Great news! Thanks and Happy holidays! 2020-12-30 12:10 GMT+03:00, Alexey Zinoviev <zaleslaw....@gmail.com>: > Thanks for recognition! Happy New Year! > > вт, 29 дек. 2020 г. в 21:36, Kseniya Romanova <romanova.ks....@gmail.com>: > >> Hi, Igniters! >> >> >> ASF welcomes all types of contributions, including responses to user >> questions and promotion of projects. And, the GriGain DelRel team knows >> that people spend a lot of their private time on such activities. Our >> code >> and documentation contributors are recognized by being promoted to the >> role >> of " committer." But, unfortunately, we don't have a formal way to >> recognize our user-support and project-promotion contributors. >> >> >> In 2020, more than 40 people contributed their time and experience to >> promote project visibility and encourage adoption by developers: >> >> >> >> - >> >> 59 talks to 2400 developers and architects at meetup and conference >> events >> - >> >> 60+ blog posts and tutorials >> - >> >> 2000+ questions answered on the User list and Stackoverflow >> >> >> Let’s praise some of our most active Ignite supporters in 2020: >> >> >> >> - >> >> In user support, Ilya Kasnacheev is our absolute user support >> champion. >> He alone answered 756 questions on Stackoverflow and the User list. >> - >> >> Val Kulichenko posted 9 articles and presented at 6 meetups. >> - >> >> Denis Magda created 10 demos and 4 tutorials and presented at 14 >> meetups >> and 7 conferences. >> - >> >> Alexey Zinoviev wrote 4 articles about Ignite ML and presented at 1 >> meetup and 1 conference. >> - >> >> Pavel Tupitsyn created 4 articles and helped Ignite users on the >> mailing >> list and Stackoverflow. >> - >> >> Saikat Maitra presented at 2 conferences. >> - >> >> Ivan Pavlukhin helped many new developers to start contributing to >> Ignite. >> >> >> As a sign of our gratitude for their efforts, these contributors will >> receive special New Year gifts. >> >> >> In 2021, we want to track this type of contribution and ensure that the >> contributors are recognized within the community. The Alfa version of our >> tracking system is already functioning inside GridGain, so the next step >> is >> to upgrade the current system and start a discussion with PMC members. >> Those who help to attract and retain users are definitely worthy of >> praise >> and promotion, as the value of their contribution matches the value that >> is >> provided through code and documentation. >> >> >> Keep being awesome and have a Happy New Year! >> >> >> Kseniya >> >> DevRel at GridGain >> >
-- Best regards, Ivan Pavlukhin