I think the point system has started a year ago and its been alive till then. Taken different shapes and forms and twists and turns, excitement and entertainment. Lets talk a little about the history.

A year ago, I was in my weekly meeting with Gabe and talking about self improvement and being on time. That brainstorm lead us to conduct meetings. I think at one point of time we have realized that apart from conducting meetings one shall improve written communication skills. Thanks to Jon to suggest 5nongringos name for out blog. Meanwhile to control the sense of being on time we have started this so called points system. Earn 10 late points and enjoy the privilege of being a host for a team lunch. Myself and Jon were the biggest losers and winners of this system. We both had privilege to host at least 10 team lunches each. For past few months, we were on time most of the time and I think we are winners in this.

All these lunched made us gain weight and now we have added weight lose points. Then blog post points and now positive points. Thanks to Aravinda in this.Deal in this system is to take of 2 negative points once we earn 10 positive points continuously. If you get a negative point before reaching 10 positive, you lose all positive.

I was not happy with this approach since the positive points are polled only with on time but the negative points are polled against weight loss, blog and late points. To make it more easy and clear the below is my proposal

Positive points are polled for every act. For example, if you are on time, you will get a point. Posted a blog, you will get a positive point. Met your goal in weight loss and you will add a positive point. For each 10 positive points you take out 2 negatives and if you miss any of the three, you lose every thing from positive side. And I know its tough to maintain and Gabe now proposing to remove the wipe out process.

Now the rule is simple. gain 10 positive points and lose 2 negative points. Awesome right ?

At its membership peak, our project team consisted of 19 people from six countries in four different continents. Quite a diversified gathering of cultures–and remarkable in the fact that americans are actually the minority group in the team. One of our developers, George (who’s an american), once remarked that the only reason he was hired was to satisfy an american quota requirement. (Actually, he was hired because nobody else applied for the job–but don’t tell him that)

Indeed, few things expand your horizon as profoundly as interacting with a diverse group of people day in and day out. I got the inside scoop on Pakistani culture and religion, British monarchy, Indian festivals, and Mexican food, all within the backdrop of the Northeast fall foliage and winter snowstorms. For an ordinary guy from the tropical country of the Philippines, this is definitely not Kansas anymore.