[TYPO3-UG US] Better extensions award

[Elmar Hinz]

Hello,

guys, I will give the propsal of this award one week to arouse enough 
interest of the community to become successful.

The first day has already passed. After 7 days a second chance to get a 
valuable set of reviewed extensions will have passed.

Regards

Elmar



Elmar Hinz wrote:
> Hello US and Canadian marketing groups!
> 
> Extensions regularly do, what the developers want them to do.
> 
> Not as often they do what our customers expect them to. Interoparability 
> between different extensions can't be taken for granted. A lot of 
> extensions have a poor documentation or none at all. You seldom can 
> reach the developers for improvement requests.
> 
> Such details make the daily life of TYPO3 consultants and agencies 
> pretty difficilt and regularly consumes a big part of our time.
> 
> To get better extensions, extensions that work in a way we expect them 
> to work, I have proposed to offer a reward for the best extension(s) 
> every year. Extensions need to achieve a standard, that we well define, 
> to take part in the contest. As a side effect, we will certify a 
> handfull of the extensions that reach a defined standard of best quality.
> 
> What do we already have:
> 
> * The german TYPO3 print magazine T3N (http://www.yeebase.com/) likes to 
> support the award and has offert print reports about.
> 
> * Robert Lemke and Kasper Skårhøj as members of the assozication board 
> will give official legitimation for the award, if it's well organized.
> 
> I call for active support of the american TYPO3 community. Please 
> support this idea in a way that Robert and Kasper will call it well 
> organized. Either we need to do it right or we leave it.
> 
> I would like to see at least a third of the active team to come from 
> america, cause that will be an important market in the near future.
> 
> 
> 
> What do we need for a well organized award?
> 
> * Organizers (2 - 4 persons)
> * Jury       (6 - 9 persons)
> * Sponsors   (1 - 3 companies)
> 
> 
> Organizers:
> 
> Their task is to organize the award as a whole, to make it an integrated 
> part of the TYPO3 association. Tasks are the inner organization, fund 
> raising, event management of celebrations and public relations. - That 
> sounds much bigger as it is in fact.
> 
> 
> Jury:
> 
> The jury has to define the conditions extensions need to fullfill to 
> take part in the contetst. The members officially certify those 
> extensions wich reach best quality standard and vote for the award 
> winning extension(s).
> 
> 
> Sponsors:
> 
> They are audible named as sponsors or the TYPO3 extension award and can 
> advertiese their own company as official sponsor. I think it es best to 
> only have few or only one sponsor, to get best advertisement effect for 
> him. If the award is donated by one exclusive sponsor it could carry his 
> name ofter him.
> 
> 
> 
> How do you think about the amount of the award. How much is necessary at 
> least. What is realistic at maximum?
> 
> One of my self defined conditions to persue the idea is, that the 
> american marketing groups bring in at least one person into the 
> organizing team and 2 for the jury. So you are a test field for the 
> acceptance idea itself.
> 
> Now let us hear your opinions and than perhaps get into action.
> 
> 
> Regards
> 
> Elmar


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