I will close the survey on February 28th and release the full
results on
March 1st.
I'll be sharing preliminary results with a few people before then,
as the
trends are fairly well defined at this point, so we can put some
interesting
commentary and interpretations in before that time.
I don't want to pour cold water on what was a commendable
initiative, but just a word of caution.
Most respondents, perhaps all, are subscribers to this list. We are
not typical of the QL Community.
This has been Quanta's big mistake. Everyone, committee and members,
assumed Quanta was the definitive voice of the UK QL community.
Quanta's surveys were (I think) developed by John Southern, husband of
Quanta secretary Alison Southern. It might be very interesting indeed
to see how results compare and a comparison of the results might help
shape future surveys.
I tend to agree with Geoff about respondents from this list not being
typical of the QL community as a whole - something to think about when
designing future surveys.
If Dave can keep his survey deadline going, I'd be happy to write
something for the next Quanta mag (too late for this one) to invite
members who ain't on this list to complete the survey.
I did complete the survey myself, I was the one who said he used
Launchpad every day!
We now know that there are twice as many non-Quanta UK QL-ers than
there are Quanta UK QL-ers.
Interesting fact, this, and one to be borne in mind when shaping
future policies and surveys.
Dilwyn Jones
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