Mozilla Foundation Weekly Priorities: August 3rd, 2020
Key Dates
- August 4 - projected date for publishing the F+A monthly update
- August 7 - MozFest Wrangler nominations due (more info coming)
- August 11 - Creative Media Award launch - "Deep Reckonings” by Stephanie Lepp
- August 26 - Monthly MoFo Call
What's Moving This Week
- Campaigns: Preparing for a wider launch of a YouTube Tegrets extension. More elections and misinfo content themed work – including a misinfo scorecard of big platforms, assessing streaming services on political ad transparency, working w/ comms on data access for researchers. Working with engagement on having a central online presence for our elections work. Next steps on Ring (a video), Nextdoor.
- ED: Finalizing the governance structure for the European AI Fund; Working on engagement and outreach plan for next phase of the white paper feedback / OKR 1 outreach. A blog was posted to share more detail on the feedback we've received so far on the AI white paper. Please contact Sarah W for more info or to get involved; Early outreach for next round of board recruitment
- Communications: CMA publicity (2020 launches & 2021 CFP); D&D planning; data access op-ed & ad campaign
- Insights: Landscape analysis data stewardship writing, design and database clean up, scoping movement building landscape analysis, Internet Health Report outline.
- MozFest: Wrangler recruitment, Wrangler onboarding planning, prep for Call for Proposals, Production House scoping.
- Organizational Effectiveness: Data Lead interviews; multi-year planning; updating OKR dashboard with final team H2 OKRs
- Finance & Ops: Complete 990 and work on GreenHouse Gas emissions project, evaluate UK/Dutch VAT requirements, close June financial statements, complete RSM contract
- HR: Finalizing harassment training for rollout; preparing for mid-year performance check-ins in August; collecting data for D&I disclosure
- Partnerships: Finalizing major donor benefits design, campaign prep, and drafting the long-term fundraising plan
- Fellowships & Awards: debrief + funder follow up from last week’s open web event w/ Ford and Siegel; attending some RightsCon sessions; finalizing the host org offboarding survey; Siegel partnership renewal proposal; reviewing GftW applications in first phase of judging; drafting provisional award letters for second round of Science Partnership grants (for alumni in the open science fellowship/award tracks); firming up interviews between Tech+Society host orgs and candidates; 2020-21 CMA Application Guide & Fluxx process finalizing
- Engagement: Content/Campaigns planning, PNI Scoping, Homepage IA refresh
- ED: Reopening early discussions with the committee for further board recruitment; governance discussions with the European AI Fund; working with MoCo on next steps re: racial justice commitments
Minutes From the Last Executive Team Weekly Meeting
- Racial justice action planning: Michael Aukland and Sarah Watson joined for a discussion about various efforts in motion, including joint action planning with MoCo around Mozilla-wide racial justice commitments announced during All Hands, and scoping an RFP for external D&I consultants based on input from directors and the MoFo D&I Committee for priority areas of need.
Job Openings
- Hiring manager interviews started for Marketing Coordinator
- Hiring manager interviews in progress for Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
- Phone screening and team interview stages for Data Lead
- Final interviews are underway for Digital Project Manager
- Continuing phone screens for Web Manager and moving to team interviews
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