[Qgis-psc] QGIS heroes

Thu Mar 3 10:07:36 PST 2016

Hi

> On 03 Mar 2016, at 14:24, Neumann, Andreas <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> "QGIS Community Member of the Month" sounds good to me.
> 
> I agree with your proposed questions but would add:
> 
> - Regarding 1) - we already have a map of QGIS devs or conference participants - maybe we can re-use that?
> 
> 

I had in mind more that the person made a map of their area in QGIS - its always interesting to see different maps made with QGIS….

> - if an item is not of importance to that community member it just could be skipped
> 
> 
Yes sure.

> - optionally we could add a map/screenshot of a QGIS project/application/plugin
> 
> - allow the QCMM (QGIS Community Member of the Month) to add an additional item if (s)he wants to - maybe 8) allows that already …
> 

Yes sounds good!

Regards

Tim

> Thanks for your ideas,
> 
> 

> Andreas
> 
> On 2016-03-03 12:18, Tim Sutton wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 12:50 PM, Neumann, Andreas <a.neumann at carto.net <mailto:a.neumann at carto.net>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> The QGIS heroes idea is fine with me - as long as it doesn't result in big discussions who gets how much appreciation and that one should not favor one over the other ...
>> 
>> If we could find a less "heroic" name for that it would be even better. Hero sounds a bit too epic to me. Champion may be another term, but it sounds equally heroic ...
>> 
>> Maybe a native english speaker could propose a few less heroic terms that may be suitable.
>> 
>> 
>> Yeah I think we can just call it something like "QGIS Community Profile: Joe Bloggs" or if we want it to be a little more adulatory than that then something like "QGIS Community Member of the Month".
>> 
>> Here is a brain dump of some standard questions we could ask:
>> 
>> 1) Can you share a map of where you live?
>> 2) What do you do in the QGIS community?
>> 3) How do you use QGIS, which are the most important features for you?
>> 4) How much volunteer time do you spend on QGIS each month?
>> 5) What areas do you most need help with in respect to the work you do with QGIS?
>> 6) How long have you been involved on the QGIS project?
>> 7) If there was one thing you could add or improve in QGIS or the QGIS community, what would it be?
>> 8) Do you have any other final thoughts about your life as a QGIS community member?
>> 9) How can people contact you / follow you on social media?
>> 
>> 
>> Order could be rearranged as needed.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> Andreas
>> 
>> On 2016-03-01 09:21, Tim Sutton wrote:
>> 
>> Hi
>> 
>>> On 01 Mar 2016, at 09:37, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it <mailto:cavallini at faunalia.it>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> I think our volunteers, coders and non coders, deserve more public
>>> acknowledgements. I'm pretty sure only a tiny percentage of QGIS users
>>> know about people who are making al this possible.
>>> Why not featuring a "QGIS hero of the month" (OK, naming can be better,
>>> but you got the idea :) ) on the website, to be spread over the SN, with
>>> a short description of what (s)he did and is doing for the project?
>> 
>> Yeah its a really good idea. I think we could just make a standard set of questions and ask a different person each month to participate. If we do it that way it does not need to be too much overhead to actually keep doing.
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>>> All the best.
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