Hi, I'm starting my master's on improving document conversion and this survey is really helpful for me too. I'll pass it along my contact lists, hope it helps...
Cheers -- *Flávio Moringa* Project Leader Caixa Mágica Software Energia Open Source Rua Soeiro Pereira Gomes, Lote 1 - 4.º B, Edifício Espanha, 1600-196 Lisboa - Portugal Tel.: +351 217 921 260 Fax: +351 217 921 261 http://www.caixamagica.pt https://twitter.com/flaviomoringa https://www.facebook.com/flaviomoringa<https://www.facebook.com/flavio.moringa> http://pt.linkedin.com/in/flaviomoringa http://people.caixamagica.pt/flaviomoringa 2012/10/17 Kevin Carillo <[email protected]> > Hi everyone, > > A week or two ago, I posted a message in this list to inform you about my > research project. I basically study the influence of FOSS community > newcomer experience on contributor behaviour (including community > citizenship behaviours). > > The survey is now live and can be found at: > > > https://limesurvey.sim.vuw.ac.nz/index.php?sid=14153&lang=en > > > > The survey targets contributors of the LibreOffice community who started > contributing within approximately the last 2 years. > > > > I would appreciate any kind of support in helping me spread the word about > the survey. The dataset will be released shortly once the survey is > finished using an OpenData Commons license so that people from the > LibreOffice community can study the dataset. > > > I have already talked to Florian Effenberger and he has been enthusiastic > and supportive towards the project. > > > > For those who have the chance to attend the LibreOffice conference in > Berlin, I would greatly appreciate if you could speak about the survey > there. > > > > I have added below a message that you can use when mentioning the survey > (I can also send you the corresponding .odt or .pdf files for those who > want the actual documents). > > > > I sincerely hope the survey will help the LibreOffice community to remain > a great and awesome project! > > > > > > Thank you. > > Kevin Carillo > School of Information Management > Victoria University of Wellington > PO Box 600, Wellington NEW ZEALAND > (04) 463 5233 ext. 8679 | Room RH401 > [email protected] > http://kevincarillo.org/ > > SURVEY INVITATION MESSAGE: > > Subject: Newcomer experience and contributor behavior in LibreOffice and > other FOSS communities - Survey > > I am a PhD candidate in the School of Information Management at Victoria > University of Wellington, and my research topic is about the influence of > newcomer experience on contributor behaviour and performance in Free/Open > Source Software communities. > > If you have joined the LibreOffice community within the last 2 years, I > would like to invite you to complete an online survey. I am interested in > hearing from people who are either technical or non-technical contributors, > and who have had either positive or negative newcomer experiences. > > The data you provide will help gain insights about the experience of > newcomers within the LibreOffice community. It will also be used to improve > the survey before it is later administered to contributors from other FOSS > projects. > > This survey is anonymous, and no information that would identify you is > being collected. The results of the research may be deposited in the > library's institutional repository or presented at conferences or published > as articles in professional or academic journals. You may request to be > emailed the results of this research. Email addresses are stored in a > separate database and cannot be linked to participant responses. The School > of Information Management Human Ethics Committee has approved this research > project. > > I expect the survey to take around 20 minutes of your time. > > If you know members of the LibreOffice community who you think would be > interested in completing it, please do not hesitate to let them know about > this research. > > The survey is available at: > https://limesurvey.sim.vuw.ac.nz/index.php?sid=14153&lang=en > > It will be available until Monday, 29 October, 2012. > > I will post news about my progress with this research, and the results on > my blog: http://kevincarillo.org. If you have any questions, please > contact me at [email protected] or my supervisors Sid Huff at > [email protected] and Brenda Chawner at [email protected]. > > Kevin Carillo > > School of Information Management > Victoria University of Wellington > PO Box 600, Wellington NEW ZEALAND > (04) 463 5233 ext. 8679 | Room RH401 > [email protected] > http://kevincarillo.org > > -- > Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
