Mozilla Jordan in the Arabic Mozilla Regional Meeting

Mozilla Jordan

BriefingRegional MeetingAmman, Jordan

25/6/2011

Issa MahasnehCoordinator, Mozilla Jordan

About Mozilla Jordan

● Community-based● Works for a free,

accessible and open web

● Created by Jordanians who believe in Mozilla's products and mission

Vision and Objectives

● Let Jordanians know more about the Open Web, promoting its values and encouraging modern web technologies

● User engagement and community marketing in Jordan

● Highlight Mozilla's vision and projects locally ● Establish Jordan as a regional hub in

promotion of openness and innovation on the Internet

Main Activities

● Firefox Download Day

2008 - Firefox Download Day

● Location: Irbid● Downloading

Firefox 3 on all JUST IT campus PCs

● Firefox campaign in Irbid's “Internet Street”

Firefox in Petra

● Location: Petra● Celebrating 1

billion downloads of Firefox

Firefox in Petra

Firefox in Petra

Mozilla Firefox 5th Anniversary

● Location: Amman

Mozilla Firefox 5th Anniversary

Mozilla Firefox 5th Anniversary

Meeting with Joi Ito

2011: Activities

● Participation in AmmanTT Expo

2011 Activities

● AmmanTT: Majormonthly IT event inJordan

● Attended by +500technologists,entrepreneurs, users, bloggers and IT experts

● Promotion of new features of Firefox 4● Encouraging Jordanians to switch to Firefox● Pushing to Open Web values for developers and IT

geeks.

2011 Activities

● Mozilla Developer Hacks

Mozilla Developer Hacks

● Monthly event● Empowering Jordanian developers with skills

related to Mozilla and web technologies

Mozilla Developer Hacks

● #0 Firefox Extension Development, HTML5→● CSS3, ECMAScript, Open Web, Add-ons,

Jetpack, Mozilla Drumbeat...

2011: Activities

● Mozilla Jordan Meetup● Location: Souk Jara, Amman

Mozilla Jordan Meetup