Presentation on where Mozilla Foundation is at delivered as lunch time talk in Mountain View, October 2008.

1. Mozilla
Foundation
Brown Bag
October 29, 2008
Mountain View, CA
Mozilla
Foundation
Team

2. MoFo Board
Mitch Kapor Mitchell Baker Brendan Eich
Brian Behlendorf Joi Ito Bob Lisbonne
Pictures from Flickr by Joi, etech, Robert Scoble

3. Mark Surman, Executive Director
Role: Listening. Strategizing. Connecting dots.
Helping others get things done.
Passion: Community-driven events.

4. Frank Hecker; Director Grants & Programs
Role: managing grants program, helping create
and implement policies
Passion: disruptive innovation on the cheap

5. David Boswell, Programs Coordinator
Role: Fundraising, communications, community
support
Passion: Finding out what the community is
doing

6. Zak Greant, Electronic Frontierist
Role: Research, Outreach, Evangelism
Passion: The future of the internet and wired
society

7. 1.Gerv Markham, Grease Gun
2.Role: Community fixer, Bugzilla, Licensing
3.Fetish: Usable security

8. Past

10. ?
MoFo

11. Current Activities
Supporting Mozilla project
1. Trademarks, copyright and other legal
2. Promote project, values and ecosystem
3. Wheel-greasing
4. CA approval

12. Current Activities
Grants supporting Mozilla mission
1. Mozilla community projects
2. Web accessibility
3. Teaching Mozilla and Open Source
4. Open source and free culture initiatives

13. Future

14. Vision and Roadmap

15. 2010 Goals
1.New: More people understand and
embrace the principles that underpin
Mozilla.

16. 2010 Goals
1.New: More people understand and
embrace the principles that underpin
Mozilla.
1.Also: Community, Thought Leadership
and Innovation goals.

17. Likely 2009 Activities
1. Establish 'Mozilla values' brand
2. Revitalize mozilla.org site
3. Promote Internet literacy
4. Accelerate powered by Mozilla
5. Support more events (eg. Mozcamp+)
6. Expand open source education
And .... ?

18. Likely 2009 Activities
1.1. Clear vision and roadmap
2.2. Strong team and organization
3.3. Broader community and geo reach

19. Vision & Roadmap Process
0. Inputs 1. Strawman 2. Research 3. Draft 4. Output
Gather Outline Detailed Complete
Vision
input high level research and draft of
Document
from 2010 vision, analysis on vision doc
goals, main major and roadmap
Whistler, themes and program for Program
blogs, program ideas. Costs community Roadmap
seredipity. opportunities. and viability. feedback.
To Nov 08 Dec 08 Jan-Feb 09 Mar-Apr 09
Purpose:
Clarify MoFo role
in Mozilla. Define
Community Feedback concrete programs
and Experiments and team structure.

20. Questions?