<div dir="auto">Thanks Jim.<div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I didn't see any other responses so I thought that my message may not have gotten through to the list.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Hopefully it might be a modest lift with large gain</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Jothan</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Oct 24, 2023, 9:49 AM Jim DeLaHunt <<a href="mailto:list%2Buasg@jdlh.com">list+uasg@jdlh.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I love, love, love this idea of a "Champions of UA" Recognition!
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<p>UASG does not have the power to compel organisations to become
universally accepting. We cannot really affect the economic
incentives which will, I believe, determine what universal
acceptance happens or does not happen. But we certainly can
celebrate those who are doing a good job. <br>
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<p>We can take as models various awards: the Nobel prizes[1] for
benefit to humanity, the Collier Trophy[2] for aeronautics and
astronautics, the Academy Awards[3] ("Oscars") for the film
industry, etc. <br>
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<p>I suspect that $10,000 spent on developing an award for best
Universal Acceptance accomplishment of the year, conferring it,
and publicising it, might well advance Universal Acceptance more
than hiring developers to evaluate and report on the universal
acceptance flaws of a software library. <br>
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<p>Great idea, Jothan!</p>
<p>Best regards,<br>
—Jim DeLaHunt<br>
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<p>[1] Nobel Prizes
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize></a><br>
[2] Collier Trophy
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier_Trophy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier_Trophy></a><br>
[3] Academy Awards
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Awards></a><br>
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<div>On 2023-10-09 10:34, Jothan Frakes via
UA-Tech wrote:<br>
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Rather than pointing this likely familiar and aggressively
inconvenient aspect of the gaps that plague UA, I came up with
an idea that I'd like to float, and in the context of the budget
planning, would hope to see resourced to recognize UA champions
who step up.
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<div><b>HERE IS THE IDEA - WHAT IF THERE WERE A "Champions of
UA" RECOGNITION:</b><br>
There were some dedicated recognition pages where companies'
or engineer's (or others' who help) names get listed in
recognition of being champions, along with what components
that they updated. I'd suggest that this would not be
expensive, and there is value to people that could point to
their name being listed as part of their CV or other
accolades.<br>
It may require special consideration due to privacy
regulation, but there's likely an opt-in process as part of
submitting.<br>
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The resourcing would be the web page and some form of
coordinator / review and curation of the champions list. If
it really took hold, one could have awards, categories or
other expansion of recognition, things like badges that could
be shown on linked-in or xing, or printed certificate plaque
pdf that can be framed and placed on office wall.</div>
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It won't solve all the gaps, and may not motivate 100% of the
key/crucial/necessary participants, but is really not a lot,
but rather than spiffs or bounties, it is a recognition that
could be meaningful enough to attract some momentum and
solutions to happen. <br>
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<div>Currently, due to there being a lot of tech debt involved,
there is low allure to shining flashlights into the corners of
how code might be looking at domains - ASCII or IDN. Perhaps
elevating and recognizing those who do (or their employers) is
a way to help exchange the costs of doing so for some ability
to flex some accolades or virtue signalling.</div>
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Please steal and use this idea, and if it does work, plan that
there is budget for it considered.</div>
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<div>-Jothan</div>
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