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= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
David Boswell would like to thank George Fiotakis, Josh Matthews, Jay Garcia, Bogomil Shopov, tomcat, Juan Becerra, Jorge Villalobos and Paul Biggar for responding to over 1,600 people in April who contacted us through the [http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/ Get Involved] pages about wanting to contribute to Mozilla.


= Upcoming Events =
= Upcoming Events =
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== Firefox 5 ==
== Firefox 5 ==
* About halfway through the first aurora train, the merge to beta happens '''2011-05-17'''
* Beta meetings start this week, at 2pm PDT today
* The next mozilla-central &rarr; mozilla-aurora merge is on '''2011-05-24''' <small>(6 weeks after the previous mozilla-central &rarr; mozilla-aurora merge, which happened on 2011-04-12)</small>


== Firefox 4 ==
== Firefox 4, 3.6, 3.5 ==
* New updates pushed out last week on all branches


== Mobile Firefox ==
== Mobile Firefox ==
* Shipped Firefox 4.0.1 last week
* Continuing to test aurora builds, planning to go to beta at same time as desktop


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
* Faster folder switching landed in [ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/nightly/latest-comm-aurora/ Miramar nightly builds]; please help us test and add any feedback onto {{bug|520272}}.
* [https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/tb-planning/2011-May/001001.html Schedule and build mechanics] details for Miramar posted to tb-planning.
* Released Thunderbird 3.1.10


== Older Branch Work ==
== Older Branch Work ==


== Drumbeat ==
== Drumbeat ==
'''Knight-Mozilla News Project: "Unlocking Video" innovation challenge now underway'''
* Seeking designers and developers to submit ideas:
** '''How can new HTML5 web video tools transform news storytelling?'''
* '''Learn more or participate here''': https://drumbeat.org/en-US/challenges/unlocking-video/


= Speakers =
= Speakers =
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!  More Details
!  More Details
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| Your Title Here
| Mozilla Bootcamp
| Your Name Here
| Julie Deroche
| What are you going to talk about?
| Stanford Open Source Bootcamp
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NO4M03OyGw
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| TBD
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;Test Execution
;Test Execution
* Fx.Next
** Aurora(5) -> Beta, May 17th
*** Channel switcher should be all tested a week+ before then.
** Workspaces in development on Nightly(6)


;WebQA
;WebQA
*Shipped last week:
**Web of Wonder
**MDN 0.9.4
**SUMO 2.8
**AMO 6.0.7
**Input 3.4


;QA Community
;QA Community
*Updated QMO for the London meetup event and the upcoming Selenium meetup
*Upcoming Test Day Friday, May 6: http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/firefox-bugday-2011-05-06


;Test Dev
;Test Dev


== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==
* Bughunter backend refactor nearing completion
* Fixes for addon testing service should be rolled out in downtime this week (affecting Talos Ts)
* Autolog is up and running - [http://brasstacks.mozilla.com/autolog/?tree=services-central&source=autolog check out the crossweave data (sync testing)]
* Other notes can always be found [[Auto-tools/Meetings/2011-05-02|on our page]]


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
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'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
*[http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/384823/10_must-have_free_firefox_4_add-ons/ 10 must-have free Firefox 4 add-ons]
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/05/update-adds-firefox-4-engine-to-mozillas-chromeless-project/ Update Adds Firefox 4 Engine to Mozilla’s ‘Chromeless’ Project]
*[http://www.geek.com/articles/news/firefox-gets-faster-on-linux-20110429/ Firefox gets faster on Linux ]
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/7090/products/mozilla-fixes-vulnerabilities-in-firefox-4 Mozilla Fixes Vulnerabilities in Firefox 4]
*[http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=10962 Firefox 4.0.1 fixes several security issues]


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  


'''Creative Team'''  
'''Creative Team'''  
'''User Engagement'''
Channels:
* General Email list: 710,359 [+7.32%]
* Twitter Followers: 469,681  [+1.92%]
* Lifetime Facebook Likes: 4,124,491 [+1.57%]
* Join subscribers: 1,010 supporters
Campaigns / Programs:
* April Newsletter launched in EN-US [27% Open rate & 13% Click through rate]
* April Newsletter launched in DE [53% Open rate & 30.5% Click through rate]
* Join Mozilla Newsletter launched [39.1% Open rate & 10.7% Click through rate]
* [http://janefinette.com/post/4814581757/firefox-4-upgrade-campaigns-getting-under-way Firefox 4 direct upgrade campaign] in process


'''Contributor Engagement'''
'''Contributor Engagement'''
* Firefox 4 launch:  Awesome Firefox events continue around the world, including a series of events in Senegal, Kenya and Indonesia.
** Senegal:  Check out event photos [http://www.flickr.com/photos/28959625@N04/sets/72157626606097978/ here], as well as a spotlight on [http://bonjourmozilla.fr/?post/2011/04/28/Bonjour-WoMoz-%3A-Emmanuelle-Bouiti Emmanuelle Bouiti] who helped host the events.
** Indonesia:  [http://www.flickr.com/photos/falfistrife/sets/72157626625842656/ Photos], [http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangescale/sets/72157626608075484/with/5669601127/ photos] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/orangescale/sets/72157626608075484/ more photos]
** Kenya:  Check out Dietrich Ayala's [http://autonome.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/trip-log-mozilla-kenya/ write up].
* Community Marketing Call:
** The next call is set for May 11th at 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET 
** Notes from last week's call are [http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-april-27 here]


== Support  ==
== Support  ==
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== Webdev  ==
== Webdev  ==
* Kicked off working on [https://github.com/mozilla/elmo/wiki/Contribute elmo], the next iteration of the l10n dashboard. Moved the project to github, feel free to fix your papercuts and contribute, or grab a [https://bugzil.la/component:Elmo bug]. We're using gitflow now, too. Join laura, peterbe, pike, stas.


== L10n  ==
== L10n  ==


= Introducing New Hires =
= Introducing New Hires =
We have 4 new interns who started this week!<br>
- Marc Jessome (RelEng)<br>
- Owen Coutts (QA)<br>
- William Chen (Content)<br>
- Albert Noll (Research)<br>


= Foundation Updates  =
= Foundation Updates  =
* Introducing Marilyn Wigglesworth, the new Director of Finance for the foundation


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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