Good work Giles. I have two *minor* changes to the text of the questions:
For (1), the "We would be happy to participate in further marketing activities to help support Cloudstack" option is confusingly unrelated to the other 3 options. For (7), please remove the "Apache" portion of the product names for 2.x and 3.x. Those versions are pre-Apache. I think you can get away with not adding "Cloud.com" or "Citrix" to those versions. As for the results, I would like a raw result dump to be sent to priv...@cloudstack.apache.org so that we have a record of it within the private archives. Other than that, IMO you are good to go with it. I think that you'll probably need to do the paid month, or be restricted to 100 respondents. -chip On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 09:50:34AM +0000, Giles Sirett wrote: > All > > I have *tried* to take on board all comments and come up with this new version > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/28BV97D > > please look at the survey before you comment > > I've kept it still to 10 questions as IMO, it needs to be short. > I've no objection to adding more if people feel strongly (I'm quite happy to > spend the $24) , but I'd just like to keep the overall number down in order > to maximise responses. > > > There have been a few suggestions for new questions around: > 1. industry vertical > 2. Release cycle > 3. community support > 4. WHY people chose ACS > > If people feel strongly that those questions should be included, then can > they post onlist the exact question (and responses) that they wish to ask > (and maybe *why* its important to ask that). I'd like those to be agreed here > before I re-edit > > Also, if anybody feels that any of the questions could be dropped, then say > so (so I can try to keep the numbers down) > > Theres also been some comments around providing more structure to some of the > responses (i.e. list features that people may want to see instead of just a > text box) > I agree with that concept 100%, BUT from experience, creating and agreeing > such choices becomes a project in itself. For every one that somebody thinks > of, somebody else will have something different or will want them worded > differently. I therefore think that the free text style is a sensible > compromise. > > I've tried to get a balance on collecting org name,etc: its optional, but I > encourage people to provide if possible > > > PROCESS > OK, so I (Giles) am collecting this on behalf of the community. Its sat in a > surveymonkey account linked to my email address (i.e its nothing to do with > my company) > As previously, the community has my commitment that this data is SOLELY to be > used for this survey. > > Once we've collected responses, I intend to de-duplicate and cross reference > other known installs (from Marks slide & any other sources available) > I will produce summarised, anonymous results for public distribution. > > To verify this process, I'd like to ask a committer (hint: Sebastien) to work > on that with me on the analysis. I will share access to the sureveymonkey > account with that committer, but will not post on this public list > > Once we've done the analysis, we will destroy the source data > Only exception to this: if people say that they ARE happy for us to mention > their names, then I suggest that we write to them afterwards to check that > they are authorised to do so,etc > > > If anybody is uncomfortable with that process, then say so. I would like to > *try* and get this closed out today > > Kind Regards > Giles > > D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 > giles.sir...@shapeblue.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Brockmeier [mailto:j...@zonker.net] > Sent: 30 May 2013 20:21 > To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: cloudstack survey [discuss] > > On Thu, May 30, 2013, at 12:52 PM, Chip Childers wrote: > > My concern about user info is that we are going to ask as many people > > as possible to answer the survey. I agree a bit about a desire to > > de-dupe the company names... But I would *not* assume that the > > individuals that may offer this are authorized to be public about > > their use of the software. If we end up collecting them (for the > > record, I'm +0 on collecting *just* organization name), I'd state in > > absolute terms that the names are not shared on any public list (including > > this one). > > +1 > > > As for vertical, I think we would be OK with that being asked (and > > it's a good idea). > > Yes, that's a good question to ask. > > Another that we're currently missing is install size. If you're using > CloudStack is it 20 nodes, or 20,000? > > Best, > > jzb > -- > Joe Brockmeier > j...@zonker.net > Twitter: @jzb > http://www.dissociatedpress.net/ > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. 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