On 03/12/2016 05:34 AM, Robert Mayr wrote: > > 2016-03-11 22:58 GMT+01:00 White, Langdon <langdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:langdon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>>: > > > > On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:sgallagh@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > On 03/11/2016 10:49 AM, Jiri Eischmann wrote: > > Hi, > > I'd like to discuss an idea: > > in the past (after F19 and F20) we gave t-shirts to contributors that > > were nominated by respective teams for their work on the last Fedora > > release. We packaged them with a "Thank you" message. > > It was a nice touch and a lot of contributors were very happy about, we > > received very positive feedback which proves that this kind of > > recognition makes sense. > > > > I'd like to repeat it after F24. I've asked Maria Leonova to create > > artworks. She developed two difference artwork ideas: > > https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/424 > > > > One emphasizes that the owner of the t-shirt is a member of Fedora > > family (the "People" aspect of Fedora Project), the other emphasizes > > the work (the "Feature" aspect of Fedora Project). Which one do you > > like more? > > > > I love both of the designs, but I think focusing on the "Friends" Foundation > here will do a better job of helping people feel welcome and part of a > community > (and thus stay around longer). > > If we focus all of our accolades around achievement, then people who > drift away > from active contribution might feel less welcome than people who feel > like part > of a family. > > > > I straight up prefer the "friends" shirt. but am also very much in agreement > with stephen > > langdon > > > > Yeah, last time it was great and people were very happy to get one. So, it's a > good idea to make it happen again. > The shirt is for the most active contributors of the teams, so it would fit > better to choose the 'Fedora contributor' shirt, but from a design POV the > 'friends' shirt is more beautiful :) > If these designs are final and we cannot get a better 'contributor' one, I would > vote for 'Fedora friends'. > Thanks to Jiri for the idea. > Sure, we're giving them to the active contributors *today*, but I think what is likely to keep them as contributors *tomorrow* is feeling like they're welcomed as friends, rather than just kept around because they're useful.
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