I'm definitely +1 It is always important to recognize and encourage the ones making a difference to the community.
On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 at 11:32 Schalk Cronjé <ysb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's a +1 from me for the concep. > > > On 13/02/2018 10:58, Paul King wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > A few of us have had various discussions (in fact over many years) > > about having a recognition scheme similar to Java Champions, > > perhaps called "Groovy Champions" or "Apache Groovy Champions" > > or something else entirely if we think of a better name. > > > > I think the idea has always been to recognize contribution within the > > whole Groovy ecosystem not just the Apache Groovy project. The many > > tens of projects within the ecosystem are often where many ideas come > > from for the project's future evolution and also where future > contributors > > may arise. And in any case, Groovy has always been about making > > coding productive and fun and we should celebrate that widely! > > > > There are various questions to ask like should such a scheme > > be formally coordinated by the project/by Apache or should it be run as a > > community-driven unsanctioned activity and if so what guidelines should > > be in place. Also, there are many details like how will the scheme > > operate? > > How are new members elected? Is it a lifetime recognition or is there > > an "emeritus" status? And so forth. Java Champions vote themselves > > on new champions and the recognition has a lifetime status for instance. > > if we progress this idea, we'd need to make that all clear but that isn't > > the purpose of this email - we need to first decide if we like the idea. > > > > Even if we like the idea, there are still some hurdles to step through. > > We've already sought some informal feedback from other parts of > > Apache and other projects within the Groovy Ecosystem and we'll > > likely need further discussions. We want something that embraces > > the whole community but fits in with Apache project governance > > around trademarks/branding. > > > > So, the first question is: are we as a project in favor of such a scheme? > > > > Cheers, Paul. > > > -- > Schalk W. Cronjé > Twitter / Ello / Toeter : @ysb33r > > -- Best regards / Med venlig hilsen, Søren Berg Glasius Hedevej 1, Gl. Rye, 8680 Ry, Denmark Mobile: +45 40 44 91 88, Skype: sbglasius --- Press ESC once to quit - twice to save the changes.
