[awards-program] meeting today

[Jesse Silver]

Thanks for the input Bonnie! We'll go over your points in the meeting today.

Bonnie Corwin wrote:
> Jesse Silver wrote:
>> Alta and I would like to hold a meeting at 4pm PT today, but we want 
>> to make sure other people can join us.
>>
>> Anyone planning on joining today at 4pm?
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>
> I can't make a 4pm PST meeting today.
>
> WRT the draft legal document:
>
> Section 4: SUBMISSION
>
> "execute on an OpenSolaris-based operating environment" - I assume a 
> binary can be x86- or SPARC-only based on this requirement?  If so, 
> does that impact judging at all?  If someone submits two binaries that 
> run on both platforms, is that a plus?  Extra points?  Doesn't matter?
>
> If binary-only can be submitted, what do judges look for?  Do you win 
> if the binary simply runs?  If source is also submitted, how is that 
> judged?  Is there a way to judge how 'cool' an application is or how 
> useful or what kind of void it would fill in the OpenSolaris world?
>
> "reasonable documentation" - I suggest we define what we expectinstead 
> of saying 'manual page' or 'reasonable documentation' - neither term 
> is specific enough.  I believe we're looking for documentation that 
> will enable the judges to judge the entry: we're looking for technical 
> documentation that explains what the software does, how to run it, 
> what results to expect, etc.  And a submission will have less chance 
> of winning if the judges can't figure out what it is or how to run/use 
> it.
>
> Do we need/want any criteria about non-code submissions?  Do we want 
> documentation in a particular format?  If translations are admitted, 
> what happens if we get a translation in a language for which we can't 
> find people qualified to judge?  If a video is submitted, do we want a 
> tape or a DVD or either?  Any length to the videos?  Any criteria for 
> subject matter?  I'm assuming we will judge non-code categories of 
> submissions based on the specific criteria for the category.  But that 
> means the criteria have to be defined for each category of entry.
>
> I'm honestly not trying to nit-pick here - I'm just thinking about 
> what I'd want to know if I was considering submitting an entry.
>
> FWIW, I think we do need to spell out exactly where and how 
> submissions are made.
>
> Section 5: JUDGING
>
> If binaries can be submitted without source code, how do we judge 
> "quality of code/technical implementation" that is listed here as a 
> judging criteria?  How do we judge "difficulty of technical 
> implementation" without code?
>
> I think this bullet is part of 'JUDGING' - the bullet that starts with 
> "In the event of a tie".  It says the highest score in "Difficulty of 
> Technical Implementation" category will win.  This implies that each 
> sub-bullet under 'Value Proposition' is an area that will be judged 
> for each entry.  If so, that needs to be clear, and it needs to be 
> clear whether they are weighted or simply added up or what.  And what 
> do we do about non-code entries for which this category may not even 
> apply?
>
> We list a grand prize and second and third prizes.  I like the idea of 
> different values of prizes, but what are they for?  If we get videos 
> and apps and device drivers and bug fixes and new operating system 
> technology and documentation and translations of docs or site pages or 
> a new website design or whatever - how do we decide which get which 
> level of prize?
>
> All of this makes me think we should discuss narrowing the scope - 
> providing a set of categories with detail about what is being 
> requested and how submissions will be judged.  If we don't get any 
> entries in a category, I guess that's ok.
>
> Apologies if I am going over ground covered before break.
>
> Bonnie