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 Masatoshi Kimura for removing 1/3 of the enablePrivilege calls in our mochitest suite with an epic 275k patch
+high-fives for [https://mozillians.org/u/yalam96/ Yousef Alam] and [https://mozillians.org/u/williamr/ William Reynolds], who spent three full days talking with students at Campus Party Europe last week. Over 600 students visited our booth to sign up for our [[StudentAmbassadors|Firefox Student Ambassador]] program.
 == Upcoming Events ==
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 === Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
+* '''[[Events#csswg2013p|W3C CSS Working Group face-to-face meeting]]''' in Paris, follow along on IRC #css on irc.w3.org.
-The monthly air Mozilla sumo mobile meeting will be live  https://air.mozilla.org/the-mobile-meeting-sumo-11sep2013/  you can join in the meeting by going to https://etherpad.mozilla.org/mobile-2013-09-11/ please add your questions and notes to the agenda
+* The monthly '''Air Mozilla sumo mobile meeting''' will be live  https://air.mozilla.org/the-mobile-meeting-sumo-11sep2013/  you can join in the meeting by going to https://etherpad.mozilla.org/mobile-2013-09-11/ please add your questions and notes to the agenda
 *<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Berlin, Germany: [https://webmaker.org/events/69 Hive Berlin] is an opportunity for participants to get to know each other, learn about three exciting projects, present their own projects/learning opportunities, and then exchange/discuss ideas for collaborations and work.
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 === Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
+* '''[[Events#csswg2013p|W3C CSS Working Group face-to-face meeting]]''' in Paris, follow along on IRC #css on irc.w3.org.
 *<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> East Java, Indonesia: [https://webmaker.org/events/595 UTM Fx Club Party] is Maker party on how to make a profile from the web using mozilla technology.
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 === Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
+* '''[[Events#csswg2013p|W3C CSS Working Group face-to-face meeting]]''' in Paris, follow along on IRC #css on irc.w3.org.
 === Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
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 === Firefox Desktop ===
-''Speaker Location:''
+''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
+* Throw to Devtools!
+==== Dev Tools ====
+''Speaker Location: portland (dcamp)''
+* At this week's Gaia work week we're debuting the full set of Firefox Developer Tools available for apps on Firefox OS.  They're tied together by the new App Manager: http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/appmanager.webm
+* Firefox 25 was a great release, and Firefox 26 is addressing our top complaints: pseudo-elements and break-on-uncaught-exception.
+* Had a great work week, see the raw output at https://etherpad.mozilla.org/devtools-august-meetup-hacks
+* The EmberJS extension was ported to the Firefox Developer Tools in a weekend by Luca Greco: https://github.com/rpl/ember-extension/compare/experimental;firefox_devtools_addon
 === Firefox Mobile ===
-''Speaker Location:''
+''Speaker Location: remote (mfinkle)''
+* Problems/Fixes
+** Fixing an issue which broke new Nightly updates ({{bug|913842}})
+** Fixed a hang/problem in WebRTC ({{bug|904784}})
+** Fixed a crash related running WebApps ({{bug|901426}})
+* Starting a project to improve that way we build Android UI tests ([https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/mobile-firefox-dev/2013-September/000201.html post])
+* Looking for feedback on GeckoView embedding interfaces and APIs ([https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/mobile-firefox-dev/2013-September/000198.html post])
 === Thunderbird ===
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 === Webmaker ===
-''Speaker Location:''
+''No verbal update this week''<br><br>
+<b>Back to school with Mozilla Webmaker</b>. [https://blog.webmaker.org/teaching_kit Create a teaching kit on webmaker.org] to help others learn.
+=== Mozilla Reps ===
 === Identity ===
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 * Most of Firefox engineering is in Oslo for workweek hosted by Telenor.
+=== Add-ons ===
+Winners of the Amp Your Firefox add-on contest have been announced! Please cast your vote for the Best Overall add-on, and help us congratulate the winners using the #ampyourfirefox hashtag. Details here: http://mzl.la/1dVC8WO
+https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/files/2013/05/add-ons_promo_contestWinners_orange2.png
 === Grow Mozilla ===
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 | Kate Naszradi, Larissa Shapiro, Mike Hoye
 | Summit Comms
-| Summit updates, fairs, sessions, engagement and stepping up to the mic.
+| Sign-up! Summit sessions, fairs, site hosts
 | Mozilla San Francisco/ Mountain View/ Toronto
 | No.
 | None
-| Website: http://summit.mozilla.org, Session wiki page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013/Sessions, Site Host wiki page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013/Experiences/Site_Hosts, Summit Fairs sign-up: http://mzl.la/summit2013-fairs
+|[[Summit2013/Sessions|Facilitator sign-up]], [[Summit2013/Experiences/Site_Hosts|Site Host sign-up]],[http://mzl.la/summit2013-fairs Summit Fairs sign-up], [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/09/09/a-note-from-mitchell-baker-about-the-summit/ Mitchel Blog Post]
-|-
-| Regnard Raquedan
-| Mozilla Reps Council Member
-| Mozilla Reps Update
-| Toronto
-| No
-| N/A
-| [https://reps.mozilla.org Mozilla Reps website]
 |-
 |}
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 | Mountain View
 | WebRTC platform engineering
+|-
+| Adam Rogers
+| Christopher Lee
+| Most likely in Oslo this week (nonverbal)
+| In Oslo this week, normally Canada Remote - ON
+| Product Manager, Firefox OS
+|-
+| Lenae Lukens
+| Alan Chang
+| Mountain View
+| Mountain View
+| Accountant
+|-
+| Jeannette Bartolome
+| Sylvie Brossard
+| Mountain View
+| Mountain View
+| Benefits
+|-
+| Randall Barker
+| Brad Lassey
+| Remote
+| Mountain View
+| Mobile Platform
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 ==== WebQA ====
+*Affiliates
+**Redesign potentially coming in Q4 2013/Q1 2014
+*B2G/Gaia testing:
+**Now have two (2) Hamachi devices
+**10 more requested for our automation infrastructure
+**Engineering build requested: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=912617
+**Caught a clock failure, worked with devs:
+***https://github.com/mozilla/gaia-ui-tests/pull/1300
+**Caught the Activities bug quickly in yesterday's build bug 912065
+**Caught the Email test failures but did not have time to file it before Manual team. Wish we could review things faster and make the Automation assist the Manual team.
+**Coverage restored for Youtube/HTML5 test thanks to our contributor Sasha
+**More coverage restored as crashes have been resolved: Bugs 902927, 902878, 900012
+**Really want Plivo account, it will device coverage that nobody else can automate
+*Engagement Projects
+*FirefoxFlicks - code complete by Sept. 6 for results/winner announcements on the 12th.
+*Firefox Marketplace
+**Weekly release went live 09/03
+*Mozilla.com
+**shipped weekly release this week
+*Mozillians
+**Mozillians-dev Elasticsearch indexing often fails on dev - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=906840
+**Burning down the new feature list that is slated to land in time for Summit 2013
+***https://mozilla.kanbanery.com/projects/23282/board/
+**Currently bugs that need to be verified - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?cmdtype=runnamed&namedcmd=phonebook%20%3A%3A%20resolved&list_id=7821330
+*MDN
+**we'll soon be switching on automation for a pending, already-staged, redesign of MDN
+*Socorro
+**Weekly meeting notes - https://wiki.mozilla.org/Breakpad/Status_meetings/2013-September-04
+**Milestone 57 shipped last week - collectors went down for 20 minutes
+**https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&target_milestone=58&product=Socorro&list_id=7820888
+**https://etherpad.mozilla.org/socorro-release-57-postmortem
+*SUMO
+**continuing to work with the Dev team on their Persona support/implementation, both through manual testing + automation
+*Community Members Onboarding
+**Nice write up from Rebecca on Ana Hristova!
+***https://quality.mozilla.org/2013/08/contributor-spotlight-ana-hristova/
 ==== QA Community ====
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 ==== PR ====
+"Mozilla thinks having 'whimsical' micro-copy and animations will help it retain users, but for the most part, I think its idea to allow users to 'constantly discover diverse content including apps, collections, articles, reviews, videos and more' in the store could be the winning concept here." - Frederic Lardinois, TechCrunch
+[http://www.babble.com/tech/7-reasons-firefox-may-be-for-you/#next-slideshow/ 7 Smart Reasons to Consider Using Firefox, Babble]
+[http://www.scmagazine.com/security-tools-and-web-browsers-come-together-in-mozilla-plug-n-hack/article/310019/#/ Security tools and web browsers come together in Mozilla Plug-n-Hack, SC Mag]
+[http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/228241/ Cybersecurity Basics: Surf the Web Safely With These Browsers, Entrepreneur]
+[http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/04/mozilla-launches-phase-two-of-phones-for-apps-program-giving-firefox-os-devices-to-devs-who-port-html5-apps/ Mozilla Launches Phase Two Of ‘Phones For Apps’ Program, Giving Firefox OS Devices To Devs Who Port HTML5 Apps, Engadget]
+[http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/02/apple-microsoft-and-google-could-learn-something-from-mozillas-app-store-prototype/ Apple, Microsoft And Google Could Learn Something From Mozilla’s App Store Prototype, TechCrunch]
+[http://bgr.com/2013/08/30/firefox-os-marketplace-ios-android/ Video: How Firefox OS will avoid the app discovery problems that plague iOS, Android, BGR]
 ==== Events ====
+[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
+[[Category:Meeting Notes]]