Participation/Community Gatherings/Arabic Gathering 2016

Location

The Arabic Gathering will take place on October 22nd and 23rd in Casablanca, Morocco. It will be a two day meeting with volunteers from arabic countries.

Goals

The goals of this gathering are:

• Align attendees with what is happening at Mozilla
• Improve individual and team skills to be more effective in their contributions and as a result providing more impact to Mozilla’s main initiatives.

Agenda

Saturday, Oct 22nd

Time	Session
9:00-9:30	Introductions
9:30-10:15	Mozilla and Participation Team Goals
10:15-11:15	Personal Leadership
11:15-11:30	Coffee break
11:30-12:30	Rust and communities
12:30-13:15	Giving feedback
13:15-14:00	Lunch
14:00-14:45	Cultural differences - unconscious bias
14:45-16:00	Community Health discussion
16:00-16:15	Coffee Break
16:15-17:00	Planning for impact
17:00-18:00	Lightning talks

Sunday, Oct 23rd

Time	Session
9:00-10:00	Reps.Next
10:00-11:00	Mozilla on Campus
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:00	Mozilla's key Internet Issues
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-13:30	Diversity & Inclusion
13:30-14:30	WebVR
14:30-14:45	Break
14:45-15:30	Activate Campaign
15:30-16:00	Building Partnerships
16:00-18:00	Planification

Code of Conduct

As for every Mozilla event, we will have a Code of Conduct for all the participants.

Logistics

Mozilla Staff

Participation Team

• Ruben Martin
• Christos Bacharakis
• Pierros Papadeas

Communication

• Hashtag: #mozarab16
• Channels:
  • Arabic CG Telegram group
  • Email

Hotel

TBD

Venue

TBD

Food

• Breakfast will be at the hotel and it's included.
• Lunch and coffee break snacks will be catered for at the venue

Weather

Averages for September:

• Temperature: 19°C (66°F)
• Low Temperature: 15°C (59°F)
• High Temperature: 23°C (73°F)
• Sunshine Hours: 5 hrs
• Rainfall: 33mm
• Rainfall days: 6 days