Hello,

Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com.

As you may know, one of the things that I am passionate about is online community. I launched this community in May of 2001 and have managed it ever since. I've written a book on managing sites like this and I regularly talk to people about the benefits of online community.

I think that this community, KarateForums.com, is a great example of how valuable an online community can be. We have a tremendous group of members who regularly help others and discuss issues in a kind, respectful and helpful manner - which is what we're all about.

I was contacted in April by YiMing Zheng, a student at the The Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. YiMing is part of a research team at the school that is conducting a study on the impact and quality of information found on online communities and why people participate in them.

I agreed to help by asking members of this community (a.k.a. you! ) if they could participate in the survey, which is anonymous. It is my hope that useful information will be derived from the research and I would like to ask you to please participate, if you can spare a good 10 minutes. I would definitely appreciate it. The survey will run until May 22.

You can participate here: http://www.surveyshare.com/survey/take/?sid=87746

Thank you for reading and thank you in advance to anyone who participates and if you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.

Sincerely,

Patrick

I just wanted to bring this back up, as I fear it may have been lost for some in that white text error that we had. Sorry again.

Thanks,

Patrick

Hello all,

Thank you to those who have participated. If you haven't filled out the survey, yet, I would definitely appreciate it if you could.

Thank you for reading and for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Patrick

I just wanted to bring this up again, as I would really appreciate any additional responses. If you haven't taken it yet, please do!

Thanks again,

Patrick

The survey ends tomorrow. Thank you to everyone who has participated. If you haven't please consider doing so as a last minute entry! I appreciate it.

Thanks,

Patrick

The survey is now closed. A huge thanks to everyone who participated!

Patrick