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correct the year in which Mozilla staff started meeting
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The Project Call began when it was attended by a handful of paid staff and contributors who sat around an actual table providing technical updates, discussing blockers and sharing ideas. | The Project Call began when it was attended by a handful of paid staff and contributors who sat around an actual table providing technical updates, discussing blockers and sharing ideas. | ||
Originally, the Project Call was a private weekly gathering of a group called "Mozilla Staff," comprising Netscape employees dedicated to the Mozilla project, plus a couple of non-Netscape contributors working on Mozilla-related projects at other organizations. It began the early months of | Originally, the Project Call was a private weekly gathering of a group called "Mozilla Staff," comprising Netscape employees dedicated to the Mozilla project, plus a couple of non-Netscape contributors working on Mozilla-related projects at other organizations. It began the early months of 1998. | ||
Staff's membership ran the gamut from project leads like Brendan and Mitchell to individual contributors like Myk Melez and Asa Dotzler. During the meetings, the group discussed a variety of issues, especially questions of governance. We were also chartered to resolve disputes within the community. More info on Staff is available at http://www-archive.mozilla.org/about/staff. | Staff's membership ran the gamut from project leads like Brendan and Mitchell to individual contributors like Myk Melez and Asa Dotzler. During the meetings, the group discussed a variety of issues, especially questions of governance. We were also chartered to resolve disputes within the community. More info on Staff is available at http://www-archive.mozilla.org/about/staff. | ||
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After the Mozilla Foundation was founded, the meeting gradually turned into a weekly meeting of MoFo employees, and Staff became moribund (although it continues to exist in vestigial form via the staff@mozilla.org alias, which occasionally receives and redirects some complaint about Mozilla). MoFo then turned into MoFo/MoCo, and at some point we decided to make the meetings public, expanding the intended audience to all Mozillians. | After the Mozilla Foundation was founded, the meeting gradually turned into a weekly meeting of MoFo employees, and Staff became moribund (although it continues to exist in vestigial form via the staff@mozilla.org alias, which occasionally receives and redirects some complaint about Mozilla). MoFo then turned into MoFo/MoCo, and at some point we decided to make the meetings public, expanding the intended audience to all Mozillians. | ||
Today, a decade after it began, the meeting is attended by, on average, 200-300 people each week with ⅔ of that viewing live in Mountain View or other Mozilla offices with some picking it up later. We have no sense of who, staff / volunteers / other, are watching the meetings, other than those we see live in offices or ⅓ of the total. The format of the meeting and agenda have changed only incrementally over the course of its long history and there is some sense, from potch and others, that engagement, as well as actual participation in the meeting, is receding. | Today, a decade after it began, the meeting is attended by, on average, 200-300 people each week with ⅔ of that viewing live in Mountain View or other Mozilla offices with some picking it up later. We have no sense of who, staff / volunteers / other, are watching the meetings, other than those we see live in offices or ⅓ of the total. The format of the meeting and agenda have changed only incrementally over the course of its long history and there is some sense, from potch and others, that engagement, as well as actual participation in the meeting, is receding. | ||
=== Project Overview === | === Project Overview === | ||