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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]] ==
'''Corey Ford''' from the Platform Team, for his Intern Brownbag on Sticky Positioning in CSS.  With 79,000 click-throughs to the the video since last Thursday, it is the most-watched video ever on Air Mozilla. (The previous record holder was Jay's FirefoxOS demo at MWC with 37,000 click-throughs).  Don't let anyone tell you nobody watches Intern Brownbags!
'''Lawrence Mandel, Larissa Shapiro, and Mike Hoye''' for being outstanding Track Owners and working incredibly hard this past week to get everything set up for the Summit Supporting Session facilitators.


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* [[Events#w3cab2013ma|W3C Advisory Board f2f meeting]] in Cambridge, MA
* '''[[Events#w3cab2013ma|W3C Advisory Board face-to-face meeting]]''' in Cambridge, MA
* ...


*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> London, United Kingdom: [https://webmaker.org/events/1735 Breaking Barriers] brings 300 of the UK's new budding entrepreneurs to network and learn from experts in their field, to take away tools that they can use to grow their business. Or if they are a professional learn the tools to achieve the next level.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> London, United Kingdom: [https://webmaker.org/events/1735 Breaking Barriers] brings 300 of the UK's new budding entrepreneurs to network and learn from experts in their field, to take away tools that they can use to grow their business. Or if they are a professional learn the tools to achieve the next level.
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=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
* [[Events#w3cab2013ma|W3C Advisory Board f2f meeting]] in Cambridge, MA
* '''[[Events#w3cab2013ma|W3C Advisory Board face-to-face meeting]]''' in Cambridge, MA
* ...
 
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Mountain View, CA: [https://webmaker.org/events/2268 Coder Dojo Silicon Valley - Sept 18] will cover programming in Scratch 2.0 for beginners and intermediate level participants.


=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
* 10:00 AM Pacific / 17:00 UTC: Grow Mozilla discussion -- a forum for discussing community building at Mozilla
** [[Grow/Meeting_09_19_13|Agenda and dial-in information]] (feel free to add items to the agenda)
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Kerala, India: This two-day [https://webmaker.org/events/1735 Documenting Ecosystems Using Popcorn] workshop, with MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, will document ecosystems like ponds, paddy fields, etc.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> London, United Kingdom: This two-day [https://webmaker.org/events/1890 Code_in a Day] will provide a hands-on process to help understand what code is, how it is used and how you can harness your new understanding of it to excel in business. Participants will learn the roles of different technologies (including html, css and JavaScript, and server-side programming languages and databases). Participants will gain valuable insight into the design and development process.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Tampa, FL: [https://webmaker.org/events/2298 CoderDojo - Jan Platt Library] is a free program brought to you by mentors who are tech startup founders from the area. These founding members of CoderDojo are gladly devoting their time and energy in the evenings on a workday so that children can understand the world around them a little better, and have a positive influence on society.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Tokyo, Japan: [https://webmaker.org/events/2430 MozBus Launch!] is the official launch a traveling educational camper van that will function as a science/maker lab, a point for wi-fi access in remote areas, a data-gathering device, and a generally fun vehicle for learning.


=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Maharashtra, India: [https://webmaker.org/events/1422 Webmaker at SIT] will be a webmaker party for students at Sinhgad Institute of Technology.


=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Queens, NY: Two-Day [https://webmaker.org/events/1488 Hive NYC Maker Party at World Maker Faire] will offer digital and analog activities that are fun and engaging, like stop-motion animation, game design challenges, toy hacking, engineering missions and more! We'll also be using Mozilla Webmaker tools to remix and create webpages and online videos. Joining us for all this hands-on hacking include educators and mentors from Exposure Camp, Global Kids, Institute of Play, Iridescent Learning, Maker Education Initiative, MOUSE, Mozilla, Museum of the Moving Image, The New York City Writing Project, and others.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Toronto, ON, Canada: Two-Day [https://webmaker.org/events/1489 Hive Toronto Maker Faire at Toronto Mini Maker Faire] will give participants to get tactile with AMAZING homemade technology at Toronto Mini Maker Faire! For two days, innovators, artists and hackers from all over the GTA are leaving their garages to participate in Toronto’s greatest show and tell!
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Pune, India: [https://webmaker.org/events/1454 Design Like Wright: MozFair Pune] will include - Sessions about Mozilla and Hive India - Hands-on with Webmaker tools - Open Source quiz - Formation of a Firefox Student Ambassadors club. - and lots of fun activities. The event aims at spreading awareness about the open web and webmaking with fun activities.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Chicago, IL: [https://webmaker.org/events/902 Design Like Wright: LEGO® Architects] will Inspire your budding architects’ creativity at the Robie House as they use LEGOs to create a 3D model of their own floor plan design. A youth educator will facilitate the workshop, guiding participants on window and door placement as well as design concepts such as scale and proportion. Participants take home their floor plan design and receive a photo of their LEGO 3D model. 2 hours.
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b> Rochester, NY: [https://webmaker.org/events/51 Software Freedom Day Rochester 2013 (Hack Jam)] brings together local FOSS Community folks for a Celebration of Software Freedom! There will be hacking, installfests, food, design contests, prizes, and more!
*<b>[https://webmaker.org/events/ MAKER PARTY:]</b>  Brighton, United Kingdom: [https://webmaker.org/events/1737 Think Big Celebration Event] event is a great opportunity to come along and celebrate all the amazing work that you have been doing so far and a chance for you to think even bigger.


=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
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=== Firefox Desktop ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: toronto''
* Release week!
** m-c bustage interfering with Aurora migration, but not to worry.
* [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Using_the_App_Manager App manager] locked and loaded for FF26


=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: ''
* Firefox for Android work week in Toronto
** Brainstorming new roadmap features
** Strategy and vision planning
** Hacking on cool stuff


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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=== Webmaker ===
=== Webmaker ===
''Speaker Location:''
[[File:Ansar-Orphanage.001-1024x383.jpg|500px]]<br>
''Speaker Location: OpenMatt in Toronto''
* <b>[https://blog.webmaker.org/ansara-orphanage Check out this inspiring Maker Party story]</b> about a Mozilla India community member teaching the web at Ansar Orphanage yesterday
* <b>Got ideas on how we can help</b>? Please have a look and [https://blog.webmaker.org/ansara-orphanage get in touch with Rahman].


=== Mozilla Reps ===
=== Mozilla Reps ===
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
* Branch/migration in progress for b2g v1.2!
** Details in {{bug|913992}}


=== Grow Mozilla ===
=== Grow Mozilla ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: San Francisco''
 
Help us [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/04/15/help-us-build-a-history-of-mozilla-told-by-mozillians/ build a history of Mozilla told by Mozillians].  Please share your memories about this Mozilla milestone:
 
* February 6, 2013: [https://blog.mozilla.org/community/2013/09/16/milestone-mozilla-named-most-trusted-in-privacy/ Mozilla named most trusted Internet company in privacy]
 
[[File:2013 trusted cake.jpg|300px]]


== Speakers ==
== Speakers ==
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| Link to where audience can find out more information
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| Kate Naszradi, William Reynolds, and addtl. members of Summit planning team
| Kate Naszradi, William Reynolds, Dino Anderson (SF), Larissa Shapiro and Amie Tyrrel (MTV), Lawrence and Mike Hoye (Toronto)
| Summit stuff
| Summit stuff
| Weekly Summit updates
| Weekly Summit updates
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| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013#Agenda Summit Agenda]
| [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Summit2013#Agenda Summit Agenda]
[[Summit2013/Experiences/signups|Summit Experiences]]
[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlHI_LlmJ9BldDR0RFY4UDNyTFlIRkZYRVQ3S2hSZmc&usp=sharing  Firefox OS Demo Booth Signup Form]
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| Zandr Milewski
| Zandr Milewski
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! Who are you?
! Name
! Area of question
! Area of question
! Question
! Question
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| ''What's your name? What do you work on?''
| ''Jay Sullvan''
| ''Is your question about policy, a product, a Foundation initiative, etc.''
| ''Organizing for focus, clarity and results''
| ''What would you like to know?''
| ''Update''
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| ''Where will the new person be working from?''
| ''Where will the new person be working from?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
|-
| Maris Fogels
| Luke Crouch
| Canada Remote
| Canada Remote
| MDN Project Manager
|-
|-
| Mina Almasry
| Mina Almasry
| Brad Lassey
| Kartikaya Gupta
| Toronto
| Toronto
| Toronto
| Mobile Platform Engineer
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| Dan Glastonbury
| Vlad Vukicevic
| Toronto
| Toronto
| Software Engineer
| Brisbane
| Mobile Graphics Hacking
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| Alex Crichton
| Alex Crichton
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| San Francisco
| San Francisco
| Research Engineer
| Research Engineer
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| Scott DeVaney
| Bertrand Neveux
| San Francisco
| San Francisco
| Campaign and Editorial Manager
|-
| Maris Fogels
| Luke Crouch
| Canada Remote
| Canada Remote
| Engineer Project Manager
|-
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| Gabor Krizsanits
| Gabor Krizsanits
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| San Francisco
| San Francisco
| Strategic Business Development
| Strategic Business Development
|-
| Scott Devaney
| Rick Fant
| Mountain View
| San Francisco
| Campaign and Editorial Manager
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| Adam Rogers
| Chris Lee
| Mountain View
| Canada Remote
| Firefox OS Product Management
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==== Events ====
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