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Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:29:21 -0500
Subject: Recruiting more help for the project
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> The change is more about the idea that *anything* that gives us a better =
chance of more people contributing in any way right now is good for us and =
I believe git will. My original (and somewhat ongoing) concern is that I do=
n't want to take another
> detour. However, with several people volunteering to work on this, I thin=
k it can go forward while work continues... So, I will hope someone else vo=
tes.

1) Is there a way to tell how many people are on the Flex-Dev mailing list =
today? Please tell me what the number is.
2) Is there an easy way to determine how many people are participating as c=
ommenters? & also participating & contributing code / fixing bugs / providi=
ng technical contributions? I hope there is an easier way than me just coun=
ting.....
3) How many resources do we need that we do not have today?
4) If you had more technical volunteers what would you advise them do to pr=
ovide the highest benefit to the project?

Thru our social networks, the Spoon Project ML & Flex User group managers l=
ist my marketing colleagues and I were able to get 496 Flex developers to t=
ake a survey about Apache Flex 7-26-12 thru today. 238 of those developers =
said they plan to do more in various ways. The table is provided below. I b=
elieve that many of the responses are from those who are not on this list.

Which of the following development priorities for versions of Apache Flex b=
eyond 4.8.0-incubating do you plan to contribute to (contribute code, revie=
w code, author wiki, author training, lead webinars, author code examples, =
testing code, spreading the word) during the next 6-12 months? Choose all t=
hat apply:
Answer Options		Response Count=09
4.6 ViewStack			86=09
4.6 Accordion			50=09
4.6 DateField			78=09
4.6 DataChooser		58=09
4.6 Enhanced DataGrid		91=09
4.6 missing automation libraries29=09
4.6 missing fabridge		18=09
4.6 missing flash-integration	33=09
4.6 missing samples		53=09
4.6 missing embedded font support	39=09
3.x Flex SDK			39=09
Flex compiler source code	37=09
BlazeDS/BlazeDS.NET		76=09
TLF				50=09
Gravity				20=09
FXG				59=09
Squiggles			15=09
OSMF				42=09
Other (please specify)		26
answered question		238
skipped question		258