Recognising Ubuntu organisations

[Scott Kitterman]

This did kind of get done before:

http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/the-golden-ponies/
http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2007/04/19/second-semiannual-golden-pony-awards/
http://laserjock.wordpress.com/2008/01/12/3rd-semiannual-golden-pony-awards/

Scott K

On Tuesday, September 09, 2014 10:58:24 Emma Marshall wrote:
> 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?"