday (this will make it easier to have an efficient meeting).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Please do so <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">as soon as you can<\/span> before the meeting, so that people have time to read, think, and reply (and also add it to the agenda).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">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.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Community<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Huge thanks to everyone who contributed (or is mentioned) in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2016\/08\/31\/firefox-48-and-firefox-for-ios-5-1-release-report\/\">Firefox 48 Release Report<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Is anyone going to the Participation Meeting in Berlin on 10th &amp; 11th of September? Make yourselves known, and we&#8217;ll try to organize a mini SUMO meetup there :-)<\/li>\n<li>We need to be inspired by you! <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/off-topic\/712141\">Share your favourite superhero with Rachel. We are looking for different heroes from all parts of the world.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mozillafestival.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/mozillafestival.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1472832087207000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvzycsAUi7oaUrvtCmC1_MZop3cw\">MozFest is coming our way! <\/a>London, October 28-30. Are you excited yet?<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing reminder #1: if you think you can benefit from getting <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.mozilla.org\/Community_Hardware\" target=\"_blank\">a second-hand device<\/a> to help you with contributing to SUMO, you know where to find us.<\/li>\n<li>Ongoing reminder #2: we are looking for more contributors to our blog. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/711954?last=68941\" target=\"_blank\">Do you write on the web about open source, communities, SUMO, Mozilla&#8230; and more? Do let us know!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ongoing reminder #3: want to know what&#8217;s going on with the Admins? <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/711939?last=68873\" target=\"_blank\">Check this thread in the forum<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iz1xp2Iie4dvdy5WKC6aL8Nyx1tbLZE_6WQop4htTw8\/edit#\" target=\"_blank\">Platform<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PLATFORM REMINDER!<\/strong> The Platform Meetings are BACK! If you missed the previous ones, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iz1xp2Iie4dvdy5WKC6aL8Nyx1tbLZE_6WQop4htTw8\/edit#\">you can find the notes in this document<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/air.mozilla.org\/channels\/sumo-meetings-channel\/\">here&#8217;s the channel you can subscribe to<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>We are working on making sure we recognize your &#8220;legacy&#8221; contributions after the migration &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1G51I8Yuj35geduGaXSQ1Pk6jZedG1UPEuUAKOYbrPEk\/edit#heading=h.62zn5pc35ex0\">please take a look here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Updates from the most recent Platform meeting:\n<ul>\n<li>We hope to introduce some folks from the Lithium side to you, soon&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>We have the migration split into three tracks: Community (&#8220;the people&#8221;), Design (&#8220;the look and feel&#8221;), Technical (&#8220;the invisible engine&#8221;) &#8211; and we&#8217;ll be sharing more details about each track&#8217;s progress as they happen!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/ZZKj4vDw\/sumo-lithium-migration-public-board\">You can (and should) follow the whole process using this public Trello board.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>QUESTIONS? CONCERNS? <\/strong>Please <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PLutbv43xBTnhfleOQwVKUeL6K4V_TSb1xngG0m4pG0\/edit#\">take a look at this migration document<\/a> and use <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712103\">this migration thread to put questions\/comments about it for everyone to share and discuss<\/a>. As much as possible, please try to keep the migration discussion and questions limited to those two places &#8211; we don&#8217;t want to chase ten different threads in too many different places.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\">Social<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid88\" class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"\">Welcome <strong>Exal<\/strong> and <strong>Rahul<\/strong> to the beginning of your social support journey &#8211; do not hesitate to reach out to get started with your new accounts!<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Please email Rachel and\/or Madalina to get started supporting Mozilla&#8217;s product users on Facebook and Twitter. <\/span>We need your help! Use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NB2idYiVFT3t1kOh1yPMtfEGGYJndHrj_G0RU7E__io\/edit?usp=sharing\">the step-by-step guide here<\/a>. Take a look at some useful videos:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B1XMAWgZDm02bTloQ014dVNyV0E\/view?usp=sharing\">Getting started &amp; replying to users<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B1XMAWgZDm02MFdsVUF6UVVrbm8\/view?usp=sharing\">Replying to users (continued)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"magicdomid89\" class=\"\"><\/div>\n<h2><strong class=\"user-chip\" title=\"adriel0415\" data-reactid=\".0.2.0.1.$adriel0415.1:$user.0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/support-forum-contributors\" target=\"_blank\">Support Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<div id=\"magicdomid66\" class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet1\">\n<li><span class=\"author-a-6vpz79z2q77z88zjcz73zrz79z48\">If you are using email notifications to know what posts to return to, <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/user\/jscher2000\">jscher2000<\/a> has a great tip (and tool) for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712067?last=70053#post-70053\">Check it out here<\/a>!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong class=\"author-a-myz75zz80zz74zq3a5z79zz74zz66z0z85zz68zz66z\"><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/knowledge-base-articles\" target=\"_blank\">Knowledge Base<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/l10n-forum\" target=\"_blank\">L10n<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li><strong><strong>We are 2 weeks before next release \/ 4 weeks after current release. What does that mean? (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/knowledge-base-articles\/712069?last=69586\">Reminder: we are following the process\/schedule outlined here<\/a>)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"magicdomid74\" class=\"\">\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li><span class=\"\">Only Joni or other admins can introduce and\/or approve potential last minute changes of next release content; only Joni or other admins can set new content to RFL; localizers should focus on this content.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li><span class=\"\">All other existing content is deprioritized, but can be edited and localized as usual.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1M-_mZjg3YbjgAJz7m9T3CqqNJW67QMYri7IanarmvrA\/edit#gid=1268045520\">The content to be localized with high priority can be found on this list<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/user\/inma_610\">Huge thanks to Inma, one of our Spanish localization heroes<\/a>! She&#8217;s taking some time off from SUMO, but we hope to see her around Mozilla!<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"author-a-3z70zz65z5vz88zaz88z6acz73zmz81zz71zk\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/l10n-forum\/711835?last=69915\">Pontoon \/ user interface reminder<\/a><\/strong>: p<\/span><span class=\"author-a-3z70zz65z5vz88zaz88z6acz73zmz81zz71zk\">lease do not work on UI strings in Pontoon as we are moving to Lithium &#8211; work on localizing articles instead.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Final reminder: we&#8217;re working on refreshing the community guidelines for the migration, and Localization is no different&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1SqBgoHhEIwoK7_vNoLjcIAnG0xIBl16hzsjlTfs4njE\/\">Take a look here and let Micha\u0142 know if you have any comments<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Final reminder: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/contributors\/712109\">Joni has put forward a proposal to update categories for Firefox &#8211; read it and tell her what you think<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Do not forget about the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1M-_mZjg3YbjgAJz7m9T3CqqNJW67QMYri7IanarmvrA\/edit#gid=541307655\">High Priority List for KB articles to be localized<\/a>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/getfirefox.com\/\">Firefox<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mozilla.org\/firefox\/android\/\"><strong>for Android<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>No new news for now&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>for Desktop<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"list-bullet2\">\n<li>All is quiet on the Desktop front&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/forums\/firefox-ios-discussions\" target=\"_blank\">for iOS<\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"author-a-z79znesyz90ziz73zz88z8xz122zyaz72zz78z\">&#8230;even more crickets in the iOS space &#8211; at least for now.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and that&#8217;s it for today! We hope you enjoyed this portion of the latest updates from the world of SUMO. See you around &#8211; keep rocking the helpful web! <a href=\"https:\/\/decentralize.today\/being-privacy-aware-c7ed350dac76#.yhzsyed3e\">And stay safe<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Hey, are you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sumo_mozilla\">following us on Twitter<\/a>? There&#8217;s almost a thousand of you there! :-)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, SUMO Nation! Hard to believe, but the year has entered its ninth month already. So, do you still have trouble writing &#8220;2016&#8221; instead of &#8220;2015&#8221;? ;-) Quite a few &hellip; <a class=\"go\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/2016\/09\/01\/whats-up-with-sumo-1st-september\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":744,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[117,24,121,898,199],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/744"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3819\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/sumo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}