Websites/Mozilla.org/Archive/Causes
Draft text for a new section describing the public benefit activities that the Mozilla community engages in. 'Causes' might not be the word we end up using, but we can use it for now to put a draft together.
Location
To be linked to in the redesigned site's top-level navigation.
One Cause Version
Main Page
The internet is the greatest invention of our lifetimes. Mozilla is a public benefit organization that exists to make the internet even better. We work with thousands of people around the world to build software and spread ideas that foster openness, participation and innovation online. We want you to join us!
We believe ...
... that the internet is a public commons that must remain open and accessible. Principles such as transparency, participation, generativity and shared control are central to building this commons. We have committed to principles like these in the Mozilla Manifesto.
Note: need a different word than generativity.
We're building ...
... a better internet everyday in very concrete ways. Our work includes:
- Promoting openness, participation and distributed decision-making as a core part of internet life. <links to MozEdu and ...?>
- Creating software that at once provides fast, secure, enjoyable access to internet and promotes standards, innovation and opportunity <links to ...?>
- Developing new technologies that others can use to build out the internet commons and make it better <links to ...?>
<might be nice to end w/ a short sentence that then pushes people to a conceptual map of all the things we're building and doing, from software to education to advocacy. this might take the place of the causes page?>
Join us!
Mozilla is a global community of people building a better internet. We want you to join us. You can help us develop software <link to good starting place for developers>, translate into your local language <link to localization>, teach people about the open internet <link to education> or simply spread the word <link to spreadfirefox???>. Find out how. <link to contribute wiki>
Sidebar
The Mozilla Foundation
The Mozilla Foundation is a non-profit organization that sponsors the Mozilla project and devotes its resources to promoting openness, innovation and opportunity on the Internet. We do this by supporting the community of Mozilla contributors and by assisting others who are building technologies that benefit users around the world.
[Donate button]
Many Causes Version
Main Page
Our Causes
Mozilla exists to make the Internet better for everyone. We do this in part by creating world-class software that supports openness, innovation and participation. These principles also guide us in our public benefit work on advancing the development of the open web, promoting accessibility, education and free culture, and preserving security and privacy online. Find our more about what we are doing, why it matters, and how to get involved.
[Video (or something else) visually demonstrating what we do and why we do it]
[Call to action to donate]
(Section that surfaces some of the most important bits for each Cause, perhaps by pulling out the first sentence or paragraph from each Cause sub-page.)
Sidebar
What We Do
- Encourage people to get involved in keeping the web open.
- Create and give away open source software that embeds our values.
- Speak up for users on the web and lead the effort to build a better Internet.
- Provide grants to projects that align with our public benefit mission.
Sub Pages
- Accessibility
- Education
- (Research) Placeholder for now, nothing to go live with
- Open Source and Free Culture
- Open Web
- Security and Privacy
Note: I think a11y definitely fits here but it shows that there could be some overlap with the Community section since a11y is both a community effort, similar to localization, and one of our public benefit causes. Worth thinking through to clearly define when something fits in Causes or in Community or in both.
Standard elements of these pages
- Pull quote from manifesto or 2010 goal at top (allow people to comment)
- One paragraph intro consistent w/ informal tone on rest of Mozilla sites
- Priorities -- high level picture of what we are working on
- Get involved section / call to action / sort by audience?
- Everyone?
- Software Developers?
- Web Developers?
- Includes key resources and activities related to this cause
- Software -> lists related technologies
- Grants -> pulls in sample grants, rotates
- Advocacy -> pulls in sample advocacy articles
- Donate button related to this cause
- Space for video or special feature although not every page might use this
also possible
- dynamic content drawn in from IRC, etc.