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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]] ==
* Thanks to the [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/08/05/firefox-23-new-contributors/ 61 developers who contributed their first code change to Firefox in this release, 50 of whom were brand new volunteers]


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Tokyo, Japan: Mozilla Japan presents [https://webmaker.org/events/421 Maker Party 2013@Tokyo Obon Edition #3]. Participants will remix their own movies and then create a webpage to advertise it.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Tokyo, Japan: Mozilla Japan presents [https://webmaker.org/events/421 Maker Party 2013@Tokyo Obon Edition #3]. Participants will remix their own movies and then create a webpage to advertise it.
*10:00 PST::<b>[https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html?view=month&action=view&invId=250704-250703&pstat=AC&exInvId=250704-346863&useInstance=1&instStartTime=1376586000000&instDuration=3600000 Security Review, Social Share]</b>


=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
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=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Vizag, India: Three-day  [https://webmaker.org/events/564 Bay Parties Webmaker] workshop. More than 1000 kids, from the city of Vizag, are invited to participate in this series of Maker Party events.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Vizag, India: Three-day  [https://webmaker.org/events/564 Bay Parties Webmaker] workshop. More than 1000 kids, from the city of Vizag, are invited to participate in this series of Maker Party events.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> New Castle, UK: [https://webmaker.org/events/238 Mozilla Maker Party Newcastle] workshop. After a successful event last summer, Mozilla's followed up with a return to the Centre for Life and an afternoon of making and hacking!
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Philadelphia, USA: [https://webmaker.org/events/342 Maker Celebration at the Free Library of Philadelphia]. Makers and Creators of all kinds are encouraged to submit an application to show off their work in the lobby of the Parkway Central Library at our Maker Celebration. 50 participants/groups will be selected and given half of an 8-foot table to show of their work. During the Maker Celebration, the Free Library will be exhibiting Connected Messages, a 2013 DML 5 Summer Youth Programming project. Connected Messages is a digital and physical mural project that’s being constructed over four weeks by youth in five Free Library locations.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Tokyo, Japan: Mozilla Japan presents [https://webmaker.org/events/424 Maker Party 2013?Tokyo vol.2]. Participants will learn to remix movie clips.


=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Gopalganj, Bangladesh: [https://webmaker.org/events/275 Mozilla Maker Party, Gopalganj] workshop. Gopalganj will be the second city of Bangladesh that will hold a maker party this year. In this event participants will discuss webmaker projects, its tools, using the templates, creating new ones, etc.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Visakhapatnam, India: Two-day [https://webmaker.org/events/565 Bay parties webmaker 2] workshop. VIZAG is an effort to build a Mozilla and FOSS community in the city. With the global maker party, VIZAG community takes its first steps in contribution to spread Open Web ideologies and create Mozilla presence. The event would include a sessions on Mozilla Webmaker, hands-on with Webmaker tools like Thimble, Popcorn and X-Ray Goggles.. FOSS, Mozilla Initiatives and Contributions and a FOSS quiz.


=== Next Week ===
=== Next Week ===
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=== Firefox Desktop ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
* We shipped a browser last week!
** Mixed content blocking
** "Enable Javascript" and "Enable images" footguns moved to about:config
** Share button in SocialAPI
** Network monitor
** [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/23.0/releasenotes/ Release notes]
* Get your sync-dev on
* Run the UX branch, y'all.


=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''  
* We shipped a browser last week!
** Dynamic toolbar hiding
** Specify default search engine
** FHR
** hu and tr locales
** [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/mobile/23.0/releasenotes/ Release notes]
* New stuff coming is amazing!
** NFC-Bump sharing!
** New locales (swedish! British! Catalan!)
** Firefox icon rebrand!
** WebRTC maybe!


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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=== Webmaker ===
=== Webmaker ===
''Speaker Location:''
=== Identity ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''


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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: No audio.''
 
* [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.gaia/XsUAYBPneSY/Wn-Yuh1GL7YJ Ongoing conversation about automating the Github+Bugzilla workflow for Gaia developers].
* There's currently [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903759 a bug preventing any text messages from starting with "yo,"]. Or feature.


=== Grow Mozilla ===
=== Grow Mozilla ===
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[[File:2011_happysnappy_shirt.jpg|300px]]
[[File:2011_happysnappy_shirt.jpg|300px]]
=== 60 Seconds with Mozilla IT ===
''Speaker Location: San Francisco''
* DB team helped track down an issue on Firefoxflicks which was preventing new user creation
* Inventory


== Speakers ==
== Speakers ==
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| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo/Council/ReMo_Camp_2013 ReMo Camp Page]
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/ReMo/Council/ReMo_Camp_2013 ReMo Camp Page]
[https://reps.mozilla.org/people/#/ 400 Reps in more than 80 countries]
[https://reps.mozilla.org/events/#/period/future/ Averaging 3 events per day]
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| Stacy Martin
| Privacy
| Mozilla sponsors NNEDV Tech Summit
| San Francisco
| No
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| Dino Anderson, Sean Bolton, Emily Chardac
| Language Learning
| Rosetta Stone Update (Badge) and Lexicon
| San Francisco
| No
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|[https://wiki.mozilla.org/RosettaStone#Badge Language Learning badge]
[https://etherpad.mozilla.org/mozlex Lexicon etherpad]
|}
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!  New Hire location
!  New Hire location
!  Will be working on
!  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?''
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<!-- Insert new rows here -->
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| Marcus Cavanaugh
| Marcus Cavanaugh
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| SFO
| SFO
| Firefox OS
| Firefox OS
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| Luke Pacholski
| David Ascher
| Vancouver
| Vancouver
| Engineering
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| David Major
| Benjamin Smedberg
| MTV
| MTV
| Engineering
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==== PR ====
==== PR ====
"Given how easy Persona is to use from a user’s perspective, it’s a shame that there aren’t more services that support it. But maybe now that millions of new email addresses will just work with it out of the box, it will give developers more confidence in the system and get them to support it." - Frederic Lardinois, TechCrunch
[http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2422949,00.asp/ ZTE's Firefox OS Smartphone Coming to U.S. Via eBay, PC Mag]
[http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/12/firefox-os-based-zte-open-shipping-soon-in-the-us-and-uk-for-80-unlocked-orders-start-friday/ Firefox OS-Based ZTE Open Shipping Soon In The US And UK For $80 Unlocked, Orders Start Friday, TechCrunch]
[http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/08/mozillas-persona-login-system-now-supports-all-gmail-addresses-out-of-the-box/ Mozilla’s Persona Login System Now Supports All Gmail Addresses Out Of The Box, TechCrunch]
[http://www.zdnet.com/firefox-23-tackles-security-and-social-fixes-13-bugs-7000019091/ Firefox 23 tackles security and social, fixes 13 bugs, ZDNet]
[http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57597224-12/firefox-updates-preach-sharing-shielding-and-a-bit-of-awesome/ Firefox updates preach sharing, shielding, and a bit of 'Awesome', CNET]
[http://techcrunch.com/2013/08/07/mozillas-firefox-phones-get-operator-billing-through-bango/ Mozilla’s Firefox Phones Get Operator Billing Through Bango, TechCrunch]


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