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== Friends of Mozilla [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of Mozilla]] ==
== Friends of Mozilla [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of Mozilla]] ==
* Thanks to the new Fall Tech Speaker 'Pilots' - André Fiedler, Christos Bacharakis, Elio Qoshi, Francesco Iovine, Gabriel Mičko, Rizky Ariestiyansyah, Santosh Viswanathan, Sumanth Damarla and to all 16 'tech speaker' program pilots who in total organized and/or presented talks at 25+ events in 11 countries from North America to Southeast Asia in Q3 & Q4 to date.
* Thanks to Gerv who pointed out the mixed-content work-around that lets Linux users (and anyone else not using Flash) watch this meeting at https://air.mozilla.org/theo/  See that page for details.
* Thank you to Naoki Hirata for his tireless efforts to get nightly FOTA updates working for the Flame reference phone.


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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*[https://www.ada-lovelace-festival.de Ada Lovelace Festival] Oct 27 & 28 in Berlin Germany
*[https://www.ada-lovelace-festival.de Ada Lovelace Festival] Oct 27 & 28 in Berlin Germany
**The Ada Lovelace Festival is the first crossover platform conference dedicated to all women in the IT and technology industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.  
**The Ada Lovelace Festival is the first crossover platform conference dedicated to all women in the IT and technology industry in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.  
**Sole Penadas speaking on day 2 on WebAudio API
**Sole Penadés speaking on day 2 on WebAudio API
**Dev Rel sponsorship for 15 student tickets
**Dev Rel sponsorship for 15 student tickets
**Participation Team supporting onsite w Mario Behling
**Participation Team supporting onsite w Mario Behling
*Privacy Lab with guest speakers Violet Blue and Erica Johnstone
**5-7pm Pacific in SFO Commons and via Air Mozilla


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* Thursday and Friday, [http://fsoss.ca FSOSS is happening at Seneca College], and mhoye will be saying more about that in just a few moments!


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=== Next Week ===
=== Next Week ===
* November 2-4: [http://viewsourceconf.org View Source Conference] presented by Mozilla, a conference for web developers in Portland, Oregon. [https://ti.to/mdn/view-source-2015/with/bjsw5mwvhd0 Tickets for Mozillians]
*Monday, Nov 2nd 9:00 AM Pacific Time - [https://air.mozilla.org/dino-tank-mozlando/ Air Mozilla Brown-bag on the Orlando Work Week "Dino Tank"] SFO Commons - Join us to talk about submitting partnership or project initiatives for 2016 consideration at the informal "Dino Tank" competition, to be hosted at the Swan & Dolphin resort before the all-hands dinner on December 9th.
==Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm UTC==
==Tuesday, November 3, 2015 - 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm UTC==
* [https://air.mozilla.org/preview-rally-for-the-user/ Rally For The User] - Mozilla Mountain View + [https://air.mozilla.org/rally-for-the-user/ Air Mozilla]
* [https://air.mozilla.org/preview-rally-for-the-user/ Rally For The User] - Mozilla Mountain View + [https://air.mozilla.org/rally-for-the-user/ Air Mozilla]. A lot is happening for our [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 Fall Campaign]. This is a chance to see how all the various elements fit together and learn why the work we are doing for users is so important.
** Joining us in MV? We can shuttle you and feed you - [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 tell us].
** Joining us in MV? We can feed you and even shuttle you from SF - [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 tell us].
** Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? Please [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 register]!
** Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? Please [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 register]!


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''Speaker Location:'' San Francisco + video  
''Speaker Location:'' San Francisco + video  
A few more [[WeeklyUpdates/2015-10-26#Next_Week|pre-Nov 3 Rally]] updates on the [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 Fall Campaign] focusing on Taking (Back) Control of the Web.  
A few more [[WeeklyUpdates/2015-10-26#Next_Week|pre-Nov 3 Rally]] updates on the [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 Fall Campaign] focusing on Taking (Back) Control of the Web.  
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/aspivak%40mozilla.com/ Ali Spivak], Developer Audience update.
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/aspivak%40mozilla.com/ Ali Spivak], Developer Audience update; [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17x1F7-q9cJ7JBWHXTjoTmOwJ_P_W9LbY6NOiVpCJhlA/edit?usp=sharing Presentation link]
* ([http://people.mozilla.org/~aoverholt/out-4.ogv video]) > Tab Audio Indicators, a [http://people.mozilla.org/~aoverholt/out-4.ogv short film] featuring [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/baku/ Andrea 'baku' Marchesini]  
* ([http://people.mozilla.org/~aoverholt/out-4.ogv video]) > Tab Audio Indicators, a [http://people.mozilla.org/~aoverholt/out-4.ogv short film] featuring [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/baku/ Andrea 'baku' Marchesini]  
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/diane/ Diane Tate], Rally For The User on Nov 3
* [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/diane/ Diane Tate], Rally For The User on Nov 3
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'''Foxfooding Update'''
'''Foxfooding Update'''
* Foxfooding App is up and running!
* From our survey about phase 1 of the Foxfooding program, we learned that we need a channel to communicate with our Foxfooders.
* The Foxfooding App is up and running. It's pre-installed on the latest Foxfooding build. You can also check it out here: https://foxfooding.github.io/
* Going forward, you can expect:
** News about the Foxfooding program, Firefox OS, and project happenings.
** Information about updates that we ship over-the-air to your foxfooding devices.
** Ongoing issues that we’re tackling, where we are in dealing with them, and guidance on how to get around them.
** Other assorted information, like interviews and press releases.
* We are also finalizing phase two of the Foxfooding program. Stay tuned for updates to the program and gamification around Foxfooding.
 
 
''Candice Serran, San Francisco Office''
 
'''2.5 Release Update'''
* RA (Release Available) - Nov 2
* Newest DONE Features currently on Master:
** New Homescreen
** Late Customization
** Pin the Web
** Privacy Control Panel
** NGA: Music App
* One more week for blocker fixing!!! (http://mzl.la/1O3bCxr)
* For more info: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/Releases/2.5
* With 2.5 ramping down, we are scaling up the 2.6 Release. More to come in the next two weeks!
 
[[File:2.5timeline2015-08-20.png]]


=== CTO Update ===
=== CTO Update ===
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=== Content Services ===
=== Content Services ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
=== Mozilla Advocacy ===
''Sara Haghdoosti, San Francisco:'' The latest on our encryption campaign efforts: [http://www.savecrypto.org www.savecrypto.org]


=== Webmaker ===
=== Webmaker ===
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| Web Developer
| Web Developer
| New Add-ons Validator in JS!
| New Add-ons Validator in JS!
| Presenting from sunny England
| Home Space
| TBD
| No
| TBD
| N/A
| https://github.com/mozilla/addons-validator/
| https://github.com/mozilla/addons-validator/
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| N/A
| N/A
| https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS
| https://wiki.mozilla.org/MOSS
|-
| Christopher Arnold
| Brown-bag next week on upcoming "Dino Tank" proposal submission window
| Dino Tank
| SFO Common Space
| No
| N/A
| https://air.mozilla.org/dino-tank-mozlando/
|-
| Mike Hoye
|
| The annual Free Software And Open Source Symposium.
| [http://www.senecacollege.ca/campuses/yorklocation.html Seneca College @ York]
| No
| N/A
| [http://fsoss.ca FSOSS.ca]
|}
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| Shawn Huang
| Tom Tung
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| Taiwan
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| Louis Chang
| Jocelyn Liu
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| Taiwan
| Software Engineer
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| Tina Hsieh
| Harley Hsu
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| Taiwan
| UX Designer
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| Bryant Mao
| Harley Hsu
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| Taiwan
| UX Designer
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| Farmer Tseng
| Vincent Liu
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| Taiwan
| Software Engineer
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| Thomas Nguyen
| Ethan Tseng
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| Taiwan
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| Ava Espinosa
| David Bryant
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| Ava is my new Executive Assistant, and will be supporting me for both Platform Engineering and as interim CTO
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