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== Friends of Mozilla [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of Mozilla]] ==
== Friends of Mozilla [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of Mozilla]] ==
* Thank you to Johann Hofmann for his [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Contribute/Recognition#October_2015 contributions] to the new Web Extensions API!
* Thanks to Shing Lyu from the Taipei office for his excellent first Hacks post on [https://hacks.mozilla.org/2015/11/building-an-ios-style-unread-notifications-add-on-for-firefox-os/ Building an iOS-style Unread Notifications add-on for Firefox OS] and to Eddie Lin, Shiqi "Mash" Gao, and Michael Henretty for their support.
* Thanks to Adrian Crespo for being a rockstar phone hacker and app/add-on reviewer.
* Safe travels and big thanks to Mozillians from all over the world who are beginning their travels to be part of Mozfest.


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
=== Monday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}}}} ===
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/event/bug-triage-day-83/ Weekly Bug Triage Day]
* [http://aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2015 An Event Apart] conference in San Francisco
** Mozillian Jen Simmons is speaking on [http://aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2015#s657 Modern Layouts: Getting Out of Our Ruts]


=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
=== Tuesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +1 day}} ===
* All day:
** Mozilla's [https://viewsourceconf.org/ View Source Conference] in Portland
** [http://aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2015 An Event Apart] conference in San Francisco
* 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm UTC [https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa4iijyr0pf8vyd/Rally_for_the_user-Nov2.mov?dl=0 Rally For The User] - Mozilla Mountain View + [https://air.mozilla.org/rally-for-the-user/ Air Mozilla]. A lot is happening for our [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 Fall Campaign]. This is a chance to see how all the various elements fit together and learn why the work we are doing for users is so important.
* 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm UTC [https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa4iijyr0pf8vyd/Rally_for_the_user-Nov2.mov?dl=0 Rally For The User] - Mozilla Mountain View + [https://air.mozilla.org/rally-for-the-user/ Air Mozilla]. A lot is happening for our [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 Fall Campaign]. This is a chance to see how all the various elements fit together and learn why the work we are doing for users is so important.
** Joining us in MV? We can feed you and even shuttle you from SF - [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 tell us].
** Joining us in MV? We can feed you and even shuttle you from SF - [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 tell us]. Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? *** Please bring your Mozilla picture ID to show driver for entry onto the bus.
** Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? Please [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16U854xcUWYQ8SmIdedyftSo9qRGpcwRFZKwyAZw0yEA/viewform?c=0&w=1 register]!
*** If you don't already have a photo on your ID, please have the photo taken at reception on Monday and wear it visibly when in the office.
** We're collecting stuff about the Fall Campaign on [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 this wiki page].
*** Bus will depart SF office Tuesday Nov 3 @ 7:30 AM.
* We're collecting stuff about the Fall Campaign on [https://mana.mozilla.org/wiki/display/IC/Mozilla+Campaigns%3A+Fall+2015 this wiki page].
 
 
* [[Webdev/Meetings/2015/November_3|Webdev Extravaganza]]: 2:00 PM Pacific in the Webdev Vidyo (Open to the public)
* [[Webdev/Meetings/2015/November_3|Webdev Extravaganza]]: 2:00 PM Pacific in the Webdev Vidyo (Open to the public)
** Stream on Air Mozilla: https://air.mozilla.org/webdev-extravaganza-november-2015/
** Stream on Air Mozilla: https://air.mozilla.org/webdev-extravaganza-november-2015/
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=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
=== Wednesday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +2 days}} ===
* All day: Mozilla's [https://viewsourceconf.org/ View Source Conference] in Portland
* [https://quality.mozilla.org/event/bug-verification-day-89/ Weekly Bug Verification Day]
'''[https://indiewebcamp.com/events/2015-11-04-homebrew-website-club Homebrew Website Club Meetup]''' (every other Wednesday)
<strong>Be a part of the open web with your own website.</strong>
* '''Göteborg (SWEDEN)''',  <br/>'''Portland''', and <br/>'''San Francisco''' (at [[SF|MozSF 1st floor]], host: [[Tantek Çelik]])
* 17:30-18:30 Writing Hour
* 18:30-19:30 IndieWeb meetup & hack night <blockquote><p>Create or update your personal web site!<br/>Share what you've gotten working, ask the experts questions.</p><p>Join a community with like-minded interests. <br/>Bring friends that want a personal site!</p></blockquote> Any questions? See '''[https://indiewebcamp.com/events/2015-11-04-homebrew-website-club the wiki page for details]''' <br/>or join IRC: http://indiewebcamp.com/irc/today?beta#bottom


=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
=== Thursday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +3 days}} ===
*[https://air.mozilla.org/german-speaking-community-bi-weekly-meeting-20151105/  German-speaking community bi-weekly meeting], 9pm CET (8pm UTC, 12pm PT) AirMozilla, IRC: #deMeeting
**More info: [[De/Meetings]].


=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===
=== Friday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +4 days}} ===


=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
=== Saturday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +5 days}} ===
IndieWebCamp MIT brainstorming day!
https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT
IndieWebCamp MIT is a two day BarCamp ("unconference") on brainstorming and building the independent web.
No cost to attend, just bring your own website (or even just domain name), and optimism about how you too can be a part of the open web.
Register: https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT/Guest_List
Mozillians participating: Tantek Çelik


=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
=== Sunday, {{#time:d F|{{SUBPAGENAME}} +6 days}} ===
IndieWebCamp MIT hack day!
https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT
IndieWebCamp MIT is a two day BarCamp ("unconference") on brainstorming and building the independent web.
No cost to attend, just bring your own website (or even just domain name), and optimism about how you too can be a part of the open web.
Register: https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT/Guest_List
Mozillians participating: Tantek Çelik


=== Next Week ===
=== Next Week ===
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'''Firefox OS - Add-ons'''
'''Firefox OS - Add-ons'''
* Add-ons are coming to Firefox OS with v2.5
* Add-ons are coming to Firefox OS with v2.5
**Can be built and applied to one or several apps on the mobile device including the system app itself. They use the new extension API called WebExtensions [1] that we announced recently on the desktop browser.
**FxOS Add-ons can be built and applied to one or several apps on the mobile device including the system app itself. They use the new extension API called WebExtensions [1] that we announced recently on the desktop browser.
**With v2.5, users can find Mozilla-reviewed add-ons on the Firefox Marketplace from their devices. There is a stipulated add-on review criteria on MDN [2]. Currently, we are in the "foxfooding" phase.
**So far, we were in the "foxfooding" phase. Now with v2.5, users can find Mozilla-reviewed add-ons on the Firefox Marketplace app from their devices.  
**For Contributors, there is a stipulated add-on review criteria on MDN [2].  
**If you are interested in learning more about building add-ons on FxOS, please follow us here on MDN [3].
**If you are interested in learning more about building add-ons on FxOS, please follow us here on MDN [3].
*[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions
*[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions
*[2]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Add-ons/Review_criteria
*[2]https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/Add-ons/Review_criteria
*[3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons
*[3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox_OS/Add-ons
''Speaker Location:''
''Peter Dolanjski, remote''
'''General Firefox OS Update'''
* v2.5 OTA version should be coming soon - watch out for it.  File bugs as usual.
** 590 blockers over the 2.5 release! 41 blockers still remain and we will fix them by the next 6 weeks.
* Information on v2.6 coming soon.  Focus is centered on quality, quicker OTA updates to foxfooders.
* Don't have a device to try out Firefox OS? 
** More to come next week, including Nexus 4 and 5 builds from Mozilla!
=== CTO Update ===
=== CTO Update ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
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=== Content Services ===
=== Content Services ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location:''
=== MozFest ===
''Speaker Location: Dietrich Ayala, London''
https://i.imgur.com/9G2rw7N.jpg
'''MozFest is less than a week away — Nov. 6-8 in London. Visit [http://festival.mozilla.org festival.mozilla.org] for details.'''
* It's not too early to start Tweeting. Use the hashtag #MozFest early and often.
* This year, Mozilla has brought on Medium.com as a media partner. On Saturday night, Medium.com will host a series of conversations with Mozillians about topics like leading in the open, the inclusive web, and advocacy.
* We’re providing every attendee with a cardboard VR viewer based on the V2 Cardboard, with sessions in the Youth Zone for VR storytelling and game development.
* Firefox & Firefox OS will mostly be on the Global Village floor, in the Garage:
** Two Firefox OS televisions running demos and available for hacking, and an app-making workshop to learn how to push your app to the TV for testing.
** Mozilla Japan is exhibiting the MozOpenHard project and the Chirimen device, a Firefox OS developer board with GPIO, I2C and SPI APIs, and also the Fabble project, a hub for sharing recipes for fabrication.
** Mozilla Taipei will be showing how to program Arduinos directly from the Web using Firefox OS and the WoT.js library.
** FlyWeb team will run a workshop and exhibit through the festival.
** Firefox OS team will run a session on building add-ons for Firefox OS 2.5.
* Mozilla Tech Speakers will run a session called "Scaling by Doing: 'Tech Speakers' Starts With You" demonstrating how to start your own Tech Speakers group/speaking practice session on Sunday afternoon in the Participation space


=== Webmaker ===
=== Webmaker ===
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| Link to where audience can find out more information
| Link to where audience can find out more information
|-
|-
| Armen
| Engineering productivity
| CI scheduling tools
| home
| yes (4:3)
| [http://slides.com/armenzg/ci_scheduling_tools/live live slides]
| [[Auto-tools/New_Contributor/Quarter_of_Contribution/Mozilla_CI_Tools|QofC: mozci]]
|-
| George Roter
| Participation Team
| Global Gatherings
| Toronto
| yes
|
| [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AneOqlZy3LeWwIaCeyTqACftEfNR2SF6ZGe5uNJBL6g/edit#slide=id.ga39cad493_0_10]
|}
|}


= Welcome! =
= Welcome! =
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|-
|-
<!-- Insert new rows here -->
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|-
| Emma Humphries
| Sheila Mooney
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| Bugmaster
|-
| Ari Jaaksi
| Dave Slater
| Mountain View
| Mountain View
| SVP, Connected Devices
|-
|-
|}
|}

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All-hands Status Meeting Agenda

Items in this section will be shared during the live all-hand status meeting.

Friends of Mozilla Friends of Mozilla

  • Thank you to Johann Hofmann for his contributions to the new Web Extensions API!
  • Thanks to Shing Lyu from the Taipei office for his excellent first Hacks post on Building an iOS-style Unread Notifications add-on for Firefox OS and to Eddie Lin, Shiqi "Mash" Gao, and Michael Henretty for their support.
  • Thanks to Adrian Crespo for being a rockstar phone hacker and app/add-on reviewer.
  • Safe travels and big thanks to Mozillians from all over the world who are beginning their travels to be part of Mozfest.

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 02 November

Tuesday, 03 November

  • 9:30am PT / 12:30pm ET / 4:30pm UTC Rally For The User - Mozilla Mountain View + Air Mozilla. A lot is happening for our Fall Campaign. This is a chance to see how all the various elements fit together and learn why the work we are doing for users is so important.
    • Joining us in MV? We can feed you and even shuttle you from SF - tell us. Did we mention this includes a Barista cart? *** Please bring your Mozilla picture ID to show driver for entry onto the bus.
      • If you don't already have a photo on your ID, please have the photo taken at reception on Monday and wear it visibly when in the office.
      • Bus will depart SF office Tuesday Nov 3 @ 7:30 AM.
  • We're collecting stuff about the Fall Campaign on this wiki page.


Wednesday, 04 November


Homebrew Website Club Meetup (every other Wednesday)

Be a part of the open web with your own website.


Thursday, 05 November

Friday, 06 November

Saturday, 07 November

IndieWebCamp MIT brainstorming day!

https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT

IndieWebCamp MIT is a two day BarCamp ("unconference") on brainstorming and building the independent web.

No cost to attend, just bring your own website (or even just domain name), and optimism about how you too can be a part of the open web.

Register: https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT/Guest_List

Mozillians participating: Tantek Çelik

Sunday, 08 November

IndieWebCamp MIT hack day!

https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT

IndieWebCamp MIT is a two day BarCamp ("unconference") on brainstorming and building the independent web.

No cost to attend, just bring your own website (or even just domain name), and optimism about how you too can be a part of the open web.

Register: https://indiewebcamp.com/2015/MIT/Guest_List

Mozillians participating: Tantek Çelik

Next Week

Project Status Updates (voice updates)

Firefox and Cloud Services

Speaker Location:

Firefox OS

Speaker Location: Sandip Kamat, San Diego, CA (remote)

Firefox OS - Add-ons


Speaker Location: Peter Dolanjski, remote

General Firefox OS Update

  • v2.5 OTA version should be coming soon - watch out for it. File bugs as usual.
    • 590 blockers over the 2.5 release! 41 blockers still remain and we will fix them by the next 6 weeks.
  • Information on v2.6 coming soon. Focus is centered on quality, quicker OTA updates to foxfooders.
  • Don't have a device to try out Firefox OS?
    • More to come next week, including Nexus 4 and 5 builds from Mozilla!

CTO Update

Speaker Location:

Content Services

Speaker Location:

MozFest

Speaker Location: Dietrich Ayala, London

9G2rw7N.jpg

MozFest is less than a week away — Nov. 6-8 in London. Visit festival.mozilla.org for details.

  • It's not too early to start Tweeting. Use the hashtag #MozFest early and often.
  • This year, Mozilla has brought on Medium.com as a media partner. On Saturday night, Medium.com will host a series of conversations with Mozillians about topics like leading in the open, the inclusive web, and advocacy.
  • We’re providing every attendee with a cardboard VR viewer based on the V2 Cardboard, with sessions in the Youth Zone for VR storytelling and game development.
  • Firefox & Firefox OS will mostly be on the Global Village floor, in the Garage:
    • Two Firefox OS televisions running demos and available for hacking, and an app-making workshop to learn how to push your app to the TV for testing.
    • Mozilla Japan is exhibiting the MozOpenHard project and the Chirimen device, a Firefox OS developer board with GPIO, I2C and SPI APIs, and also the Fabble project, a hub for sharing recipes for fabrication.
    • Mozilla Taipei will be showing how to program Arduinos directly from the Web using Firefox OS and the WoT.js library.
    • FlyWeb team will run a workshop and exhibit through the festival.
    • Firefox OS team will run a session on building add-ons for Firefox OS 2.5.
  • Mozilla Tech Speakers will run a session called "Scaling by Doing: 'Tech Speakers' Starts With You" demonstrating how to start your own Tech Speakers group/speaking practice session on Sunday afternoon in the Participation space

Webmaker

Speaker Location:

Mozilla Communities

Speaker Location:

Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per topic. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation. If you plan on showing a video, you need to contact the Air Mozilla team before the day of the meeting or you will be deferred to the next week. The meeting is streamed in a 4:3 format in order to allow for split screen. If your slides are 16:9 "widescreen" format, please indicate in the "Sharing" column below.

Presenter Title Topic Location Sharing Media More Details
Who Are You? What Do You Do? What are you going to talk about? Where are you presenting from? (Moz Space, your house, space) Will you be sharing your screen? (yes/no, 4:3 or 16:9) Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen Link to where audience can find out more information
Armen Engineering productivity CI scheduling tools home yes (4:3) live slides QofC: mozci
George Roter Participation Team Global Gatherings Toronto yes [1]

Welcome!

Let's say hello to some new Mozillians! If you are not able to join the meeting live, you can add a link to a short video introducing yourself.

Introducing New Volunteers

New Volunteer Introduced by Speaker location New Volunteer location Will be working on
Who is the new volunteer? Who will be introducing that person? Where is the introducer? Where will the new person be contributing from? What will the new person be working on?

Introducing New Hires

New Hire Introduced by Speaker location New Hire location Will be working on
Who is the new hire? Who will be introducing that person? Where is the introducer? Where will the new person be working from? What will the new person be working on?
Emma Humphries Sheila Mooney Mountain View Mountain View Bugmaster
Ari Jaaksi Dave Slater Mountain View Mountain View SVP, Connected Devices

Introducing New Interns

New Intern Introduced by Speaker location New Hire location Will be working on
Who is the new intern? Who will be introducing that person? Where is the introducer? Where will the new person be working from? What will the new person be working on?

<meta>

Notes and non-voice status updates that aren't part of the live meeting go here.

Status Updates By Team (*non-voice* updates)

Firefox

Platform

Cloud Services

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

Test Execution

Web QA

QA Community

Automation & Tools

Security

Engagement

PR

Events

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