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    Google docs might allow more "flexibility" in answering. You could
    set up a form - and allow answering by people who receive the link.
    Granted it's not as slick as Survey monkey - but it works. <br>
    <br>
     <br>
    Randy<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 02/23/2015 08:15 AM, Jonathan Moules
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
            Randy,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please
            don’t answer them now, I’m just seeking feedback on the
            nature of the questions and if there are any others etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Also
            where to stick them; a free SurveyMonkey is going to be what
            I go with if no-one had any better ideas (but that has
            various limits).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jonathan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                lang="EN-US"> Randal Hale
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com">mailto:rjhale@northrivergeographic.com</a>]
                <br>
                <b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 23, 2015 1:14 PM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Jonathan Moules<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Qgis-community-team] FW: Proposed
                questions for QGIS Certification questionnaire<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I've been
          completely out of it - so sorry. Do you want us to answer now
          or wait for the online questionnaire. I'll try to start
          participating more.
          <br>
          <br>
          Randy<br>
          <br>
          <o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">On 02/23/2015 08:07 AM, Jonathan Moules
            wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi
              List,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Following
              Tim’s suggestion see below. Feedback welcome.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ll
              seek to turn it into a online thing on Wednesday.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Cheers,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Jonathan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""
                lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""
              lang="EN-US"> Tim Sutton [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:tim@kartoza.com">mailto:tim@kartoza.com</a>]
              <br>
              <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, February 19, 2015 9:50 PM<br>
              <b>To:</b> Jonathan Moules<br>
              <b>Cc:</b> QGIS Developer Mailing List<br>
              <b>Subject:</b> Re: Proposed questions for QGIS
              Certification questionnaire</span><o:p></o:p></p>
          <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Hi
                  Jonathan</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                  style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">PS
                  might be nicer to discuss / cross post this to the
                  QGIS community list - I have been trying to marshall
                  QGIS certification discussions there and a number of
                  edut folks are subscribed to it I think.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 7:20 PM,
                  Jonathan Moules <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:J.Moules@hrwallingford.com"
                    target="_blank">J.Moules@hrwallingford.com</a>>
                  wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
                <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Tim
                  (and all),<br>
                  Per the IRC meeting, I've come up with a possible
                  questionnaire that we can spam. Currently it's all
                  text, but it can be converted easily enough. What
                  platform should we stick it on for the
                  question/answers? I can do a free surveymonkey unless
                  someone has something better to suggest.<br>
                  <br>
                  Suggestions as to questions/answers welcome from all.
                  It is a first draft.<br>
                  <br>
                  Cheers,<br>
                  Jonathan<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  ===============<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  The QGIS development community is interested in
                  creating a set of QGIS Certifications. We're
                  interested in feedback from the entire community as to
                  what you'd like/use.<br>
                  <br>
                  The following is a set of prospective certificates;
                  open to change.<br>
                          QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional
                  level.<br>
                          QGIS Professional - An expert user.<br>
                          QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)<br>
                          QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for
                  certifications.<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Questions:<br>
                  <br>
                  As a GIS professional, would you be interested in
                  getting a QGIS Certification?<br>
                          [Yes / No]<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  If No, why not?<br>
                          [Open question]<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  As a GIS Employer, would you be more interested in
                  candidates who have a QGIS Certification?<br>
                          [Yes / No / Not an Employer]<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  If No, why not?<br>
                          [Open question]<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Rank these in the order you think they're important in
                  a QGIS Certification?<br>
                          [Rank]<br>
                          Knowledge of GIS Concepts<br>
                          Familiarity with QGIS<br>
                          Time using QGIS<br>
                          Exposure to different areas of QGIS<br>
                          Community participation<br>
                          Other [Open answer]<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Which of these would interest you:<br>
                          [Choices for each: Not at all, Mildly,
                  Definitely]<br>
                          QGIS User - Can operate QGIS to a functional
                  level.<br>
                          QGIS Professional - An expert user.<br>
                          QGIS Developer - (Core or Plugins?)<br>
                          QGIS Trainer - Can train for and test for
                  certifications.<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Do you agree/disagree with the proposed certificates?
                  If you disagree, what certificates would you suggest?<br>
                          [Open question]<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  What do you think would be a good way of measuring
                  suitability for a certificate:<br>
                          [Rank]<br>
                          Community participation track record<br>
                          Exam<br>
                          Portfolio of work<br>
                          Professional experience<br>
                          Academic qualifications<br>
                  <br>
                  <br>
                  Any comments or feedback?<br>
                          [Open question]<o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">So
                        I think this sounds fine. I noted Trevor's
                        comments below, but I think it will be fine to
                        go ahead with these Questions and see what kind
                        of feedback we get.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Thanks
                        for working on this!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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                    <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                        style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Tim
                        ​</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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