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Mozilla has a rich history of hosting "Developer Days' which allowed community members to gather to meet and talk about what they are doing in the Mozilla project.  To this end, the Mozilla QA team would like to host a QA Developer Day event(s) in 2008. We want to target having an event in both the U.S. and abroad, as our community reaches far and wide.  Here are some preliminary thoughts after a meeting held with Mary Colvig, marcia and ctalbert on February 22, 2008:
Mozilla has a rich history of hosting "Developer Days' which allowed community members to gather to meet and talk about what they are doing in the Mozilla project.  To this end, the Mozilla QA team would like to host a QA Developer Day event(s) in 2008. We want to target having an event in both the U.S. and abroad, as our community reaches far and wide.  Here are some preliminary thoughts after a meeting held with Mary Colvig, marcia and ctalbert on February 22, 2008:


'''*Idea 1: Piggyback off existing Engineering Developer Days Planned for 2008
*'''Idea 1: Piggyback off existing Engineering Developer Days Planned for 2008
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This idea was discussed. Currently Mary is waiting for a list of planned events from shaver.  The earliest event we could target would be the European Developer Day which is planned for early June 2008, location TBD
This idea was discussed. Currently Mary is waiting for a list of planned events from shaver.  The earliest event we could target would be the European Developer Day which is planned for early June 2008, location TBD


'''*Idea 2:  Have our own Developer Day Event
*'''Idea 2:  Have our own Developer Day Event
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We would have to identify the location of community members and figure out a location that works well.
We would have to identify the location of community members and figure out a location that works well.


'''*Idea 3: Try to meet up community members at a conference (Birds of a Feather)'''
*'''Idea 3: Try to meet up community members at a conference (Birds of a Feather)'''


We could target conferences where we can meet up with QA community members and talk about testing (more informal)  Possible ideas offered by Mary:
We could target conferences where we can meet up with QA community members and talk about testing (more informal)  Possible ideas offered by Mary:
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The consensus from the Mozilla QA team is that we should target Ideas 2 and 3 for this year.
The consensus from the Mozilla QA team is that we should target Ideas 2 and 3 for this year.


**Ideas for Sessions (from Mozilla QA Team)
*Ideas for Sessions (from Mozilla QA Team)


***Live Testing Session
**Live Testing Session
***Test Development
**Test Development
***How to write a reduced testcase (mw22?)
**How to write a reduced testcase (mw22?)
***Leak testing for the ages (tomcat)
**Leak testing for the ages (tomcat)
***Performance testing automation
**Performance testing automation
***Buildbot related stuff  
**Buildbot related stuff  
***security/js testing
**security/js testing
***QMO community building
**QMO community building


*Reference Documents
*Reference Documents
**Mozilla Developer Day events held in 2007 - http://wiki.mozilla.org/DeveloperDays
**Mozilla Developer Day events held in 2007 - http://wiki.mozilla.org/DeveloperDays
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