On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Rodrigo Moya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 12:27 +0300, natan yellin wrote: >> 1. Host an annual developer awards contest. Apple does it, and there's >> really no reason why we shouldn't as well. The system would have to be >> adapted a bit, but it _is_ doable. Like it or not, shiny prizes and >> recognition help attract developers. >> > this sounds good to me, if the Foundation has money, we could have every > year a contest for the "coolest GNOME project of the year". GSoC gets us > new developers mainly because of the prizes, so it is a good idea I > think to have something similar
I don't think money has to be involved at all. Recognition is all that matters. I remember seeing a talk by Leslie Hawthorn where she said that what the students in google's soc primarily cared about was the t-shirt. The money was just a nice extra. Wearing a soc t-shirt gets you recognition from your fellow hackers. Having a "diploma" from google in your CV gets you recognition from a future employer. Could we do something like that? A t-shirt for mvp hacker(s) of the year? Perhaps by vote from foundation members or the like? An official looking pretty printed/printable "diploma" summarizing ones contribution to gnome? It might help bring in more contributors if we can convince e.g. students that contributing is a good future career move. It's a nice way of showing your skills, experience and also knowledge of tools like vcs, bug-trackers, etc. If people think it is a good idea I'd love to help get it set up. - Thomas H.P. Andersen _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
