A Survey for Hackerspace members about their involvement

This survey concerns those who are members of some maker/hackerspace. Otherwise you should join a hackerspace. In that case, check out the list of current hacker/makerspaces at: http://hackerspaces.org/

This survey will be active from June 26th to July 15th 2010. The results of survey will be published in http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/tag/hackerspace/ during summer 2010. More information about the creator and user of the survey data can be found here: http://www.uta.fi/~jm60697/

The form contains questions which are divided into 6 categories. The total amount of questions is 18. It probably takes around 5 minutes to fill and post it.

Your input in this survey is highly valued. Required fields are marked with red (*). Please provide as accurate answers as possible and do not take this survey more than once. Thank You!

Send possible questions and feedback to jm60697 (at) gmail.com

* Required

BACKGROUND DATA

Some basic questions about you and your background. In analysis these are used mainly as control factor. This data is NOT used for creating classifications.

1. Age

2. Gender *

3. Education * What is the highest level of education you have completed?

4. How many years of programming experience do you have? *

HACKER/MAKERSPACE DETAILS

Questions in this section are about your hackerspace. If you are member of multiple hackerspaces, choose the latest.

5. Hackerspace/Makerspace name *

6. City

7. Country *

8. Status of Hackerspace/Makerspace *

9. How many members does your hackerspace/makerspace have?

10. Does your hackerspace have officers or elected officials? If so, can you list their titles (don't worry if you don't remember them all)

MEMBERSHIP DETAILS

Questions in this section are about your membership in a hackerspace/makerspace. If you are member of multiple hackerspaces, choose the latest.

11. I am a member of *

1 hackerspace
2 hackerspaces
3 hackerspaces
4 or more hackerspaces

12. Membership type *

If you chose Other membership above, please describe.

13. At what point in the creation of your hackerspace/makerspace did you join? *

I helped found the organization
I joined when it was being planned, but no space had been found
I joined right after a space was found and inhabited.
I joined many months or years after the initial creation of the group.
Other:

14. I joined current hackerspace/makerspace at (MM/YYYY): * Provide time in month/Year format (for example 6/2009 is June 2009).

MOTIVATION

Questions related to motivation for participating hackerspace related activities.

15. Your motivation for taking part in hackerspace *

	+ Strongly agree	Agree	Do not know/does not matter	Disagree	Strongly disagree -
participate for the fun
want to help people, without getting something in return
participate because you re committed to the community
want to help people and expect to get something in return
participate to build up a reputation
participate because need software/hardware improvements
participate to earn money with it
to meet (in real world) other hackers/hacker-minded people

5. Interests

16. In general my interest with the hackerspace is MOSTLY about: * Choose max three(3) items

Art (music, painting, graphics, etc.)
Software hacking(programming, databases, etc)
Networks
Social aspects (events and meeting people)
Building Objects (hardware hacking)
Mobile hacking/devices
Security related issues/development
Game development
Other:

ACTIVITY

Questions about your activity in hackerspace related events, projects and other activities.

17. I spend, on average, _____ hours per week on activities related to my hackerspace/makerspace.

18. In general my projects in the hackerspace are about: * Make a choice to each row.

	Almost all the time	Often	Do not know	Sometimes	Hardly ever
Software development / hacking
Hardware development / hacking
Website/Web-app development
Management (financial or otherwise)
Organize events/nights/sessions etc.
Administrative tasks (email lists, servers, etc.)

That's all! Just submit the form save the your aswers.

If you think that some hacker (member of hackerspace) is not aware of this survey (and he/she should be), feel free to promote this survey. The results will be published this summer 2010 at: http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/tag/hackerspace/