Mitchell Baker is leading the effort towards defining the 2010 goals for Mozilla, and has recently posted a draft version of the proposed goals. Setting these sorts of broad aspirational goals is critical because “[a]rticulating a broad, commonly shared set of aspirations helps many disparate groups of people organize themselves and work towards very practical, concrete tasks that make our aspirations real.” The 2010 goals “should be concrete enough that people can respond to them and provide a means for evaluating the scope of progress. Perhaps even more importantly, these goals should express important ideas rather than specifying implementation plans.”

Mitchell’s initial post outlines the background and purpose of the goal setting process, and her second post includes the draft set of proposed 2010 goals that have emerged from various discussions, including feedback gathered during the Firefox Summit. If you’re interested in the longer-term goal setting and direction of the Mozilla project, Mitchell asks that you “[p]lease take some time and review the proposed goals, make suggestions, ask questions, and make alternative proposals.” You are invited and encouraged to take part in this conversation, as these goals form the foundation of what it is that Mozilla does and aspires to become. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Deb Richardson is putting together a comprehensive list of weekly/regular public project meetings and other events. The wiki page for it is here: Community Calendar. The plan is to eventually publish a consolidated version as a shared public calendar that everyone can subscribe to. Please check the wiki page and make any changes or additions necessary.