View source for Devrel/Minutes/2015-03-02

== Attendees ==

* callahad
* potch
* jason
* havi
* sole
* dietrich

== Standing Agenda Items ==

=== Weekly Team Update from Jason ===

* Several of you have asked for approval for things like iPod Touches, other hardware, etc. ''Stop Asking.'' If you need something for a presentation or development, ''just do it.''
* Also, ''you decide where you travel.'' See something we should be at? ''Go.'' We have budget for more than a dozen trips per quarter for the whole group. We have plenty of headroom, and you're paid to use it.
* We also have budget for speaker coaching; Havi's looking into a few potential coaches.
** sole thinks this is interesting! +1 (callahad)
* Corporate cards are a possibility in Q2 if you'd rather have that. Need to have a quarter's worth of data first.

* We're seeing a lot of StackOverflow activity on Firefox / HTML5 related tags. Please monitor those.

=== Nonverbal Updates ===

''' Jason '''

* Working on Devnexus Presentation
* Worked on demos for Firefox 38 


''' Dan '''

* Ongoing work on my Rust FFI talk; building slides, code examples, etc. Hoping to present at my local Python group next week.
* Worked on DevTools MWC presentation with Vishy, Bill, Jeff, and Arcadio
* Re-reviewed Valence Content Kit, filed a bunch of upstream bugs.
* Took first pass at justification for sponsoring developer events
** Need to determine metrics we can track and define an argument that this is money well spent
* CFPs Accepted:
** PyCon (April 10-12): [https://us.pycon.org/2015/schedule/presentation/411/ Rust/Python FFI], [https://us.pycon.org/2015/schedule/presentation/334/ CoreOS Intro]
** Fluent Conf (April 20-22): [http://fluentconf.com/javascript-html-2015/public/schedule/detail/39255 Mobile Web Debugging]
** Twin Cities Code Camp (April 25): [http://www.twincitiescodecamp.com/Sessions/Spring2015#s19 Rust Intro]
** ''(new)'' OpenWest (May 8-10): FxOS App Dev, Web Components, Rust Intro
** dev.Objective (May 12-15): [http://www.devobjective.com/sessions/debug-all-the-things-with-just-one-browser/ Valence], [http://www.devobjective.com/sessions/rust-a-new-memory-safe-systems-level-programming-language/ Rust Intro]
* CFPs Pending:
** JSConf (May 27-29): Rust/Node FFI
** ''(new)'' MidwestJS (August 12-14): FxOS App Dev, Rust/Node FFI, WTF.js (from pdf.js to j2me.js)
* CFPs Rejected:
** CSSConf AU (March 26-27): Valence
** OpenWest (May 8-10): Valence

''' Dietrich '''

* PTO for a few days
* Working on team mission and wiki page
* Tech Speaker program ladder and roadmap
* Helping a contributor start up a porting program for Fairphone v2
* 

''' Havi '''

* Editorial review & scheduling of GDC/MWC and other timing dependent blog posts + keeping Hacks calendar up to date
* Today: Firefox Developer Edition 38: 64-bits and more http://mzl.la/1M1CxDI 
* Editing materials w/ Emma Irwin for template of Tech Speakers pilot
* Conversations around scope of Tech Speaker pilot and invites to candidates
* Conversations around Transifex platform for app localization/ transitioning project from devrel to ?

''' Potch '''

* 

''' Sole '''

* Back from PTO
* Very jetlagged
* Preparing Friday talk on Web components interop etc

=== Reminders ===

* Add Hacks ideas to https://wiki.mozilla.org/DevRel/Hacks
* Review the CFP calendar


== Other Topics ==

=== Keeping up with Fx Release Cadence ===

(dietrich) We've talked about writing up each branch event on Hacks. What's new, what's changed, etc. Rotate it around the various team members, write a few demos, etc. Should we pack it into one post (stable+beta+deved), or splitting it into two posts between stable and nightly/deved.

(jason) For Nightly, keep focus on just-in-time posts. Beyond that, DevEdition is the only channel we really care about on Hacks, so write that up and have footnotes on what's been promoted.

(potch) I like writing up DevEdition releases and building a continuous chain by pointing back to the previous posts each week.

=== Hacks Timing / Process ===

(havi) Is emailing devrel the best path to get technical review for posts, with MDN techwriters CC'd? 

(potch) Works for me. Async, lets multiple people look at it.

=== Sponsorship Branding ===

(callahad) Mozilla? Firefox? Firefox Developer Edition?

(consensus)

=== Q & A === 

'''callahad:''' Are these meeting minutes helpful?

'''all:'' Yes.

=== Anything Else? ===

(sole) Yes! The Stickers?

(dietrich) We have ''lots'' of Flames. Inventory sitting in west coast offices. Process: Fill out a Service Now ticket... or just tell Dietrich.

(potch) FYI internal [https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios Firefox iOS] dogfooding starting up.