I had a look at some options. All of them are either paid or very limited in the free version. I would love to use Limesurvey just like the ASF but getting the paid version is probably too much effort for our small survey.
I drafted the first version on Google Forms: https://forms.gle/FgG5frhcZuTQ2DfJ7 The answers are very conveniently available in a public sheet so we can provide transparency what is recorded: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KrJrKboCZCi6aKltPTkbcMEefwSrqnOauSgv3JvLP8Y/edit?usp=sharing @privacy Is a Google Form with these questions problematic? Can we use it if we point the user to Googles Privacy Policy? @Cordova PMC let me know if you want to be added as an editor on the form. On November 7, 2023, "gmail.com" <chris.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > FYI I think it should be no problem to find a free or affordable > survey > tool, found a couple articles from a quick search: > > - https://blog.hubspot.com/service/free-survey-maker-software > - https://www.webfx.com/blog/internet/11-free-online-survey-tools- > compared/ > > > On Mon, Nov 6, 2023 at 4:29 PM Niklas Merz <niklasm...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Thank you for the advice. We will make sure to collect no personal > data. > > It's mostly simple multiple choice questions so far: > > https://gist.github.com/NiklasMerz/9a06a373ac64ec417811e513cb5349d4 > > > > Those options all look rather pricey. Do you know if Limesurvey was > > hosted by the ASF or did they pay for the SaaS version? Could we do > the > > same without too much overhead work for everybody? > > > > If those professional options won't work for us because of pricing, > > could we use Google Forms granted we don't ask questions with > personal > > information and provide a note that the data is stored by Google and > > deleted after some time? I imagine we distribute the survey via the > > mailing list, website and social media. Once we collected the > responses > > we write a blog post with the conclusions and then delete it from > the > > survey provider. > > > > Kind regards > > Niklas > > > > On November 5, 2023, Benson Muite <benson_mu...@emailplus.org> > wrote: > > > Apache has used Limesurvey before: > > > > > > https://news.apache.org/foundation/entry/launch-of-the-2022-asf > > > https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey > > > > > > Some other options: > > > https://getodk.org/ > > > https://ona.io/home/products/ona-data/features/ > > > > > > On 11/5/23 20:51, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > > > > Hello Niklas, > > > > > > > > Thanks for bringing it up. I should really write a guide on the > > > privacy website for this. > > > > > > > > So far, I have no tool recommendation, but I can tell you what > to > > > watch out for: > > > > > > > > 1) The survey is best distributed by mailing list (or personal > > > message). If you enter email addresses to a tool, that sends > emails on > > > your behalf, it is problematic > > > > > > > > 2) Collecting email addresses: it is OK if you have a good > reason. I > > > recommend to make it optional. Just so you know, you need to tell > your > > > users exactly what you use the email address, and you cannot use > it > > > for different purposes afterward. Also, you'll need to tell your > users > > > when deleting this email address again. Recommendation: ensure > your > > > users that the responses and the email addresses are not stored in > the > > > same file (this will come up). Usually, I try to avoid collecting > any > > > personal data with surveys > > > > > > > > 3) If you are using a hosted tool, you need to tell your users > where > > > they will end up before they click on your link. > > > > > > > > 4) I don't recommend Google Forms, but if you must use it, try > to > > > not collect personal data > > > > > > > > 5) If you can, try to host the survey yourself or check the > provider > > > for "GDPR compliance." If you decide for one, you can also send me > the > > > link and I will check > > > > https://fosspost.org/open-source-survey-software/ > > > > > > > > Previously, we have paid a third party for the D&I survey. It > was > > > expensive (afaik), so I assume it is impossible for your project. > If > > > you find interesting tools/software, I will gladly check > everything > > > for you and get the documents in order. > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > Christian > > > > > > > > -- > > > > The Apache Software Foundation > > > > V.P., Data Privacy > > > > > > > > On Sun, Nov 5, 2023, at 10:26, Niklas Merz wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> We are thinking about doing a short user & contributor survey > for > > > the > > > >> Cordova project. The survey would be anonymous, but we could > > > include an > > > >> optional field asking for the email address. I would not > include > > > that > > > >> question if it raises privacy concerns. > > > >> > > > >> Are there any survey tools we should use or avoid for doing a > > > survey > > > >> like this? Are there any previous experiences with project > surveys > > > at > > > >> the ASF that we should consider when doing a survey? > > > >> > > > >> Thanks for any advice. > > > >> > > > >> Kind regards > > > >> Niklas Merz > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@cordova.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@cordova.apache.org > > > > > >
