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Suggestions for a Stronger Mozilla Community
+Personal Thoughts and Ideas for Possible Improvements
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+Slides: + https://slides.kairo.at/fosdem2022/
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- Created for a presentation in the Mozilla + Developer Room at FOSDEM 2022 in + Brussels. +
- Written in HTML 5 (with modern CSS and JS). +
- Navigation via links on all slides, via access keys + (e.g. "n"/Alt+Shift+N for "next") or back/forward arrow keys +
- Contents +
+ 01/2022 Robert Kaiser -
+ "Mozilla", "Firefox" and related marks/logos are
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+ of Mozilla Foundation.
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Robert Kaiser - KaiRo
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- kairo@kairo.at / home.kairo.at +
- Based in Vienna, Austria +
- Mozilla Rep, + Tech Speaker +
- 20+ years in the Mozilla community +
- Not very active on social networks +
- But on Matrix, + Telegram, + Mozilla Community, + LinkedIn, + KaiRo-at at GitHub +
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+ Disclaimer:
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- This talk consists mostly of personal opinions, suggestions and + ideas. +
- Those are not coordinated or endorsed by Mozilla Foundation, any of its + subsidiaries, or their staff. +
- Discussions and comments are encouraged, but keep it civil + and follow the + Mozilla + Community Participation Guidelines. +
+Mozilla Community
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- centered around the + Mozilla Manifesto + and the Open Web +
- including the official organizations and supportive of them +
- larger than official projects and products +
- powered and driven by volunteers +
+Then and Now
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- one of the earliest large FLOSS projects +
- strong, growing group, many spawned side projects +
- with time, many competing projects +
- tightening up Firefox development +
- many technology experiments over time, most stopped again +
- now, good groups in some areas (SUMO, MDN, L10n, ...) +
- feels very splittered, unconnected +
- hard to motivate people to enage +
+What Now?
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- Again, personal suggestions and ideas following +
- Not endorsed by anyone else +
- Food for thought, not fully planned out +
- Civil discussions welcome, respect CPG +
- So, let's get to it... +
+Independence
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- Don't depend or rely on Mozilla support or official programs +
- Engage in activites you find interesting +
- Still support Manifesto and Open Web +
- No contradiction to official activities +
- Engage others around you +
+Mixed Reality - WebXR
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- Stay on the ball on WebXR projects +
- Firefox Reality headsets +
- Multi-device web experiences +
- Hubs and other Metaverse meetings +
- XR beyond hype cycle, establishing as major tech +
+Support Spin-Offs
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- WebThings, Coqui, KaiOS, etc. are still around +
- Recognize as still part of the community +
- Stay connected, work with them +
- Keep Mozilla and FLOSS spirit alive +
+Investigate New Technologies
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- Be eyes and ears of the movement +
- Learn interesting new tech before the hype +
- Community can act faster than product organization +
- Look beyond the hype at the actual tech +
- Don't pre-judge from conservative POV +
+Foster Decentralization
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- Move beyond centralized silos +
- Lobby for interoperability and Open Standards +
- Push Matrix and similar systems where possible +
- Avoid centralized services, demand alternatives +
+Community Blockchains and "Web3"
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- Look beyond hype, openly approach and learn +
- Many honest and open-minded players in that space +
- Ethereum community + shares a lot of values with Mozilla +
- E.g. Public-key-based login for websites +
- Big ecosystem, financial but also non-financial use cases +
- Side note: + "Carbon/Energy problem" + gone soon +
+Communication Channel(s)
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- Many splittered project-specific channels +
- Need a common beacon and connector +
- Weekly condensed news from all over the community? +
- Maybe in a podcast form? +
- Happy to be involved, there, let's connect! +
+Outreach
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- Go to events and talk about it! +
- Everything around Open Web and Manifesto +
- Offline or online +
- Tie it back to the Mozilla core +
- Stand proud with Mozilla and community +
- Spread the word! +
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