We want to recognize amazing contributions from the wider community with GitLab swags. All GitLab team members and members of the wider community are encouraged to nominate others or themselves (for campaigns such as #myfirstMRmerge).
We'll be using Printfection's giveaway links to make this happen.
If you think that someone deserves a swag prize, nominate them! If you reached an important campaign milestone (e.g. #myfirstMRmerged) with your contribution, you can also nominate yourself!
Anyone who you feel deserves an extra special something for their contribution, comment, or community involvement is eligible for swag.
This can include, (but is not limited to):
#myfirstMRmerged milestoneFor cases not listed above, use your best judgement, and create a merge request to add new cases to the list.
If you've contributed to our community or reached an important campaign milestone, you're eligible to self nominate for GitLab swag. Note that to self nominate, you must provide relevant links and evidence of your contributions to be evaluated by the GitLab team.
| Contribution | Notes for Self Nomination |
|---|---|
| #myfirstMRmerged | Must include link the merged MR |
| Community Blog Post | Must include link to published blog post |
| GitLab Forum Answer | Must include link to high quality answer provided on the GitLab Forum |
| Meetup/Presentation | Must include link to the meetup/event page |
The following process can be used either
That's it! The Code Contributor Program Manager will be in touch with the person nominated on how to get the swag!
The form is reviewed on the first and third Friday of each month, and you can check the status of each nomination on column K of the form's spreadsheet (only for GitLab Team members).
To simplify this process, we use the Printfection Chrome Extension to automatically generate links for specific giveaway campaigns.
The Community Relations team members managing this process should review steps to integrate the Printfection chrome extension using the merch@gitlab.com account saved in 1password.
Hi [NAME]!
The GitLab team has noticed the awesome support you provide on [Social Channel] to users asking questions about GitLab.
We'd love to recognize your efforts with some free GitLab swag!
The link below will take you directly to an order form where you can choose your favorite GitLab swag item.
[Giveaway Link] / [Code]
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out. Thanks for your contributions to the GitLab community!
:clap: Congrats! Send us an email at merch@gitlab.com and we can send some GitLab swag your way! :heart_eyes:
We'd love to thank you for your contributions to GitLab StackOverflow questions with some GitLab Swag! You can use this link to place an order, free of charge, and choose your favorite GitLab swag items. [Giveaway Link]/[Code] Thanks again for supporting StackOverflow users by answering their GitLab questions!
This section outlines the strategies that GitLab team member might use to contact community members during this process