Re: [Request for Comment] User Survey

I appreciate the constructive criticism.

Most of the bouncing comes from a need to stay constantly busy.  I am
working on the video stuff right now, it's just less visible over here
because of where it is in the pipeline.

A lot of the "lone wolf" thing stems from being very new here and having no
idea who to contact about what.

As far as education, marketing is my field of study, and I'm very nearly
done.  I had been helping local shops, but it's impossible to stay
motivated or make an impact when the owner who says it's great never shows
up and the one left with the bag is barely treading water.

I'm not trying be crass when I say this, so please don't take it that way.
If you have something else that needs worked on, please tell me. I like
staying busy. Without something to do, I'll either burn out or jump on
anything that sounds interesting.  I want to help. Give me a direction.

Apologies for seemingly jumping the gun on everything, and thank you for
being honest with me. I greatly appreciate that level of trust.

Thanks!
Harold
On May 10, 2015 12:59 PM, "Carl Symons" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello Harold,
>
> I agree with Lydia about your plan for a user survey. Please don't do this.
>
> Your enthusiasm is greatly appreciated. Still, I suggest that you take it
> easy for a while ... build some credibility with the KDE Community and with
> KDE Promo ... look at dot.kde.org and planetKDE for some history of KDE
> promotion and for a deeper understanding of what KDE is all about.
>
> It comes off as flighty when you jump from one thing to another to another
> to another ... from video cataloging to setting up an unnecesary calendar
> on the community wiki, to analyzing what's wrong with the Krita fundraising
> campaign, to project management for KDE Promo, etc. All within less than 3
> weeks since you joined the KDE Promo mailing list.
>
> It would help to get a sense of where you're coming from and what you want
> to accomplish. Please tell us more about your background and experience
> with marketing and promotion. What is your experience with free and open
> technology and with KDE? What is your education? What kind of work have you
> done...are you doing? What results have you produced?
>
> One of the problems with doing a survey as you've suggested is that it
> sets up expectations that you by yourself have no way of fulfilling. More
> importantly, as Lydia points out, the results are likely to set back
> initiatives that have been years in the making.
>
> The KDE Community is a collaborative, cooperative project. Lone Rangers
> don't do so well in this sort of environment. You seem to be as
> enthusiastic about KDE as many of us are. However, with your scattered
> approach, you risk not being taken seriously.
>
> Carl
>
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> On 05/10/2015 08:51 AM, Harold Schreckengost wrote:
>
>> The eventual goal with this is in fact to be able to use this data to
>> help make everything better as well.  For the time being, though, the
>> most immediate benefit is going to be to the promo team.  Once
>> everything is in, I will be making the results and analysis available to
>> everyone, and as soon as I get this round of changes, I will be getting
>> a hold of developers to see if they have any additional needs or input.
>>
>> If this survey generates useful data, I will be working on another
>> survey to help us with other users.  This is just to cover the broadest
>> group with the shortest survey. I am not against some small expansion of
>> the survey to better grasp the other projects, if anyone has particular
>> things they wish to know about?
>>
>> Albert, what would you recommend I change that to?  The branding thing
>> is my biggest concern with the content, so any recommendations are
>> welcome.
>>
>> On May 10, 2015 10:45 AM, "Albert Astals Cid" <[email protected]
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>>     El Diumenge, 10 de maig de 2015, a les 01:12:32, Harold Schreckengost
>> va
>>     escriure:
>>      > Hello, everyone!
>>      >
>>      > I put together a survey to hopefully help us better understand
>>     the wants
>>      > and needs of our users.  It is not "officially" live, yet, but I
>>     had to
>>      > activate it to get feedback.
>>      >
>>      > It's located at http://survey.kde.org/index.php/279266/lang-en
>>      >
>>      > If you guys could take a look real quick and point out any issues
>>     with it,
>>      > that would be great.  I am aware of issues regarding the
>>     "branding" of
>>      > Plasma 5, which I am unsure of how to deal with, so any ideas on
>>     that front
>>      > would be appreciated as well
>>
>>     "Examples of Desktop Environments include KDE" please fix that.
>>
>>     Cheers,
>>        Albert
>>
>>      >
>>      > For the time being, please keep the link internal; once it is
>>     hammered out,
>>      > we can start distributing it.  It is designed to be shared
>>     outside the
>>      > community eventually, but not just yet.
>>      >
>>      > Thanks!
>>      >
>>      > Harold
>>
>>
>>
>
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