Recognising Ubuntu organisations

[Ian Weisser]

> I think it would be fantastic if we could recognise people who, every
> day, go out there and integrate Ubuntu into the rest of the world.


How about annual awards of some kind? It's not a certification, but it
is a recognition. 

I think dated awards are a form of recognition with a lot of advantages:

- They can have different categories for types of recognition. Some can
be competitive, some not.

- They are a form of recognition that avoid several possible trademark
pitfalls. 

- They also avoid annual 'certification' requirements that may be
onerous for everyone involved.

- They are flexible - categories and criteria can change from year to
year without upsetting the entire concept.

- They can be implemented by a mix of Canonical and Community
involvement, and that mix can change as needed. 

- The awards presentation can be an opportunity for a bit of media
exposure, of course.


A few disadvantages, but I think most recognition methods will share
many of these:

- Need a committee to actually do all the work: Recruit nominations,
assess the nominations, produce the awards and ceremony, and publicize
the awards so they mean something.



An organization can say "We won a worldwide Ubuntu Quality Award in
2015, 2016, and 2017. See how great our technical team is?"