To: GNOME Marketing List <marketing-list gnome org>
Subject: Friends of GNOME Survey Results
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:47:44 -0600
We had a really good turnout and the results are in from 234 people. I've attached all the data and a html file that shows the summaries for the non-free form questions. There's also a lot of good data in the comments.
Just a quick glance shows some interesting stats:
Of the 230 people that answered the gender question, only one was a woman.
Someone suggested the survey was a good idea and we should do it regularly.
Someone suggested pinging people if they have donated in the past but not in the past year.
Only 5% are GNOME Foundation members and less than 20% are GNOME contributors. Several mentioned in the comments that they give money because they don't have time/skills to give code.
A good third use GNOME projects on Windows. (In addition to the GNOME desktop - almost everyone used that.)
The "what would you like to see" question is a ranking one but it looks like at least half of all respondents ranked "exactly what you are doing now" and "usability studies" in the top half.
If anyone has experience going through stats, please have at it.
In LimeSurvey I can also ask questions like "tell me all the comments from people between 20-24 that are GNOME Foundation members". So if you have a question like that that you'd like me to run, let me know.
I'll spend some time with the data and come up with some ideas for effectively sharing it as well as a list of potential action items.
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Title: GNOME Survey
Completed
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GNOME Survey
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ID Number greater than:
Number less than:
=
Datestamp
Date (YYYY-MM-DD) equals:
OR between:
and
GNOME Foundation (Group 5)
relationshiptognome
GNOME user
GNOME contributor (code, art, event planning, documentation, translation, web page creation, ...)
Employed by a company or organization that does work with GNOME
GNOME Foundation member
GNOME fan
use
GNOME desktop
GNOME office applications like Abiword and Gnumeric
GNOME multimedia applications like Gimp, Rhythmbox, Banshee and Inkscape
GNOME products on Windows like Gnumeric, Gimp, Gnucash and Inkscape
GNOME products on KDE like Gimp, Gnucash or Banshee
GNOME products on Mac OS X like Gimp, Gnucash or Banshee
GNOME accessibility features and products
motivation
Responses containing:
activities
GUADEC
Hackfests
6 month release schedule
Maintaining GNOME infrastructure like websites and forums
Translations
Documentation
Sponsoring developer travel
Google Summer of Code
Coding contests
Accessibility Outreach program
liketosee (1)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (2)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (3)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (4)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (5)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (6)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (7)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (8)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
liketosee (9)
exactly what it's doing now
more developer events
more outreach to end users
more end user events
more new products
more support of existing products
hire a system administrator
more work with distributors
usability studies
anything else
Responses containing:
Friends of GNOME (Group 7)
hear
from the gnome.org web page
from Planet GNOME
from a friend
from a blog
from an email
badge
yes, I have one on my blog
yes
no
subscription
I subscribed to the $10 monthly subscription.
I gave a one time (or multiple one time) donations.
I don't know.
Demographics (Group 9)
employment
full time student
software developer
other full time job
retired
unemployed
Employed by a company or organization that does work with GNOME (4)
18
7.73%
GNOME Foundation member (5)
12
5.15%
GNOME fan (6)
147
63.09%
Other
13
5.58%
Field summary for use:
Do you use ...
Answer
Count
Percentage
GNOME desktop (1)
229
98.28%
GNOME office applications like Abiword and Gnumeric (2)
57
24.46%
GNOME multimedia applications like Gimp, Rhythmbox, Banshee and Inkscape (3)
214
91.85%
GNOME products on Windows like Gnumeric, Gimp, Gnucash and Inkscape (4)
75
32.19%
GNOME products on KDE like Gimp, Gnucash or Banshee (5)
12
5.15%
GNOME products on Mac OS X like Gimp, Gnucash or Banshee (7)
27
11.59%
GNOME accessibility features and products (6)
17
7.30%
Other
8
3.43%
Field summary for motivation:
What motivated you to donate to Friends of GNOME?
Answer
Count
Percentage
Answer
207
88.84%
No answer
26
11.16%
Field summary for activities:
In
order to help us decide where to focus in the future, we'd like to
understand which GNOME Foundation activities you think are most
important or useful for the GNOME Foundation to be doing. Which of the
following activities do you think are important for the GNOME
Foundation to do?
Answer
Count
Percentage
GUADEC (1)
90
38.63%
Hackfests (2)
87
37.34%
6 month release schedule (3)
138
59.23%
Maintaining GNOME infrastructure like websites and forums (4)
131
56.22%
Translations (5)
92
39.48%
Documentation (6)
120
51.50%
Sponsoring developer travel (7)
59
25.32%
Google Summer of Code (8)
100
42.92%
Coding contests (9)
45
19.31%
Accessibility Outreach program (10)
42
18.03%
Other
27
11.59%
Field summary for liketosee [1]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 1]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
58
24.89%
more developer events (2)
23
9.87%
more outreach to end users (3)
19
8.15%
more end user events (4)
8
3.43%
more new products (5)
26
11.16%
more support of existing products (6)
25
10.73%
hire a system administrator (7)
4
1.72%
more work with distributors (8)
10
4.29%
usability studies (9)
45
19.31%
Field summary for liketosee [2]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 2]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
15
6.44%
more developer events (2)
18
7.73%
more outreach to end users (3)
20
8.58%
more end user events (4)
15
6.44%
more new products (5)
24
10.30%
more support of existing products (6)
40
17.17%
hire a system administrator (7)
7
3.00%
more work with distributors (8)
30
12.88%
usability studies (9)
33
14.16%
Field summary for liketosee [3]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 3]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
24
10.30%
more developer events (2)
22
9.44%
more outreach to end users (3)
17
7.30%
more end user events (4)
17
7.30%
more new products (5)
20
8.58%
more support of existing products (6)
22
9.44%
hire a system administrator (7)
10
4.29%
more work with distributors (8)
27
11.59%
usability studies (9)
32
13.73%
Field summary for liketosee [4]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 4]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
18
7.73%
more developer events (2)
22
9.44%
more outreach to end users (3)
30
12.88%
more end user events (4)
15
6.44%
more new products (5)
15
6.44%
more support of existing products (6)
20
8.58%
hire a system administrator (7)
9
3.86%
more work with distributors (8)
19
8.15%
usability studies (9)
19
8.15%
Field summary for liketosee [5]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 5]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
12
5.15%
more developer events (2)
23
9.87%
more outreach to end users (3)
20
8.58%
more end user events (4)
15
6.44%
more new products (5)
16
6.87%
more support of existing products (6)
15
6.44%
hire a system administrator (7)
10
4.29%
more work with distributors (8)
22
9.44%
usability studies (9)
18
7.73%
Field summary for liketosee [6]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 6]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
6
2.58%
more developer events (2)
15
6.44%
more outreach to end users (3)
17
7.30%
more end user events (4)
21
9.01%
more new products (5)
15
6.44%
more support of existing products (6)
23
9.87%
hire a system administrator (7)
22
9.44%
more work with distributors (8)
11
4.72%
usability studies (9)
11
4.72%
Field summary for liketosee [7]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 7]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
8
3.43%
more developer events (2)
14
6.01%
more outreach to end users (3)
15
6.44%
more end user events (4)
18
7.73%
more new products (5)
18
7.73%
more support of existing products (6)
15
6.44%
hire a system administrator (7)
18
7.73%
more work with distributors (8)
18
7.73%
usability studies (9)
13
5.58%
Field summary for liketosee [8]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 8]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
7
3.00%
more developer events (2)
14
6.01%
more outreach to end users (3)
17
7.30%
more end user events (4)
27
11.59%
more new products (5)
15
6.44%
more support of existing products (6)
11
4.72%
hire a system administrator (7)
24
10.30%
more work with distributors (8)
14
6.01%
usability studies (9)
7
3.00%
Field summary for liketosee [9]:
What would you like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year? [Ranking 9]
Answer
Count
Percentage
exactly what it's doing now (1)
23
9.87%
more developer events (2)
10
4.29%
more outreach to end users (3)
4
1.72%
more end user events (4)
19
8.15%
more new products (5)
13
5.58%
more support of existing products (6)
2
0.86%
hire a system administrator (7)
40
17.17%
more work with distributors (8)
15
6.44%
usability studies (9)
8
3.43%
Field summary for anything else:
Is there anything else you'd like to see the GNOME Foundation do over the next year?
Answer
Count
Percentage
Answer
67
28.76%
No answer
166
71.24%
Field summary for hear:
How did you hear about the Friends of GNOME donation page?
Answer
Count
Percentage
from the gnome.org web page (1)
95
40.77%
from Planet GNOME (2)
50
21.46%
from a friend (3)
12
5.15%
from a blog (4)
64
27.47%
from an email (5)
17
7.30%
Other
39
16.74%
Field summary for badge:
Did
you know about our Friends of GNOME badges,
http://www.gnome.org/friends/promote.html? (And we have some just for
Friends of GNOME, http://www.gnome.org/friends/thank-you.html.)
Answer
Count
Percentage
No answer
42
18.03%
yes, I have one on my blog (1)
16
6.87%
yes (2)
74
31.76%
no (3)
101
43.35%
Field summary for subscription:
Did you subscribe to the $10 monthly subscription or did you give a one time donation?
Answer
Count
Percentage
I subscribed to the $10 monthly subscription. (1)
51
21.89%
I gave a one time (or multiple one time) donations. (2)
182
78.11%
I don't know. (3)
3
1.29%
Field summary for employment:
What is your employment status?
Answer
Count
Percentage
full time student (1)
41
17.60%
software developer (2)
64
27.47%
other full time job (3)
119
51.07%
retired (4)
4
1.72%
unemployed (5)
3
1.29%
Other
25
10.73%
Field summary for age:
How old are you?
Answer
Count
Percentage
No answer
0
0
Under 18 (1)
2
0.86%
18 - 21 (2)
27
11.59%
22 - 25 (3)
31
13.30%
26 - 29 (4)
54
23.18%
30 - 44 (5)
91
39.06%
45 - 60 (6)
23
9.87%
60 - 74 (7)
5
2.15%
75+ (8)
0
0
Field summary for gender:
Are you male or female?
Answer
Count
Percentage
No answer
4
1.72%
Female (F)
1
0.43%
Male (M)
228
97.85%
Field summary for other:
Anything else you'd like to tell us to help ensure the GNOME Foundation does the best job it can supporting the GNOME project?
