Open Stack

On 03/28/2016 07:04 AM, Tim Bell wrote:
> The criteria being proposed are as follows but this would seem to be
> pre-empting the discussions due in the non-ATC recognition working group
> [2].
[...]
> 
> *Criteria*
[...]
>   * Must have performed at least one of the following activities:
> 
>          1. Organized at least 3 OpenStack community meetups within the
>             last cycle (as documented and validated by Meetup.com)

Unless things have changed recently, meetup.com should not be considered
an official source of data because we have invested time and money to
have a more inclusive way.

The official source of data for groups and events is
https://groups.openstack.org: that application is designed to import
everything that happens on meetup.com and can be extended to support
other systems where OpenStack groups exist (known places are linkedin,
facebook, google groups, mailman). OpenStack Groups also has reporting
system that Ambassadors use to gauge activity of groups.


>          2. Organized at least 3 OpenStack community events or 1
>             mid-cycle event for the latest release (as validated by
>             Meetup.com or public event data)
>          3. Organized at least 1 significant community event at the
>             Summit (e.g. core reviewer event, community party, etc.)

All these metrics can be gathered from Groups.openstack.org

>          4. Actively participated in at least 10 meetings for OpenStack
>             non-coding working groups (validated by agenda roll calls on
>             the Etherpads)
>          5. Submitted at least 10 defects within the last cycle (as
>             documented in Stackalytics data)

This seems to be quite weak: submitting defects alone cannot be
considered enough to gain anything. The defects need to be at the very
least marked as 'valid' for them to be considered a contribution.

>          6. Authored OpenStack knowledge sharing/training
>             materials/special documentation outside the OpenStack
>             Documentation project (ACC status is not granted for
>             contributions that would already merit ATC status)

This also looks weak to me: there is a lot of unhelpful content out
there, like blog posts or videos that at best are valid for a month or
so and then become more of a source of mis-information since the author
moves on to do other stuff. I'd be very careful about this.

If the intention is to recognize people who help others, maybe Ask
OpenStack would be a place to look for helpful contributors. How to
identify those contributors would require more thoughts to maximize
effectiveness.

/stef