Mozilla Foundation Weekly Priorities: August 24th, 2020

Key Dates

• August 25 - Launch of CMA Project “Deep Reckonings” by Stephanie Lepp
• August 25 - Dialogue & Debates on alternative business models for the we
• August 27 - Deepfakery "Faking the Powerful" session with WITNESS featuring Stephanie Lepp (CMA awardee)
• Sept 8-10 - MoFo Leadership Team planning kick-off
• September 14 - Deadline to nominate for 2020-21 Creative Media Awards
• September 15 - Launch of CMA Project “The Future of Memory” by Xiaowei Wang, Qianqian Ye and Jasmine Wang
• September 18 - Mid-cycle goal check-in ends
• September 24 - Deepfakery "Not Funny Anymore: Deepfakes, manipulated media and mis/disinformation" session with WITNESS featuring Halsey & Fran (In Event of Moon Disaster CMA awardees)
• Oct 1 - Tech + Society Fellows start

What's Moving This Week

• Engagement: Launching refreshed homepage, developing new page templates to house long-form reports/publications, PNI product page designs, YouTube Tegrets landing page build, Data Futures Lab page, misinfo monday/newsbeat
• Insights: Onboarding the IHR20 designer and data visualization contractors and finalizing the data stewardship landscape analysis microsite
• Campaigns: Running a survey on consumer attitudes to neighborhood apps sharing data with cops. Continuing outputs on the misinfo scorecard, streaming tv stuff, YouTube extension, political ads respository, pioneer, and others. Preparing to record a panel session with partner orgs. Kaili is back from holiday!
• Communications: Publicity for CMA “Deep Reckonings” // D&D on alternatives to digital ads // Planning for YouTube extension comms // Event comms for execs and various fellows
• Partnerships: Email campaign preparation, white paper What's on the Horizon (WOTH) series planning, and major donor outreach
• MozFest: Updating the MozFest website highlighting uniqueness of the Festival, selecting Wranglers, first tech audience working group meeting.
• Organizational Effectiveness: Prep for leadership planning kick-off, sharing engagement survey results
• HR: Mid-cycle goal check-ins are underway; Preparing onboarding for new hires
• Fellowships & Awards: Sorting out new fellow + other contracts with legal; Portfolio presentations; Finish compiling F&A data for movement landscape analysis; Internal stakeholder interviews for movement landscape analysis; Working with MoCo on cross-org HBCU partnership and vetting funding prospects; CMA jury outreach and nomination recruitment; Supporting back to school with the Responsible Computer Science teams; D&D prep and follow up; Grant for the Web judge review panel; User research interviews for ProtoLab; Shipping evaluation RFP
• Finance & Ops: Submit 990 Workbook to tax accountants, work on MoFo cash flow model, close July MoFo and MZLA financial statements, begin update of accounting policy guide
• ED: Coordinating the first open call for the European AI Fund; Working on RFP for DEI consultants (contact Sarah W with any questions)

Minutes From the Last Executive Team Weekly Meeting

• Multi-year planning: Discussed components for the next phase of planning, including a series of planning meetings with the leadership team September 8-10, and upcoming Program Committee and board meetings in October and November.

Job Openings

• Final interviews underway for Senior Manager, Marketing & Communications
• Final interviews are underway for Data Lead
• Offer stage for Marketing Coordinator
• Offer accepted for Digital Project Manager
• Screening new applications for Manager, Web Development
• Phone screening for the UX/UI Designer role
• Applications open for Editorial Manager

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