[Qgis-psc] Idea: launch a annual QGIS community member award?

[Neumann, Andreas]

Hi Nyall, 

Thanks for raising this. We can discuss it at our next meeting. 

In the QGIS.ORG charter we have the concepts of an "honorary member" and
an "honorary PSC member". Maybe this can be re-used for such a
"community award"? 

I'd have a hard time picking the person that deserves such an award the
most - though. There are several community members (incl. devs) who
contribute an awful lot. But that wouldn't be an obstacle for such an
award ... 

Greetings, 

Andreas 

On 2017-05-29 01:44, Nyall Dawson wrote:

> Hi PSC,
> 
> I'd like to raise an idea which has recently been on my mind: I'd love
> to see us launch some type of annual "QGIS Community member award".
> The QGIS project is only successful today because of the tireless
> efforts of the QGIS community - and the contributions made by some
> community members have been totally crucial to us achieving this
> success. I'd love to see us have some way of formally acknowledging
> these community members who've gone "above and beyond expectations"
> with their contributions to QGIS.
> 
> (Just to clarify - I'm not equating community members to developers
> here, I'm referring to the entire community of PSC/documenters/bug
> reporters/user group & event organisers/local promoters/etc... No
> limits!)
> 
> Osgeo has the Sol Katz Award (http://www.osgeo.org/solkatz) for wider
> contributions to GFOSS. I think we could take the same model and have
> a QGIS-specific award, which is presented at the annual user
> conference.
> 
> I'd see this as a way we can celebrate the fact that QGIS is very much
> a community driven project, and as a way of bringing the huge "behind
> the scenes" contributions which community members have made to the
> attention of the wider QGIS userbase. It'd be both a good way of
> thanking these contributors and also giving us a marketing opportunity
> to encourage new contributors into the community.
> 
> (Potentially we could also have a second award for contributing
> organisations too, but that's a different topic...)
> 
> Nyall
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