2016-03-11 22:58 GMT+01:00 White, Langdon <langdon(a)fedoraproject.org
<mailto:langdon@fedoraproject.org>>:
On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM Stephen Gallagher <sgallagh(a)redhat.com
<mailto:sgallagh@redhat.com>> 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.