Great !! I have read this and the previous discussion, and all the ideas for growing the community and inspiring more contributions are excellent
Thanks & Regards, Pratiksha Badheka On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 1:35 AM Srabasti Banerjee < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello All, > > It is awesome that we have the PR of the Month award to recognize the PR > with the most impact each month, voted by the community. > > This thread is to propose the addition of another award "Rookie PR" to > recognize new budding contributors. This will be an incentive for newcomers > and inspire them to pick up PRs. In the long run, this will result in > reduction of the list of open PRs as well. > > Name of the Award : Rookie PR > > *Mission statement : * > *- to recognize meaningful contributions by new and budding contributors* > *- inspire newcomers and novices relatively new to the community to pick up > new PRs* > *- make project feel more welcoming and inclusive* > > *Nomination process:* > *- encourage self-nominations and community nominations, so it is > convenient for anyone to recognize another fellow contributor.* > > *Qualifying Criteria:* > *- These awards are FOR the Community and BY the community. The intent is > to give a shout out to a Rookie with Apache Airflow project contribution.* > *- Winner will be chosen based on the majority of votes by the community.* > > Appreciate your inputs to enhance this idea and eventually implement it for > the community. This is post inputs per "[DISCUSS] : Awards for recognizing > new budding contributors" thread. If the above looks good to all, I will > start a VOTE thread. > > Warm Regards, > Srabasti Banerjee >
