Re: Open Source Organizational Culture
I appreciate that, and fully understand the demand on all the contributors, as I track Git and Qt development myself. Hopefully the openness and access to the raw results across many different OSS projects will entice a few to do the survey. Thanks Rich, appreciate your time! -- .marius On 4/22/2014 10:36 AM, Rich Bowen wrote: > I would recommend sending the email to committers@a.o, but be aware that > Apache participants, due to our visible spot in the open source > ecosystem, get a *lot* of surveys and tend to ignore most of them. > > -- > Rich Bowen, mobile edition > rbo...@rcbowen.com <mailto:rbo...@rcbowen.com> > > On Apr 22, 2014 10:02 AM, "Storm-Olsen, Marius" > <mailto:marius.storm-ol...@student.bi.no>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > As part of the research into a thesis on Open Source Organizational > Culture, I want to send out a short survey to the Apache > organization. However, given that the Apache community is so large, > with numerous individual projects under its umbrella, I wanted to > check with the community list first; both to seek explicit > permission for doing so, and to figure out what would be the best > way to send out such a survey without "spamming" the community. > > The survey is short (10-15 minutes), and the results - with raw but > anonymized data - will be public, and available to the whole Open > Source community. The larger the participation, the more > statistically relevant data, and the better we can interpret the > results across OSS as a whole. > > I have included the email I would want to send out below, for your > consideration. > > Sincerely, > Marius Storm-Olsen > > -- > > Hi, > > I would like to request your participation in a survey on > Open Source Organizational Culture, > which will provide valuable insight into how Open Source projects > are run, how their participants act, how they might change going > forward, and how particular Open Source projects compare with one > another and with traditional business cultures. The survey will take > 10-15 minutes to complete. > > http://bit.ly/OSOCAS2014 > > > Why? > > The survey will be used as part of my thesis on Open Source > Organizational Culture at BI Norwegian Business School (www.bi.no/en > <http://www.bi.no/en>, or www.bi.edu <http://www.bi.edu>), but in > true Open Source spirit the raw - but anonymized - results will be > open for all. So, your Open Source project will be able to massage > and dissect the results any way you wish, and see how you compare > with other projects out there. > > Up until now, most research in Open Source culture has been based on > mining mailing lists to find out how people act, who they interact > with, and how projects organize themselves. > > In this research we would rather ask the participants directly about > how a project is managed and what should change for the project to > be spectacularly successful. > > When? > - > > The survey is open now through May 1st. > > Where? > -- > > The bit.ly <http://bit.ly> address brings you to the following survey > > https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1587798/osocas-2014 > > Remember that you can save your progress at any time and come back > to the survey at a later point when you have time to finish it. > > Who are you? > > My name is Marius Storm-Olsen, and I am currently working on a > thesis on Open Source Organizational Culture. I've been an active > part of Open Source for years, most notably on the Qt and Git > projects. Although I have my own experiences to draw on in the > thesis, they do not qualify for the Open Source community at large, > hence the survey. > > How to help? > > If you want to help, feel free to forward this email to any Open > Source project you would want to participate the survey. Once you > have send the invitation, please either send me an email with the > name of the project, or update the table shown on > > https://github.com/mstormo/OSOCAS/wiki > > > I do hope you can participate, and thank you for your consideration! > > > Best regards, > Marius Storm-Olsen >
Re: Open Source Organizational Culture
I would recommend sending the email to committers@a.o, but be aware that Apache participants, due to our visible spot in the open source ecosystem, get a *lot* of surveys and tend to ignore most of them. -- Rich Bowen, mobile edition rbo...@rcbowen.com On Apr 22, 2014 10:02 AM, "Storm-Olsen, Marius" < marius.storm-ol...@student.bi.no> wrote: > > Hi, > > As part of the research into a thesis on Open Source Organizational > Culture, I want to send out a short survey to the Apache organization. > However, given that the Apache community is so large, with numerous > individual projects under its umbrella, I wanted to check with the > community list first; both to seek explicit permission for doing so, and to > figure out what would be the best way to send out such a survey without > "spamming" the community. > > The survey is short (10-15 minutes), and the results - with raw but > anonymized data - will be public, and available to the whole Open Source > community. The larger the participation, the more statistically relevant > data, and the better we can interpret the results across OSS as a whole. > > I have included the email I would want to send out below, for your > consideration. > > Sincerely, > Marius Storm-Olsen > > -- > > Hi, > > I would like to request your participation in a survey on > Open Source Organizational Culture, > which will provide valuable insight into how Open Source projects are run, > how their participants act, how they might change going forward, and how > particular Open Source projects compare with one another and with > traditional business cultures. The survey will take 10-15 minutes to > complete. > > http://bit.ly/OSOCAS2014 > > > Why? > > The survey will be used as part of my thesis on Open Source Organizational > Culture at BI Norwegian Business School (www.bi.no/en, or www.bi.edu), > but in true Open Source spirit the raw - but anonymized - results will be > open for all. So, your Open Source project will be able to massage and > dissect the results any way you wish, and see how you compare with other > projects out there. > > Up until now, most research in Open Source culture has been based on > mining mailing lists to find out how people act, who they interact with, > and how projects organize themselves. > > In this research we would rather ask the participants directly about how a > project is managed and what should change for the project to be > spectacularly successful. > > When? > - > > The survey is open now through May 1st. > > Where? > -- > > The bit.ly address brings you to the following survey > > https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1587798/osocas-2014 > > Remember that you can save your progress at any time and come back to the > survey at a later point when you have time to finish it. > > Who are you? > > My name is Marius Storm-Olsen, and I am currently working on a thesis on > Open Source Organizational Culture. I've been an active part of Open Source > for years, most notably on the Qt and Git projects. Although I have my own > experiences to draw on in the thesis, they do not qualify for the Open > Source community at large, hence the survey. > > How to help? > > If you want to help, feel free to forward this email to any Open Source > project you would want to participate the survey. Once you have send the > invitation, please either send me an email with the name of the project, or > update the table shown on > > https://github.com/mstormo/OSOCAS/wiki > > > I do hope you can participate, and thank you for your consideration! > > > Best regards, > Marius Storm-Olsen > >
Open Source Organizational Culture
? Hi, As part of the research into a thesis on Open Source Organizational Culture, I want to send out a short survey to the Apache organization. However, given that the Apache community is so large, with numerous individual projects under its umbrella, I wanted to check with the community list first; both to seek explicit permission for doing so, and to figure out what would be the best way to send out such a survey without "spamming" the community. The survey is short (10-15 minutes), and the results - with raw but anonymized data - will be public, and available to the whole Open Source community. The larger the participation, the more statistically relevant data, and the better we can interpret the results across OSS as a whole. I have included the email I would want to send out below, for your consideration. Sincerely, Marius Storm-Olsen -- Hi, I would like to request your participation in a survey on Open Source Organizational Culture, which will provide valuable insight into how Open Source projects are run, how their participants act, how they might change going forward, and how particular Open Source projects compare with one another and with traditional business cultures. The survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete. http://bit.ly/OSOCAS2014 Why? The survey will be used as part of my thesis on Open Source Organizational Culture at BI Norwegian Business School (www.bi.no/en<http://www.bi.no/en>, or www.bi.edu<http://www.bi.edu>), but in true Open Source spirit the raw - but anonymized - results will be open for all. So, your Open Source project will be able to massage and dissect the results any way you wish, and see how you compare with other projects out there. Up until now, most research in Open Source culture has been based on mining mailing lists to find out how people act, who they interact with, and how projects organize themselves. In this research we would rather ask the participants directly about how a project is managed and what should change for the project to be spectacularly successful. When? - The survey is open now through May 1st. Where? -- The bit.ly address brings you to the following survey https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1587798/osocas-2014 Remember that you can save your progress at any time and come back to the survey at a later point when you have time to finish it. Who are you? My name is Marius Storm-Olsen, and I am currently working on a thesis on Open Source Organizational Culture. I've been an active part of Open Source for years, most notably on the Qt and Git projects. Although I have my own experiences to draw on in the thesis, they do not qualify for the Open Source community at large, hence the survey. How to help? If you want to help, feel free to forward this email to any Open Source project you would want to participate the survey. Once you have send the invitation, please either send me an email with the name of the project, or update the table shown on https://github.com/mstormo/OSOCAS/wiki I do hope you can participate, and thank you for your consideration! Best regards, Marius Storm-Olsen
