[osol-mktg] Re: 2nd Anniversary time (nothing to do with Indiana really)

[Simon Phipps]

On May 21, 2007, at 17:39, Tim Foster wrote:

> Rather than wait for nominations, we should just take every
> project/community/person as being nominated for an award, then just
> count the number of votes each one gets.

I believe the nomination process is itself part of the recognition,  
and that a list of candidates exposes people to the great things  
being done by other community members. I suggest it would be better  
to set a low bar for nomination (say any individual/project/community  
may be nominated by any individual as long as the nominator has a log- 
in for OpenSolaris, the person making the nomination submits a  
justification for the nomination and the entity nominated is an  
actual OpenSolaris member, accepts the nomination and agrees the text  
is accurate). We should then accept any and all valid nominations and  
set the "passing" criteria to match the available awards.

> Would poll.opensolaris.org work for this or is that
> currently limited to people listed as contributors ?

This voting system is designed for people who are familiar enough  
with the technology to follow the (rather complex) set-up procedures.  
I'd suggest it's overkill for these awards and will lead to a low  
voter turn-out. I suggest we need a simpler, web-based mechanism.

On May 21, 2007, at 21:44, michelle olson wrote:
> What prizes are available, Sara?

Actually, I would be very pleased to see other member organisations  
in OpenSolaris offer prizes too.


S.