Hi, Igniters!
ASF welcomes all types of contributions, including responses to user questions and promotion of projects. And, the GriGain DelRel team knows that people spend a lot of their private time on such activities. Our code and documentation contributors are recognized by being promoted to the role of " committer." But, unfortunately, we don't have a formal way to recognize our user-support and project-promotion contributors. In 2020, more than 40 people contributed their time and experience to promote project visibility and encourage adoption by developers: - 59 talks to 2400 developers and architects at meetup and conference events - 60+ blog posts and tutorials - 2000+ questions answered on the User list and Stackoverflow Let’s praise some of our most active Ignite supporters in 2020: - In user support, Ilya Kasnacheev is our absolute user support champion. He alone answered 756 questions on Stackoverflow and the User list. - Val Kulichenko posted 9 articles and presented at 6 meetups. - Denis Magda created 10 demos and 4 tutorials and presented at 14 meetups and 7 conferences. - Alexey Zinoviev wrote 4 articles about Ignite ML and presented at 1 meetup and 1 conference. - Pavel Tupitsyn created 4 articles and helped Ignite users on the mailing list and Stackoverflow. - Saikat Maitra presented at 2 conferences. - Ivan Pavlukhin helped many new developers to start contributing to Ignite. As a sign of our gratitude for their efforts, these contributors will receive special New Year gifts. In 2021, we want to track this type of contribution and ensure that the contributors are recognized within the community. The Alfa version of our tracking system is already functioning inside GridGain, so the next step is to upgrade the current system and start a discussion with PMC members. Those who help to attract and retain users are definitely worthy of praise and promotion, as the value of their contribution matches the value that is provided through code and documentation. Keep being awesome and have a Happy New Year! Kseniya DevRel at GridGain
