Friends Family Day 2016

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Mozilla Friends & Family Day

What is it?

At each of our locations around the world we’ll be hosting local gatherings.

The idea is that we’ll throw open the doors -- or arrange to meet at a park or zoo -- put on some music, order up some food and have some fun activities for kids of all ages. No speeches, no talks or anything formal like that, just time and space for us all to come together and have some fun.

Where is it happening?

Auckland, New Zealand

Auckland's family day is scheduled for Saturday May 28, 2016 from 2PM-6PM at the Metrolanes Bowling Center.

Beijing, China

Beijing is planning for an August celebration, details to come.

Berlin, Germany

German Friends & Families will gather Saturday May 21st, 13:00-18:00 at Waldhochseilgarten Jungfernheide.

London, England

London celebrations will occur will gather Saturday May 21st 09:15 at the London Zoo and conclude festivities London MozSpace.

Mountain View, California USA

Bay Area Mozillians will come together Saturday May 21st, 2pm-7pm at Mountain View MozSpace for outdoor food, fun and festivities.

Paris, France

French Mozillians will join for fun on Saturday May 21st, 10:00-16:00 at Sherwood Parc

Portland, Oregon USA

Portland office celebrations will occur Saturday May 21st, 1pm-4pm at the Grand Central Restaurant & Bowling Lounge

Taipei, Taiwan

Taipei will celebrate (after the rainy season) on Saturday July 2nd, 1PM-5PM at Songshan Cultural Park

Toronto, ON CAN

Toronto festivities will happen Sunday May 29th, 1PM-4PM at The Ballroom: Sports & Bowl & Rock n' Roll.

Vancouver, BC, CAN

Vancouver fun for friends and families will happen Saturday May 28th, 1pm-4pm at Science World.

Remotie Friends & Family

This year, as Mozilla Remoties, you'll have the opportunity to self-organize and define what Friends & Family Day means to you with a little help from Mozilla. This is something new we're trying and we're excited to see your ideas! Please RSVP for participation and swag no later than Friday, May 13, 2016.

Remoties with Workday work locations defined as "Remote" will get an email about this event. If your Workday work location needs updating please contact hrops@mozilla.com .

How to participate:

There are 3 ways:

  1. Join a MozSpace celebration: If your proximity to one of our MozSpaces allows you to join us, that would be awesome! We'll include you in the festivities, but any costs for traveling/lodging belong to you.
  2. Organize a Regional Meet up: If you live close to other Remoties this is a great way to connect, celebrate and get to know each other better. Find other Remoties on IRC #awayteam, Remoties on Yammer or check out https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC#Specific_Locations. Travel/lodging costs belong to you.
  3. Remotie individual celebration: Remoties that aren't near others but would like to participate in Friends & Family Day can do so with a little help from Mozilla. This could be a night at the movies or an outing to a fun venue for those closest to proudly wearing Mozilla swag.

What about SWAG?

We want to send you some! Because your work address is your home address we need your permission to do so, via the RSVP.

Deadlines:

RSVP: Fill out the Remotie RSVP by Friday May 13, 2016.

Celebrations: Please plan your events to occur by June 30, 2016.

Expensify: Expenses must be submitted by July 29, 2016.

FAQ

More Q&A added as questions land... for starters:

  • How do I correct my work location to update remote status? Contact hrops@mozilla.com to correct this. Then email moz-remotie-help@mozilla.com to receive an RSVP
  • How much can I expense towards this event? Check out the email sent to Remoties and the RSVP for detailed amounts or email moz-remotie-help@mozilla.com.
  • Are MoFo remoties eligible to participate? Yes, please expense to your normal cost center but indicate Friends & Family day on report.
  • Are Elancers eligible to participate? Yes, please expense via Elance and indicate Friends & Family day on report.

Expensing Costs

  • How do I note the expense in Expensify?
  • -----For MOCO: Category: Other ; Tag: Business Support; Comment: "Friends & Family 2016"
  • -----For MOFO: Category: 6300 Events; Tag "Mozilla-funded"; Comment "Friends & Family 2016"
  • How do I note the expenses for more a group celebration? Same as above but include other Mozillian name/names in Comments: "Friends & Family 2016 with ..."