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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]] ==


feer56 for spotting b2g bugs on the geek phones  
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 ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* '''[[Events#iwsfhack|IndieWebCampSF Hack Day]]''' - 13:00-17:00 Mozilla SF, location TBD (first floor common area).
* '''[[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}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
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*<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!
*<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}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
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=== Identity ===
=== Identity ===
''Speaker Location:''
''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 ===
=== Services ===
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
 
'''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 ===
=== Grow Mozilla ===
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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:
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: [ Several hundred Mozillians take a group photo on top of a mountain at Summit in Whistler]
* 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|300px]]
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== Speakers ==
== Speakers ==
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| Community Engagement  
| Community Engagement  
| Firefox OS Campaign report
| Firefox OS Campaign report
| Mountain View
| San Francisco
| Yes
| Yes
| PPT
| [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
|
|
|}
|}


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| ''Where will the new person be working from?''
| ''Where will the new person be working from?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-
| ''Jonas Jensen''
| ''Taras Glek''
| ''Remote''
| ''Remote - Denmark/First week in Toronto''
| ''Engineering''
|-
|-
| ''Josh Mize''
| ''Josh Mize''
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| ''Tulsa Oklahoma''
| ''Tulsa Oklahoma''
| ''Senior Web Developer - Web Productions''
| ''Senior Web Developer - Web Productions''
|-
| ''Jonas Jensen''
| ''Taras Glek''
| ''Toronto''
| ''Remote - Denmark''
| ''Engineering''
|-
|-
| ''James Graham''
| ''James Graham''
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|-
| ''Diego Marcos''
| ''Diego Marcos''
| ''Hema Koka''
| ''Dylan Oliver''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''San Francisco''
| ''San Francisco''
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!  Will be working on
!  Will be working on
|-
|-
| ''Who is the new intern?''
| Tom Herold
| ''Who will be introducing that person?''
| Dylan Oliver
| ''Where is the introducer?''
| MV
| ''Where will the new person be working from?''
| SF
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| Firefox OS
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=== Security ===
=== 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 ===
=== Engagement ===


==== PR ====
==== 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]


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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