From: Aaron Kaleva Pulkka Subject: ADMIN: Roll Call - response requested from all readers Organization: Human Interface Technology Laboratory, Seattle, USA As the sci.virtual-worlds moderating group, it is our primary goal to continuously improve the form and content of this newsgroup. In order to achieve this goal, we must first have a better understanding of our audience. The estimated worldwide readership of sci.virtual-worlds has grown to well over fifty thousand ["USENET Readership report for Oct 93", news.lists]. Only a small fraction of those readers regularily post messages to the newsgroup, while even fewer send us comments directly. We hope that you will accept this invitation to voice your opinions and to describe yourself, by answering any or all of the roll call questions attached to the end of this message (after the "cut here" line). Your answers can either be completely anonymous or, if you wish, we will publish your name in the list of respondents. You may either reply directly to this message (quotation symbols, such as ">", will be ignored) or cut the questions from this message and send them to scivw-roll-call@hitl.washington.edu, with your responses between the answer markers (=== # ===) and the next question markers (??? # ???). The following is an example of how we would like you to respond to the questions (questions X and Y are not part of this roll call). [start of example] ??? X ??? Which of these newsgroups do you read? [A] alt.cyberpunk.tech [B] alt.toys.high-tech [C] comp.human-factors [D] comp.graphics [E] rec.games.mud.misc [F] sci.virtual-worlds [G] Other [List all that apply.] === X === c, f, g I also read sci.virtual-worlds.apps I would read alt.cyberpunk.tech, but there is too much noise. ??? Y ??? If sci.virtual-worlds.tech were created, would you subscribe? [end of example] As above, we would prefer that you list your responses, separated by commas, on a single line (case and spacing is not important). Then you may put any comments you wish, on subsequent lines, before the start of the next question. Since we will be using automated tools to assist in compiling the results, we would truly appreciate you answering the roll call in this fashion. Thank you for your time; we appreciate your comments and your readership. AKP, scivw co-mod. _^_ Toni Emerson, Mike "Squish" Almquist, Aaron Pulkka, et al. <(===)> \|/ HITLab Sci.Virtual-Worlds Moderating Group H Fluke Hall FJ-15, U of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195 === cut here === cut here === cut here === cut here === cut here === ??? 1 ??? What is the highest level of education you have completed? [A] Ph.D. [B] Master's [C] Bachelor's [D] Third or Fourth Year College [E] First or Second Year College [F] High School [G] Other [Select one.] === 1 === ??? 2 ??? What is your current occupation? [A] Student [B] Researcher - Academic [C] Researcher - Industrial [D] Administrator [E] Self Employed [F] Company employed [G] Other [Select one.] === 2 === ??? 3 ??? How many newsgroups do you read regularly? [A] 0-1 [B] 2-5 [C] 6-10 [D] 10-20 [E] 20+ [Select one.] === 3 === ??? 4 ??? What interface do you use to read the newsgroup? [A] GNUS [B] Mosaic [C] NN [D] RN [E] TRN [F] Virtu-L [G] Other [List all that apply, in order of usage.] === 4 === ??? 5 ??? Which of the following describe your newsgroup reading style? [A] I only read things people forward to me or tell me about [B] I scan the subject lines/tags and read selected ones [C] I regularly ignore posts with certain subject tags [D] I read everything [E] I follow threads with the help of my newsreader [F] I filter using key words, summaries, and kill files [G] Other [List all that apply.] === 5 === ??? 6 ??? What subject-line tags do you read most often? ADMIN JOB-WANTED ANNOUNCE MISC APPS ONLINE CONF PHIL CFP PUB DESIGN REV-APPS DIGEST: Virtual Interface Marketplace REV-CONF DIGEST: Virtual-worlds Info Booth REV-ENTERTAIN EDUC REV-EVENT ENTERTAIN REV-ONLINE EPUB REV-PUB EVENT SCI INDUSTRY SOC JOB-OFFERED TECH [Please list as many as you wish (e.g., top 10), in order of interest or importance to you.] === 6 === ??? 7 ??? Why do you read scivw? [A] Recreational [B] Professional [C] Educational [E] Other [List all that apply, in order of importance.] === 7 === ??? 8 ??? What are your virtual worlds interests? [A] Human Factors [B] Software [C] Applications [D] Hardware [E] Social/Cultural [F] Other [List all that apply, in order of importance.] === 8 === ??? 9 ??? What additional comments do you have concerning the newsgroup? [In the future, you can send comments directly us at: scivw-request@hitl.washington.edu] === 9 === ??? 10 ??? May we publish your name in the list of respondents? [If so, please fill-in as much as you wish, below.] === 10 === Name: Email: Title: Address: Phone: FAX: ??? end of roll call ???