Karma has been reset and we're on for a new year now. A final IRC channel karma count before we started a new counter can be found at http://evergreen-ils.org/~bshum/karma.final.txt
-- Ben On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 11:06 PM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I count 16 +1 votes with general consensus that we should 1) preserve karma > history from year to year on the wiki and 2) save a copy of the database. > Some of this consensus came from an IRC discussion as well as this e-mail > thread: http://irc.evergreen-ils.org/evergreen/2015-05-18#i_176015 > > I therefore think we can ask the #evergreen bot operators to reset karma for > the channel and to preserve the data that was requested. If you need any > help moving anything to the wiki, let me know. > > I also like Jason's comment about recognizing folks outside the IRC channel. > It reminds me of the unsung heroes presentation Tara Robertson pulled > together a few years back. I have several new names for that list if anyone > decides to do an unsung heroes thing again. > > Maybe we can create a spot on the wiki where we point to all these different > ways that we've recognized community contributions. > > Thanks all! > Kathy > > > On 05/18/2015 05:28 PM, Holly Brennan wrote: > > You were greatly missed at the conference, Dan! And as Karma King, it’s > great to hear you’re on board with the reset. > > > > +1 from me on the reset, and saving historical info. > > > > -Holly > > > > From: Open-ils-general > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dan > Scott > Sent: Monday, May 18, 2015 12:56 PM > To: Evergreen Discussion Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Resetting karma in IRC > > > > +1; also please store a copy of the sqlite database somewhere > (working/random.git?) in case some day we want to look back at how karma > ebbs and flows over the years > > > > (after returning from a weekend vacation with no internet access. None! No > cold sweats even.) > > > > On Sat, May 16, 2015 at 11:45 AM, Kathy Lussier <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi all, > > Several of us at the conference have been discussing the idea of resetting > karma in the #evergreen channel at the end of each annual conference. From > what I understand, this is something that is done in the code4lib community > and allows everyone to start with a clean slate each year after the > conference. > > I like this idea because I think it provides it's a better motivator for new > contributors to the community. As it is now, if somebody is just starting > out and is making a lot of contributions that result in positive karma, it > will take years before they catch up to the karma levels of those of us who > have been around for a while. By resetting the karma points, anyone's given > karma level will reflect the work they are doing now, not the work they did > years ago. > > I would like to suggest that we reset the karma points in the #evergreen > channel by the end of next week (to give adequate time for any dissension). > For future conferences, I would like to suggest that the karma points are > reset on the Monday after the conference ends. > > Let me know what you think! > Kathy > > > -- > Kathy Lussier > Project Coordinator > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative > (508) 343-0128 > [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier > > > > > -- > Kathy Lussier > Project Coordinator > Massachusetts Library Network Cooperative > (508) 343-0128 > [email protected] > Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kmlussier
