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== Q4 2007 Community | == Q4 2007 Mozilla QA Community Strategy == | ||
== '''I. Community Outreach''' == | |||
== '''Community Outreach''' == | |||
As the Mozilla project takes a back seat to the Firefox product in the public eye, we are losing traction on community building. Although we now have millions of Firefox users, a very small fraction of them contribute to the Mozilla project. Helping people make the connection between what Firefox is and the people that make it possible is a critical piece in maintaining a healthy Mozilla project and continuing our mission. | As the Mozilla project takes a back seat to the Firefox product in the public eye, we are losing traction on community building. Although we now have millions of Firefox users, a very small fraction of them contribute to the Mozilla project. Helping people make the connection between what Firefox is and the people that make it possible is a critical piece in maintaining a healthy Mozilla project and continuing our mission. | ||
QA is the easiest entry point for volunteers to get involved in the Mozilla community. We need to find new channels to explore and help educate potential community leaders and enable volunteers to contribute in any way they can. Leveraging the community for QA tasks will help us get better testing coverage, provide the Mozilla QA team a support system as they focus on short-term goals, and allow us to take on new projects and initiatives that will help us accomplish our long-term goals. | QA is the easiest entry point for volunteers to get involved in the Mozilla community. We need to find new channels to explore and help educate potential community leaders and enable volunteers to contribute in any way they can. Leveraging the community for QA tasks will help us get better testing coverage, provide the Mozilla QA team a support system as they focus on short-term goals, and allow us to take on new projects and initiatives that will help us accomplish our long-term goals. | ||
'''Identify leaders in emerging markets''' | '''A. Identify leaders in emerging markets''' | ||
In order to better understand cultural differences, local economies, and our users in new regions, we need to find leaders that can be advisors to, and liaisons between, the Mozilla QA team and those communities. We have opportunities in a few countries right now: | In order to better understand cultural differences, local economies, and our users in new regions, we need to find leaders that can be advisors to, and liaisons between, the Mozilla QA team and those communities. We have opportunities in a few countries right now: | ||
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** Tim and Asa have contents in Brazil and Argentina? | ** Tim and Asa have contents in Brazil and Argentina? | ||
'''Improve QA communities in existing markets''' | '''B. Improve QA communities in existing markets''' | ||
Developer and | Developer and marketing/evangelism communities seem to be doing well in Europe and Japan, but it's been a challenge to engage QA contributors. We need to find out how we can better work with our affiliates there to improve communication and processes that will allow for more collaboration on QA related activities. | ||
* Mozilla Japan | * Mozilla Japan | ||
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* Mozilla Europe | * Mozilla Europe | ||
** Find | ** Find Bugzilla contributors and/or localizers that are willing to become community leads for their locales. | ||
** Figure out a way to centralize mozilla-europe.com site testing with l10n browser testing. | |||
'''Campus recruiting and Mozilla University''' | '''C. Campus recruiting and Mozilla University''' | ||
Many of our interns and new contributors have come straight out of school, but we don't actively "recruit" enough. Seneca College has been a great example of what can happen if Mozilla invests some resources to help educate and inspire students and faculty to learn more about open source and get involved with the Mozilla project. | Many of our interns and new contributors have come straight out of school, but we don't actively "recruit" enough. Seneca College has been a great example of what can happen if Mozilla invests some resources to help educate and inspire students and faculty to learn more about open source and get involved with the Mozilla project. | ||