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= Foundation Updates =
= Foundation Updates =
* Legal issues
** Gerv worked on a variety of licensing issues involving software to be used in the context of the Mozilla project.
* Grants and related activities
** Gerv contacted the various people involved in Google Summer of Code projects related to Mozilla in order to get current status reports.
** The Mozilla Foundation is funding a new project by [http://monotonous.org/ Eitan Isaacson] to do comparison testing of accessibility support for Firefox and other browsers.
* CAs and related issues
** Frank gave preliminary approval for two requests from [http://www.mozilla.org/projects/security/certs/pending/#GlobalSign GlobalSign] (bugs [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406794 406794] and[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=406796 406796]) and started the second (and last) public comment period.
* Conferences
** Zak continued working on the proposed [http://fosscoach.wikia.com/wiki/FOSSCoach FOSSCoach] event at OSCON and related activities, including drafting the schedule and helping to orient the event coaches and participants.
* Public communications
** David Boswell posted version 1.0 of the [http://davidwboswell.wordpress.com/2008/07/10/mozilla-brochure-10/ Mozilla brochure], and worked to get copies printed for OSCON.
** David took part in a [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.governance/browse_thread/thread/c80ae5a9d622bc6a# discussion on the Mozilla governance list] about where policy documents should live and how they should be maintained.
* Other
** Gerv continued a discussion on [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/3ffeff561786e5fe/ how to to gather ISP configuration data for Thunderbird autoconfig], and [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird/browse_thread/thread/89c5a8a129f9af83/ created a Google Spreadsheet with proposed data to collect].
** Gerv attended the [http://blog.mozilla.com/blog/2008/07/10/mozillas-guinness-world-record-certificate/ party for the presentation of the Firefox Guinness world record certificate], where he can be seen trying to peer over Tristan's left shoulder.
* Upcoming activities
** David, Gerv, and Zak will be attending OSCON (July 21-25 in Portland OR) and the Firefox Summit (July 29-31 in Whistler BC).
** Frank will be attending the Firefox Summit (but not OSCON).


= Internship update =
= Internship update =
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