QtChampions

This page is used for nominations for the 2017 Qt Champions.

The nomination process is public. To nominate a community member, please fill in the details at the end of this wiki page.

For this first year the selection process will be handled by the Qt marketing team. The intention is that in the coming years, the Qt Champions will be involved in the selection process.

The categories for nomination are:

• Community Builder
• Content Creator
• Quality Assurer
• Developer
• Ambassador
• Rookie of the year
• Maverick

Each category may or may not have a Qt Champion in a given year. The number of Qt Champions is limited. Being nominated does not automatically bring a title, but is a recognition in itself.

We know we have very talented Qt Champions out there, but please nominate a person for one category. You can nominate multiple people for a category, only Rookie of the year and Maverick are strictly limited to one Champion per year. You can nominate any member of the community, including yourself.

In the below table please add the following information of the person you wish to nominate for a Qt Champion title:

• Qt Account username (or codereview name)
• Category or Title to be nominated for
• Reasons for nomination (max. 300 words, please provide links to relevant material if possible)

Username	Title category	Reason for nomination
aha_1980	Developer/Quality assurer	Mr Hartmann has been a long time Qt supporter and has contributed numerous patches to the Qt code base, especially along the CANBus module. As of this year he has also been very active in the Qt forum, where he has helped in bridging the gap between end users and Qt developers by providing insight and well structured assistance to Qt's users. Never to shy away from the hard questions, he undoubtedly has shown the technical expertise and dedication we all have grown to expect from Qt's developers and contributors, therefore he should be considered with highest esteem for a Qt champion spot. Bugreports tracker profile: https://bugreports.qt.io/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=aha_1980 Qt forums profile: https://forum.qt.io/user/aha_1980
VRonin	Community Builder	With his impeccable work as a forum moderator and as a person to be first to give a helping hand to a developer in need, mr Beldi has made a significant impact in the community. The sheer number of solved problems in the forums, thanks to his intervention, is a testament to his contribution and dedication. To top that he has adopted for maintenance the orphaned QtXlsxWriter package, which provides a Qt interface for work with MS Excel files. QtXlsxWriter on github: https://github.com/VSRonin/QtXlsxWriter Qt forums profile: https://forum.qt.io/user/vronin
DHEERENDRA V PUROHIT	Ambassador, Community Builder	Mr. Dheerendra is a dynamic person , More actively involved in Qt Forum, since from 2008 he is Qt forum contributor and active member, previously he was top 2 contributor, now he lies under top 10 in Qt Forum. His contribution in the field of C++, Design Patterns, Qt, QML is been helpful in the industry for development. And Founder Of Pthinks Company , training professionals and enhancing the future of professionals and Students. He is a nice person, and involving in the sessions , discussions. And helping the most to answer the queries in the Forum. He is specialized Trainer and Chief Architect . His Profile can be viewed : https://forum.qt.io/user/dheerendra . LinkedIn Profile : https://in.linkedin.com/in/dheerendrap I am ( Bharath R ) associated with Mr.Dheerendra V Purohit since 2009, he is down to earth person. His strong C++ and Qt/QML knowledge is helping software industry as well as automotive industry including HMI development along with various projects. Mr. Dheerendra V Purohit is a restless person in Qt world. and he helps to solve industry cases and problematic statements. His Qt training delivery is awesome. Any layman can easily understand his way of explanations and teaching. He is more passionate about training Qt and QML to budding engineering professionals. I have seen Mr. Dheerendra V Purohit round the clock in forum to help forum guys. So i strongly recommend he should be the Qt champion for 2017. I would like to nominate Mr.Dheerendra V Purohit because he is the most joyful and an amazing person i have ever known. He is very talented and highly qualified person, his simplicity and his work speaks volumes of the kind of person he is – efficient, organized and result-oriented. If Oscars were given for a job well done, I’d nominate Mr.Dheerendra! I take this opportunity to mention that no one could do a better job than the job Mr.Dheerendra do. I am happy to write this nomination for Mr.Dheerendra . In this nomination I would like to express my respect and appreciation for this bright young person, who brought outstanding contribution to the work that is been carried out in several companies under his assistance. He is always active on Qt forum and always reply's to my queries with perfect answers .So i recommend Mr.Dheerendra to be the Qt champion for 2017.
orgads	Developer	Orgad is contributing to Qt since 2011 and has provided countless improvements and bug fixes, especially for QtCreator. He is very active (up to now, he has over 375 merged patches this year) but also reviews tons of patches from other developers, looks through the bugreports and answers questions on the mailing list. His helpful nature makes it really fun to work with him and therefore he should be Qt Champion 2017.
mrjj	Community Builder	MrJJ is active daily on the community platforms. He's helpful and kind to everybody and will provide support both to newcomers and seasoned experts alike Mrjj is a very nice person and activley involved in Qt Forum everyday, answering to the Questions posted, And being friendly to everyone.
kshegunov	Community Builder/Developer	Mr Shegunov has proven his technical knowledge over the years. He's helpful on the community platform especially on the most complex or technical specific problems. He's also actively maintaining a library to facilitate daemons/services in Qt
ekkescorner	Ambassador	ekke, a former BlackBerry Elite Developer, now is spending all of his time to develop mobile business apps with QtQuickControls2. ekke is speaking at german and international conferences (including QtWorldSummit) and writing articles for german publications. ekke also provides a blog about Qt for mobile apps on Android and iOS and from time to time writes at Qt Blog. ekke creates more complex real-life example apps - per ex. in 2017: Bluetooth LE Example and Sharing on Android and iOS Example ekke is also active at Twitter (@ekkescorner), Qt Forums and Slack (QtMob)
marco_piccolino	Community Builder	Marco is managing the QtMob slack chat, where over 500 of Qt users are exchanging their knowledge day by day. It is very useful community for day-to-day developer life, where one can find people working on the same problems and find good solutions easily. It is also very friendly place, where both experienced Qt developers and begginers can learn from each other. Without him There would be no QtMob, which I find most useful Qt community for me! Blog post about QtMob community: http://blog.qt.io/blog/2017/03/21/qtmob-qt-mobile-application-development-becomes-easier/
p3c0	Community Builder	p3c0 has been active in Qt Forum, answers to the questions posted, being a moderator helps everyone. Profile: https://forum.qt.io/user/p3c0

Criteria for Qt Champions:

• Community Builder
  • Being a forum maintainer / helping people on forums
  • Managing mailing lists / helping on the mailing lists
  • Helping Qt newcomers find their way around the project
  • Running Qt study groups
  • Running local Qt meetups
• Content Creator
  • Finding, writing and sharing use-cases of Qt in unexpected places
  • Creating video material of Qt (demos, guides, other material)
  • Authoring articles and even books
  • Fixing documentation issues
  • Creating examples and snippets
  • Being a wiki gardener / editor
• Quality Assurer
  • Bug triager
  • Being in the bug squad
  • Verifying and closing bugs
  • Help in package testing
  • Help in unit testing
  • Being in the community beta testing program
• Developer
  • Providing patches to Qt
  • Create stunning Qt applications
  • Share Qt application creation knowledge
• Ambassador
  • Spread the Qt word in blogs, social media, videoblogs
  • Find and help newcomers to Qt
  • Working to bring Qt to students
  • Present Qt at events
• Rookie of the Year
  • First code commit during the past year
  • Active and positive contribution to the Qt project
• Maverick
  • Has made a significant impact on the project
  • Might not have always followed the rules to the point, but gets the job done

What is expected of a Qt Champion

A Qt Champion is there to show what the Qt Community is best at.

The Qt Champion is friendly and has shown active participation with the Qt project.

Limited time only

Once you are given the title of Qt Champion, you will hold the title for a year.

If you achieve the title for three years, you will be entitled for a lifetime title. If you are so committed to the project, you need to be recognised beyond a normal Qt Champion title.

But I get paid to do this! / What if we are a company?

Yes, some of us are paid to work on Qt by our employers. Mostly on the code base, but also testing, documentation and other essential work goes on in the project. Some of the people who do get paid to work on the project do so above and beyond the normal limits of their day jobs (coding all day and helping newcomers in their free time, for example). We need metrics to find these people and provide them with a Qt Champion title too.