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color:#1F497D'>Matt-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I’ve certainly brainstormed and discussed this informally with a
few people over the years, but nobody has ever picked this up and made it fly.
I would *<b>love</b>* to see it happen, and am willing to help make it so (both
in my role as PF Board President and as a random community volunteer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>I think you are very much on the right track with the ideas
below. I will offer a few additional thoughts a bit later this week when I
have a little more time to focus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'>jon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> evangelism-bounces@lists.plone.org
[mailto:evangelism-bounces@lists.plone.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Matt Fisher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 11, 2009 12:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Evangelism@lists.plone.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Evangelism] proposal for plone awards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>An idea came up very informally at the Jazkarta Developer
Training in Montreal last month. I've thought about it enough since then
to post it here. I did check and haven't seen it mentioned in the list
archive, but I imagine some discussion on this topic has happened at least
once. I've tried to flesh out some of the angles for sake of discussion, but
what follows is meant only as a first poke. Here's the idea:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Proposal: </b>1st Annual Ploney Awards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>File under: </b>Marketing, viral and social<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>What is it: </b>Lightweight, semi-serious
recognition for outstanding products, contributions and innovations in the
Plone community in several categories.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>How it might work: </b>Open submission process would
involve self-certification on a relative scale of best-practice-ness.
Finalists (say 4-6) in each category chosen from the open submission pool
would be required to write/post/present a short case study and perhaps a
walkthrough of the code as a minisymposium/code fair for display at/for the
annual conference. Final general voting takes place online sometime near the
conference timeline. Prizes are small, and hopefully fun. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>(Pls note that my working assumption would be that this is
to promote contributions and involvement from developers other than hardcore
experts. Of course, that's a soft line to draw and probably just reflects my
assumptions about who knows how much.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>When</b>: Winners to be announced at annual (fall) Plone
worldwide conference. Open submission period begins yearly on, say, World Plone
Day in the spring. Finalists announced and final voting period some time
relative to annual worldwide conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Suggested possible categories:</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Newbie add-on product (Best 1st time submission from new
developer(s) of a new product), <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Newbie flavor (where flavor = customization of Plone
buildout or site policy to turn it into something that doesn't immediately
resemble an out-of-box Plone), <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best theme, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best flavor, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best whole number product release, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Next big thing (for innovations not ready for production,
but super exciting anyway), <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Best developer utility<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>(would probably recommend against conferring something like
a VIP award-- would rather focus on solutions & innovations, not persons/personalities)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b>Business case: </b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>The best-of-breed angle:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On various lists, there's an ongoing discussion about
identifying and promoting good, forward-looking contributions. From the
viewpoint of community development, the idea about having awards isn't so much
about getting the 'best' stamp as much as it is about making a public display
of what is meant by 'Plone best-of-breed.' The idea of self certification
and then open voting hopefully sidesteps the argument against Plone Foundation
endorsing or formally certifying projects. And, if finalists and winners are
encouraged to explain their code/design/use cases, hopefully info on
best-of-breed thinking disseminates and inspires. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>The fellowship angle:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It's easy to think that unless you're a core/full-time/jedi
developer who understands all the ins & outs, you're not really, really
contributing to the wider community. Some small, community-originated kudos to
a larger bunch of people is a good thing. Potentially, it extends a source
of pride to developers who are expanding the reach of Plone in ways other than
"core" development. Also, newbie categories would give an
indication of reasonable first horizons for less experienced folks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>The (re)engagement angle:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>It's probably a bit much to expect the first go around, but
having a structure & timeline to bounce off of may eventually encourage
revisiting code changes that need to checked in, or betas to finalize, etc., if
this thing takes hold.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>The viral marketing angle:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Make an incentive for developers to tinker with a few
products, themes or buildouts they may have missed. Give people a simple reason
to talk up plone on their facebook page, their blog, or on twitter. Make '2009
Ploney finalist' and '2009 Ploney winner' website badges that could generate
viral attention. Make a facebook voting app or badge, etc. Let people solicit
testimonials if they want. Give a reason for a press release, and a timeframe
that generates a little buzz for the conference. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>The fun angle:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>If it's framed as an edutaining display of creative problem
solving and not so much a competition, then this could be a lot of fun. Fun ==
good.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i>The academic angle:</i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>3rd party development influences the direction of the crowd.
I'd think there'd be some intrinsic value in having a yearly snapshot of
commendable contributions as a way to diagram the evolution of Plone.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Of course, this is a sketch, and experience tells me that
semi-competitive things make some people happy and others very angry. I do
think there's a way to do this that's seen more as cooperative/celebratory than
competitive, & I think that would be the angle to explore. I'd be
willing to work on this if there are a couple more people who think it's worth
pursuing.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>What do you think?<o:p></o:p></p>
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