I like the idea. > On Apr 5, 2021, at 16:42, Matthew Sacks <matt...@matthewsacks.com> wrote: > > Summary: Digital Merit badges > ASF participation and responsibility are based on merit. So like other > merit-based organizations, why not have a digital merit badge. It would > slow your name and summarize your involvement and contributions (volunteer, > committer, member, board member, founding member, etc.). > Also, what projects you work on. > > Other examples of design: Trust Certification badges: > https://trustarc.com/truste-certifications/enterprise-privacy-certification/ > > What it’s not: social score, that’s not what I’m proposing. > > If an ASF member, committee, and volunteer involvement are based on merit, > why not have a digital merit badge that shows what they’ve done? > > Like other organizations based on merit, there are usually badges > recognizing one's contributions to that contributor. > > I’m thinking to list the following on the badge: > - committer, member, volunteer, board member, founder, etc > - year joined > > If you click the badge, it will take you to a profile page with: > - Projects they contribute/contributed to > - Apachcon participation, presentations, etc > - Apache.org personal homepage (if they have one) > > From a marketing perspective, it also expands the ASF “brand” and > reputation. You have many of the best software engineers and IT > professionals in the world helping make better software available to > commercial companies as well as public organizations and individuals > > If LinkedIn displayed a dynamically generated badge validated by an > ASF-hosted infra API (blockchain validated) on Roy Fielding or JimJag’s > LinkedIn page, for example, wouldn’t that be of interest in expanding ASF > reach? It could increase volunteering, donations, page views, and more > benefits. > > Not just LinkedIn, but maybe RedHat, Microsoft, maybe Apple (probably not), > Oracle, IBM, AWS, Google could get a Platinum sponsor badge to show their > pride for supporting the ASF as a major corporation. More corporations will > follow suit. > > > Thoughts? > > -- > Thank you, Matthew >
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