International AVS Center User Survey The IAC would like to thank everyone who has contributed with modules, magazine articles, technical support, etc. to a successful first 15 months of operations. We'd like to solicit your help in making the next year even better. Please take a few moments to fill out any or all of this survey, and email it to us at avs@ncsc.org, or "snail mail" it to us at: International AVS Center North Carolina Supercomputing Center 3021 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA Results of the survey will be emailed out to everyone who responds. Many of the questions are multiple choice - just delete the ones that don't apply. Thanks again for your help! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. My frequency of AVS use is approximately: DAILY WEEKLY MONTHLY OTHER:______________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. I've written approximately this many AVS modules: 0 1-5 6-10 11-20 > 20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. The number of AVS modules I've downloaded from the IAC is about: 0 1-5 6-10 11-20 21-100 101-600 All 600+ of them ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. My use of the International AVS Center's anonymous ftp site is: FREQUENT (at least 10 times so far) OCCASIONAL (less than 10 times so far) NEVER ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Things I like about the ftp site are: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Things I don't like about the ftp site are: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. I think the quality and portability of the modules on the ftp site is: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Suggestions for improving the ftp site are: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Five AVS modules I would like to see contributed to the IAC's module repository are (list as many or as few as you would like): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. I'm a member of the International AVS Users Group YES NO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11. Suggestions for future International AVS User Group activities: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 12. I have a subscription to AVS Network News, the IAC's quarterly magazine YES NO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 13. If the answer to 12 is NO, what can the IAC do to make it YES? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 14. Suggestions for future AVS Network News article features: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 15. I attended SIGGRAPH '92 YES NO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 16. I attended VISUALIZATION '92 YES NO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 17. I attended AVS '92 at the International AVS Center. YES NO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 18. If your answer to 17 was YES, what are your recommendations to make future AVS conferences even better? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 19. I plan on attending AVS '93, to be held May 24-26, 1993 at Disneyworld, Florida. YES NO UNDECIDED ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 20. If your answer to 19 is NO or UNDECIDED, what could the IAC do to make it YES? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 21. I use AVS on the following vendor platforms: Convex DEC IBM HP Kubota (Stardent) Sun OTHER (please list):______________ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. I would like to receive a hard copy of the advance program for AVS '93 via "snail mail". (This is also available electronically via anonymous ftp to avs.ncsc.org if you would like to obtain this immediately.) YES NO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 23. I would like to receive information on: Joining the International AVS User Group Subscribing to the AVS Network News magazine Joining IAC listserv mailing lists, such as the one the automatically emails every posting to comp.graphics.avs to all subscribers Contributing an article for AVS Network News Submitting an AVS module to the ftp site Submitting a video to AVS '93's video theater ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 24. My feelings (if any) on the responsiveness of the IAC to user inquiries are: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 25. Please supply us with your complete contact information. This information will only be used within the IAC for updating you on our ongoing activities to serve the scientific visualization community. Name: Email address: Phone: FAX: Title: Organization: Street Address: City: State: Zip: Country: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks again for your help on this survey !