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* Thanks to #MozTechSpeaker Rabimba Karanjai for speaking at JSFoo in Bangalore last week, about " A self learning word prediction module for handling multilingual input" (for FxOS), and then hosting a dev community meetup in Hyderabad
* Thanks to #MozTechSpeaker Rabimba Karanjai for speaking at JSFoo in Bangalore last week, about " A self learning word prediction module for handling multilingual input" (for FxOS), and then hosting a dev community meetup in Hyderabad
* Thanks to #MozTech Speakers Andrzej Mazur, Flaki, Andre Fiedler, also Dietrich Ayala and many Berlin Mozillians for their work at JSConf EU, Reject.js, Berlin TV HackDay
* Thanks to #MozTech Speakers Andrzej Mazur, Flaki, Andre Fiedler, also Dietrich Ayala and many Berlin Mozillians for their work at JSConf EU, Reject.js, Berlin TV HackDay
* Thanks to #MozTechSpeaker and MDN contributor Francesco Iovine, who gave his first conference talk at Over the Air (mobile conf) in the UK this past weekend!


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* 10am pacific - Add-ons and Marketplace Community meeting: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Marketplace/Community/Meetings


=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
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=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
*[http://www.paris-web.fr/ Paris Web] starts Oct 1-3 in Paris, France
**Paris Web 10th Edition! is a 3-day, not-for-profit event with conferences & workshops about webdesign, accessibility and best-practices in web development.
**Mozillian Mathieu Pillard + Julien Wajsberg + Dietrich Ayala attending and demoing games, VR, dev tools, webIDE to 800+ attendees
* Firefox for iOS demo event in the Toronto Commons. Starting at 6 p.m., come by and meet the Firefox for iOS team, see how the product works and enjoy some tasty treats.


=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
* '''inGenius 2015''', Bangalore, India.
**  inGenius is one of Bangalore's prominent college-level hackathon. The aim is to foster and bring up the developer community in colleges as well as provide them a platform to showcase their maker skills. It's an event where people from all India take part to create and build products of value.
** Reps: Kaustav das Modak, Saikiran Chandha, Santosh Viswanatham.
** More information in the [https://reps.mozilla.org/e/ingenius-2015/ Reps Event Page]


=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''John Bernard (remote)''
 
 
''Dominik Strohmeier, Berlin, Germany (remote)''
 
'''Foxfooding Update'''
* The Firefox OS Metrics works with Firefox OS product teams to prioritize work and to improve product features, e.g.
** help Firefox OS Product teams to understand, for example, the importance of different features in different countries
** help Firefox Marketplace teams to identify popular apps per locale
** Find our more about our framework and the roadmap here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox_OS/Metrics
* '''Help us''' to learn more about usage of Firefox OS by switching on ''"Submit data"'' on your Firefox OS devices under your Settings > Improve Firefox OS ''(this requires Firefox OS v2.1 or higher)''
** Interested: reach out to Ravi Dandu, rdandu@mozilla.com, or Dominik Strohmeier, dominik@mozilla.com
 
 
 
''Joe Cheng, Mountain View''
 
'''Smart TV'''
* TV Marketplace workshop will be happening this week 9/29-9/30 in Mountain View
* Fennec to TV use cases
** Send video to TV
** Send URL to TV
** Presentation API for 2nd screen use cases
** Remote Control integration with TV and the fennec to TV experience
* Firefox Account integration with TV Browser
** Bookmark/Password/History for Datasync
** Pocket integration with TV Browser
* TV development board getting all the pieces together for internal team use
* TV simulator to be available in WebIDE by next week
* DEMO: Remote Control prototyping completed. Demo video: http://bit.ly/1Fa2ST1
* DEMO: TV Simulator is still on going. Demo video: http://bit.ly/1Fa2V1b
* Refer to TV 2.5 Wiki for latest status: https://wiki.mozilla.org/TV_2.5


=== CTO Update ===
=== CTO Update ===
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=== Content Services ===
=== Content Services ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
=== Mozilla Learning Networks ===
''Robert Bryan Friedman, Chicago (remote):'' The Foundation has just released its latest research report, an exploration of how youth in Chicago use and understand the mobile Web. [http://mzl.la/chicago mzl.la/chicago]


=== Webmaker ===
=== Webmaker ===
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| Link to where audience can find out more information
| Link to where audience can find out more information
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|[https://mozillians.org/u/potch Potch]
| Tech Evangelist Dev Rel
| View Source Conference
| Mountain View
| no
| viewsourceconf.org
| View Source Conference is happening Nov 2-4 in Portland, OR. Spread the word - Early bird tickets are still on sale. Tweet @viewsourceconf, #viewsource. We are also looking for regional volunteers! Direct volunteer form: https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/forms/d/1j8FtvYQlhHo5U-kUYRob3j8DdvMuBbjQRED36b6sPDE/viewform, Link via website: https://viewsourceconf.org/contact-us/ 
|-
| Benjamin Smedberg
| Engineering Manager, Mozilla Firefox
| Retirement of Steven Michaud
| Vidyo
| No
| https://docs.google.com/a/mozilla.com/presentation/d/1xnLGDjzx-uCpOJfSgU2Muf-fzUjlNUMw6czHf_lge2k/edit?usp=sharing
|
|-
| Larissa Shapiro
| Engineering Program Manager, Mozilla Firefox
| Outreachy Program Applications Now Open!
| Vidyo
| No
| https://wiki.mozilla.org/Outreachy/2016/December_to_March
| https://wiki.mozilla.org/Outreachy/2016/December_to_March
|-
| Mike Hoye
| Engineering Community Manager
| Onramp
| Toronto
| No
| http://areweeveryoneyet.org/onramp
| How easy can we make it to get started?
|}
|}


= Welcome! =
= Welcome! =
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| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
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| Mariot Tsitoara
| Amy Tsay
| MV
| Madagascar
| App reviews for Marketplace
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| Mark Liang
| Harley Hsu
| (Recording)
| Taiwan
| UX Design
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| Astley Chen
| Thinker Lee
| (Recording)
| Taiwan
| Software Engineering
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| Iris Hsiao
| Gary Cheng
| (Recording)
| Taiwan
| Senior QA Engineer
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| Tina Pan
| Emily Hu
| (Recording)
| Taiwan
| Accountant
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| Christine Lin
| Emily Hu
| (Recording)
| Taiwan
| Accountant
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| Julie McCracken  
| Julie McCracken  
| Candice Serran
| Candice Serran
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| Remote (San Diego)
| Senior Program Manager, FirefoxOS
| Senior Program Manager, FirefoxOS
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| Soledad Penadés Comadrán
| Soledad Penadés Comadrán
| London office
| London office
| London office
| Barcelona
| Technical Evangelist  
| Technical Evangelist  
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| Remote
| Remote
| Web Engineer, Add-ons
| Web Engineer, Add-ons
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| Philipp Kewisch
| Amy Tsay
| Mountain View
| Germany
| Admin add-on reviewer, part time
|}
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