---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The Fab Foundation <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 7:04 PM Subject: Fab Lab - Maker Space Survey: We need your data! To: [email protected] Help Fab Labs and Maker Spaces reach their potential by participating in our survey! Help Fab Labs and Maker Spaces reach their potential by participating in our survey! <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SWG5pgbdlMoIXJmumQRsQFJXpCoH5EQQjZ6ET0L9MRiNfZrC8Y7dPIMSODtseLDr2GzlATovgjGtxu2qYfnOUmtR5E-7nZXUtdGSXkCPIIovxT3Dp6x5KlBmZg9E9kjBQCrQXk7VZMskSnvKHIQ-3SoEBjbyhBk9yoNAlrzV2H391CRhLAwF7g==&c=iNDV8yoq9TO-u5WPvpqbCLRnGJokPTRXa9dFeCvrAp5QLjlLlV0rSw==&ch=lxq1kLWNc7VDMVQDbuRVKpwN_hqm8lkc1WhM-HO5EkmwPjvHAXlI3A==> Calling all Fabbers and Makers! Our community is extraordinary and well-known for its creativity, its entrepreneurial spirit, its educational and social impact. Amongst ourselves we understand our strengths and weaknesses, but in order for fab labs, maker spaces, and related initiatives to realize their full potential, there is a need for systematic data on operations, strategy, culture, and technology. This data will help individual facilities and the ecosystem as a whole in a myriad of ways: fundraising, new project development, and strengthening our public and private partnerships, to name a few. We have put together the linked survey below to begin to gather this critical data on our community. We need your help! Please click on the link below in order to participate in this "Digital Fabrication Global Stakeholder Map:" http://sgiz.mobi/s3/Digital-Fabrication-2017-consent <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001SWG5pgbdlMoIXJmumQRsQFJXpCoH5EQQjZ6ET0L9MRiNfZrC8Y7dPIZ6OLm67xxNj_bfvafDQhbQTLfPOIcLBpPdt4gNF0Thyj1DOCF7diTkX-CcvE-fkij-bOGGiFr9J3-zhtPlxE-a3IzPxNxOUoeKbJlQEhm0CyEGCber96pa0hl3sMlCQBxz9oX0WZhyW8-m0JqE7tq2OvSalfS3_Q==&c=iNDV8yoq9TO-u5WPvpqbCLRnGJokPTRXa9dFeCvrAp5QLjlLlV0rSw==&ch=lxq1kLWNc7VDMVQDbuRVKpwN_hqm8lkc1WhM-HO5EkmwPjvHAXlI3A==> Your participation in the survey is voluntary and your responses will not be individually identified. We estimate that it will take about 20 minutes to complete the survey. A summary of the findings will be shared back with you and others participating in the survey. We anticipate that the results can be useful in submissions for grants and other support, where assessments of impact are key. The results will also be used in a forthcoming book (see the next paragraph), shared at public events, and utilized where there is the potential for system-level impacts. The survey is being conducted by Professor Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld of Brandeis University, who is an expert in organizational effectiveness and stakeholder alignment. He is working on a book with his brothers, Neil Gershenfeld and Alan Gershenfeld, that connects the science of digital fabrication with the social science of these innovations. This is what has prompted the survey. Joel volunteered with his son for three years in the very first fab lab in Boston's South End in the early 2000s. He also led a team conducting a survey of U.S. fab labs in 2009 and helped to launch the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab. In addition to sharing your views, you are welcome to forward this survey to others who you know to be involved in digital fabrication. If you receive more than one invitation to take the survey, please only do so once. Note that the survey is in English. If this is not your primary language, but you can read this note and would like a version in another language, please contact [email protected] with this request. We will be sending reminders on this survey, but please complete it as soon as you can. Thank you for your consideration and participation. Help us help the community! 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