5:07 p.m.
When GlassFish V3 was released, I got a note thanking me for the specific
issues that I filed or participated in that were relevant to the release.
That's a pretty cool service. Sure would be nice to do something like that
at JBoss. One use case is that a volunteer can take that e-mail to their
manager and demonstrate that they had an impact. Personal pride is another.
-Dan
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9:42 p.m.
IMO, it's the classy thing to do. Volunteers thrive off of positive
reinforcement.
On 12/10/2009 05:07 PM, Dan Allen wrote:
When GlassFish V3 was released, I got a note thanking me for the
specific issues that I filed or participated in that were relevant to
the release. That's a pretty cool service. Sure would be nice to do
something like that at JBoss. One use case is that a volunteer can
take that e-mail to their manager and demonstrate that they had an
impact. Personal pride is another.
-Dan
11:59 p.m.
New subject: [seam-dev] thanking the community
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 19:42, Steven Boscarine
<steven.boscarine(a)childrens.harvard.edu> wrote:
IMO, it's the classy thing to do. Volunteers thrive off of
positive
reinforcement.
On 12/10/2009 05:07 PM, Dan Allen wrote:
> When GlassFish V3 was released, I got a note thanking me for the
> specific issues that I filed or participated in that were relevant to
> the release. That's a pretty cool service. Sure would be nice to do
> something like that at JBoss. One use case is that a volunteer can
> take that e-mail to their manager and demonstrate that they had an
> impact. Personal pride is another.
>
> -Dan
>
>
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Sounds like a wonderful idea. Having come from a company that
specialized in recognition / appreciation I can attest to the amazing
results these seemingly small acts of appreciation produce. I don't
know if the things that Sun sent out were personalized or just a form
mailing with info pulled from the issue tracker, but if something big
is reported, fixed, contributed, etc a personal email / letter,
whatever really goes a long way.
I know I'm not part of JBoss, but I think Dan's idea is suburb and
would love to see something a like that implemented.
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