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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]] =
Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.
* Robert Kaiser (KaiRo) would like to nominate Terry Rather, who has been and is continuing to be incredibly helpful by replying to every single email sent to webmaster-at-mozilla-dot-org, forwarding real issues to the right people and helping people with support requests.
* Naoki Hirata (nhirata) would like to nominate VictorC for helping out with Performance Testing on Test day.
* Shannon Prior would like to nominate Chrissie Brodigan, Lee Tom, Steven Garrity, Pascal Chevral, Anthony Ricaud and all of the localizers who helped with the State of Mozilla project!


= Upcoming Events =
= Upcoming Events =
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'''Tuesday, 11 October'''
'''Tuesday, 11 October'''
* There will be a [https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Releases/Post-mortems/Firefox_7.0.1 Firefox 7.0.1 post-mortem @ 10:00 am PDT]


'''Wednesday, 12 October'''
'''Wednesday, 12 October'''
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'''Thursday, 13 October'''
'''Thursday, 13 October'''


* Firefox UX Team will present “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to guide you when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in San Francisco (by Alex Limi) and Mountain View (byAlex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning.  
* Firefox UX Team will present “Firefox Design Principles” — learn useful principles to guide you when building a Firefox feature, what our audience looks like, and what makes us different from other browsers. If we can pull it off, this will be simul-presented in San Francisco (by Alex Limi) and Mountain View (by Alex Faaborg), and streamed via Air Mozilla — look out for announcement of exact time on dev.planning. Tentatively scheduled for 2pm PST.


'''Friday, 14 October'''  
'''Friday, 14 October'''  
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== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==
== Firefox Future (8, 9, 10) ==
* Nothing to say, keep on rocking mozilla-central
* FYI, the Aurora add-on compatibility bump will hopefully happen this week


== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==
== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0 - 7.0) ==
* There will be a [https://wiki.mozilla.org/index.php?title=Releases/Post-mortems/Firefox_7.0.1 Firefox 7.0.1 post-mortem tomorrow @ 10:00 am PDT]


== Mobile Firefox ==
== Mobile Firefox ==
* Work on the Java front end is moving ahead


== Thunderbird ==
== Thunderbird ==
* The [http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/channel/ beta channel] has been updated with Thunderbird 8.
** Add-on compatibility bump has been run for 7 -> 8. Much earlier than our previous cycles and with 8 -> 9 we plan to run this before 9 gets onto beta.
* [http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/calendar/2011/10/lightning_10rc1_is_available.html Lightning is now available for beta builds], download it from the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/lightning/#beta-channel developer channel on AMO].
* If you hadn't noticed, Thunderbird is starting to use [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Features/Thunderbird Feature pages] to track work. See the [http://groups.google.com/group/tb-planning/browse_thread/thread/bbb1a037408313f8 tb-planning topic] for more information.


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


= Speakers =
= Speakers =


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.
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.  


{| class="fullwidth-table"
{| class="fullwidth-table"
|-
|-
! Presenter
! Presenter  
! Topic
! Topic  
! Media
! Media  
! More Details
! More Details
|-
|-
| Your Name Here
| Heather Arthur
| What are you going to talk about?
| Bugzilla Dashboard(s)
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| http://harthur.github.com/bzhome/
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bugzilla:REST_API, http://toolness.github.com/bugzilla-dashboard, https://github.com/dangoor/buggerall
|-
|-
| Shannon Prior <br>
| State of Mozilla <br>
| http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/annualreport/2010/<br>
| <br>
|}
|}


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;Test Execution
;Test Execution
* Firefox 8 beta 2 (desktop/mobile) to be deployed this week
* Syncing issues should be 90% resolved today.  If you're still having issues, please follow these [http://quality.mozilla.org/qmo-news/2011/10/06/update-on-firefox-sync-issue/ instructions] to report bugs.
* [http://quality.mozilla.org/events/2011/10/07/mozilla-browserid-test-day/ BrowserID testday] this friday, Oct 14


;WebQA
;WebQA
 
*AMO 6.2.6: http://cl.ly/1i0T1j13263t2K0Q2e31
*SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-10-04
;QA Community
;QA Community


;Automation Services
;Automation Services
* Selenium 2.8 has been released
* Running your first Selenium test without the IDE: http://blog.softwaretestingclub.com/2011/10/running-your-first-selenium-test-without-the-ide/
* Q3/2011 in review: http://blargon7.com/2011/10/q32011-in-review/


== Automation & Tools ==
== Automation & Tools ==
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Auto-tools/Goals/2011Q4 Hammered out our Q4 goals last week].  If you'd like to help us out, ping us in #ateam on IRC.
* [http://elvis314.wordpress.com/2011/10/05/android-automation-is-becoming-more-stable-7-failure-rate/ Mobile is 93% stable (7% orange).]  We're shooting for 95% stable (5% orange) to align with the desktop instability.
* [[Auto-tools/Meetings/2011-10-10|More notes here]]


== Security  ==
== Security  ==
Security Reviews Scheduled for this week
{| style="width: 800px;" class="fullwidth-table"
|-
! style="width:25%" | Date / Time
! style="width:45%" | Item
|-
| Mon Oct 10 / 13:00 PST || WebRTC Discussion
|-
| Wed Oct 12 / 13:00 PST || JetPack
|-
| Thu Oct 13 / 10:00 AM PST || [https://wiki.mozilla.org/User:P.A./Panel-based_Download_Manager Panel Based Download Manager]
|-
| Thu Oct 13 / 11:00 AM PST || [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Windows_Service_Silent_Update Silent Updates Service] / [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Silent_Update_OS_Dialogs Silent Update OS Dialogs]
|}
'''[https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html Calendar and Meeting details]'''


== Engagement  ==
== Engagement  ==


'''PR'''  
'''PR'''  
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20117274-264/mozilla-rising-revenue-but-rising-challenges/ Mozilla: Rising revenue, but rising challenges ]<br>
*[http://techcrunch.com/2011/10/10/mozilla-releases-annual-report-surveys-the-new-era-of-competition/ Mozilla Releases Annual Report, Surveys The New Era Of Competition]<br>
*[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/mozilla-bets-on-fundraising-to-diversify-google-revenue/60278 Mozilla bets on fundraising to diversify Google revenue]<br>
<br>
*[[Www.fastcompany.com/1785669/mozilla-ceo-on-firefox-google-android-apple-iphone-windows-mobile?partner=gnews|Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs On The Fate Of Firefox In A Mobile Era]]<br>
<br>
*[http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220513/Mozilla_aims_to_add_silent_updating_to_Firefox_10 Mozilla aims to add silent updating to Firefox 10]<br>
*[http://www.ghacks.net/2011/10/05/mozilla-talks-silent-updates-plans-firefox-service/ Mozilla Talks Silent Updates, Plans Firefox Service]<br>
*[http://www.webmonkey.com/2011/10/mozilla-plans-to-silently-update-future-firefox-releases/ Mozilla Plans to Silently Update Future Firefox Releases ]<br>
<br>


'''Events'''  
'''Events'''  
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= Introducing New Hires =
= Introducing New Hires =
* <b>Davor Spasovski</b>: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Mike Morgan, located in the Mtn. View Office.
* <b>[http://www.spasovski.net/ Davor Spasovski]</b>: joining the Web Dev team, managed by Wil Clouser, located in the Mtn. View Office.
* <b>Diane Bisgeier</b>: Program Manager WebFWD, located in the SF office.


= Foundation Updates  =
= Foundation Updates  =


= Roundtable =
= Roundtable =
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