Hi all, [note - this was originally sent to a few CPython places, but I told the surveyor that we should include the many new PyPy contributors as well, and he agreed] Along with a number of other free and open communities, Python is being included in a survey of new contributors since January 2010. The survey is being done by Kevin Carillo, a PhD student at Victoria University of Wellington who is studying various approaches that projects use to gain and work with new contributors. If you have written patches, reviewed issues, or done anything to contribute to the development of Python and you started this after January 2010, I hope you can spare around 20 minutes to complete this survey: https://limesurvey.sim.vuw.ac.nz/index.php?sid=65151&lang=en There's a longer blog post up at http://blog.python.org/2012/11/new-contributor-experience-in-python.html if you would like a bit more information. On behalf of Kevin Carillo, I thank you for your time and consideration of this survey. Thank, Brian Curtin