Supreme Thanks Award Recognising contributions? :-) On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:08 AM, Kostas Saidis <sai...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My own few cents, too: > > Groovy Star, Groovy Champion, Groovy MVP all have their pros and cons. I > would suggest something along the lines of Groovy Exceptional Community > Member (Groovy ECM) or Groovy Distinguished Community Member (Groovy DCM). > New acronym, professional enough, focusing on the overall community and not > only the language per se. > > Kostas > > > On 19/2/2018 10:26 μμ, MG wrote: > > I have never heard "MVP" = "Minimum Viable Product", so I doubt this > would pose a problem. Also do you suggest that people would actually read > "Groovy has announced its Minimum Viable Products of 2018" ? > STAR has 129 meanings as an acronym, btw, according to https://acronyms. > thefreedictionary.com/STAR > > On 19.02.2018 20:39, Guillaume Laforge wrote: > > For me, MVP sounds too much like Minimum Viable Product : > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product > > On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 8:32 PM, MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: > >> Following the sports analogy, what about >> >> "Groovy MVPs" >> >> ? >> >> Any game can have Most Valuable Players (even if only one is typically >> crowned in the US), and I think "Groovy announced its 2018 MVPs" has a nice >> ring to it. >> >> Cheers, >> mg >> >> >> >> On 19.02.2018 12:03, Søren Berg Glasius wrote: >> >> I disagree with MG. >> >> A star is an object that shines, and in this case shines light on the >> Groovy language and ecosystem. Hence I think the name is both professional, >> and since it can be directly linked to the star in the Groovy logo I think >> it makes perfect sense. In sports you also have star players and in music >> (and Java) you have rock stars. That you can find examples that relates to >> games on Nintendo does not make a valid point IMO. The "All Stars" just >> makes it so much better - as that's what Paul, Jochen and others are . >> >> My few cents worth. >> >> /Søren >> >> On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 at 17:02 MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On 18.02.2018 13:38, Eric Kinsella wrote: >>> >>> +1up on Groovy Stars. >>> >>> >>> "Get a life" ;-) >>> >>> But seriously, all the people one-upping "Groovy Stars" - consider >>> whether that name really sends the right professional message with regards >>> to Groovy ? I am convinced it does not. >>> Managers who might decide whether Groovy can be used in a project are >>> typically conservative and sensitive to those things, and they do not >>> normally follow nerd humor... (next suggestion I see coming along the >>> Stars-crossed-line, is to call Paul and Jochen "Groovy All Stars") >>> >>> As another example, it looks like "Pokemon Stars" on the Nintendo Switch >>> might become a reality: >>> http://www.techradar.com/news/pokemon-stars-all-the-latest-l >>> eaks-from-the-rumored-nintendo-switch-game >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:13 AM, Daniel Sun <realblue...@hotmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Paul, >>>> >>>> “Groovy Champions” make people associate it with "Java Champions" >>>> easily. As for "Groovy Stars", it is interesting but let me associate >>>> "Song >>>> Stars" and "Kungfu Stars" easily... I wish other people would not >>>> associate >>>> as I do... >>>> >>>> Similarly, many years ago some one suggested to name current >>>> "Grape" >>>> as "Groovy Baby", the latter is interesting but not formal... >>>> >>>> To sum up, +1 to “Groovy Champions”. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Daniel.Sun >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Groovy-Users-f329450.html >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >> 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. >> >> >> > > > -- > Guillaume Laforge > Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President > Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform > > Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ > Social: @glaforge <http://twitter.com/glaforge> / Google+ > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/114130972232398734985/posts> > > > >
