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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]] ==


Happy Birthday to williamr from all of the Mozilla Community  
* Happy Birthday to williamr from all of the Mozilla Community
* Many thanks to bgrins, Gijs, jryans, khuey, mccr8, njn, past, roc, smaug, and ttaubert for dropping everything to investigate and fix the leaks that were keeping the tree closed for 2 days last week.


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
* 13:00 PST : [https://wiki.mozilla.org/WeeklyUpdates/2013-11-04 SecReview - Simple Push Server]
* 13:00 PST : [https://mail.mozilla.com/home/ckoenig@mozilla.com/Security%20Review.html?view=month&action=view&invId=39f7eb29-6e7d-4e4d-97b6-550567eab25c%3a250699-250698&pstat=AC&exInvId=39f7eb29-6e7d-4e4d-97b6-550567eab25c%3a250699-379227&useInstance=1&instStartTime=1383598800000&instDuration=3600000 SecReview - Simple Push Server]
** vidyo and dial-in details available via the link
** vidyo and dial-in details available via the link


=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* 10:30 PST : [https://appmaker.etherpad.mozilla.org/minutes Appmaker Weekly Meeting]
** come help us deliver upon the promise of Appmaker!
** vidyo and dial-in details available via the link -- 10:30 this week only, usually 10:00


=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
* 12:00 PST : Brownbag: Firefox OS Field Tests in Colombia: Results and Opportunities
** Learn about a User Experience Research trip to Colombia in August, 2013. We tested our phones on 24 middle-class Colombians for 3 weeks. Find out what happened! Open to Mozilla volunteers and paid staff.


=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
* 9:00 PST : [[Manager_Hacking| Manager Hacking]]
** After skipping our October session because of the Summit, ManagerHacking is back for November. With 5 sessions under our belt, this seems like a good time to take stock of the program. To that end, we are interested in hearing what YOU want/need from a program like this. As such, the Nov session will be a planning/brainstorming session led by Dia on future topics and session structure (discussions, presentations, etc). This is your chance to influence the direction of this program!


=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
* 12:00pm to 1:30pm: Community Building workshop in Portland Mozilla Space hosted by [https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/bkerensa/ Benjamin Kerensa]


=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
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=== Firefox Desktop ===
=== Firefox Desktop ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: toronto (johnath)''
* FF25 looks solid
* Learn to love the '''feature''' keyword in bugzilla
* seer! {{bug|881804}}


=== Firefox Mobile ===
=== Firefox Mobile ===
''Speaker Location:''  
''Speaker Location: (remote) mfinkle''
* Tracking feedback on Fx25 release
* Landed more cleanup and performance improvements to Fx26 and Fx27
* Started planning work for Fx28. See [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Notes/30-Oct-2013 team notes] and the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Roadmap#Project_funnel roadmap] for more details.


=== Thunderbird ===
=== Thunderbird ===
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=== Webmaker ===
=== Webmaker ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:'' no verbal update this week
* [https://blog.webmaker.org/mozfest-2013 Mozilla Festival debrief]
* [https://blog.webmaker.org/mozfest_demo_party What we made together at MozFest]


=== Mozilla Reps ===
=== Mozilla Reps ===
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:' Sandip Kamat (Vidyo)'
 
* [https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2013/10/31/telefonica-launches-firefox-os-smartphones-in-mexico-peru-and-uruguay/ Mozilla Blog (10/31/13): After Brazil, Firefox OS now in Mexico, Peru, Uruguay]. With that, FxOS devices are now available in parts of 3 continents (Europe, South America and North America). Thank you, all!
* Version 1.2 (koi+ bugs): Focus on driving [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?j_top=OR&f1=cf_blocking_b2g&o1=equals&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&v1=koi%2B&list_id=8375175 1.2 blocker count] to 0. Code Complete 12/16/13. Only blocker bug-fixes accepted hereon!
* Version 1.3: We are in Sprint 4. Please pre-test for no performance regressions as you check-in code.
Sprint 4 = 10/28 - 11/08;
Sprint 5 = 11/11 - 11/22;
Sprint 6 = 11/25 - 12/06;
* Future Versions: FxOS Product long term Roadmap https://wiki.mozilla.org/B2G/Roadmap


=== Grow Mozilla ===
=== Grow Mozilla ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: San Francisco''
 
'''Getting to a Million Mozillians'''
 
Here are some tips and suggestions for people who are interested in learning more about bringing new contributors in to your project.
 
* Who: You have connected with some volunteers and you're interested in learning about how to build on what's working so more people can join.
** Read Margaret's great [http://blog.margaretleibovic.com/post/57564605991/increasing-volunteer-participation-on-the-firefox-for blog post about increasing participation on the Firefox for Android team] that has 5 helpful tips in it
** Check out the [https://badges.mozilla.org/en-US/badges/awards recently awarded Mozilla badges] to get an idea of how some teams are recognizing contributors.
** Watch a couple of these videos that have been created by community builders for people interested in community building.
 
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| style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Image:Cbt video jeff brian curtis.png|thumb|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdJx-90qaSA&feature=youtu.be Tips for Mozilla community mentoring, from the pros]]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Image:Cbt video margaret michelle rosana laura.png|thumb|[http://popcorn.webmadecontent.org/uur Remix of CBT: Video]]]
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| style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Image:Video community event.png|thumb|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI911cFMniA&feature=youtu.be How To Run A Mozilla Community Event]]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" | [[Image:Cbt video regnard.png|thumb|[http://popcorn.webmadecontent.org/uxr How To Work With 3 Types of Mozilla Volunteers]]]
|}
 
== 60 Seconds with Mozilla IT ==
''Speaker Location : San Francisco''
 
* Welcome Knowles, Opsec
* SRE team had an epic triage and their bug queue dropped by 40%
* Dumitru Gherman presented a session (with Emma Irwin) on Webmaker last week at MozFest
* Mike Poessy @ SFO servicedesk reduced imaging time for windows machines from a couple of hours to 20 mins
* Jake Watkins worked on https://github.com/dividehex/metric-collective, Mark and Q worked on improving Windows imaging for release engineering and Dustin helped setup Puppet for the Auto tools team.


== Speakers ==
== Speakers ==
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!  More Details
!  More Details
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| Who Are You?
| Who Are You?  
| What Do You Do?
| What Do You Do?  
| What are you going to talk about?
| What are you going to talk about?  
| Where are you presenting from? (Moz Space, your house, space)
| Where are you presenting from? (Moz Space, your house, space)  
| Will you be sharing your screen? (yes/no, other info)
| Will you be sharing your screen? (yes/no, other info)  
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen
| Link to where audience can find out more information
| Link to where audience can find out more information
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|Mathew Caldwell
|Recruiting Cheerleader
|Our new Careers site
|Mountain View
|Yes - My browser to show the new career site
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|Sylvie Veilleux
|VP IT
|Response to question - do we have a plan to migrate away from the proprietary Vidyo client + flash to something based on WebRTC for our meetings? If so, do we have a timeline for this?
|San Francisco (+ Jb remotely, if needed)
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|Mike Hoye
|Engineering Community Manager
|DashCon 2014: The Mozilla Dashboarding Convention
|Toronto
|Happening in the Vancouver MozSpace, January 14th, open to all.
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|A longer post on the way dev-planning shortly.
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| Andreas Tolfsen
| Jonathan Griffin
| Toronto
| London
| Marionette and B2G Automation
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| Sevaan Franks
| Ian Barlow
| Toronto
| Toronto
| Firefox UX \o/
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| Melinda Salazar
| Tony Santos
| Remote
| Remote
| UX Designer
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| Vance Chen
| Thomas Ho
| SFO (recorded)
| Taipei
| Firefox OS - Technical Account Manager
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| Wilson Page
| Hema Koka
| Mountain View
| London
| Firefox OS - Frontend Software Engineer
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