I don't mind "Groovy Stars" as a name! Of course it begs the question "Star trek" or "Star Wars" - the long journey of programming language design vs the language wars! :-)
On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 9:46 PM, Dierk König <dierk.koe...@canoo.com> wrote: > I’m all for honoring contributions to the language/ecosystem/community. > Given our logo, „Groovy Star“ comes to mind :-) > > Cheers > Dierk > > sent from:mobile > > Am 13.02.2018 um 12:29 schrieb Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditomm...@gmail.com > >: > > It sound a nice idea also to promote the visibility of the groovy > community. > > > p > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 12:18 PM, Søren Berg Glasius <soe...@glasius.dk> > wrote: > >> 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 <+45%2040%2044%2091%2088>, Skype: sbglasius >> --- Press ESC once to quit - twice to save the changes. >> > >
