On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Sherae Daniel <[email protected]>wrote:
> Dear GNOME Developer, > > Dr. Jim Herbsleb, Professor, Carnegie Mellon University and a team of > researchers from University of Pittsburgh (including Dr. Sherae Daniel) and > the University of Louisville are conducting a research project that seeks to > identify factors that lead developers to be active contributors to GNOME. > Identifying these factors will allow GNOME to create an environment that > facilitates long term developer contributions and commitment. We are > particularly interested in examining how FLOSS community norms and corporate > norms affect participants such as you. We focus on factors associated with > working in an environment where two different cultures (corporate and FLOSS) > impact developer attitudes and behaviors. Your participation in the study > will help GNOME identify ways to promote a more supportive environment for > participants such as yourself by identifying which norms work well and which > ones can be improved. > > We have worked closely with Stormy Peters and German Poo-Caamano and have > their support as indicated by German's blog post ( > http://blogs.gnome.org/gpoo/2011/01/07/gnome-community-survey/), Stormy's > blog post ( > http://blogs.gnome.org/foundation/2010/11/07/stormys-update-november-7-2010/) > and their postings to multiple mail lists. > > To collect data for this study we invite you to complete a 20 minute online > survey. Please beware - some questions may appear to be duplicated, but > there are important differences. Wording is sometimes repeated so we can > gather responses that reflect your perspective as a GNOME community member, > your perspective as a corporate employee, and your personal values. The > perspective we want you to use is stated at the top of the page on which the > question appears. > > We realize that your time is valuable. Here are a few of the reasons we > believe it would be beneficial to participate: > > · You will be supporting research that can help you and > GNOME. > > · The amount of time required – 20 minutes – is > minimal. > > · Your completion of the survey will enter you in a > drawing to receive one of two $200 gift cards. > > > > Participation in this study is completely voluntary. Data collected through > this survey may be shared with Carnegie Mellon University and the University > of Louisville compliance offices for auditing purposes. Aggregate, > anonymous (i.e., with personally identifying information removed) results > will be shared with the GNOME community. > > > > Thank you for your attention. > > *Follow this link to the Survey:* > Take the > Survey<http://katz.qualtrics.com/WRQualtricsSurveyEngine/?Q_SS=9t27j6QCDyiS3Va_0qAnRCgM39iLvco&_=1> > > Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser: > > http://katz.qualtrics.com/WRQualtricsSurveyEngine/?Q_SS=9t27j6QCDyiS3Va_0qAnRCgM39iLvco&_=1 > > Follow the link to opt out of future emails: > > http://katz.qualtrics.com/CP/Register.php?OptOut=true&RID=MLRP_574dFynMyYa4dJW&LID=UR_8GQbQDXRYPiu79G&_=1 > Hi Thanks for your interest for working on this. My criteria for completing a survey is whether the results are supposed to be used in an article with a free document license or not. Please inform me about that. Regards Mahyar Moghimi
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