[Texas] PyTexas survey results

[Arthur Aguirre]

OK, that's looks like a great start.  Will go from there.

Arthur

On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:54 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Arthur. I'll be travelling on Thursday and Friday, so a
> weekend meeting works best for me. I'm planning to work on the
> schedule this Saturday as well, and maybe do more publicity work,
> especially along the lines of getting us more swag.
>
> Anybody who wants to work with me on this can join the #dfwpython irc
> channel on Freenode this Saturday; I'll be on and off all day. We can
> set meeting times if anyone is interested.
>
> As far as questions about the data go, here are a few:
>
> * How many attending beginners have no programming experience?
> * What is the percentage breakdown of t-shirt sizes for confirmed
> attendees, and for "maybe" attendees
> * Put together a list of "maybe" attendees who filled out email
> addresses, so we can follow up and find out if they are planning to
> attend. Hopefully once the schedule materializes decisions will be
> made.
> * Put together a list of email addresses of respondents who were
> professors and students, so I can contact them to see if they can help
> spread the word.
> * Help me understand the spreadsheet you created showing the
> comparative interest breakdowns of beginners/non-beginners. (Hopefully
> we can discuss that over IRC or phone)
> * Identify cities which don't have a Python user group, and
> respondents indicated an interest. Maybe we can help them get the
> group started, and PyTexas would be a good opportunity to meet and
> discuss that.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 6:57 AM, Arthur Aguirre
> <aguirre.arthur at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am available tomorrow evening or late afternoons over the weekend for
> > those who'd like to go over the survey results.  Apologizes for falling
> off
> > the map, I've been under the weather.
> >
> > Any upfront requests about how to cut the data would be useful so that it
> > can be set-up beforehand.
> >
> > Thanks.
> > Arthur
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 11:40 AM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> We currently have 76 PyTexas 2010 survey respondents, and Arthur has
> >> done some work at organizing the results. The survey is not really
> >> closed yet, and we may get a flood of students in August. However for
> >> the results to be useful we should probably go ahead and interpret
> >> what we have now. We can revisit again later if there is a flood of
> >> new respondents.
> >>
> >> Thanks for working on this Arthur. I took a look at your spreadsheet
> >> the other day for a few minutes but had trouble understanding it.  I'm
> >> jammed up at work and don't have a lot of time to study these results.
> >> Maybe at some point we could have an IRC meeting to discuss the
> >> summary results, and include other PyTexas organizers. Anytime this
> >> weekend would be a good time for me. Will you be available?
> >>
> >> If anyone is interested in helping analyze the survey results, please
> >> let Arthur and I know, and one of us will send you the survey results
> >> links. Let's plan for an IRC meeting sometime this weekend to discuss
> >> the results and cover any other PyTexas organization issues still
> >> pending. We also need to work on the schedule.
> >>
> >> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:15 AM, Arthur Aguirre
> >> <aguirre.arthur at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Hi guys,
> >> >
> >> > Here is a link to a Google spreadsheet with the results requested
> >> > below.  In
> >> > the report, after all the Q6 break out tables, is a summary table
> which
> >> > shows percent of respondents who responded with a 4 or 5 (top choice)
> >> > for
> >> > each interest category - so will be useful for gauging the greatest
> >> > interest
> >> > for each group.
> >> >
> >> > This would have been easier to send as a Survey Monkey xtab but
> >> > apparently I
> >> > don't pay for that level of functionality so it a took a bit longer to
> >> > build
> >> > up in SPSS especially given some of the tools limits on data export
> >> > functionality.
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, the data are in an organized format now so if other cuts would
> >> > be
> >> > useful they'll be easier to update going forward.
> >> >
> >> > Arthur
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 5:12 PM, Arthur Aguirre
> >> > <aguirre.arthur at gmail.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, not a problem - should have that available by tomorrow morning.
> >> >>
> >> >> Arthur
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Brad Allen <bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> No, it's not too late. Our biggest need right now is for beginner
> >> >>> level talks, since I've been advertising that we'll have a beginner
> >> >>> track but we have no volunteers for that yet.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Right now 18 people on the survey have identified themselves as
> >> >>> beginners, and we might get more after the students return from
> summer
> >> >>> vacation and hopefully receive the PyTexas email from their
> >> >>> professors.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Arthur, would you be able slice the survey data to find out how many
> >> >>> of those 18 indicate they will be attending, and what interest
> >> >>> categories they have?  My first thought is for a Python 101 tutorial
> >> >>> in the morning, and a mix of Python beginner topics in the
> afternoon,
> >> >>> but the survey may shed some light on beginner interest categories.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Anyway, I'm excited to hear you're attending, Greg, and doubly glad
> >> >>> you have an interest in doing a beginner talk. :-)  That makes two
> >> >>> long-distance attendees coming from outside Texas. (The other is
> >> >>> coming from Kansas City to bring AV equipment and help with
> recording
> >> >>> video).
> >> >>>
> >> >>> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Greg Lindstrom
> >> >>> <gslindstrom at gmail.com>
> >> >>> wrote:
> >> >>> > I will plan on attending; I am giving a talk at pyOhio, is it too
> >> >>> > late
> >> >>> > to
> >> >>> > submit a beginner-level talk?
> >> >>> > --greg
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Brad Allen <
> bradallen137 at gmail.com>
> >> >>> > wrote:
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> Thanks for following up, Janet. Earlier today I was asked to
> submit
> >> >>> >> a
> >> >>> >> formal request to the PSF to fund the t-shirts, and I thought I
> >> >>> >> include the quote you sent me which was about $1000 for 200
> shirts.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> So far we have 76 respondents to our survey, but the students are
> >> >>> >> not
> >> >>> >> yet back where they can be reached by the profs. So we might get
> a
> >> >>> >> big
> >> >>> >> spike after students return from summer vacation. 200 shirts
> might
> >> >>> >> be
> >> >>> >> too many but I'd rather have too many than too few.
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> You mentioned we could notify you as late as Aug 1; is that still
> >> >>> >> reasonable? Greg, are you likely to be able to attend and deliver
> >> >>> >> the
> >> >>> >> shirts yourself?
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >>
> >> >>> >> On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Janet Lindstrom
> >> >>> >> <elegantstitches at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>> >> > Brad,
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Did your group make a decision on the conference t-shirts?  I
> >> >>> >> > realized I
> >> >>> >> > hadn't heard back from you in a while.  Did you need more
> >> >>> >> > information
> >> >>> >> > from
> >> >>> >> > me on anything?
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > Thanks,
> >> >>> >> > Janet L.
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >> > --
> >> >>> >> > Elegant Stitches Embroidery
> >> >>> >> > Embroidered Garments and Accessories
> >> >>> >> > Conway, AR
> >> >>> >> > http://www.companycasuals.com/elegantstitchesconway
> >> >>> >> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>> >
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >
> >
>
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