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== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
== Friends of the Tree [[Image:Tree.gif|Friends of the Tree]] ==
* Joshua Cranmer, James Abbatiello, and Mook, who have gone above and beyond the call of contributorship in their many great patches to DXR


== Upcoming Events ==
== Upcoming Events ==
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=== Firefox OS ===
=== Firefox OS ===
''Speaker Location:''
''Speaker Location: Dietrich''
 
* MWC MWC MWC
* Version 1.0.1, for both the Telefonica and DT releases, is freezing on 2/28, Thursday midnight. [http://j.mp/YTgbeW 24 blockers left].
* Version 1.1 features are locked down, UX is completing designs, and engineering is rotating over to this new release. Check out the [http://j.mp/13io0Bz user stories].


=== Grow Mozilla ===
=== Grow Mozilla ===
''Speaker Location: San Francisco''
''Speaker Location: San Francisco''


* Please help us test [http://badges.mozilla.org badges.mozilla.org] and file any bugs at the [https://github.com/lmorchard/django-badger/issues django-badger issue tracker].  Thanks to Les, Luke, Corey, Norman and Chris for getting this ready to go to use for the Webdev Badges project.
* Please help us test the [https://badges.allizom.org/ badges.mozilla.org staging site] and file any bugs at the [https://github.com/lmorchard/django-badger/issues django-badger issue tracker].  Thanks to Les, Luke, Corey, Norman and Chris for getting this ready to go to use for the Webdev Badges project.


* Thanks to the nine people that submitted Webdev badge designs.  We've picked a set of designs and will be announcing them soon on the Creative team's [https://blog.mozilla.org/creative/ about:pixels blog].
* Thanks to the nine people that submitted Webdev badge designs.  We've picked a set of designs and will be announcing them soon on the Creative team's [https://blog.mozilla.org/creative/ about:pixels blog].
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| "Virtually" participate in MWC
| "Virtually" participate in MWC
| William Reynolds (SF Space)
| [https://mozillians.org/williamr William Reynolds] (SF Space)
| Mozilla social space for MWC
| Mozilla social space for MWC
| None
| None
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| ''What will the new person be working on?''
| ''What will the new person be working on?''
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| Patrick McClard
| David Tenser
| Vidyo from the beautiful Eskilstuna Sweden office
| Seattle
| As our Support Helpdesk Manager, Patrick will be responsible for all helpdesk related activities required for our carrier/OEM partnerships for Firefox OS & Marketplace.
|-
| Ben Sullins
| Annie Elliott
| Mountain View
| San Diego
| Ben will be working on our next generation of dashboards for the Metrics team.
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| Patrick McClard
| Patrick McClard
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| ''Mauro Dogilo''
| ''Mauro Dogilo''
| ''Clint Talbert''
| ''Clint Talbert''
| ''Mountain View''
| ''San Francisco''
| ''London''
| ''London''
| ''Software Engineer''
| ''Software Engineer''
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| ''QA Manager''
| ''QA Manager''
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|}
| Anne van Kesteren
| Andrew Overholt
| London (video) Toronto (audio)
| London
| Platform Engineer
|-
|}
|}


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==== WebQA ====
==== WebQA ====
*Mozillians
**New  community exploratory testplan released - http://www.secretmustache.com/2013/02/mozillians-testplan.html
**milestone 2013-02-21 slated to be released tomorrow
***https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=component%3Aphonebook%20target_milestone%3A2013-02-21;list_id=5733579
*Mozilla.com
*MDN
*Socorro
**Milestone 35 slated to be release 2013-02-21
***https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced;target_milestone=35;product=Socorro;list_id=5733577


==== QA Community ====
==== QA Community ====


=== Automation & Tools ===
=== Automation & Tools ===
* Moved Autophone to live with mcote and bc while it is undergoing some new development and stability fixes.
* Ongoing research into using cameras for Eideticker (for b2g support)
* Continual improvements to B2G on-phone automation (both for correctness and [https://datazilla.mozilla.org/b2g/ performance])
* Design work finished for TBPL v2 (code named: tree herder). Will have more to share soon.


=== Security ===
=== Security ===
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==== PR ====
==== PR ====
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/02/24/firefox-takes-on-both-apple-and-google-with-yet-another-smartphone-os/ Firefox Takes On Both Apple and Google With Yet Another Smartphone OS]
*[http://blogs.computerworld.com/ios/21825/mwc-balance-why-apple-should-welcome-firefox-os MWC: Balance -- why Apple should welcome the Firefox OS ]
*[http://gigaom.com/2013/02/24/why-firefox-os-may-bring-balance-back-to-the-smartphone-industry/ Why Firefox OS may bring balance back to the smartphone industry]
*[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/24/firefox-os-apple-google_n_2754211.html Firefox OS Will Take On Apple And Google In The Smartphone Wars, Starting This Summer]
*[http://www.cnbc.com/id/100491503 Mozilla Aims to Outfox Its Mobile Competitors]
*[http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2013/02/25/firefox-phones-coming-this-summer/ Firefox phones coming this summer]
*[http://allthingsd.com/20130224/why-carriers-just-love-firefox-os/ Why Carriers Just Love Firefox OS]
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2013/02/24/mozilla-launches-firefox-os-for-mobile-challenging-apple-and-google-with-the-open-web/ Mozilla Launches Firefox OS For Mobile, Challenging Apple And Google With The Open Web]


==== Events ====
==== Events ====
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== Foundation Updates ==
== Foundation Updates ==
[[Category:Weekly Updates]]
[[Category:Meeting Notes]]

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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 the Tree Friends of the Tree

  • Joshua Cranmer, James Abbatiello, and Mook, who have gone above and beyond the call of contributorship in their many great patches to DXR

Upcoming Events

This Week

Monday, 25 February

Tuesday, 26 February

Wednesday, 27 February

Thursday, 28 February

Friday, 01 March

Saturday, 02 March

Sunday, 03 March

Next Week

Product Status Updates (voice updates)

Firefox Desktop

Speaker Location:

Firefox Mobile

Speaker Location:

Thunderbird

Speaker Location:

Older Branch Work

Speaker Location:

Webmaker

Speaker Location:

Back-up YouTube screencap

Identity

Speaker Location:

Services

Speaker Location:

Firefox OS

Speaker Location: Dietrich

  • MWC MWC MWC
  • Version 1.0.1, for both the Telefonica and DT releases, is freezing on 2/28, Thursday midnight. 24 blockers left.
  • Version 1.1 features are locked down, UX is completing designs, and engineering is rotating over to this new release. Check out the user stories.

Grow Mozilla

Speaker Location: San Francisco

  • Thanks to the nine people that submitted Webdev badge designs. We've picked a set of designs and will be announcing them soon on the Creative team's about:pixels blog.

Speakers

The limit is 3 minutes per speaker. It's like a lightning talk, but don't feel that you have to have slides in order to make a presentation.

Title Presenter Topic Media More Details
"Virtually" participate in MWC William Reynolds (SF Space) Mozilla social space for MWC None https://www.yammer.com/mozillians
Your Title Here Your Name Here What are you going to talk about? Links to slides or images you want displayed on screen Link to where audience can find out more information

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? From which office will that introduction be transmitted? Where will the new person be working from? What will the new person be working on?
Patrick McClard David Tenser Vidyo from the beautiful Eskilstuna Sweden office Seattle As our Support Helpdesk Manager, Patrick will be responsible for all helpdesk related activities required for our carrier/OEM partnerships for Firefox OS & Marketplace.
Ben Sullins Annie Elliott Mountain View San Diego Ben will be working on our next generation of dashboards for the Metrics team.
Mauro Dogilo Clint Talbert San Francisco London Software Engineer
Krishna Kumar Paxton Cooper Mountain View Mountain View Product Manager
Rodrigo Silveira Mark Finkle Remote PA Remote WA Front End Software
Erica Sackin Ryan Merkley' Toronto Remote NY MoFo Director of Communications
Michael de Boer Justin Dolske Mountain View Netherlands Front End Software
Martyn Haigh Bill Walker Mountain View UK Platform Engineer
Till Schneidereit Naveed Ihsanullah Remote MA Germany Platform Engineer
Edwin Wong Bob Moss Mountain View Mountain View QA Manager
Anne van Kesteren Andrew Overholt London (video) Toronto (audio) London Platform Engineer

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? From which office will that introduction be transmitted? Where will the new person be working from? What will the new person be working on?

Roundtable

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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

Services

Messaging

Mobile

IT

Release Engineering

QA

Test Execution

WebQA

QA Community

Automation & Tools

  • Moved Autophone to live with mcote and bc while it is undergoing some new development and stability fixes.
  • Ongoing research into using cameras for Eideticker (for b2g support)
  • Continual improvements to B2G on-phone automation (both for correctness and performance)
  • Design work finished for TBPL v2 (code named: tree herder). Will have more to share soon.

Security

Engagement

PR

Events

Creative Team

Community Marketing

Support

Metrics

Evangelism

Labs

Apps

Developer Tools

Add-ons

Webdev

L10n

People Team

WebFWD

Foundation Updates

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