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== Friends of Mozilla [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of Mozilla]] ==
== Friends of Mozilla [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of Mozilla]] ==
*Congratulations to Mehul Patel on becoming Firefox Student Ambassadors of the Month June 2015. He started an "[https://rowdymehul.wordpress.com/2015/05/07/introduced-mozsummer-fsa-camp/ FSA Summer Camp]" initiative teaching students about different contribution areas in Mozilla every week for 2 months.
*Congratulations to LU Firefox Club on becoming Firefox Club of the Month June 2015! They recently hosted a [https://rayhanroot.wordpress.com/2015/06/20/mozawareness-event-at-leading-university-by-lu-firefoxclub/ MozAwareness] event, driving Firefox for Android downloads and #FoxYeah creations to 150+ attendees!
* Thanks to Cameron McCormack for massive memory performance improvements in Firefox 41 for people using ad-blockers in Firefox. See [https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/category/memory-consumption/ "Firefox 41 will use less memory when running AdBlock Plus"]  for details.
*Congratulations to [https://blog.mozilla.org/apps/2015/07/02/friend-of-marketplace-atique-ahmed-ziad/ Atique Ahmed Ziad], the newest Friend of Marketplace! In addition to fixing bugs on Marketplace, Atique has also been mentoring others to do the same. Thanks Atique!


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/event/bug-triage-day-66/ Weekly Bug Triage Day]


=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* [[Webdev/Meetings/2015/July_7|Webdev Extravaganza]]: 10:00 AM Pacific in the Webdev Vidyo (Open to the public)
** Stream on Air Mozilla: https://air.mozilla.org/webdev-extravaganza-july-2015/
** Monthly get-together for anyone in Mozilla interested in web development. Updates on shipped projects, libraries we're working on, and more!


=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/event/bug-verification-day-72/ Weekly Bug Verification Day]
* After a 2 week hiatus, '''The Joy of Coding is BACK!''' Watch an engineer hack on Firefox live! It's like [http://i.imgur.com/LhNxqSa.jpg teppanyaki], but for source code!
** Episode 20 will be on Air Mozilla at 10AM PT / 1PM ET / 5PM GMT, and then on [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmaFLMwlbk8wKMvfEEzp9Hfdlid8VYpL5 this YouTube playlist] not long after.
** [http://mikeconley.ca/blog/category/technology/livecoding/ Previous episodes with summaries]
*[http://http://2015.cascadiajs.com/ CascadiaFest2015] happening July 8th-10th in Blaine, Washington
**CascadiaJSFest is a three-day, community-driven conference on the cutting edge of JavaScript and CSS
** Mozillians attending include Dave Camp and Jeff Griffiths and Potch!
* [https://reps.mozilla.org/e/fisl-16-forum-internacional-de-software-livre/ FISL 16], Porto Alegre, Brazil. 8th - 11th.
** One of the biggest Open Source events in the world, and the most important for the region. FISL is the place where all the Open Source communities can learn about the latest news, and help to build a more fair humanity with open knowledge.
** Mozilla presence this year will be with a dedicated Room, where Reps will give talks, workshops and demos. More info on the [http://softwarelivre.org/fisl16/ official site].


=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
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=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
* [https://reps.mozilla.org/e/tuxcon-2015/ TuxCon 2015], Plovdiv, Bulgaria. 11th and 12th.
** TuxCon is a free community event about free and open-source software for Internet of Things, mobile, embedded and wearable devices. The twitter hashtag of the event is #TuxCon.
** Mozilla presence will consist on a talk about Firefox OS, by [https://reps.mozilla.org/u/giannisk/ Giannis Konstantinidis]
* [https://reps.mozilla.org/e/mozilla-weekend-berlin-2015/ Mozilla Weekend Berlin], Berlin, Germany. 11th and 12th.
** Mozilla Weekend will be the first of its kind in Germany. We will have talks on Saturday and workshops to go in depth on Sunday. We will focus on coders as well as non-coders. This means that everybody will find something interesting and will be able to work on something in the workshops.
** Event organized by Michael Kohler and Elio Qoshi.
* [https://reps.mozilla.org/e/mozilla-l10n-qa-hackathon-in-latam/ Mozilla L10N/QA Hackaton], Lima, Peru. 11th and 12th.
** At this hackathon, Mozillians will receive training on the latest projects within those functional areas plus community growth within both l10n and QA for LATAM communities. For all details about this event, please sse the event's [https://wiki.mozilla.org/L10n:Meetings/LATAM_hackathon wiki page].
* The fifth annual '''[http://indiewebcamp.com/2015 IndieWebCamp]''' is  July 11-12 in '''Portland Oregon''' as usual, and simultaneously '''Brighton, England''' this year!
** IndieWebCamp is a 2-day creator camp focused on growing the independent web.
** Still a few spots left - sign-up: http://indiewebcamp.com/2015


=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
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=== Firefox and Cloud Services ===
=== Firefox and Cloud Services ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: Portland''
* Firefox Strategy: https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/07/02/what-to-look-forward-to-from-firefox/
* Engineering details: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2015-July/003062.html
* Go Faster and Dexulinisation: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/firefox-dev/2015-July/003063.html
* Windows 10!


=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
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!  [https://mozillians.org/u/mromaine Presenter],[https://mozillians.org/u/stacy Presenter], Jochai Ben-Avie
!  [https://mozillians.org/u/USERNAME Presenter]
!  Policy Team
!  Title
!  Request for Policy Support Form
!  Topic
!  SF
!  Location
!  yes
!  Share?
!   
!  Media
!  mzl.la/policysupport
!  More Details
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| Who Are You?
| Who Are You?
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| Link to where audience can find out more information
| Link to where audience can find out more information
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|  [https://mozillians.org/u/mromaine Melissa Romaine],[https://mozillians.org/u/stacy Stacy Martin], Jochai Ben-Avie
|  Policy Team
|  Request for Policy Support Form
|  SF
|  yes
|  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qFUOkDI8ePyPjk8u962xHICW7FwzCrri44rFtSWV1co/edit#slide=id.p
|  mzl.la/policysupport
|-
|  Rachel Berenbaum
|  People Team (Recruiting)
|  Updates to the Employee Referral Program Guidelines
|  MV
|  No
| 
| 
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|  Rachel Pearl
|  People Team (Recruiting)
|  Updates on Interview Feedback Form in Jobvite
|  MV
|  No
| 
| 
|-
|  Soledad Penadés
|  DevRel
|  Hello from the Developer Relations team!
|  London, UK
|  No
| 
|  https://wiki.mozilla.org/Devrel
|}
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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?''
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| Mariusz Kierski
| Eric Faust
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| JS Eng.
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| Thyla van der Merwe
| Eric Rescorla
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| Research
|-
| Mihai-Cristian Volmer
| Daniel Holbert
| Mountain View
| San Francisco
| Platform - Layout
|-
| Theo Chevalier
| Peiying Mo
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| Platform Eng. (Localization)
|-
| Lorien Hu
| Trevor Saunders
| Toronto
| Toronto
| Platform - Accessibility
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