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 === Friends of the Tree ===
 Thanks to our Friends of the Tree When adding someone to this section, please get their T-Shirt size and send it to rebron@mozilla.com so that he can send them a shirt!
+* Jim McCullough: author of [http://blogs.mozillamessaging.com/docs/2011/05/11/community-contributions-ubuntu-and-thunderbird/ Thunderbird / Ubuntu guides]
+* Vincent ("cameleon"): contributions to the Knowledge Base, localization and support
+* Pasquale Dante for all the good work at dumping bugs.
 === Conversion Funnel (Priority 0 side project) ===
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 ===== [[Thunderbird/Experiments#Account_Provisioner|Account Provisioner]] =====
+No change since last week.
+* contracts w/3rd party email providers progressing
+* security reviews
 ===== OpenSearch =====
+No change since last week.
 ==== [[Thunderbird/Experiments|Experiments]] ====
 ===== Thunderbird Conversations =====
+Huge row of bug fixes, released and pushed b2 to AMO, waiting on more feedback before doing a last batch of bugfixes and release the final 2.0 version. All the major changes have been pushed to later to allow me to focus on polishing and stabilizing. Help is welcome, as usual :-).
 ===== Compose in a tab =====
-===== Thunderbird Sync =====
+Cleaned up and submitted a new version to AMO, hopefully approved this time (three rejections in a row). I think I'll try to have it public and keep it "as is" before we reassess the priorities and how that fits in the larger plan.
 ===== Account Summary =====
+* New version up in [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=489999 bug 489999].  Please test it out and provide feedback.
 ===== Ubuntu Unity Integration =====
+* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=652855 De-RDFing patch] is going through the final stages of review - hope to merge it soon
+* EDS contacts integration made some big strides last week in order to hit the "read-only" milestone for the end of the month - EDS contacts now:
+** appear in the auto-complete To/Cc/Bcc fields
+** are searchable
+** show photos for contacts
+** allow mailing lists
 ==== Schedule and Progress ====
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 ===== Thunderbird 5 (Miramar) =====
-* [http://mzl.la/tb_50b1 Thunderbird 5.0 first beta released]
+* Remaining blockers resolved.
-* Final beta delayed slightly whilst we finish the last bugs and reviews.
+* Releasing final beta today or tomorrow.
-* Should be out this week.
+* Add-on authors have been contacted about compatibility.
-* Contacting addon authors for getting their extensions up to date, been doing blog posts on that. http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2011/06/10/update-in-time-for-thunderbird-5/
+* L10n is working on the web site updates.
-* Currently planning on releasing Miramar on 28th of June.
+* Expecting to release next Tuesday, 28th.
+* Congratulations to Firefox 5 which was released today!
 ===== Thunderbird 6 =====
-* Now on aurora channel.
-* Tree is [http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showbuilds.cgi?tree=Thunderbird-Aurora aurora tree] green.
+* Earlybird is the name for the Thunderbird builds on the Aurora channel
-* Once we [http://groups.google.com/group/tb-planning/browse_frm/thread/9d4b37dd52692b32 finalise the name], we'll start nightly builds this week.
+* Earlybird builds have now been started and are [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-aurora/ available here] ([http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-aurora-l10n/ l10n]).
-* We have approval-comm-aurora, tracking flags have arrived, details coming to tb-planning soon.
-* Deciding on names soon
 ===== Thunderbird 7 =====
 * Currently on comm-central.
-* Merge date 28th of June
+* Merge date - feature & string freeze - 5th July.
 ===== Thunderbird 3.1.x =====
-* Builds going out to beta channel today.
+* Releasing 3.1.11 today.
-* Next release ETA June 21.
 * Bug Lists: [http://hg.mozilla.org/users/bugzilla_standard8.plus.com/drivertools/raw-file/default/bugtracking/index.html?branch=3.1 3.1]
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 ** You move emails manually a lot.
 ** You have a lot of folder in your accounts.
+** Shift-M opens the move-to menu even without the context menu
 === [[Thunderbird:Testing|QA]] Updates ===
+* Just did testing for 3.1.11 and follow up on 5.0
 === Marketing Updates ===
+* PR Update: [http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/how-to-back-up-gmail-965855 How to Back up Gmail], [http://www.pcworld.com/article/229298/cloud_services_vs_desktop_apps_what_fits_your_needs.html PC World mention re: cloud vs. desktop apps], [http://lifehacker.com/5811787/the-best-email-client-for-windows Best Email Client for Windows], several mentions on beta and rapid release
+* Thunderbird ADUs: in the 6.8MM to 7MM, may see a drop due to Summer activities however may offset with increase awareness through Firefox mentions.
+* Firefox released today, go check it out and join the festivities.
+* Website work, some final tune-ups with design.
+* watching what the Firefox guys are doing today
 === Infrastructure Update  ===
+* {{bug|656049}} [http://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/0f79491664e9 c-c:0f79491664e9] client.mk can now invoke client.py for comm-central builds via ''.mozconfig''
+  mk_add_options CLIENT_PY_ARGS="--verbose --skip-venkman"
+  mk_add_options ALWAYS_RUN_CLIENT_PY=1
+This can be directly invoked as ''make checkout'', or implicitely whenever using make ''some-target'' when ALWAYS_RUN_CLIENT_PY is set.
+Coming to Try Server soon...
 === Build / Release Update ===
+* Thunderbird 5.0b2 build 1 today
+* Thunderbird 3.1.11 release today
 === Web Update ===
+* webpage is moved and functioning on mozilla.org stage. The homepage and in-product pages are done, other parts that don't need l10n will be done by the end of this week.
+ * http://www-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/
+ * http://www-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/5.0/start
+ * http://www-stage.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/5.0/whatsnew
+* localization is in progress
+* met with moco webdev/engagement to discuss bedrock, the Django rewrite of mozilla.com/org
+* Fixed AMO bug to add Thunderbird collection for the discovery pane
 === Documentation ===
+* new KB article: [https://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/how-use-virtual-card-vcard How to use virtual card (vCard)]
+* more work on [http://support.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/kb/new-thunderbird-5 New in Thunderbird 5] KB article
+* ongoing integration of Thunderbird into Mozilla sites ([https://docs.google.com/document/d/12DQMcE3ZBsiCYGe8IR4aAKu8rwgCt8YS1_s7vfPVE2I/edit?hl=en_US&authkey=CNaBh-oC tracking document])
+* contributor engagement (boilerplate text for resolved GS issues, rework HOWTO pages on kitsune)
 === [[Thunderbird/Support|Support]] ===
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 === Lightning Updates ===
+* All blockers solved, aside from low risk theme changes
+* Release work in progress, rc1 is tagged and building
+* Had a few issues with the l10n dashboard not giving me the right revisions, this had to be fixed manually
+* Preparation for Ubuntu integration talks in progress
+* Lightning 1.0b4rc1 will be released today. I will allow until the 27th for testing and then upload the final to AMO. If something major shows up, we will do a chemspill release to fix things.
 === Status Updates ===
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 === Attendees  ===
+jhopkins, jb, jenzed, ludo, rolandtanglao, standard8 aka Mark Banner, gozer, rebron, bienvenu, mconley, bwinton, sancus, andreasn, fallen aka Philipp Kewisch
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