Thank you to all of you who have participated and given their impression about hosting a hackfest during the 3.0 release and together with GNOME.Asia Summit 2011. The survey participation secret deadline being today we can now publish the results. To sum up, we have a total of 79 respondents, exceeding our target by roughly 50%. 30% of the survey participants are involved with the GNOME 3.0 release. More than 70% respondents are from Asia (I can see some lobbying right here! ). 71% of those 79 people will most likely join the event. The leading hosting city is Hong Kong, followed closely by Bali and Jakarta in Indonesia, then Bangalore (India). Most respondents favor a university as the venue of choice, followed by resorts and offices. The best moment for the hackfest is during or after the GNOME 3.0 release. Rather than the initial 5 days plan, 3 days seems to work better for everyone involved.

A big thank you goes to those who help to review and polish the survey questions and of course join the survey! Full details are available below.

1. How many past GNOME event(s) have you participated?
Answer	Count	Percentage
More than 10 events	5	6.33%
7 -9 events	3	3.80%
4 – 6 events	8	10.13%
1 – 3 events	17	21.52%
None	44	55.70%
No answer	2	2.53%
Not completed or Not displayed	0	0.00%

2. Are you involved with the GNOME 3.0 launch?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Yes	24	30.38%
No	53	67.09%
No answer	2	2.53%
Not completed or Not displayed	0	0.00%

3. Which selection below best describes your role in the GNOME community?
Answer	Count	Percentage
GNOME Release team	4	5.06%
GNOME Marketing	6	7.59%
GNOME Design	3	3.80%
GNOME Documentation	3	3.80%
GNOME Localization	7	8.86%
GNOME Support	6	7.59%
GNOME Sponsors	2	2.53%
Other (including evolution hackers, developers, packaging and bugfixing, maintainers, users)	10	12.66%

4. Where are you from?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Europe	10	12.66%
North America	4	5.06%
Central America	0	0.00%
South America	3	3.80%
Asia	57	72.15%
Australia / Oceania	1	1.27%
Middle East	0	0.00%
Africa	0	0.00%
Other (Mars and GNOME Planet…)	2	2.53%
No answer	2	2.53%
Not completed or Not displayed	0	0.00%

5. Have you ever heard about the GNOME.Asia?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Yes	52	65.82%
No	16	20.25%
No answer	2	2.53%
Not completed or Not displayed	9	11.39%

6. Where did you hear about it?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Community sites	30	37.97%
GNOME event e.g. GUADEC	23	29.11%
News sites	11	13.92%
Blogs	25	31.65%
Online social networks	15	18.99%
Friends	32	40.51%
Newspaper / Magazine / TV / POP advertising	4	5.06%
Other (collegeas visited GNOME.Asia event)	1	1.27%

7. Have you participated in any of the past GNOME.Asia Summits?
Answer	Count	Percentage
GNOME.Asia Summit 2008 in Beijing, China	4	5.06%
GNOME.Asia Summit 2009 in Ho-Chi-Minh, Vietnam	3	3.80%
GNOME.Asia Summit 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan	2	2.53%
None of the above	47	59.49%

8. How likely would you be to attend the 5-day Hackfest and 1-day GNOME.Asia Summit assuming it was held in Asia just before, during or after the launch of GNOME 3.0 in 2011?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Definitely	13	16.46%
Very likely	18	22.78%
Somewhat likely	25	31.65%
Unlikely	9	11.39%
Definitely not	3	3.80%
No answer	2	2.53%
Not completed or Not displayed	9	11.39%

9. Why?
Answer abstracts Positive Answers 1) good for release team to work together 2) I’d only attend if a significant amount of other developers did as well. Negative Answers 1) 5 days hackfest is too long, 3 days is better 2) time and budget contraints	33	41.77%
No answer	37	46.84%
Not completed or Not displayed	9	11.39%

10. Would you need The GNOME Foundation to cover your travel expenses to this event?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Yes, all of my travel costs	27	34.18%
Yes, part of my travel costs	14	17.72%
No, thanks! I have other ways to cover my travel costs (A3)	21	26.58%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	17	21.52%

11. How much do you expect you would need?
Answer	Count	Percentage
400 USD or less	6	7.59%
401 USD to 800 USD	9	11.39%
801 USD to 1,200 USD	11	13.92%
1,201 USD to 1,600 USD	8	10.13%
1,601 USD to 2,000 USD	5	6.33%
2,001 USD to 2,400 USD	1	1.27%
More than 2,400 USD	1	1.27%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	38	48.10%

12. How do you plan to cover your travel expenses to the event?
Answer	Count	Percentage
My company will pay for my travel expenses	5	6.33%
I will pay by myself	25	31.65%
Other (maybe myself or the company)	3	3.80%
No answer	1	1.27%
Not completed or Not displayed	45	56.96%

13. From the list below, please select all the city(s) in which you might like the upcoming event to be held.
Answer	Count	Percentage
Bangalore, India	12	15.19%
Mysore, India	8	10.13%
Jakarta, Indonesia	13	16.46%
Bali, Indonesia	13	16.46%
Boracay, Philippines	1	1.27%
Hong Kong, China	28	35.44%
Any of the above	9	11.39%
Other (Tokyo)	2	2.53%

14. What kind of venues would you like for the Hackfest?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Resorts	22	27.85%
Youth hostel	8	10.13%
Universities	36	45.57%
Office	15	18.99%
Any of the above	10	12.66%
Other (Community)	1	1.27%

15. Do you have an interest in being a speaker or on a panel at the event?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Yes	7	8.86%
No	47	59.49%
No answer	0	0.00%
Not completed or Not displayed	25	31.65%

16A. Please briefly describe the type of talk or panel that you have in mind and include your name and email address.
Answers 1)something like ‘how to get involved in GNOME development’ 2) Technical talk about GNOME 3.0 3) User or Developer Documentation 4) Test driven development, writing clean code, mordern engineering practices 5) Launch videos and future plans 6) Development plan	6	7.59%
No answer	1	1.27%
Not completed or Not displayed	72	91.14%

16B. Please briefly describe the type of talk or panel that you have in mind and include your name and email address.
Answer	6	7.59%
No answer	1	1.27%
Not completed or Not displayed	72	91.14%

17. Do you think it’s good to have a technical help desk during the 5-day Hackfest?
Answer	Count	Percentage
A great idea, doing this would make it considerably more likely that I would attend	13	16.46%
A good idea, worth doing	26	32.91%
I don’t have strong positive or negative feelings about this idea	9	11.39%
Not a great idea, but I wouldn’t object to it	1	1.27%
A horrible idea, doing this would make it less likely that I would attend	0	0.00%
No answer	5	6.33%
Not completed or Not displayed	25	31.65%

18. Will you encourage any of your friends, co-workers or colleagues to attend the event?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Definitely	22	27.85%
Very likely	9	11.39%
Somewhat likely	13	16.46%
Unlikely	7	8.86%
Definitely not	0	0.00%
No answer	3	3.80%
Not completed or Not displayed	25	31.65%

19. If there is a tour or some social activities offered to participants, please describe your level of interest in participating.
Answer	Count	Percentage
High	24	30.38%
Medium	18	22.78%
Low	2	2.53%
Not interested at all	2	2.53%
No answer	8	10.13%
Not completed or Not displayed	25	31.65%

20. What kind of activities would interest you?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Boat trip	14	17.72%
Scuba-diving	5	6.33%
Cultural performance	18	22.78%
Museum visit	10	12.66%
Palace visit	10	12.66%
Temple visit	12	15.19%
Shopping	3	3.80%
Any of the above	14	17.72%
Others (Arcade visit and historical sites)	2	2.53%

21. When do you suggest this full event should be hosted?
Answer	Count	Percentage
Before the GNOME 3.0 release	9	11.39%
During the GNOME 3.0 release	17	21.52%
After the GNOME 3.0 release	16	20.25%
Any of the above	16	20.25%

22. What do you think the goals of the 5 day Hackfest should be?
Answer abstracts: 1) From a release team point of view it should be an opportunity to assemble releases from all modules, test them out, and iron anything we can. 2) The hackfest should include interaction of students with community member. Over Night hack project that include small features for any component. Discussion on encouragement for community in Asia and more involvement of students. Discussion on features for Gnome 3.0 Projects and Future Plans. 3) Publicity, Progress in development and growth of GNOME. 4) Strengthen the communication between members of Gnome Asia with the other members in the other communities 5) Get as many live systems to test 3.0 release to find any performance or slow startup issues. Help newbies to start contributing. 6) Improve i18n infrastructure (damned lies, transifex, also asian fonts) 7) Planning for the future 3.x development, as we’ll have a clearer view of where 3.0 stands then. 8.) Polishing GNOME to have a solid 3.0 release. 9) Porting applications to PyGobject:3 and GTK+:3 * Adding introspection support to various libraries * Cairo-opengl backend improvements * Profiling of and perf fixes in various parts of the stack * Bugfixes related to GNOME Shell (xulrunner, graphics stack, UX, etc) 10) Last-minute module and marketing issue resolution.	27	34.18%
No answer	26	32.91%
Not completed or Not displayed	26	32.91%

23. Any other advice, wisdom, rants or raves to share with us as we ponder this GNOME event in Asia?
Answer abstracts: 1) A good publicity can help us to gather more people. 2) Beware of the holidays and other conferences going on. Language issues is also a problem for participants. Hong Kong is probably the best in this regard.	10	12.66%
No answer	43	54.43%
Not completed or Not displayed	26	32.91%