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Community Office Hours April 2005
What exactly is MZLA? How does it relate to Thunderbird? How is Thunderbird funded, and what does its future look like? This month, Heather and Monica are asking Managing Director Ryan Sipes these big questions in the April 2025 edition of the Thunderbird Community Office Hours.
00:00 Introduction
00:01 A brief history of Thunderbird
04:03 Changes in Thunderbird's structure
13:12 Challenges of transparent governance
16:28 Thunderbird's core values
20:10 Thunderbird's funding model
23: 05 Why Thunderbird is building its own services
30:05 Demonstrating a better internet
34: 15 Avoiding feature bloat and Thunderbird tools
40:34 Questions about future chat integration
44:09 The future of Thunderbird
48: 58 How to get involved
52:16 A project that feels good to work on/Closing
Resources:
The untold history of Thunderbird: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/11/the-untold-history-of-thunderbird/
The Mozilla Foundation: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Foundation
Thunderbird's New Home at MZLA: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/01/thunderbirds-new-home/
Community Office Hours with the Thunderbird Council: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/video-learn-about-the-thunderbird-council/
The Mozilla Manifesto: https://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto/
Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Announcement: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/
Get Involved: https://www.thunderbird.net/participate/
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By What exactly is MZLA? How does it relate to Thunderbird? How is Thunderbird funded, and what does its future look like? This month, Heather and Monica are asking Managing Director Ryan Sipes these big questions in the April 2025 edition of the Thunderbird Community Office Hours.
00:00 Introduction
00:01 A brief history of Thunderbird
04:03 Changes in Thunderbird's structure
13:12 Challenges of transparent governance
16:28 Thunderbird's core values
20:10 Thunderbird's funding model
23: 05 Why Thunderbird is building its own services
30:05 Demonstrating a better internet
34: 15 Avoiding feature bloat and Thunderbird tools
40:34 Questions about future chat integration
44:09 The future of Thunderbird
48: 58 How to get involved
52:16 A project that feels good to work on/Closing
Resources:
The untold history of Thunderbird: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/11/the-untold-history-of-thunderbird/
The Mozilla Foundation: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Foundation
Thunderbird's New Home at MZLA: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2020/01/thunderbirds-new-home/
Community Office Hours with the Thunderbird Council: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/09/video-learn-about-the-thunderbird-council/
The Mozilla Manifesto: https://www.mozilla.org/about/manifesto/
Thundermail and Thunderbird Pro Announcement: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/
Get Involved: https://www.thunderbird.net/participate/