# Survey Retrospective

(lets first focus on questions we might ask before, or in the meeting)

From the meeting proposal:

> We should talk about the questions that were asked, what we wish had been asked, what value we got from the survey as it went, and what to do the same and/or differently in the future.

## What were the goals?

What were the goals of doing the Ambitions post and Interim survey?

### Goal: Ease/Increase Collaboration

We wanted to focus more on collaborative efforts: things that require a working group or opportunities for new-contributors to make a positive impact on Rust.

Thus, individualized efforts did not necessarily get as much attention in these posts, for better or for worse.

### Goal: Advertise Needs

We had heard feedback that "entities" wanted to contribute, and needed guidance about where they could help.

### Goal: Advertise Work We Planned/Hoped To Do

(this is loosely releated to the "Advertise Needs" goal, but it also covers resourced-tasks.)

### Constraint: Every item needed a point of contact/mentor

For 2022, we explicitly did not attempt to enumerate the issues that had no owner. I.e. there were *gaps* of things that maybe outside contributors could have helped with (and that we would have accepted as PR's)

## What was good?

1. Feedback from the perspective of those answering the survey:

2. Feedback from T-compiler leads on use of survey results:

## What could have been better?

## Was it worth it?

i.e.: Is this a way we want to organize ourselves and publicize our ongoing work going forward? (i.e. was it worth the effort?)

## Did the links to sponsorship pages help contributors who were featured in that manner?

@lcnr: It did not result in a noticeable increase, though I cannot say whether it had no impact, or only a minor one.

## Meeting Notes

### potentially desirable goal for future

* broadcast all ongoing efforts, including ones created after the initial establishment of ambitions?
* increase collaboration
* increase knowledge sharing
* recognition of work done by contributors to compiler