Hi. You are hereby invited to participate in a opensource survey, that tries to determine the future for us all. This survey is one of the biggest, most important of the kind, trying to charter the future of opensource.
All PMCs in all projects have been invited, and like in other projects the invitation is hereby passed on to the whole community. the link to the survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014-future-open-source the submit (start) is below the sponsor list. rgds jan I. ----- Forwarded Message ----- *From:* Megan DeGruttola <mdegrutt...@blackducksoftware.com> *To:* "s...@apache.org" <s...@apache.org>; "brett.por...@gmail.com" < brett.por...@gmail.com> *Cc:* "Jim Jagielski (jim...@gmail.com)" <jim...@gmail.com> *Sent:* Monday, 3 February 2014, 18:05 *Subject:* Be the first to take the 2014 Future of Open Source Survey *Welcome to the 2014 Future of Open Source Survey!* *Black Duck* <http://www.blackducksoftware.com/> and *North Bridge*<http://www.northbridge.com/>, in partnership with * Forrester Research Analyst Jeffrey Hammond,* would like to thank you for your participation as a collaborator in this year's thought leadership program. As you know, this annual survey provides a report on the state of the open source industry and analysis of future trends from influencers and important open source-related organizations like yours. *Be the first to take the survey!*<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014-future-open-source> We will be publically announcing the survey on* February 5th*, but as a 2014 Survey Collaborator you are invited to be one of the first to take this survey <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014-future-open-source> in advance of its availability to the broader open source community! *Opportunities and Highlights* · *30+ collaborators*! We'd like to welcome back our returning industry leaders and the new organizations that have joined this year. · *Collaborator logos* are displayed on the live survey, the survey webpage <http://www.blackducksoftware.com/future-of-open-source/> and in all media advisories. · The Future of Open Source has a dedicated blog category on Open Source Delivers<http://osdelivers.blackducksoftware.com/category/community/future-of-open-source/>, which you are invited to submit content to. For more information, please contact Megan DeGruttola at mdegrutt...@blackducksoftware.com. · *Results revealed in a live webinar!* The Future of Open Source Survey sponsors, Black Duck and North Bridge, will host a live panel discussion revealing this year's survey results on April 3, 2013 at 2 p.m. ET<http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=747636&s=1&k=B58F9E4E837E364F4D3B045BE6C18CCB&partnerref=collabkickoff> . *Help us reach our goal of 1,000 respondents this year!* Starting *February 5th*, please distribute the survey link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014-future-open-source via newsletters, e-mails, blogs, tweets, etc. throughout the coming weeks. *The planned survey close date is March 5, 2014.* Please let us know your plans for distributing the survey, and how many respondents you hope to reach. Together we'll make this the most successful survey to date! *Get social* Follow all the news and activity around the Future of Open Source Survey *on Twitter at **@FutureofOSS* <https://twitter.com/futureofOSS>! Join the conversation by *using the hashtag **#FutureOSS*<https://twitter.com/search?q=%23FutureOSS&src=typd>. If you send us your Twitter handles, we'll be sure to follow you. Suggested tweets coming soon! *Help with promotions* We will provide a link to the survey announcement media advisory, email templates for you to use in your outreach, along with suggested tweets. If you have a PR firm, please include them in this effort. We are happy to send them any official communications from our PR firm, Emanate. Please contact: Megan DeGruttola at +1-781-425-4432 mdegrutt...@blackducksoftware.com or Jacqueline Ganim-DeFalco 978-283-8333 jac...@marketingrecon.com for any questions regarding the survey. Best, *Megan DeGruttola* Communications Manager *Black Duck | Connect. Code. Create.* mdegrutt...@blackducksoftware.com Twitter: @megandegruttola <https://twitter.com/MeganDeGruttola> | Skype: blackduck_mdegruttola www.blackducksoftware.com <http://www.twitter.com/black_duck_sw> <http://www.linkedin.com/company/black-duck-software> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/107746957168874785639/107746957168874785639/posts> <http://www.facebook.com/pages/Black-Duck-Software/85506379074> <http://www.slideshare.net/blackducksoftware> <http://www.youtube.com/BlackDuckSoftware>