Although there seems to be a lot of disagreement about the name, everyone seems to be in favor of the idea. What is the next step, Paul?
> On 20. Feb 2018, at 07:56, Peter McNeil <pe...@mcneils.net> wrote: > > You're all missing the obvious "Groovy GR8" :-) > >> On 20/02/18 11:35, Paul King wrote: >> Supreme Thanks Award Recognising contributions? :-) >> >>> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 7:08 AM, Kostas Saidis <sai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> My own few cents, too: >>> >>> Groovy Star, Groovy Champion, Groovy MVP all have their pros and cons. I >>> would suggest something along the lines of Groovy Exceptional Community >>> Member (Groovy ECM) or Groovy Distinguished Community Member (Groovy DCM). >>> New acronym, professional enough, focusing on the overall community and not >>> only the language per se. >>> >>> Kostas >>> >>> >>> On 19/2/2018 10:26 μμ, MG wrote: >>>> I have never heard "MVP" = "Minimum Viable Product", so I doubt this >>>> would pose a problem. Also do you suggest that people would actually read >>>> "Groovy has announced its Minimum Viable Products of 2018" ? >>>> STAR has 129 meanings as an acronym, btw, according to >>>> https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/STAR >>>> >>>>> On 19.02.2018 20:39, Guillaume Laforge wrote: >>>>> For me, MVP sounds too much like Minimum Viable Product : >>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_product >>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 8:32 PM, MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: >>>>>> Following the sports analogy, what about >>>>>> >>>>>> "Groovy MVPs" >>>>>> >>>>>> ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Any game can have Most Valuable Players (even if only one is typically >>>>>> crowned in the US), and I think "Groovy announced its 2018 MVPs" has a >>>>>> nice ring to it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> mg >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 19.02.2018 12:03, Søren Berg Glasius wrote: >>>>>>> I disagree with MG. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> A star is an object that shines, and in this case shines light on the >>>>>>> Groovy language and ecosystem. Hence I think the name is both >>>>>>> professional, and since it can be directly linked to the star in the >>>>>>> Groovy logo I think it makes perfect sense. In sports you also have >>>>>>> star players and in music (and Java) you have rock stars. That you can >>>>>>> find examples that relates to games on Nintendo does not make a valid >>>>>>> point IMO. The "All Stars" just makes it so much better - as that's >>>>>>> what Paul, Jochen and others are . >>>>>>> >>>>>>> My few cents worth. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> /Søren >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sun, 18 Feb 2018 at 17:02 MG <mg...@arscreat.com> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 18.02.2018 13:38, Eric Kinsella wrote: >>>>>>>>> +1up on Groovy Stars. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> "Get a life" ;-) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But seriously, all the people one-upping "Groovy Stars" - consider >>>>>>>> whether that name really sends the right professional message with >>>>>>>> regards to Groovy ? I am convinced it does not. >>>>>>>> Managers who might decide whether Groovy can be used in a project are >>>>>>>> typically conservative and sensitive to those things, and they do not >>>>>>>> normally follow nerd humor... (next suggestion I see coming along the >>>>>>>> Stars-crossed-line, is to call Paul and Jochen "Groovy All Stars") >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> As another example, it looks like "Pokemon Stars" on the Nintendo >>>>>>>> Switch might become a reality: >>>>>>>> http://www.techradar.com/news/pokemon-stars-all-the-latest-leaks-from-the-rumored-nintendo-switch-game >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:13 AM, Daniel Sun >>>>>>>>>> <realblue...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>>>>> Hi Paul, >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> “Groovy Champions” make people associate it with "Java >>>>>>>>>> Champions" >>>>>>>>>> easily. As for "Groovy Stars", it is interesting but let me >>>>>>>>>> associate "Song >>>>>>>>>> Stars" and "Kungfu Stars" easily... I wish other people would not >>>>>>>>>> associate >>>>>>>>>> as I do... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Similarly, many years ago some one suggested to name current >>>>>>>>>> "Grape" >>>>>>>>>> as "Groovy Baby", the latter is interesting but not formal... >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> To sum up, +1 to “Groovy Champions”. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>>>>> Daniel.Sun >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> Sent from: >>>>>>>>>> http://groovy.329449.n5.nabble.com/Groovy-Users-f329450.html >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Best regards / Med venlig hilsen, >>>>>>> Søren Berg Glasius >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hedevej 1, Gl. Rye, 8680 Ry, Denmark >>>>>>> Mobile: +45 40 44 91 88, Skype: sbglasius >>>>>>> --- Press ESC once to quit - twice to save the changes. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Guillaume Laforge >>>>> Apache Groovy committer & PMC Vice-President >>>>> Developer Advocate @ Google Cloud Platform >>>>> >>>>> Blog: http://glaforge.appspot.com/ >>>>> Social: @glaforge / Google+ >>>> >>> >> > > -- > web: http://nerderg.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/pmcneil > Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/110661434396927001866
