The Python Foundation should reward or highlight Python users

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I think the Python Foundation should reward or highlight Python users who have a high level of involvement… it seems to me that this would help promote Python and eliminate fake accounts from forums, GitHub, social networks… developers will be more personalized and easier to access on various topics.

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There are two types of existing Python Community Awards: Community Service Awards, and Distinguished Service Awards that have been in existence for many years. They’ve been a great way to recognize outstanding contributions to Python, and are usually highlighted at US PyCon events.

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I think we should pat ourselves on the back, and probably do; for the Python community we have made and kept going over the decades. :clap:

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This is very awkward to do with hands. It ought to be easier if we pat ourselves on the back using actual pythons. Surely that won’t end badly.

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We form a conga line, everyone pats the next Python community member on the back till the last pats the first to form a circle :slight_smile:

I’ll start: thanks Chris for making Python a community I’m proud to be a member of!…

(Maybe not, as this could get silly - but you get the idea) :slight_smile:

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Listen, if we are okay with it being silly, the best way would be to close the loop quickly. Paddy, thanks for creating a hilarious visual of two people patting each other on the back.

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We can set up an open space at the next PyCon US to do this :wink:

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One with cameras, preferably. The world needs to see this.

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A Kudouroboros.

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I think the Python CSA and Fellowships hit the spot for this kind of recognition. Keep in mind though, that these awards don’t do anything to defeat online impersonation.

Do you have more details on what kind of recognition criteria you’d have, who would be in charge of it, and what processes they would follow? How does nomination work? Etc. etc. It’d also be a good idea to familiarize yourself with the current CSA and Fellowship programs, their history, and how they work.

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I don’t have a list of criteria, but perhaps more like credits for Python users who work with Python and share their work with us. For example, you can put all of these users on a world map with all of the things: those who make events in the area, write books, and build community forums, etc., blogs with a lot of source code and testing packages, and integrate Python in schools, maintainers of packages, foundation members … will be a big map with a good image about python programming language in world.

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I don’t know that … my ideas is more like: put all of these users on a world map with all of the things: those who make events in the area, write books, and build community forums, etc., blogs with a lot of source code and testing packages, and integrate Python in schools, maintainers of packages, foundation members … will be a big map with a good image about python programming language in world.

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One of the most awesome aspects of freedom is that you don’t need anyone else’s permission to make this. In fact, you could even use this as an excuse to build a project in Python itself; there are some cool map visualization libraries that will let you build up a world map with markers like that, and then you can have a big list of people that deserve credit. Should be a fun little project!

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I think the Python Foundation need to have one great image about all good users, and us as developers and users , with all PyCon’s events , schools, workshops, all on map and old users on python maybe some criteria for who can be on this big python image online , some users will more easy to find one open source maps online can be easy to implement this idea.