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MozCamp Europe Discussions

Summary

• There are tons of things we do right, but we should publicize them more (blog posts, participate to conferences)
  • show what our contributors do (to attract more talent and energize the community)
  • Do more Seneca-like in things with universities
• There are things we do, that others do (social & hybrid organizations, open web) that don't have great events to discuss and promote them. Let's organize such events!
• Documentation is key:
  • for end-users (who don't completely understand what happens on line). We need to go further than AMO (and include other Moz products/projects, but also general knowledge about the Internet)
  • for power users to act as evangelists. We should have a Firefox-101 course/demo that power-users could teach to newbies
  • for Web developers (to promote the Open Web)
  • For extension developers, including Ubiquity commands developers
• Development tools are essential to encourage people to build the Open Web. Documentation is not enough. Firebug is very cool, but we need to go further.
• Need to keep stirring the Mozilla community at large so that Moco employees and local volunteers don't separate. Goals setting sessions and Moz Camp & Whistler events are great for this.

Detailed Notes

• SUMO is not just support for Firefox
  • errors are more general Internet errors
  • platform for people to help each other, not just for for Mozilla products
  • An Internet support forum
• "BECOME THE FIRST CHOICE POINT FOR INTERNET SUPPORT" - beyond Firefox
  • what is a URL
  • where are my files?
• Many business sectors are not using Firefox, still IE6.
• FIREFOX FOR THE ENTERPRISE
  • Teams to tackle vertical markets
  • Some industries do not have choice because their services providers only support one browser
• EDIT THE WEB
  • Put an button icon in location bar by default on pages that are edtiable (e.g. wikis)
• MORE ENGAGEMENT WITH GOVERNMENTS (PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS)
  • beyond usage
  • participate (how? - building extensions, e.g. French military for Thunderbird)
  • increase admin adoption of Moz products
  • encourage more participation
  • publicize existing experiments by administration so it happens in other countries and markets
• PROFESIONAL SUPPORT
  • country by country
  • in France a 3rd party vendor already does this, esp. support for government
• SHARED DECISION MAKING
  • distributed
  • module owners
  • people not on payroll makes decisions
  • community is more than free labour
  • how does that scale as Firefox becomes more popular
  • BUT ... difference between proposing ideas, and making the final decision
  • Steps are being taken for US/Canada based Mozillians to understand Mozillians worldwide
• OPEN WEB
  • standards
  • good for all browsers
  • 5 years ago more sites were built for IE only ... we have come a long way since then.
• WEB DEV TOOLS
  • Ajaxian guys
  • MDC expansion
  • open web conferences
• WEB TECHNOLOGIES
  • lead the way on writing standards and implementing new technologies
  • documenting standards
• INNOVATION
  • Tristan loves Ubiquity
  • Simpler to write a command than an extension = broader participation
• LOWER BARRIERS OF ENTRY with INNOVATION
  • Makes Labs more visible, accessible, approachable
  • Build an IDE for XUL development, or extend an exisiting one (e.g Komodo)
  • Give resources to developers to develop and test on all platforms (Community Giving Program)
• EDUCATION
  • Expand Seneca courses worldwide
  • Peter van der Berken has volunteered to lead that in Europe, but is too busy.
  • Paul Rouget has been hired as a evangelist and will be working on this as well.
• TECHNOLOGICAL EXCELLENCE
  • Continue to attract the smartest people
  • Video testimonials from people on why they participate
  • Accept all volunteers because everyone has something to contribute.
  • Create a group of Firefox trainers - help people double their productivity in 10 minutes
• Provide tech training to contributors so that they can learn new technologies (JavaScript, Ubiquity command development...)
• Individual development: have a tangible proof of people's level of contribution (bugzilla "can edit" permission, CVS write access, module ownership etc.) so they can put it on their CV. A Web page should explain what these terms actually mean so that external people (potential employers) can understand what this means.
• Have an event where we invite other hybrid social enterprises
• Educate people about privacy.

Subsequent notes

• This is where you want to add ideas you have on the General Goal if it was not captured earlier.