WeeklyUpdates/2008-05-12

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Meeting Details

• 1:00pm Pacific time (20:00 UTC until November 2, 2008)
• Mozilla HQ, 1st floor conference table
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• +1 416 848 3114 x91 Conf# 8600 (Canada)
• +1 800 707 2533 (pin 369) Conf# 8600 (US Toll Free)
• join irc.mozilla.org #staffmeeting for backchannel

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Development Updates

TB 2.0.0.14 / Fx 2.0.0.15 / TB 2.0.0.15

Tb 2.0.0.14 has a bug which is annoying for people using per-user certificates over SSL connections (bug 431819). We're trying to figure out what the right course of action is to remedy that.

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PR

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Campus Reps

Foundation Updates

• Grants and related activities
  • With support from people who've designated donations for Bugzilla, the Mozilla Foundation is funding a new project to be undertaken by Everything Solved, Inc. As a major Bugzilla contributor and customization expert, Everything Solved will survey large corporations and organizations already using Bugzilla in order to determine what the most desired enhancements and changes are. This will help guide the Bugzilla project for future development, and will also begin a standardized and organized list of feature ideas from the most visible users of Bugzilla.

• Legal issues
  • Frank is getting a final round of legal review for the proposed new Mozilla committer's agreement.

• CAs and related issues
  • Frank held discussions with various parties about how to resolve issues with disabling email trust for certificates issued by DigiNotar.

• Public communication
  • David participated in a planning meeting for www.mozilla.org changes and worked on related issues; for more information see his recent blog post.

• Conferences.
  • Various members of the Mozilla accessibility team attended SightCity 2008, with sponsorship by the Mozilla Foundation; Marco Zehe wrote a blog post with more details.
  • Zak prepared for upcoming conference appearances already scheduled, and proposed some new conferences for our consideration.

• Upcoming activities
  • Zak will be doing a keynote at the eLiberatica 2008 conference (May 30-31, 2008, in Bucharest).
  • The Mozilla Foundation will be a sponsor of the Personal Democracy Forum conference (June 23-24 in New York). (Frank is planning to attend if possible.)

For more information please see the individual status reports from David, Frank, Gerv, and Zak.