GWC Member Rewards Program

The GWC Member Rewards Program is a system to give back to our loyal Global WebSphere Community Members. A GWC member earns loyalty points based on activity in the Global WebSphere Community. Earn points for making a blog post, uploading a presentation, posting in the forums, and more.

The GWC Member Rewards Program awards prizes to GWC members with the most Lifetime Points quarterly.

You can earn points on the site through the following activities:

Loyalty Badges

As you earn loyalty points for the GWC Member Rewards Program, you will see badges displayed on your My GWC page (the page for your GWC account) and your profile page. In addition, when you post in a forum or reply to a forum post, your achievement level will be noted with a small image of the badge or badges you’ve earned.

Badges are earned at the following levels:
•    500 lifetime points = Rising Star
•    1500 lifetime points = Comet
•    5000 lifetime points = Super Nova

You can see your lifetime points by logging in to your GWC account. Click on the My GWC link in the light blue menu bar if you are not taken to your account page upon login.  You will see your lifetime points under your profile picture on the right.

If you notice that you have enough points for a badge, but don’t see them on your profile, just do one of the quick activities that earns you points listed above, and you should see the badges the next time you refresh your page.

Don’t miss out on your chance to win IBM WebSphere Education offerings, GWC Merchandise, discounts to Impact, and nomination to the IBM Champions program!

Rules: Content uploaded must be unique, WebSphere-related content.  Lifetime points will not be awarded for personal or non-WebSphere content or for duplicate content uploaded by the same person. Privacy setting for content must be set to "Public" where applicable. Prizes will be awarded based on value of the contribution to the community. Employees of IBM; UCG; and national, state, or local governments of any country are eligible to earn points and badges but are not eligible to win GWC Member Rewards prizes.

Questions?

See our Frequently Asked Questions page or contact us at GWCUserInfo@websphereusergroup.org

Congratulations to our GWC Member Rewards Program Winners!

The following GWC Member Rewards Program winners have provided quality, technical content in the forums, through blog posts, and through other content posted to the GWC site.  Each winner receives one no-charge online IBM WebSphere Education course of his or her choice.  Thank you to everyone for your contributions!

4Q 2012Erik Solinger
Danielle Keeling
Charley Rich