REPS WEEKLY CALL 2019-08-08

# REPS WEEKLY CALL 2019-08-08 ###### tags: `weekly call notes` This etherpad is for notetaking and collaboration. You can see the call agenda and to add your name in the top right.                                     * When:08/08/2019 16:00 UTC  * Time zone converter: <a href="http://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2018-07-12/16:00/w/Mozilla%20Reps%20Weekly%20Meeting">http://arewemeetingyet.com/UTC/2018-07-12/16:00/w/Mozilla%20Reps%20Weekly%20Meeting</a>  * Duration: 30 mins regularly, 1 hour max. Timezone conversions  * 09:00  Pacific Standard Time |  12:00 Eastern Standard Time  |  17:00  Central European Time |  18:00 Eastern European Time   |  21:30  Indian Standard Time How to join    * MozillaReps Zoom ID: <a href="https://mozilla.zoom.us/j/505669458">https://mozilla.zoom.us/j/505669458</a>    * IRC: #remo    * AirMozilla: <a href="https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/Event.htm?ShowKey=44908&DisplayItem=E336347">https://onlinexperiences.com/Launch/Event.htm?ShowKey=44908&DisplayItem=E336347</a>    * Phone: One tap mobile +16465588656,,505669458# US (New York) or +17207072699,,505669458# US <ul class="indent"><li>Dial by your location</ul>        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)         +1 720 707 2699 US         877 853 5257 US Toll-free         +61 2 8015 2088 Australia         +61 8 7150 1149 Australia         1800 893 423 Australia Toll-free         +1 647 558 0588 Canada         +33 1 8288 0188 France         +33 7 5678 4048 France         805 082 588 France Toll-free         +49 30 3080 6188 Germany         +49 30 5679 5800 Germany         +49 69 8088 3899 Germany         800 724 3138 Germany Toll-free         +852 5808 6088 Hong Kong, China         +44 203 695 0088 United Kingdom         +44 203 966 3809 United Kingdom         800 031 5717 United Kingdom Toll-free    * Discussion:  ReMo Portal Event  * If you attended this call or watched the AirMo/YouTube recording, please mark yourself as an attendee here: <a href="https://reps.mozilla.org/e/remo-call-08-08-19/">https://reps.mozilla.org/e/remo-call-08-08-19/</a> (both reps or mozillians) Muting / Unmuting  *  Places to look  * Reps list * Twitter: @MozillaReps ================================================================================================================== WELCOME! Roll Call! WELCOME TO Reps Call  ADD YOUR NAME, your twitter <ul class="bullet"><li>Md Manzar Hasnain, @manzar8</li><li>Jason Shultz, @thehashrocket</li><li>Vishal Chavan, @vi5halc</li><li>Suhail Singh Bains</li><li>Pranshu Khanna, @pransh15</li><li>Kalyan @decode_dev</li><li>Devansh Gajjar @gajjar_devansh</li><li>Harsh Mehta @obitodarky</li><li>Harshil Agrawal @a_harshil1712</li><li>Pratik Parmar @hackyroot</li><li>Kiki, @kelimutt</li><li>Kumaresan.C.S @cskumaresan </li><li></ul> Show some Reps who did an amazing work! Let's share some #mozlove to them!  (they will be tweeted after the meeting) <ul class="bullet"><li></ul> Chair: Konstantina Notetakers:  Reps : 26 in zoom room ================================================================================================================== AGENDA  (Please add your own items) ================================================================================================================== TOPIC 1 - Community Portal updates  <ul class="bullet"><li><a href="https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/community-portal-update-introducing-the-agency-team/43508">https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/community-portal-update-introducing-the-agency-team/43508</a></li><li>Mrinalini: Collaborative process: Weekly posts, FAQ on discourse, Monthly calls</li><li>Ahmed: Introduction of Playground</li><li>Q&A session</ul> Questions? <ul class="bullet"><li>Will Community Leaders/Workers/Reps/Organizers be able to manage their community events/announcements/achievements etc. through this portal? <ul class="bullet"><li></ul><li>Will they get access to insights about event registrations, send emails and contact members through this?<ul class="bullet"><li>You can see how many people RSVP </ul><li>I would love if I/my community could be reminded about birthdays of it’s members, always a great way to celebrate the people around you!<ul class="bullet"><li>Yes if legal allows it </ul><li>Why do we need a third party? Can’t we develop the portal ourselves?<ul class="bullet"><li>We don't have enough developers in the OI team. They are mostly working on IAM (mozilians) and SUMO. As this is a priority we decided to hire a third party agency. </ul><li>Once the portal is done, what happens to the Mozillians Directory and the Reps Portal?<ul class="bullet"><li>Mozillians is getting a reboot as part of IAM, it turns into a people's directory. Goal is the portal will pull profiles from Mozilians. Working to move the reps portal functionality into the community portal so there is no duplication. </ul><li>To the Playground Team: Are you planning to host individual blogs for each profile within the portal? For Contributions. A blog that is writen as a detailed account for a contribution made by the member/Mozillian.<ul class="bullet"><li>No plans at this stage to include it however we can link it to discourse!</ul><li>About the development: Can mozillians contribute to the repo?<ul class="bullet"><li>We are using wordpress for some things like buddypress, new templates and things will be on Github. Still coming together? </li><li>at this time we are on the design process so it isn't as easy to have people give input but as we move forwrd we would love to find ways and processes that gives transparency and community invlolvement</ul><li>What if the Reps/Community Leader in the particular pilot group is inactive for some reason? Participating in the pilot. <ul class="bullet"><li>We need the pilot group contact to be active, and will ask for a replacement otherwise the group can't take part in the pilot. </ul><li>Can a person on Mozillians right now opt out of the new portal and stay in people.mozilla.org? << great questions!<ul class="bullet"><li>You'll have you add yourself manually (nobody will automatically added from Mozillian) but in the future you'll be able to bring in your profile info!</ul><li>Will there be a SSO for the portal? <ul class="bullet"><li> Yes we're. Looking into how we integrate it in, still figuring it out. Will connect with Mozilla's SSO.  </ul><li>Sorry to be so naive :P, but will the profile on the portal have a label if the person is a Rep, or a Mentor, or anything else?<ul class="bullet"><li>We will (etc reps will be in the reps group) </ul><li>Will the portal contain open forums?<ul class="bullet"><li>Leverage discourse  - discourse.mozilla.org +1</ul><li>What is the playground team most interested in understanding/getting out of with the community engagement <ul class="bullet"><li>Learning new ideas e.g. blogs, validate thoughts/direction</li><li>Unique and don't always have such direct access/feedback</ul><li>What types of reporting and contributions? <ul class="bullet"><li>For reps the reporting will remain the same. For activites/events it will have tags e.g. coding, testing, support. focused on contributions to Mozilla but you can add other things in your blogs (discourse) or bios. </li><li>For events: should be relevant to Mozilla (similar to what exists now) e.g. teaching code is okay,</ul><li>What is the backend for new portal?<ul class="bullet"><li>We're using wordpress (open source), looking to integrate with the platform buddypress (to build social networking element) + event management.<a href="https://buddypress.org/">https://buddypress.org/</a>  PHP mySQL</ul></li></ul> ============================================================================================================= TOPIC 2 - Council Updates  <ul class="bullet"><li></ul> Questions? <ul class="bullet"><li></ul> ============================================================================================================= TOPIC 3 - Open floor and questions <ul class="bullet"><li></ul> In this section the floor is yours to present in 1 minute a project you are working on and ask other Reps for help and support. If you can't make the call, please add your project below and a link with more information and we'll read it for you during the call. NON-VERBAL UPDATES (ie: you can't attend but want to share something) <ul class="bullet"><li></ul> Highlights for next Mozilla Monday Meeting IDEAS-FEEDBACK (don't be shy and add random feedback, questions about the program here) Please let us know your opinion about this call here! <ul class="bullet"><li></ul> </body> </html>