[CONTEST ENDED] This contest is ON POINT.

MeredithW
Meraki Alumni (Retired)

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UPDATE: As of April 30th 9:59 AM PDT, this contest has ended. Stay tuned for the announcement of all 80+ winners!

 

Today marks the beginning of our biggest swag contest ever! We’re running a MONTH long challenge with over 80 chances to win some fresh Cisco Meraki swag.

 

How it works

As of today, certain actions you take in the community will earn you points. Those points will enter you to win a smattering of rad prizes. You needn’t opt in — simply taking one of these point-earning actions will do:

 

  • Reply to any topic or blog post — 5 points
  • Start a topic (e.g. ask a question, pose a discussion point) — 5 points

 

To optimize the bang for your buck, writing high-quality posts can earn you even more points:

 

  • Receive a kudo — 7 points
  • Write an answer that gets marked as a solution — 10 points

 

As you can see, the more helpful your action to the community, the more points you receive!

 

There are 3 tiers that you can reach based on the number of points you amass. Within each tier, at the end of the month, we’ll use a complex algorithm for selecting winners (a hat) to receive swag as outlined below:

 

  • Tier 1 requires 30 points and will have 50 randomly selected winners who’ll receive a custom, limited-edition “I Speak Meraki” Pin

    "I Speak Meraki" pin"I Speak Meraki" pin
  • Tier 2 requires 100 points and will have 25 randomly selected winners who’ll receive a pin and a Meraki thermal bottle

    "I Speak Meraki" pin"I Speak Meraki" pin Meraki thermal bottleMeraki thermal bottle

     

  • Tier 3 requires 200 points and will have 10 randomly selected winners who’ll receive a pin, bottle, and a Meraki drawstring backpack

    Meraki drawstring backpackMeraki drawstring backpack       "I Speak Meraki" pin"I Speak Meraki" pin       Meraki thermal water bottleMeraki thermal water bottle

     

If free swag wasn’t enough, everyone who earns enough points to achieve any tier will be entered to win the GRAND PRIZE of a brand new MV12 WE (with 5-year license)! Reaching Tier 1 gets you 1 entry, Tier 2 doubles your entries and… (guess what!?) Tier 3 triples your entries to win!


That means that, over the course of this month, you could write just 6 replies or author just 3 solutions anywhere in the community and be entered to win one of these:Screen Shot 2019-03-25 at 4.36.31 PM.png

 

How will I know how I’m doing?

To keep you all up to date on your progress, every Friday I’ll post a list of everyone who has reached Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3.

 

When are the winners chosen?

On April 30th at 10 am PDT, the contest will end. We’ll then randomly select winners for each tier (50 for Tier 1, 25 for Tier 2, and 10 for Tier 3) and we’ll also draw the lucky winner of the GRAND PRIZE.

 

We’ll announce each of the winners here, so be sure to stay tuned!

 

More details:

  • Promotion period: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019 at 10am PDT through Tuesday, April 30th, 2019 at 9:59am PDT
  • Up to three possible entries per community member: Each time you progress a tier, your entry remains in the tier below as well (meaning more chances to win stuff!). If you are randomly selected to win in two or three separate tiers, you’ll receive only the prize from the highest level tier. If you are selected to receive the Grand Prize, this will be in addition to any tier-level prizes
  • Shipping limitations: We can only ship prizes to residents of these Eligible Countries
  • Complete rules and eligibility can be found here
207 Comments
BrechtSchamp
Kind of a big deal

Oh yeah! #swagtastic

jdsilva
Kind of a big deal

Sweet contest!

 

This reply is worth 5 points 🙂

Welles
Building a reputation

I dig that water bottle. 

RAVII
Comes here often

#merakiswag

Ensposito
Here to help

Holy cow Batman!

ham737
Here to help

Love me some Meraki Swag!!! I love my Meraki socks I got a while back at a conference! 

arekdreyer
Here to help

Will the MV12, pin, and thermal bottle all fit inside the backpack?

Thicardoso
Here to help

Awesome!!!

Go Meraki!!! Smiley Happy

Mikhail_Lopez
Comes here often

well thats amazing! 

mredy365
Conversationalist

Bring on the swag.

Nick
Head in the Cloud

Oh yes some Meraki love!

 

I can almost feel that Meraki water bottle in my hand now!

GuilhermeMacedo
Getting noticed

lets make numbers!

RB___
Here to help

This is an awesome community involved contest!

Philm0nt
New here

Who doesn't like cool swag!

KaylaEik
Here to help

Who wants #merakiswag?!  This girl!  

Francis
Here to help

I am from South Africa am I eligible to participate  @MeredithW 

DennisHolmes
Here to help

Is this partner only or open to the general public?

alexwalker
Just browsing

Awesome!

Augustat
New here

daaamn that‘s lit!

 

and what‘s inside the drawstring backpack?  🙂 

Gamal
Conversationalist

Awesome

dgomezny
Conversationalist

I need to be dripping in Meraki Green! #SwagMe

jmalheiros
New here

Great iniciative!

tyromstadt
Conversationalist

Heart me some swag!!!

 

 

Cmiller
Building a reputation
I guess it's time to stop lurking
BradMac
Conversationalist

Swag is trending right now!

nuo
Getting noticed

#swagtastic Robot wink

rburch
Here to help

I like the water bottle!

ToryDavenport
Getting noticed

I think this contest is Amazing Fantastic Awesome! Rad!!!!!! #CISCO_MERAKI #EPIC_SWAG

MacITDan
Comes here often

Sounds Good!!!

PaulS
New here

Sounds good...

ASA-FTD
Getting noticed
swagalicious
furicle
Conversationalist
Here's a draw I can get behind!
BrechtSchamp
Kind of a big deal

@DennisHolmes to everyone. As long as they live in the eligible countries as @MeredithW mentioned in her post.

harrys
Here to help

Very nice!

RussR
Here to help
this is great, will really get people participating to win stuff!
MeredithW
Meraki Alumni (Retired)
bryn
Conversationalist

very nice marketing pressies too !

eddieberg2010
Comes here often

LOVE swag!! But the camera would be even better. More hands-on experience the better!!

Gonggwi
Comes here often

Reply to any topic or blog post — 5 points !!!

Jacobxerox
Conversationalist

I did not know that an organization could monitor me just being underneath a Access Point, i just thought it was just a wifi outlet.. I was wrong 😞

Phill_Northwood
Here to help

what no meraki fridge swag ? 🙂

Ritchie
Getting noticed

wow !!! exciting prize 🙂

#bringiton

Tinee1227
Conversationalist

yeah its  on now !!! _ WEAR CISCO ++++ EMBRACE MERAKI!!!!2019

KMNEP
Getting noticed

Lets contribute to the community... yeah....

Hyperloop
Conversationalist

Love my Meraki gear

Kefa
Conversationalist

cool stuff # A network that simply works

HosamHasan
Here to help

Interested 🙂 

Bea
Conversationalist

I love Meraki!!! 

Jotish
Here to help

"meraKI?!" in Japanese voice! 🙂 Sweet Contest!

JeroenLicht
Conversationalist

Let's tier up here

Niklas2
Here to help

Yeah great Contest, hope i will reach maybe Tier 1 😛

Heerscher
Here to help

Awesome initiative! Hoping to win a nice water bottle 🙂

DN
Here to help

Let the games begin . 
For the GoT fans out there , Valar Merakis . 

Sham21
Conversationalist

Cant be mad at  a little swag 

Kimble
Conversationalist

Good news, looking forward to taking part. 🙂

PFS
Comes here often
lets go Meraki's 😄
TomKeogh
Comes here often

I hope you have the bottle, to tier it up! Meraki, all day

AlienatedCargo
Comes here often

Some swanky looking swag! Meraki are the best! 

JorgeM
Comes here often

Where can I see how many points I have?

Israel206
Conversationalist

sweet!  I'm in!  

Binzer
Conversationalist

https://meraki.cisco.com/products/security-cameras

 

I have just started my first school after an evaluation.  I have to tell you the ease of use and installation, let alone the meraki dashboard one stop management is really fantastic.  I often use the Make a Wish button and see the improvements being made on my behalf.  The M21 interior varifocal, the M12 and the M72 exterior have met all of my needs.

 

 

BlakeRichardson
Kind of a big deal

#ILOVESWAG

Bleeps77
Here to help

Nice 🙂

kami
Here to help
I am also in 🙂 FYI:- What i really like about the Meraki. The Dashboard and easy to navigate
AStoddard
Getting noticed

Well if I can win a pin then I could officially start a Meraki Pin collection with a grand total of 2 pins!

MeredithW
Meraki Alumni (Retired)

@JorgeM I'll post an update every Friday with a list of everyone who has reached Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3!

Joseph
Here to help

Wooohooo! I love a lil community participation and competition

Merakian
Here to help

I'm from a far away LAN where you can only travel through virtual private tunnels, and our official language is Meraki. Man Wink

SMF78
Conversationalist

Awesome 🙂

goodsamaritan12
Conversationalist

woootttt i want to win!!!

Nick
Head in the Cloud

I can see my water bottle turning green already....

i_am_rock
Comes here often

I can imagine myself sit in my backyard drinking cool water from my Meraki flask in the summer, whilst my MV12 keeping an eye on things. Ahhh... the bliss.

#merakiswagisneat

MeredithW
Meraki Alumni (Retired)

Check out this week's points roundup for an update on your progress!

DevidDD
Comes here often
Ready to play! #merakiswag
Priesty
Building a reputation

excellent.

vassallon
Kind of a big deal

Fantastic contest for great swag.

ASA-FTD
Getting noticed
...and the points keep going.
EricNathan
Here to help

I heard about the Gnome on the Meraki Quarterly today. I want one...

ASA-FTD
Getting noticed

I heard about it today too. Gnome, Gnome on the Range!

 

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Nick
Head in the Cloud

Oh yes here Gnome. Here little Gnome. 

 

Get your our passport ready. You’re coming to the UK!

BradMac
Conversationalist

Meraki always has the cool stuff! 

kami
Here to help

Successfully completed my ECMS1 online training course. It is really interesting. Meraki is the future of networking. 🙂

ASA-FTD
Getting noticed

Good job @kami!

 

If you have completed the CMNA should you do ECMS1 online training or proceed to ECMS2?

Nick
Head in the Cloud

I would do the ECMS1. It is different to the CMNA. 

 

You will cover a lot of the same ground but you will still learn on the ECMS1

kami
Here to help

Hi @ASA-FTD ,

 

Yes, I am eligible now and I have already submitted the ECMS2. So let's see. But I will have to go to London for this. For three days of trainings. 

Regards,

Kam

BrechtSchamp
Kind of a big deal

@kami is it organized in London already? I though it was only SF for now?

LauraK
Meraki Employee

@kami @BrechtSchamp ECMS2 is not yet available in London. We do have plans to expand the program there in the second half of this calendar year. 

Niklas2
Here to help

Germany would be great!

Nick
Head in the Cloud

@LauraK Where is ECMS2 available currently?

 

Thanks

Set753
Here to help

Niceee cool idea!! Smiley Very Happy

jdsilva
Kind of a big deal

@Nick  San Francisco only right now.

dgomezny
Conversationalist

If anyone has any Alexa skills can you please share, Thanks 

SoberSec
Conversationalist

Meraki show me some swag!!! ...

 

Robot Very Happy

aaron-saz
Just browsing

It all looks good