Hello All!
I am opening up this thread to discuss event badges-- I think it would be helpful to brainstorm and finalize some standards/regulations regarding event badges with the input from leadership, design, and development side. I will do my best to list all the different thoughts/issues that have been raised. Please feel free to jump in with other points and/or correct if I don't have the latest info.
*Current policy:* - 1 event badge per event (non Fedora, or Fedora) - 3 event badges per Flock - attendee - contributor - party attendee - 1 event badge per Fudcon - attendee - in the past we have also had speaker/organizer badges
*Common issues we encounter:* - People pointing to older badges and asking why we don't make them any more - I actually haven't seen this as much lately, but have in the past - People not knowing what or where to find a policy regarding event badges. People pose potential badges, and we have to turn them down. - From creation/pushing to site aspect, not getting enough notice that an event badge is needed, or it gets lost in a sea of update emails (best to request an event badge at least 1-1.5 months in advance, so we can see & address at a badges meeting (held bi-weekly unless something comes up)). Then there is time for gathering of resources (logos), creation of artwork, and pushing to site.
*Outdated badges:* - We have old speaker/organizer badges. Do we want to remove those and replace them with the new contributor badges? Would this be too big an effort for the outcome?
*New ideas:* - Fedora meet up badge - IMHO, if we created this it should just be one badge overall that is used for multiple events? Or yearly, so "you attended a fedora meet up in 2018" I think this is a great idea for people who are unable to make it to some of the larger conferences, giving them a chance to earn event badges. On the other side, those privileged to go to the larger badges will most likely earn these as well. https://pagure.io/fedora-badges/issue/641 - Non-Fedora badges - this idea made by Bex on issue 642. I would be interested to hear more about what this would entail and how to implement. https://pagure.io/fedora-badges/issue/642
*More Thoughts:* - Why did we move from speaker/organizer badges to contributor badges? Who made this decision and why? - A note here is that I am fine with this policy, I am just curious how this decision came about, and why it wasn't really finalized "officially" and discussed with the badges team as a whole. I think it was announced on a badge issue, and we then had to adapt.
That is all I have for now. I think it would be great if we had input on these thoughts, and any others, from all the people who makes badges happen :)
Best, - riecatnor
Hi! I've been thinking about this thread for a while.
This is great feedback and I wonder how we could try to improve the contributing experience for Fedora Badges. In 2015, an early idea was to equip CommOps to work with the Design Team on creating and establishing badge policy and strategy. Perhaps we could revisit this again.
I'd like to figure out where we can begin tracking this feedback and organize an effort to address some of these.
(One example on my mind is hosting a docs.fedoraproject.org page on Fedora Badges to explain policy and badge rules. It could also be a "new home" for the style guide.)
On 8/18/18 9:57 AM, Marie Nordin wrote:
Hello All!
I am opening up this thread to discuss event badges-- I think it would be helpful to brainstorm and finalize some standards/regulations regarding event badges with the input from leadership, design, and development side. I will do my best to list all the different thoughts/issues that have been raised. Please feel free to jump in with other points and/or correct if I don't have the latest info.
_*Current policy:*_
- 1 event badge per event (non Fedora, or Fedora)
- 3 event badges per Flock
- attendee
- contributor
- party attendee
- 1 event badge per Fudcon
- attendee
- in the past we have also had speaker/organizer badges
_*Common issues we encounter:*_
- People pointing to older badges and asking why we don't make them any more
- I actually haven't seen this as much lately, but have in the past
- People not knowing what or where to find a policy regarding event
badges. People pose potential badges, and we have to turn them down.
- From creation/pushing to site aspect, not getting enough notice that
an event badge is needed, or it gets lost in a sea of update emails (best to request an event badge at least 1-1.5 months in advance, so we can see & address at a badges meeting (held bi-weekly unless something comes up)). Then there is time for gathering of resources (logos), creation of artwork, and pushing to site.
_*Outdated badges:*_
- We have old speaker/organizer badges. Do we want to remove those and
replace them with the new contributor badges? Would this be too big an effort for the outcome?
_*New ideas:*_
- Fedora meet up badge - IMHO, if we created this it should just be one
badge overall that is used for multiple events? Or yearly, so "you attended a fedora meet up in 2018" I think this is a great idea for people who are unable to make it to some of the larger conferences, giving them a chance to earn event badges. On the other side, those privileged to go to the larger badges will most likely earn these as well. https://pagure.io/fedora-badges/issue/641
- Non-Fedora badges - this idea made by Bex on issue 642. I would be
interested to hear more about what this would entail and how to implement. https://pagure.io/fedora-badges/issue/642 _*More Thoughts:*_
- Why did we move from speaker/organizer badges to contributor badges?
Who made this decision and why?
- A note here is that I am fine with this policy, I am just curious how
this decision came about, and why it wasn't really finalized "officially" and discussed with the badges team as a whole. I think it was announced on a badge issue, and we then had to adapt.
That is all I have for now. I think it would be great if we had input on these thoughts, and any others, from all the people who makes badges happen :)
Best,
- riecatnor
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