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<h1> Video for today's meeting </h1>
<p><span class="fck_mw_special" _fck_mw_customtag="true" _fck_mw_tagname="video" controls="controls">&lt;source src=&quot;http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-07-18.ogg&quot; type=&quot;video/ogg; codecs=&amp;quot;theora, vorbis&amp;quot;&quot; /&gt;</span>
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<h1> Friends of the Tree <img src="/images/7/72/Tree.gif" _fck_mw_filename="Tree.gif" alt="Friends of the Tree" /> </h1>
<ul><li> Cameron McCormack for finding a simple way of drastically reducing the time required to run our debug tests. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{bug|479352}}</span>
</li></ul>
<h1> Upcoming Events </h1>
<p><b>This Week</b>
</p><p><b>Monday, 18 July</b>
</p><p><b>Tuesday, 19 July</b>
</p><p>Diary Studies from a Google Researcher, Andrea Knight
</p><p>10Forward - noon
</p><p>Diary studies can be a great technique if you're trying to understand a user's behavior over the course of a week or two, but can't observe them the whole time. Learn how to make sure your diary study is successful and helps you answer your hypothesis.
</p><p><b>Wednesday, 20 July</b>
</p><p><br />Community Marketing Call: 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET. In-progress agenda and dial-in info [
http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-july-20 here].<br />
</p><p><b>Thursday, 21 July</b>
</p><p>Bitcoin: A Technical Introduction
</p><p>Brownbag, Thursday, 21 July, 12:00 noon, 10-Forward (also on Air Mozilla)
</p><p>Brian Warner will explain the cryptographic protocols, economicincentives, and proof-of-work system in Bitcoin, a new decentralized digital currency that's been in the news recently. Slides are available at <a href="http://people.mozilla.com/~bwarner/bitcoin/">[n]</a> .
</p><p><br />
<b>Friday, 22 July</b>
</p><p><b>Next Week</b>
</p>
<h1> Product Status Updates </h1>
<h2> Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) </h2>
<h2> Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0) </h2>
<ul><li> The <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.20">Firefox 3.6.20</a> (used to be called 3.6.19, which was then used by the 10.7 out-of-band release) schedule is now posted
<ul><li> Shipping at the same time as Firefox 6 (August 16)
</li><li> Code freeze for <i>non-blockers</i>: 2011-07-25
</li><li> <b>Code freeze for <i>blockers</i>: 2011-08-01</b>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<h2> Mobile Firefox </h2>
<h2> Thunderbird </h2>
<p>Thunderbird 6 is going to Beta this week.
</p>
<h2> Drumbeat </h2>
<h1> Speakers </h1>
<p>The limit is 3 minutes per speaker.  It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.
</p>
<table class="fullwidth-table">


= Video for today's meeting =
<tr>
 
<th> Title
<video controls="controls"><source src="http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-07-18.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs=&quot;theora, vorbis&quot;" /></video>  
</th><th> Presenter
 
</th><th>  Topic
= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
</th><th> Media
* Cameron McCormack for finding a simple way of drastically reducing the time required to run our debug tests. {{bug|479352}}
</th><th> More Details
 
</th></tr>
= Upcoming Events =
<tr>
'''This Week'''
<td> New uses of popcorn.js
 
</td><td> Brett Gaylor
'''Monday, 18 July'''
</td><td> Popcorn.js - the butt kicking HTML5 media framework
 
</td><td> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7968133/popcornmonday.pdf
'''Tuesday, 19 July'''
<p><a href="http://www.popcornjs.org">www.popcornjs.org</a>
 
</p>
Diary Studies from a Google Researcher, Andrea Knight
</td><td> http://www.popcornjs.org
 
</td></tr>
10Forward - noon
<tr>
 
<td> Mozilla's Local Communities
Diary studies can be a great technique if you're trying to understand a user's behavior over the course of a week or two, but can't observe them the whole time. Learn how to make sure your diary study is successful and helps you answer your hypothesis.
</td><td> David Boswell
 
</td><td> New pages that highlight Mozilla's local communities around the world
'''Wednesday, 20 July'''
</td><td>
 
<p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/africamideast.html">Africa and the Middle East</a>
<br>Community Marketing Call: 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET. In-progress agenda and dial-in info [
</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/asia.html">Asia and the South Pacific</a>
http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-july-20 here].<br>  
</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/europe.html">Europe</a>
 
</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/latinamerica.html">Latin America</a>
'''Thursday, 21 July'''
</p>
 
</td><td>
Bitcoin: A Technical Introduction
</td></tr></table>
 
<h1> Status Updates By Team  </h1>
Brownbag, Thursday, 21 July, 12:00 noon, 10-Forward (also on Air Mozilla)
<h2> Firefox  </h2>
 
<h2> Platform </h2>
Brian Warner will explain the cryptographic protocols, economicincentives, and proof-of-work system in Bitcoin, a new decentralized digital currency that's been in the news recently. Slides are available at [http://people.mozilla.com/~bwarner/bitcoin/] .
<h2> Messaging  </h2>
 
<h2> Mobile  </h2>
 
<h2> IT </h2>
'''Friday, 22 July'''
<h2> Release Engineering  </h2>
 
<h2> QA  </h2>
'''Next Week'''
<dl><dt>Test Execution
 
</dt></dl>
= Product Status Updates =
<ul><li> Shipped Firefox 6 beta 2 for Mobile to Android Market
 
</li><li> working through a qa sync and load environment within the team
== Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) ==
</li><li> Mobile QA and Services QA workweek this week (offsite on 7/19)
 
</li></ul>
== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0) ==
<dl><dt>WebQA
* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.20 Firefox 3.6.20] (used to be called 3.6.19, which was then used by the 10.7 out-of-band release) schedule is now posted
</dt></dl>
** Shipping at the same time as Firefox 6 (August 16)
<ul><li>AMO <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=806865&amp;resolution=FIXED&amp;classification=Server%20Software&amp;query_format=advanced&amp;target_milestone=6.1.5&amp;product=addons.mozilla.org">6.1.5</a>
** Code freeze for ''non-blockers'': 2011-07-25
</li><li>SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-07-12
** '''Code freeze for ''blockers'': 2011-08-01'''
</li><li>MDN https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671560 7/14
 
</li><li>Personas https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671552 7/14
== Mobile Firefox ==
</li></ul>
 
<dl><dt>QA Community
== Thunderbird ==
</dt></dl>
 
<dl><dt>Automation Services
Thunderbird 6 is going to Beta this week.
</dt></dl>
 
<ul><li> Upcoming QA Automation Services work week in Cambridge, on July 25th - 29th
== Drumbeat ==
</li></ul>
 
<h2> Automation &amp; Tools </h2>
= Speakers =
<h2> Security  </h2>
 
<h2> Engagement  </h2>
The limit is 3 minutes per speaker.  It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.
<p><b>PR</b>
 
</p>
{| class="fullwidth-table"
<ul><li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/mozillas-browserid-aims-to-simplify-authentication-on-the-web.ars">Mozilla's BrowserID aims to simplify authentication on the Web</a>
|-
</li><li><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/15/a-new-technology-to-battle-website-password-fatigue/?mod=google_news_blog">A New Technology to Battle Website Password Fatigue</a>
!  Title
</li></ul>
!  Presenter
<ul><li><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20079827-264/redesign-set-to-make-firefox-more-responsive/">Redesign set to make Firefox more responsive</a>
! Topic
</li></ul>
! Media
<ul><li><a href="http://www.conceivablytech.com/8388/products/next-up-for-firefox-instant-sync">Next Up For Firefox: Instant Sync</a>
! More Details
</li></ul>
|-
<ul><li><a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/07/15/today-is-mozillas-8th-anniversary/">Today is Mozilla’s 8th Anniversary</a>
| New uses of popcorn.js
</li></ul>
| Brett Gaylor
<p><b>Events</b>
| Popcorn.js - the butt kicking HTML5 media framework
</p><p><b>Creative Team</b>
| http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7968133/popcornmonday.pdf
</p><p><b>Community Marketing</b>
[http://www.popcornjs.org www.popcornjs.org]
</p>
| http://www.popcornjs.org
<h2> Support  </h2>
|-
<h2> Metrics  </h2>
| Mozilla's Local Communities
<h2> Evangelism  </h2>
| David Boswell
<h2> Labs  </h2>
| New pages that highlight Mozilla's local communities around the world
<h2> Developer Tools </h2>
|
<h2> Add-ons  </h2>
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/africamideast.html Africa and the Middle East]
<h2> Webdev  </h2>
 
<h2> L10n  </h2>
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/asia.html Asia and the South Pacific]
<h1> Introducing New Hires </h1>
 
<ul><li> Carmen Collins is joining the User Engagement team as 'Content Editor' [Jane Finette]
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/europe.html Europe]
</li><li> Aakash Desai has officially joined the Contributor Engagement team as a product manager for the Mozillians platform. [Mary Colvig]
 
</li><li> Irving Reid has joined the Thunderbird Team. [Blake Winton]
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/latinamerica.html Latin America]
</li></ul>
|
<h1> Foundation Updates  </h1>
|}
<h1> Roundtable </h1>
 
= Status Updates By Team  =
 
== Firefox  ==
 
== Platform ==
 
== Messaging  ==
 
== Mobile  ==
 
== IT ==
 
== Release Engineering  ==
 
== QA  ==
 
;Test Execution
* Shipped Firefox 6 beta 2 for Mobile to Android Market
* working through a qa sync and load environment within the team
* Mobile QA and Services QA workweek this week (offsite on 7/19)
 
;WebQA
*AMO [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=806865&resolution=FIXED&classification=Server%20Software&query_format=advanced&target_milestone=6.1.5&product=addons.mozilla.org 6.1.5]
*SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-07-12
*MDN https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671560 7/14
*Personas https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671552 7/14
;QA Community
 
;Automation Services
* Upcoming QA Automation Services work week in Cambridge, on July 25th - 29th
 
== Automation & Tools ==
 
== Security  ==
 
== Engagement  ==
 
'''PR'''
*[http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/mozillas-browserid-aims-to-simplify-authentication-on-the-web.ars Mozilla's BrowserID aims to simplify authentication on the Web]
*[http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/15/a-new-technology-to-battle-website-password-fatigue/?mod=google_news_blog A New Technology to Battle Website Password Fatigue]
 
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20079827-264/redesign-set-to-make-firefox-more-responsive/ Redesign set to make Firefox more responsive]
 
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/8388/products/next-up-for-firefox-instant-sync Next Up For Firefox: Instant Sync]
 
*[http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/07/15/today-is-mozillas-8th-anniversary/ Today is Mozilla’s 8th Anniversary]
 
'''Events'''
 
'''Creative Team'''
 
'''Community Marketing'''
 
== Support  ==
 
== Metrics  ==
 
== Evangelism  ==
 
== Labs  ==
 
== Developer Tools ==
 
== Add-ons  ==
 
== Webdev  ==
 
== L10n  ==
 
= Introducing New Hires =
* Carmen Collins is joining the User Engagement team as 'Content Editor' [Jane Finette]
* Aakash Desai has officially joined the Contributor Engagement team as a product manager for the Mozillians platform. [Mary Colvig]
* Irving Reid has joined the Thunderbird Team. [Blake Winton]
 
= Foundation Updates  =
 
= Roundtable =
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