I agree with Guillaume: MVP sounds "Minimal Viable Product" in my head :) Anoter option: VIP ;)
2018-02-20 8:32 GMT+01:00 Jennifer Strater <jenn.stra...@gmail.com>: > Although there seems to be a lot of disagreement about the name, everyone > seems to be in favor of the idea. What is the next step, Paul? > > > On 20. Feb 2018, at 07:56, Peter McNeil <pe...@mcneils.net> wrote: > > You're all missing the obvious "Groovy GR8" :-) > > On 20/02/18 11:35, Paul King wrote: > > 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> >> >> >> >> > > -- > web: http://nerderg.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/pmcneil > Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110661434396927001866 > >
