Last week, the leaders of the Mozilla Philippines Community conducted our annual planning session for the coming year at MozSpaceMNL. It was different and more intensive than last year as we have a lot of new and exciting things set in 2014 that we aim to grow this year.
Last year, we identified that our experiment on our biggest event yet, Maker Festival Manila 2014, was a huge success opening up partnerships and new activities for the community. We definitely rocked with our education initiatives in 2014.
The announcement of Firefox OS reaching the Philippine shores in the last quarter surely was a way to end the year with a bang and in 2015 we are looking forward to increasing awareness of it even more to entice developers and consumers alike.
We also identified a major improvement area that our team should prioritize in 2015, that is encouraging Filipino participation in Mozilla globally. This is a major culture issue and we aim to address it my customizing participation to adapt to us locally.
Below are our plans on its first version, to be modified again within the month to ensure its feasibility on the rest of the year. We are aiming to finish polishing our specific actions plans and task delegations in a month to set sail on a fresh journey this year.
Mozilla Mission: Build the Internet as a global public resource, open and accessible to all.
MozillaPH Vision:
- To continue being a community of empowered individuals promoting the open Web through their areas of interest.
- To be the premier community focused on promoting and supporting open innovation in the Philippines guided by Mozilla’s advocacy and using Mozilla projects and products.
MozillaPH’s Competitive Advantages:
- Community network
- Unrestricted in scope when it comes to the topic of the Web
- Open and free membership
- Flat organizational structure
- Existence of a community space
MozillaPH’s Values
- Openness
- Teamwork
Our Strategic Objectives
Connect with the Philippine government through the Webmaker project
Measurable goals:
- At least 1 government and MozPH partnership event
- Support at least 3 government event per year
Strategies
- Promote/ train school admins in using Webmaker as a tool for teaching
- Webmaker as tool for government educational projects
Hold more learning courses/ events
Measurable goals:
- Summer Webmaker course for kids
- Create curriculum for teaching Webmaker tools
- 10 teaching kit making sessions
Strategies:
- Webmaker/ FxoS weekly training course at MozSpace
- Compiling all needed tools for FxOS workshop
- Computer literacy program at MozSpace
Empower local contributors to contribute globally
Measurable goals
- At least 3 IRC meeting with B2G, QA or docs
- At least 5 regular contributors to any global Mozilla contribution area
- Attend at least 3 global community calls
Strategy
- Enforce membership to mailing lists
- Holdoffline events where people can contribute to the project together
- Increase awareness by sending regular Mozilla global updates with localized content for Filipino contributors and creating a system to keep them updated and encouraged.
Event/ projects portfolio expansion
Measurable goals
- At least 1 new event/ project type
Strategies
- Launch new programs that invite participation and partnership
- Expand the WoMoz community
- Organize more event with schools with open source partners
- Computer literacy outreach
- Organize more events in collaboration with community friends and organizational partners
- Activate involvement through OneAndDone, Bugs Ahoy etc.
- Expand the scope of Maker Fest
- Strengthen the extension of MozSpace use (i.e. to schools without computer equipment etc.)
Community expansion
Measurable goals
- At least 1 new city/ town/ province every quarter
- Assignment of regional coordinators
Strategy
- Recruitment strategy
- Recruit using dev projects
Org restructure to open up leadership opportunities and improve contributor empowerment
Measurable goals
- Buddy system
- Have session with FSA leads to identify problems in their club
- Webmaker mentor in each FSA club?
- 5 Maker Party organized by FSA clubs
- Established membership to newly formed team line-up
Strategies
- Org restructure to match needs with current manpower
- Study contributor life cycle, with a special item for devs
- Create an FSAPH organizational structure
- Organize events/ workshops that will promote/ enhance relationship with students to keep interest in the community.
Enhance contributor activities
Measurable goals
- At least 3 App Days
- At least 1 dev workshop every quarter
- 10 bug hunt and bug fixing sessions
- 10 teaching and making sessions
- 10 active Webmaker mentors
- 5 Webmaker activities organized by Webmaker mentors
- At least 1 Firefox OS dev meetup per month
Strategies
- Regular gathering/ meeting of contributors
- Make interested people to experience the different contribution areas than make them choose
- Dev contributions through BugsAhoy
- Dev project recognition via Open Badge (local)
Strengthen social media presence
Measurable goals:
- Create a MozPH PR Team
- Increase followers by 25%
Strategy
- Create a social media strategy
Improve contributor recognition
Measurable Goals
- Local badge system
- Create recognition system
Strategy
- Identify the motivators of contributors
- Survey how other local tech communities reward their volunteers
Light moments during the intensive 2-day strategic planning …
