Mozilla Foundation Weekly Priorities: July 13th, 2020

Key Dates

• July 13-15 - MoFo Board Meeting and joint session with MoCo Board
• July 15 - Creative Media Award launch - “TheirTube” - Tomo Kihara
• July 20 - Creative Media Award launch - “In Event of Moon Disaster” - Halsey Burgund and Francesca Panetta
• July 20 - Data Futures Lab Fellows Roundtable
• July 21 - Virtual event with Ford, Siegel & Open Web Fellows
• July 22 - MoFo Monthly Call
• July 27 - Creative Media Award launch - “Deep Reckonings” - Stephanie Lepp
• July 29 - RCS Challenge Summer Summit

What's Moving This Week

• Insights: Landscape analysis data stewardship Part 1 drafts finalization and publication planning, Internet Health Report vendor contracting and format planning, IHR call for questions running, landscape analysis movement partnerships scoping with F&A
• Campaigns: Working on an elections-focused misinformation scorecard for big platforms, assessing streaming platforms on their political ad disclosure, engaging in Brazil's fake news law, asking Nextdoor to stop police partnerships, figuring out ways we can keep engaging on EARN IT and Ring, AI white paper feedback and revisions, next steps on DoH
• Partnerships: Processing donations paid by check, funder event prep, and corporate sponsorship outreach
• Fellowships & Awards: Submitting Ford grant proposal; determine launch schedule for this year’s CMA RFP; event prep for 1) virtual event with Ford, Siegel & Open Web Fellows, 2) Trustworthy & sustainable AI policy workshop, 3) Data Futures Lab Fellows Roundtable, 4) RCS Challenge Summer Summit; initial interviews with shortlisted candidate for the Tech + Society fellowship track; OpenDoTT PhD supervisions; copy for F & A pages on web refresh; reconnecting with Siegel on partnership renewal
• Finance & Ops: Completing new RSM contract, work through new Netherland VAT requirements, file 990T Extension, complete 990 Deloitte workbook, establish stock donation platform
• Organizational Effectiveness: Engagement survey analysis, prep for July staff call, Data Lead interviews, H2 planning
• Engagement: Publications proposal, OKR development, IA work, Donate Localize, Advocacy work
• Communications: Publicizing TheirTube launch; PR planning for fellows Daniel Leufer and Caroline Sinders' upcoming launches; research for August D&D on online advertising
• HR: Finalizing HR team OKRs; analysis of recruitment training feedback
• MozFest: Planning Fellows & Awardees MozFest pathways, reviewing Working Groups planning w/ Bob, July MozFest Stakeholder Mtg, new Festival audience landing pages for website

Minutes From the Last Executive Team Weekly Meeting

• Board prep - Final preparations for July 13-15 board meeting. The exec team is sharing H1 2020 program and finance updates and an early view of our long-term planning.
• H2 org-wide OKRs - Reviewed and approved proposed KR edits from the org-wide OKR working groups (see below). These will be updated in our OKR dashboard this week.

• OKR 1
  • No changes
• OKR 2
  • KR 3: 4 concentric “networks of practice” engaging with Data Futures Lab
• OKR 3
  • KR 1: 3m page views to content on Mozilla channels, a majority of which focuses on trustworthy AI.
  • KR 2: 75k new subscribers drawn from sources (partnerships, contextual advertising, etc.) oriented towards people ages 18-35.
• OKR 4
  • No changes
• OKR 5
  • KR 1: Organizational effectiveness baseline established.
  • KR 3: 100% of job descriptions have been audited and are up-to-date

Job Openings

• Phone screening for Manager, Web Development
• Applications open for Director of Advocacy
• Phone screening for Marketing Coordinator
• Interviews for Senior Manager, Marketing
• Interviews for Data Lead
• Interviews for Digital Project Manager

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