Grow/Meeting 06 14 12

Meeting Details

Note: The video and audio dial-in information has changed from previous meetings.

• Meeting time: Thursday, June 14 at 10 AM Pacific / 17:00 UTC (times around the world)
• Video: David Boswell's vidyo room (use this link for guest access)
• Audio: If video doesn't work, call +1 800 707 2533, pin 369, conf 9634#
• Room: Get to da Choppa in Mountain View 3rd floor
• Back channel: irc://irc.mozilla.org#mozillians

Agenda

• Introductions

• Please feel free to take notes: https://etherpad.mozilla.org/grow-mozilla-notes-06-14-12

• Overview and learnings from first LEAD session (Leadership Exploration and Development)
  • What Makes A Leader? article (PDF)

• Brazil community update

• Cataloging how local Mozilla communities contribute to Mozilla in engaging ways (for example, the PaperToy for Indonesia)
  • https://etherpad.mozilla.org/mozilla-local-flavor

• Update on localizing the Get Involved page (bug 743746)

• Importance of the first 15 minutes of a new contributor's experience

• Coordinating events efforts

Other items if there's time

• Michelle's experience with support inquiries from Get Involved page

• Report back: Creating a contributor strategy for MozSpaces

• Report back: Next steps for video footage from Summit

• Report back: Town halls and giving contributors more of a voice

• Question: How do you help people who just want to be assigned a task?

• Question: How can we help events be more effective at bringing in contributors?

• Question: How do you balance doing something yourself vs. helping someone do something?

• Question: How can we get contributors involved in our web projects?

• Question: How do you not lose track of people just starting to get involved?

• Question: How do people deal with negative feedback and stop energy?

• Feel free to add more questions or other agenda items...