Recognising Ubuntu organisations

[Emma Marshall]

Happy Tuesday!

I like the idea of having it be more of a Recognition/Annual Awards as opposed to a certification. If we could prevent the awesome member from doing extra work to gain the recognition, that would probably encourage more people to participate. Gaining entries could be as simple as having a site for people to submit a contact form- 'Tell us about how you or someone you know is implementing Ubuntu in the real world," 
-Every project submission could be heavily promoted on every blog possible and Full Circle magazine- and encourage sharing on social networks.

I like where Ian was going with the awards, but how would winners be chosen? Would everyone get an award just for participating? Would the award be restricted to a certificate or would the committee reach out for bigger prizes like with the Ubuntu App Developer contest? Both types of awards would be awesome.

Overall, I really like the idea of recognizing individuals/groups who are taking on projects that bring Ubuntu into the community.


Emma MarshallSystem76Chick


----- Original Message -----
From: Ian Weisser <ian-weisser at ubuntu.com>
To: ubuntu-community-team at lists.ubuntu.com
Sent: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 09:03:46 -0600 (MDT)
Subject: Re: Recognising Ubuntu organisations


> 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?" 


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