1) Which of these best describes your relationship with the Drupal Community? (Choice - Single answer)
I'm an established, active member of the Drupal community 71%
209
I an ex-member of the Drupal community 1%
2
I'm a potential member of the Drupal community 9%
26
I'm a new member of the Drupal community 9%
28
I use Drupal but I'm not really interested in the community 2%
6
Other, please specify 8%
25
Total respondents 296
Respondents who skipped this question 7
2) Do you make contributions to the Drupal project (core, contrib or community)?
NOTE: can include code, design, support, documentation and other forms (Choice - Single answer)
Yes, I regularly contribute to the Drupal project 41%
122
Yes, I occasionally contribute to the Drupal project 36%
107
No, I used to but no longer contribute to the Drupal project 2%
6
No, I have never contributed to the Drupal project 14%
40
Other, please specify 7%
21
Total respondents 296
Respondents who skipped this question 7
3) What best describes your PRIMARY contribution to the Drupal community? (Choice - Single answer)
Code 43%
126
Testing 6%
18
Design 4%
11
Theming 6%
17
Usability 3%
9
Documentation 4%
13
Training 1%
4
Support 12%
36
Translations 1%
3
Accessibility 1%
2
Community Management 4%
12
Fundraising 0%
0
Marketing 3%
8
Other, please specify 12%
36
Total respondents 295
Respondents who skipped this question 8
4) How well do these terms describe your experience of contributing to the Drupal project? (or attempting to/considering contributing)
Very much Somewhat Not really Not at all
Intimidating
56
-
19%
137
-
46%
71
-
24%
30
-
10%
Confusing
53
-
18%
144
-
49%
83
-
28%
15
-
5%
Exciting
123
-
42%
112
-
38%
51
-
17%
9
-
3%
Supportive
93
-
32%
152
-
52%
41
-
14%
9
-
3%
Collaborative
138
-
47%
118
-
40%
30
-
10%
8
-
3%
Efficient
17
-
6%
119
-
40%
126
-
43%
33
-
11%
Unwieldy
66
-
22%
127
-
43%
86
-
29%
15
-
5%
Rewarding
135
-
46%
119
-
40%
30
-
10%
10
-
3%
Inspiring
111
-
38%
125
-
42%
50
-
17%
8
-
3%
Friendly
124
-
42%
129
-
44%
33
-
11%
9
-
3%
Total respondents 295
Respondents who skipped this question 8
5) How would you rate the importance of each of these initiatives?
(see http://groups.drupal.org/prairie-initiative for more detail)
Very important Quite important Less important Not at all important
Redesign the issue page to make it easier to collaborate effectively
148
-
50%
97
-
33%
43
-
15%
6
-
2%
Creating 'team' pages (eg. Security, Usability, Performance, Documentation) to aggregate activity and people interested in a topic
81
-
27%
143
-
48%
63
-
21%
6
-
2%
Designing a reputation system to show what different people are expert in and how well they are known by the Drupal community
44
-
15%
94
-
32%
115
-
39%
41
-
14%
Improving notification system so you can more easily see when things you're interested in are happening on Drupal.org
137
-
46%
104
-
35%
46
-
16%
7
-
2%
Improving the Project/Module page with better tools for site builders and maintainers
98
-
33%
123
-
42%
68
-
23%
4
-
1%
Redesigning parts of Drupal.org to help newbies find ways to start contributing
139
-
47%
111
-
38%
35
-
12%
8
-
3%
Designing better tools for planning large initiatives
87
-
29%
122
-
41%
79
-
27%
6
-
2%
Helping contributors find sponsorship so they can make more/better contributions to the Drupal project
67
-
23%
103
-
35%
108
-
37%
16
-
5%
Total respondents 295
Respondents who skipped this question 8
6) Any other thoughts, experiences, ideas, feedback on being (or not being) a Drupal contributor? (Open ended text - Essay)
Total respondents 96
Respondents who skipped this question 207
These responses are summarized in the Executive Summary of the survey results.