Hmmm... thought of something else. This will give one article a month during the contest period. If we have more quality work after that period, what happens to those articles that didn't win?
-- Kurt On 1/12/06, Erwin Tenhumberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Here is a first draft of the rules for the OpenOffice.org developer > article contest that I introduced a few days/weeks ago. Please take > a look a the rules and provide feedback! > > As you can see below, I'd like to start the contest on February 1. > > > Thanks a lot and all the best, > Erwin > > > > OpenOffice.org Developer Article Contest Rules > ############################################## > > > What are the main goals of the contest? > ======================================= > The goal of the contest is to generate more developer documentation, > and to promote OpenOffice.org to developers at the same time. > > > What is the task of the contest? > ================================ > Developers are asked to write articles about developer topics like > porting, addon and filter development (e.g. new wizards, Calc > functions, chart types, etc.), bug fixing, etc. > > > What can be won? > ================ > Each winner gets $750. (In what way/format???) > > > What criteria do article have to meet to get accepted? > ====================================================== > A submitted article has to have at least 2000 words (about two pages > of text) excluding embedded source code snippets and screenshots. > Only articles written in English can be accepted. However, teams > can submit articles together, so that one developer can create the > content and someone else can translate it to English. > Submissions have to be sent to the mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (does not exist yet!) on or before the > submission deadline date. Only content that has been created > AFTER the start date of the contest can be submitted, e.g. > old articles and blog entries can be used. > > > What criteria will be used to choose a winner? > ============================================== > There will be no 100% scientific and measurable criteria. Instead, > the selection committee will choose a winner based on their > preferences. Nevertheless, the following criteria will influence > the chances of winning: > > * relevance to developers > * existing and urgent gaps > * "cool stuff" > * amount of sample code > * comprehensibility > * length (not too long, not too short) > * illustrations (screenshots, diagrams) > * enables new developers > * etc. etc. etc. > > > What will be done with the articles? > ==================================== > Every month a committee will pick the best article from the pool of > articles. Articles which did not win initially, will stay in the pool, > so that they can still win in subsequent months. > > For reference purposes ALL articles will get published on the > OpenOffice.org website under the PDL and the JCA. In addition, the > articles will be published in the OpenOffice.org Wiki, so that more > developers can build upon existing content. Nevertheless, authors > will still be allowed to use the article content somewhere else, e.g. > for a magazine, book or personal web site. > > > Who can participate? > ==================== > Everybody who is not a member of the selection committee can > participate in the contest. If someone wins in one period he/she has > to stay out of the contest for the following three periods. > > > Who is running the contest? > =========================== > OpenOffice.org with the support of Team OpenOffice.org e.V. and > extra sponsorship from Sun Microsystems are running the Developer > Article Contest. > > > Who is in the selection committee? > ================================== > The selection committee consists of at least 10 and no more > than 15 people. Initially, the following people will be in the > selection committee: > > * Jürgen Schmidt > * Stephan Bergmann > * Andreas Schlüns > * Carsten Driesner > * Pavel Janík > * Kurt Cagle > * Kay Ramme > * Michael Meeks > * Charles-H. Schulz > * Stefan Taxhet > * Erwin Tenhumberg > > Someone who has won the contest cannot win in the contest again > for the following three periods. However, the winner can, if he/she > is willing to, become a member of the selection committee for > three periods. > > > When will the contest start? > ============================ > The contest will start on February 1, 2006. The first submission > deadline is February 28. > > > When will the contest end? > ========================== > The contest will at least run for six months. Depending on the > success, it might get extended to twelve months. > > > How often will a winner be selected? > ==================================== > A winner will be selected for every month. The announcement > of the winner will happen in the second half of the month for > the previous month. For example, the first contest period > will start on February 1 and end on February 28 (the submission > deadline). The winner for February will be announced after > March 15, but before April 1. > > > When is the deadline for every contest period? > ============================================== > The deadline for every contest period, i.e. every month, is the > last day of the month. Thus, for the February contest period the > last possible submission day is February 28, 2006. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Kurt Cagle http://www.understandingxml.com
