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== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
Congrats to [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/bkerensa/ Ben Kerensa] for being named [https://reps.mozilla.org/featured/ Mozilla Rep of the Month]. He's doing amazing work for Mozilla as a Rep and WebFWD Scout,
* Apps/Mobile QA would like to thank to all those who attended, tested, and commented on last Friday's Web Apps in Firefox for Android test day. With your help over 25 bugs were filed!
and well as for other FOSS communities such as Ubuntu.
* Congrats to [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/bkerensa/ Ben Kerensa] for being named [https://reps.mozilla.org/featured/ Mozilla Rep of the Month]. He's doing amazing work for Mozilla as a Rep and WebFWD Scout, and well as for other FOSS communities such as Ubuntu.
* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/ContributorEngagement Contributor Engagement team] nominates [http://mozillaindia.org/ the Mozilla India community] for bringing an open web to the 1,2 billion inhabitants in the country of contrasts, contradictions and festivals. More info [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2012/08/20/spotlight-on-mozilla-india/ here].


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Firefox Desktop ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location: johnath (Toronto)''
''Speaker Location: johnath (Toronto)''
* Next week is merge/release week!
* '''Next week is merge/release week!'''
* Provisional UI for integrated Persona/BrowserID support starting to land. {{bug|764213}}


=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
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* <b>[https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/ Summer Code Party] update</b>: 600+ community events, 4,250+ participants, 77 countries and counting...
* <b>[https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/ Summer Code Party] update</b>: 600+ community events, 4,250+ participants, 77 countries and counting...
* Big [https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/ Summer Code Party] finale coming up on <b>Sep 23</b>. More next week!
* Big [https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/ Summer Code Party] finale coming up on <b>Sep 23</b>. More next week!
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/favorites/ Lots of great community photos here]
* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mozilladrumbeat/favorites/with/7436955320/ Lots of great community photos here]
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7674041400_f1865c8f7a.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8289/7674041400_f1865c8f7a.jpg


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| We are hiring in Product Management!
| We are hiring in Product Management!
| [http://tinyurl.com/8mtwnda/ Link to Job Listing]
| [http://tinyurl.com/8mtwnda/ Link to Job Listing]
| [https://intranet.mozilla.org/Recruiting#Highlighted_Recruiting_Priorities_and_Contact_Information/ More Info]
| We are looking for two Senior Product Managers to round out the team with Chris Lee!
 
Need to have strong understanding of both the web space and experience working with Carriers or Operators preferably on mobile platforms.
 
Ideally this person will have launched at least one phone into a marketplace.
 
Have a strong understanding of mobile ecosystems as well as a clear and articulate vision of the features that will compete best in this space in the future.  
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| Games - BananaBread Demo
| Games - BananaBread Demo
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| Demo of what is now possible with the release of Firefox 15!
| Demo of what is now possible with the release of Firefox 15!
| [https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AUSKWkSn0nFDZGZkNWR4M2NfMTE2bWhuOTN6Y2o Presentation]
| [https://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=0AUSKWkSn0nFDZGZkNWR4M2NfMTE2bWhuOTN6Y2o Presentation]
|  
| [https://developer.mozilla.org/media/uploads/demos/a/z/azakai/3baf4ad7e600cbda06ec46efec5ec3b8/bananabread_1345137842_demo_package/index.html Demo]
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==== WebQA ====
==== WebQA ====
*Affiliates
** 2012-08-15 Prod outage due to MySQL server being run as read-only when Zeus was did not restart properly - bug 782994
*Socorro
** Milestone 18 (the MoBeta) is on our staging env for the next 2-weeks for QA
** Prepare for automation tasks to begin arriving early next week
*SUMO
** Continuous deployment, no updates


==== QA Community ====
==== QA Community ====
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==== PR ====
==== PR ====
[http://thenextweb.com/la/2012/08/12/google-mozilla-wikimedia-partner-organize-maya-translathon/ Google, Mozilla and Wikimedia partnered to organize Maya ‘translathon’]
[http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-gets-a-firefox-os-port-20120816/ Raspberry Pi gets a Firefox OS port]
[http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/firefox-metro-browser-september/ Move over Chrome, preview of Firefox for Windows 8 expected in September]
[http://allthingsd.com/20120816/better-browsing-on-your-android-smartphone/ Better Browsing on Your Android Smartphone]
[http://www.conceivablytech.com/10274/business/firefox-competitive-strategy-must-focus-on-privacy Firefox Competitive Strategy Must Focus On Privacy]


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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== Foundation Updates ==
== Foundation Updates ==
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