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<h1> Video for today's meeting </h1>
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<h1> Friends of the Tree <img src="/images/7/72/Tree.gif" _fck_mw_filename="Tree.gif" alt="Friends of the Tree" /> </h1>
<ul><li> Cameron McCormack for finding a simple way of drastically reducing the time required to run our debug tests. <span class="fck_mw_template">{{bug|479352}}</span>
</li></ul>
<h1> Upcoming Events </h1>
<p><b>This Week</b>
</p><p><b>Monday, 18 July</b>
</p><p><b>Tuesday, 19 July</b>
</p><p>Diary Studies from a Google Researcher, Andrea Knight
</p><p>10Forward - noon
</p><p>Diary studies can be a great technique if you're trying to understand a user's behavior over the course of a week or two, but can't observe them the whole time. Learn how to make sure your diary study is successful and helps you answer your hypothesis.
</p><p><b>Wednesday, 20 July</b>
</p><p><br />Community Marketing Call: 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET. In-progress agenda and dial-in info [
http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-july-20 here].<br />
</p><p><b>Thursday, 21 July</b>
</p><p>Bitcoin: A Technical Introduction
</p><p>Brownbag, Thursday, 21 July, 12:00 noon, 10-Forward (also on Air Mozilla)
</p><p>Brian Warner will explain the cryptographic protocols, economicincentives, and proof-of-work system in Bitcoin, a new decentralized digital currency that's been in the news recently. Slides are available at <a href="http://people.mozilla.com/~bwarner/bitcoin/">[n]</a> .
</p><p><br />
<b>Friday, 22 July</b>
</p><p><b>Next Week</b>
</p>
<h1> Product Status Updates </h1>
<h2> Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) </h2>
<h2> Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0) </h2>
<ul><li> The <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.20">Firefox 3.6.20</a> (used to be called 3.6.19, which was then used by the 10.7 out-of-band release) schedule is now posted
<ul><li> Shipping at the same time as Firefox 6 (August 16)
</li><li> Code freeze for <i>non-blockers</i>: 2011-07-25
</li><li> <b>Code freeze for <i>blockers</i>: 2011-08-01</b>
</li></ul>
</li></ul>
<h2> Mobile Firefox </h2>
<h2> Thunderbird </h2>
<p>Thunderbird 6 is going to Beta this week.
</p>
<h2> Drumbeat </h2>
<h1> Speakers </h1>
<p>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.
</p>
<table class="fullwidth-table">


= Video for today's meeting =
<tr>
 
<th> Title
<video controls="controls"><source src="http://videos.mozilla.org/serv/air_mozilla/monday_meetings/status-2011-07-18.ogg" type="video/ogg; codecs=&quot;theora, vorbis&quot;" /></video>  
</th><th> Presenter
 
</th><th>  Topic
= Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] =
</th><th> Media
* Cameron McCormack for finding a simple way of drastically reducing the time required to run our debug tests. {{bug|479352}}
</th><th> More Details
 
</th></tr>
= Upcoming Events =
<tr>
'''This Week'''
<td> New uses of popcorn.js
 
</td><td> Brett Gaylor
'''Monday, 18 July'''
</td><td> Popcorn.js - the butt kicking HTML5 media framework
 
</td><td> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7968133/popcornmonday.pdf
'''Tuesday, 19 July'''
<p><a href="http://www.popcornjs.org">www.popcornjs.org</a>
 
</p>
Diary Studies from a Google Researcher, Andrea Knight
</td><td> http://www.popcornjs.org
 
</td></tr>
10Forward - noon
<tr>
 
<td> Mozilla's Local Communities
Diary studies can be a great technique if you're trying to understand a user's behavior over the course of a week or two, but can't observe them the whole time. Learn how to make sure your diary study is successful and helps you answer your hypothesis.
</td><td> David Boswell
 
</td><td> New pages that highlight Mozilla's local communities around the world
'''Wednesday, 20 July'''
</td><td>
 
<p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/africamideast.html">Africa and the Middle East</a>
<br>Community Marketing Call: 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET. In-progress agenda and dial-in info [
</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/asia.html">Asia and the South Pacific</a>
http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-july-20 here].<br>  
</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/europe.html">Europe</a>
 
</p><p><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/latinamerica.html">Latin America</a>
'''Thursday, 21 July'''
</p>
 
</td><td>
Bitcoin: A Technical Introduction
</td></tr></table>
 
<h1> Status Updates By Team  </h1>
Brownbag, Thursday, 21 July, 12:00 noon, 10-Forward (also on Air Mozilla)
<h2> Firefox  </h2>
 
<h2> Platform </h2>
Brian Warner will explain the cryptographic protocols, economicincentives, and proof-of-work system in Bitcoin, a new decentralized digital currency that's been in the news recently. Slides are available at [http://people.mozilla.com/~bwarner/bitcoin/] .
<h2> Messaging  </h2>
 
<h2> Mobile  </h2>
 
<h2> IT </h2>
'''Friday, 22 July'''
<h2> Release Engineering  </h2>
 
<h2> QA  </h2>
'''Next Week'''
<dl><dt>Test Execution
 
</dt></dl>
= Product Status Updates =
<ul><li> Shipped Firefox 6 beta 2 for Mobile to Android Market
 
</li><li> working through a qa sync and load environment within the team
== Firefox Future (6, 7, 8) ==
</li><li> Mobile QA and Services QA workweek this week (offsite on 7/19)
 
</li></ul>
== Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0) ==
<dl><dt>WebQA
* The [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.20 Firefox 3.6.20] (used to be called 3.6.19, which was then used by the 10.7 out-of-band release) schedule is now posted
</dt></dl>
** Shipping at the same time as Firefox 6 (August 16)
<ul><li>AMO <a href="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=806865&amp;resolution=FIXED&amp;classification=Server%20Software&amp;query_format=advanced&amp;target_milestone=6.1.5&amp;product=addons.mozilla.org">6.1.5</a>
** Code freeze for ''non-blockers'': 2011-07-25
</li><li>SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-07-12
** '''Code freeze for ''blockers'': 2011-08-01'''
</li><li>MDN https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671560 7/14
 
</li><li>Personas https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671552 7/14
== Mobile Firefox ==
</li></ul>
 
<dl><dt>QA Community
== Thunderbird ==
</dt></dl>
 
<dl><dt>Automation Services
Thunderbird 6 is going to Beta this week.
</dt></dl>
 
<ul><li> Upcoming QA Automation Services work week in Cambridge, on July 25th - 29th
== Drumbeat ==
</li></ul>
 
<h2> Automation &amp; Tools </h2>
= Speakers =
<h2> Security  </h2>
 
<h2> Engagement  </h2>
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.
<p><b>PR</b>
 
</p>
{| class="fullwidth-table"
<ul><li><a href="http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/mozillas-browserid-aims-to-simplify-authentication-on-the-web.ars">Mozilla's BrowserID aims to simplify authentication on the Web</a>
|-
</li><li><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/15/a-new-technology-to-battle-website-password-fatigue/?mod=google_news_blog">A New Technology to Battle Website Password Fatigue</a>
!  Title
</li></ul>
!  Presenter
<ul><li><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20079827-264/redesign-set-to-make-firefox-more-responsive/">Redesign set to make Firefox more responsive</a>
! Topic
</li></ul>
! Media
<ul><li><a href="http://www.conceivablytech.com/8388/products/next-up-for-firefox-instant-sync">Next Up For Firefox: Instant Sync</a>
! More Details
</li></ul>
|-
<ul><li><a href="http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/07/15/today-is-mozillas-8th-anniversary/">Today is Mozilla’s 8th Anniversary</a>
| New uses of popcorn.js
</li></ul>
| Brett Gaylor
<p><b>Events</b>
| Popcorn.js - the butt kicking HTML5 media framework
</p><p><b>Creative Team</b>
| http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7968133/popcornmonday.pdf
</p><p><b>Community Marketing</b>
[http://www.popcornjs.org www.popcornjs.org]
</p>
| http://www.popcornjs.org
<h2> Support  </h2>
|-
<h2> Metrics  </h2>
| Mozilla's Local Communities
<h2> Evangelism  </h2>
| David Boswell
<h2> Labs  </h2>
| New pages that highlight Mozilla's local communities around the world
<h2> Developer Tools </h2>
|
<h2> Add-ons  </h2>
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/africamideast.html Africa and the Middle East]
<h2> Webdev  </h2>
 
<h2> L10n  </h2>
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/asia.html Asia and the South Pacific]
<h1> Introducing New Hires </h1>
 
<ul><li> Carmen Collins is joining the User Engagement team as 'Content Editor' [Jane Finette]
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/europe.html Europe]
</li><li> Aakash Desai has officially joined the Contributor Engagement team as a product manager for the Mozillians platform. [Mary Colvig]
 
</li><li> Irving Reid has joined the Thunderbird Team. [Blake Winton]
[http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/latinamerica.html Latin America]
</li></ul>
|
<h1> Foundation Updates  </h1>
|}
<h1> Roundtable </h1>
 
= Status Updates By Team  =
 
== Firefox  ==
 
== Platform ==
 
== Messaging  ==
 
== Mobile  ==
 
== IT ==
 
== Release Engineering  ==
 
== QA  ==
 
;Test Execution
* Shipped Firefox 6 beta 2 for Mobile to Android Market
* working through a qa sync and load environment within the team
* Mobile QA and Services QA workweek this week (offsite on 7/19)
 
;WebQA
*AMO [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=806865&resolution=FIXED&classification=Server%20Software&query_format=advanced&target_milestone=6.1.5&product=addons.mozilla.org 6.1.5]
*SUMO http://moxie.jamessocol.com/bugstats/sumo/2011-07-12
*MDN https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671560 7/14
*Personas https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=671552 7/14
;QA Community
 
;Automation Services
* Upcoming QA Automation Services work week in Cambridge, on July 25th - 29th
 
== Automation & Tools ==
 
== Security  ==
 
== Engagement  ==
 
'''PR'''
*[http://arstechnica.com/web/news/2011/07/mozillas-browserid-aims-to-simplify-authentication-on-the-web.ars Mozilla's BrowserID aims to simplify authentication on the Web]
*[http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/07/15/a-new-technology-to-battle-website-password-fatigue/?mod=google_news_blog A New Technology to Battle Website Password Fatigue]
 
*[http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20079827-264/redesign-set-to-make-firefox-more-responsive/ Redesign set to make Firefox more responsive]
 
*[http://www.conceivablytech.com/8388/products/next-up-for-firefox-instant-sync Next Up For Firefox: Instant Sync]
 
*[http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/07/15/today-is-mozillas-8th-anniversary/ Today is Mozilla’s 8th Anniversary]
 
'''Events'''
 
'''Creative Team'''
 
'''Community Marketing'''
 
== Support  ==
 
== Metrics  ==
 
== Evangelism  ==
 
== Labs  ==
 
== Developer Tools ==
 
== Add-ons  ==
 
== Webdev  ==
 
== L10n  ==
 
= Introducing New Hires =
* Carmen Collins is joining the User Engagement team as 'Content Editor' [Jane Finette]
* Aakash Desai has officially joined the Contributor Engagement team as a product manager for the Mozillians platform. [Mary Colvig]
* Irving Reid has joined the Thunderbird Team. [Blake Winton]
 
= Foundation Updates  =
 
= Roundtable =

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Video for today's meeting

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Friends of the Tree <img src="/images/7/72/Tree.gif" _fck_mw_filename="Tree.gif" alt="Friends of the Tree" />

  • Cameron McCormack for finding a simple way of drastically reducing the time required to run our debug tests. bug 479352

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 18 July

Tuesday, 19 July

Diary Studies from a Google Researcher, Andrea Knight

10Forward - noon

Diary studies can be a great technique if you're trying to understand a user's behavior over the course of a week or two, but can't observe them the whole time. Learn how to make sure your diary study is successful and helps you answer your hypothesis.

Wednesday, 20 July


Community Marketing Call: 10 a.m. PDT/17:00 UTC/19:00 CET. In-progress agenda and dial-in info [

http://etherpad.mozilla.com:9000/call-agenda-july-20 here].

Thursday, 21 July

Bitcoin: A Technical Introduction

Brownbag, Thursday, 21 July, 12:00 noon, 10-Forward (also on Air Mozilla)

Brian Warner will explain the cryptographic protocols, economicincentives, and proof-of-work system in Bitcoin, a new decentralized digital currency that's been in the news recently. Slides are available at <a href="http://people.mozilla.com/~bwarner/bitcoin/">[n]</a> .


Friday, 22 July

Next Week

Product Status Updates

Firefox Future (6, 7, 8)

Firefox Current (3.5, 3.6, 4.0, 5.0)

  • The <a href="https://wiki.mozilla.org/Releases/Firefox_3.6.20">Firefox 3.6.20</a> (used to be called 3.6.19, which was then used by the 10.7 out-of-band release) schedule is now posted
    • Shipping at the same time as Firefox 6 (August 16)
    • Code freeze for non-blockers: 2011-07-25
    • Code freeze for blockers: 2011-08-01

Mobile Firefox

Thunderbird

Thunderbird 6 is going to Beta this week.

Drumbeat

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.

Title Presenter Topic Media More Details
New uses of popcorn.js Brett Gaylor Popcorn.js - the butt kicking HTML5 media framework http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7968133/popcornmonday.pdf

<a href="http://www.popcornjs.org">www.popcornjs.org</a>

http://www.popcornjs.org
Mozilla's Local Communities David Boswell New pages that highlight Mozilla's local communities around the world

<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/africamideast.html">Africa and the Middle East</a>

<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/asia.html">Asia and the South Pacific</a>

<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/europe.html">Europe</a>

<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/contribute/local/latinamerica.html">Latin America</a>

Status Updates By Team

Firefox

Platform

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

Test Execution
  • Shipped Firefox 6 beta 2 for Mobile to Android Market
  • working through a qa sync and load environment within the team
  • Mobile QA and Services QA workweek this week (offsite on 7/19)
WebQA
QA Community
Automation Services
  • Upcoming QA Automation Services work week in Cambridge, on July 25th - 29th

Automation & Tools

Security

Engagement

PR

Events

Creative Team

Community Marketing

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

Labs

Developer Tools

Add-ons

Webdev

L10n

Introducing New Hires

  • Carmen Collins is joining the User Engagement team as 'Content Editor' [Jane Finette]
  • Aakash Desai has officially joined the Contributor Engagement team as a product manager for the Mozillians platform. [Mary Colvig]
  • Irving Reid has joined the Thunderbird Team. [Blake Winton]

Foundation Updates

Roundtable

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