[Board] Preliminary Survey Results

[Mark Lucas]

Yep, and that is just returning attendees.  67% were new attendees for 2011.  So it would seem we could easily duplicate the 900 attendees at this years conference.

Mark

On Sep 22, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

> For “likely to attend a FOSS4G in NorAmer next year” (#19), the responses were
>  
> 1: 10%
> 2: 10%
> 3: 25%
> 4: 20%
> 5: 35%
>  
> Let us assign probabilities to the 1-5 scale like this:
>  
> 1: 0% (will not attend)
> 2: 20% chance of attending
> 3: 40%
> 4: 60%
> 5: 80%
>  
> Assume 900 attendees at this conference.  Then, we can project the attendance at the postulated local NorAmer conference to be
>  
> .10(900) * 0 + .10(900) * .20 + .25(900) * .40 + .20(900) * .60 + .35(900) * .80
> = 0 + 18 + 90 + 108 + 252
> = 468
>  
> Check my math, but we could be looking at a ~500 person gig.
>  
> -mpg
>  
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> From: board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Peter Batty
> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 6:02 PM
> To: foss4g2011-private; board at lists.osgeo.org; conference
> Subject: [Board] Fwd: Preliminary Survey Results
>  
> Hi all,
>  
> Thought I would share a few preliminary results from the post-FOSS4G survey. As James says below, we'll get the data in a better form for analysis once we close the survey. But we got responses from 1/3 of attendees within 24 hours, which is great!
>  
> A few things I'd highlight:
>  
> 67% of attendees were at their first FOSS4G
> 46% answered 5 to the question how heavily do you currently use geospatial open source, remainder split fairly evenly between 1-4.
> 61% were software developers as main job function, 18% end users, 20% managers
> Overall rating of FOSS4G was 4.31 on a scale of 1-5, which is impressive!
> Highest ranked function was the Wynkoop reception at 4.55.
> Quality of presentations was ranked at 4.07.
> 72% answered 1 or 2 on how likely they are to be in Beijing, 14% answered 4 or 5.
> 57% answered 4 or 5 on attending a "local FOSS4G" if there was one in North America next year.
> Of various possible options proposed for future FOSS4Gs, the one involving an annual local conference in North America was the highest rated by some margin (though obviously a sample skewed towards North Americans).
>  
> We need the more detailed spreadsheet to get scores and comments for individual workshops, I think that will be another important thing to look at in planning for next year.
>  
> Lots of interesting stuff in the comments too that we can use to make future events better.
> 
> Cheers,
>     Peter.
>  
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: James Sakamoto <jsakamoto at gita.org>
> Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:36 PM
> Subject: Preliminary Survey Results
> To: Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com>
> Cc: Bob Samborski <bsamborski at gita.org>, Libby Hanna <lhanna at gita.org>, Patricia Essex <pessex at gita.org>
> 
> 
> Hi Pete,
>  
> Thought we would share the preliminary survey results.  It is still very early but, so far, you almost have 300 (285) responses which would be nearly 33%!!!  That is a tremendous response.  Generally we get about 10-15%.
>  
> This is just the summarized PDF synopsis.  When the survey closes we should be able to provide you with an Excel formatted report that you can manipulate as you please.
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> James
>  
> James Sakamoto
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