Agree Daniel is - as usual - voice of reason.. Simpler is better. On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 3:48 PM Daniel Standish via dev < [email protected]> wrote:
> Some comments on the criteria section. > > In short, I think it's still too complicated / too much process and I offer > some suggestions for simplification. > > Re: > > > Same person cannot win every month for different categories. They cannot > > win a Top PR award in the same month. This is to ensure no repetitions > for > > winners each month. > > I still think this is too restrictive. People have enough to think about > in life. Let's make it easy. If the same person wins two months in a row, > or wins both rookie and general, what's wrong with that? > > re > > > There can be a Rookie PR winner for each category, if the community > > chooses to do so. > > > Again my thought is to keep it simple. To me, while I appreciate the > enthusiasm, I feel it's too much noise and mental cycles to start thinking > about a bunch of different categories for these awards *every month*. It > also dilutes the value of each "award". > > I propose just one general PR of the month, and one rookie PR of the month > and that's it. Otherwise it becomes more like a "participation trophy". > > re: > > Winner(s) will be based on consensus or exceptional performance by the > > community. > > > Consensus has a specific meaning in a voting context and I think it might > not be what you mean. > > > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM Srabasti Banerjee < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > > > It is awesome that we have the PR of the Month award to recognize the PR > > with the most impact each month, voted by the community. > > > > I would like to propose the addition of another award "Rookie PR" to > > recognize new budding contributors. This will be an incentive for > newcomers > > and inspire them to pick up PRs. In the long run, this will result in > > reduction of the list of open PRs as well. > > > > Name of the Award : Rookie PR > > > > Mission statement : > > - to recognize meaningful contributions by new and budding contributors > > - inspire newcomers and novices relatively new to the community to pick > up > > new PRs > > - make project feel more welcoming and inclusive > > > > Nomination process: > > - encourage self-nominations and community nominations, so it is > convenient > > for anyone to recognize another fellow contributor, in any category (like > > UI, Providers, Core, CI/CD, Helm Charts, AI). > > > > Qualifying Criteria: > > - These awards are FOR the Community and BY the community. The intent is > to > > give a shout out to (new and existing non top 100) team members who are > > working on Apache Airflow project. > > - Same person cannot win every month for different categories. They > cannot > > win a Top PR award in the same month. This is to ensure no repetitions > for > > winners each month. > > - There can be a Rookie PR winner for each category, if the community > > chooses to do so. > > - Winner(s) will be based on consensus or exceptional performance by the > > community. > > > > Possibly we can have a list in one place - say Wiki, or Apache Airflow > > website, so all winners are in one place at a glance. This way, it will > be > > easy for the community to check and then nominate accordingly to ensure > no > > repetitions for Rookie PR winners. > > > > As we discussed in past threads, we will start with Rookie PR and go for > > additional awards later, if there is appetite. Mentioning here for > > reference sake. > > > > Appreciate your inputs to enhance this idea and eventually implement it > for > > the community. > > > > Warm Regards, > > Srabasti Banerjee > > >
