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= All-hands Status Meeting Agenda =

Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.

== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==

feer56 for spotting b2g bugs on the geek phones

Our community of Mozillians in Latin America for making the Firefox OS launches in Colombia and Venezuela amazing. These launches would not have been possible without their tireless work, creativity, improvisation, professionalism and decision-making.

Clarissa Sorenson for her creative problem solving and ability to stay positive up until the very last possible moment. 

Nick Desaulniers (and others) for the work-around that saved Clarissa Sorenson a LOT of time while working tech magic in Bogota

== Upcoming Events ==

=== This Week ===

=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Bronx, USA: five-day [https://webmaker.org/events/13 DreamYard Fashion Week] program for high school students to explore personal style, design a garment and sew it into existence.

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Pittsburgh, USA: five-day [https://webmaker.org/events/187 Girls Rock!] music and empowerment summer day camp for girls ages 8-16. The week concludes with a big performance at Penn Avenue's Mr. Roboto Project.

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Toronto, Canada: five-day [https://webmaker.org/events/59 Girls Learning Code August Summer Camp] where girls, in groups, will work throughout the week on creating a website (using HTML and CSS and Mozilla Thimble) to showcase their new inventions.

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Toronto, Canada: week-long [https://webmaker.org/events/192 Young Rewired State Summer Camp] annual celebration of everything code. This camp takes place throughout the UK and ends with a long weekend where all participants come together to showcase the amazing achievements created during the week.

=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* '''[[Events#iwsfhack|IndieWebCampSF Hack Day]]''' - 13:00-18:00 Mozilla [[SF]], first floor common area. IndieWeb Mozilla hackers welcome! See [[Tantek]] for any questions (or [irc://irc.freenode.net/indiewebcamp #indiewebcamp on Freenode IRC]).

=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
* '''[[Events#w3csw|W3C Social Web Workshop]]''' - all day, San Francisco, CA.

=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
* 10:00 AM Pacific / 17:00 UTC: Grow Mozilla discussion -- a forum for discussing community building at Mozilla
** [[Grow/Meeting_08_08_13|Agenda and dial-in information]] (feel free to add items to the agenda)
* '''[[Events#w3csw|W3C Social Web Workshop]]''' - all day, San Francisco, CA.
* '''UP (User Personalization) Brownbag''' - 11am Pacific in SFO Commons and Air Mozilla. Join us to learn more about the [https://blog.mozilla.org/labs/2013/07/a-user-personalization-proposal-for-firefox/ UP proposal], a way for users to have a more personalized web experience that they're in control of.

=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Queens, USA: [https://webmaker.org/events/343 Maker Corps Final Party & Expo] will be presenting the work of the Maker Corps team and three Summer Pathways for Innovation Teaching Fellows from New York Hall of Science and Hive NYC. They will present 3D web pages, electrical mapping, LED architecture, bridge building, strategies for participant reflection, DIY programming, maker infused-common core curriculum, remixable documentation and MORE!

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Punjab, India: [https://webmaker.org/events/336 Bombarding Webmaker] will teach young students how to hack web pages using Thimble, create their own videos by using Popcorn Maker add to their own websites!

*Intern Presentations starting at 1pm PDT in 10 Forward and the 1st floor SF Commons. Come see Michael Vitousek, Aaron Todd, Evan Shapiro, and Ashish Dubey present all the glorious stuff they've been working on this summer!

=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> London, United Kingdom: two-day [https://webmaker.org/events/267 Popathon Creative Hack Jam] will give hands-on experience creating interactive stories on the web. Visual storytellers, designers and JavaScript coders are getting together to exchange skills and collaborate on real-world projects. 

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Toronto, Canada: two-day [https://webmaker.org/events/267 PyCon Maker Party] will teach how to remix and create websites, videos, and more with Mozilla's Webmaker tools to PyCon Canada's youth

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Rivière du Rempart, Mauritius: [https://webmaker.org/events/384 Maker party] will introduce webmaker tools to 20 youth through the island of Mauritius.

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Madhya Pradesh, India: [https://webmaker.org/events/463 MozHacker'13] - Hack, Learn & Teach Bhopal is an effort to build a Mozilla and FOSS community in the city.  The event would include a sessions on Mozilla Webmaker, hands-on with awesome Webmaker tools like Thimble, Popcorn and X-Ray Goggles.. FOSS , Mozilla Initiatives and Contributions and a FOSS quiz.

*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire: [https://webmaker.org/events/442 Mozilla Maker Part I] is the first Maker Event in Ivory Coast and is an Workshop to learn Web Making with Mozilla et Webmaker tools.

=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===

=== Next Week ===

We will be having a Live Meeting on Air Mozilla for the SuMo Mobile meeting 

== Product Status Updates (voice updates) ==

=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''

=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location:'' 

=== Thunderbird ===
''Speaker Location:'' 

=== Older Branch Work ===
''Speaker Location:'' 

=== Webmaker ===
''Speaker Location:''

=== Identity ===
''Speaker Location: SF''
- A formal announcement of the GMail Identity Bridge will happen on Thursday. Follow the blog (http://identity.mozilla.com/) and @MozillaPersona on Twitter.

=== Services ===
''Speaker Location:''

=== Firefox OS ===

'''Colombia FxOS Launch overview (with pictures!)''' - David Slater
''Speaker Location: Mountain View''

Also:

* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/FirefoxOS/SprintStatus FxOS 1.2 Teams, features and status].
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.gaia/-2WWmR-Jl4c/nyFYQljaMIQJ Gaia integration test framework landed], use the heck out of it.
* If you're developing or testing Gaia master on mozilla-central, report issues [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=884399 on this bug].

=== Grow Mozilla ===
''Speaker Location: San Francisco''

Help us [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/04/15/help-us-build-a-history-of-mozilla-told-by-mozillians/ build a history of Mozilla told by Mozillians].  Please share your memories about this Mozilla milestone:

* July 9, 2010: [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/08/05/milestone-group-photo-on-top-of-mountain-in-whistler/ Several hundred Mozillians take a group photo on top of a mountain at Summit in Whistler]

[[File:2010_summit.jpg|350px]]

== Speakers ==

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker.  It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.  If you plan on showing a video, you need to contact the Air Mozilla team before the day of the meeting or you will be deferred to the next week.

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
!  Presenter
!  Title
!  Topic
!  Location
!  Share?
!  Media
!  More Details
|-
| Who Are You?
| What Do You Do?
| What are you going to talk about?
| Where are you presenting from? (Moz Space, your house, space)
| Will you be sharing your screen? (yes/no, other info)
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information

|-
| Winston Bowden 
| Community Engagement 
| Firefox OS Campaign report
| San Francisco
| Yes
| [https://www.dropbox.com/s/j5rq64mjpnnscv1/WB_Results.pdf PDF]
| 
|-
| Kate Naszradi
| Summit Communications Director
| Summit 2013 Updates
| San Francisco
| No
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013 Summit Wiki]
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013#Communications Summit Communications and Brownbag slides]
|-
| Crystal Beasley 
| User Experience 
| UX Newspaper Call for Content
| Portland
| No
| 
| send content ideas to crystal@mozilla.com
|-
| John O'Duinn
| Director, Release Engineering
| Infrastructure load
| San Francisco
| No
| 
| [ http://oduinn.com/blog/2013/08/05/infrastructure-load-for-july-2013/ ]
|-
| Dave Miller
| IT Infrastructure Engineer
| 60 seconds with IT
| Remote/Vidyo
| No
| 
| 
|}

= Roundtable =

Do you have a question about a Mozilla Project or initiative? Let us know by Friday- we'll do our best to get you an answer.

Please note that we may not always be able to get to every item on this list, but we will try!

{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! Who are you?
! Area of question
! Question
|-
| ''What's your name? What do you work on?''
| ''Is your question about policy, a product, a Foundation initiative, etc.''
| ''What would you like to know?''
<!-- Insert new rows here -->
|-
|}

= Welcome! =

Let's say hello to some new Mozillians!

== Introducing New Hires ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
!  New Hire
!  Introduced by
!  Speaker location
!  New Hire location
!  Will be working on
|-
| ''Who is the new hire?''
| ''Who will be introducing that person?''
| ''Where is the introducer?''
| ''Where will the new person be working from?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-
| ''Jonas Jensen''
| ''Taras Glek''
| ''Remote''
| ''Remote - Denmark/First week in Toronto''
| ''Engineering''
|-
| ''Josh Mize''
| ''Chris More''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Tulsa Oklahoma''
| ''Senior Web Developer - Web Productions''
|-
| ''James Graham''
| ''Clint Talbert''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''London''
| ''Engineering''
|-
| ''Diego Marcos''
| ''Dylan Oliver''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''San Francisco''
| ''Engineering''
|-
| ''Stephanie Turner''
| ''Rick Fant''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Remote - WA''
| ''Program Manager''
|}

== Introducing New Interns ==
{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
!  New Intern
!  Introduced by
!  Speaker location
!  New Hire location
!  Will be working on
|-
| Tom Herold
| Dylan Oliver
| MV
| SF
| Firefox OS
|-
<!-- Insert new rows here -->
|-
|}

= &lt;meta&gt; =

Notes and non-voice status updates that aren't part of the live meeting go here.

== Status Updates By Team (*non-voice* updates) ==

=== Firefox ===

=== Platform ===

=== Services ===

=== Messaging ===

=== Mobile ===

=== IT ===

=== Release Engineering ===

=== QA ===

==== Test Execution ====

==== WebQA ====

==== QA Community ====

=== Automation & Tools ===

=== Security ===
* '''Minion''' - Mozilla Security Assurance team announced the release of web security testing tool Minion v0.3. Read more about it [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/07/30/mozilla-continues-to-build-the-web-as-a-platform-for-security/ here] and [https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/30/introducing-minion/ here]
* '''Security Fuzzing Collaboration with Blackberry''' - Read more about it [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/07/30/mozilla-continues-to-build-the-web-as-a-platform-for-security/ here]

=== Engagement ===

==== PR ====

"Now that the phone is available in a few more markets, hopefully we’ll start to see what kind of a dent it can make in worldwide mobile usage stats, if any, and that’ll tell us whether Mozilla’s attempt to challenge the big guys from the bottom up is working." - Darrell Etherington, TechCrunch

[http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/01/all-eyes-on-mozillas-firefox-os-as-it-launches-in-latin-america/ All Eyes On Mozilla’s Firefox OS As It Launches In Latin America, TechCrunch]

[http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-os-devices-land-in-venezuela-colombia-7000018904// Firefox OS devices land in Venezuela, Colombia, ZDNet] 

[http://www.ghacks.net/2013/08/01/firefox-25-gets-ocsp-stapling-which-improves-privacy/ Firefox 25 gets OCSP Stapling which improves privacy, ghacks.net] 

[http://lifehacker.com/the-best-apps-and-extensions-to-supercharge-firefoxs-n-995238717/ The Best Apps and Extensions to Supercharge Firefox's New Tab Page, Lifehacker]

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