RE: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience for LibreOffice project contributors

Thanks for those who have already taken part in the survey.

It has been brought to my attention that several questions refer to the notion of membership within 
the LibreOffice community. By membership I am not asking about TDF membership, instead I am 
referring to the point when you began contributing to the LibreOffice software project (developing, 
reporting bugs, writing documentation, etc...). TDF members however fully qualify for taking part 
in the survey. It will be interesting to compare both types of newcomer experience.

However, regular users are not included. I am definitely not saying that LibreOffice users are not 
important for the community (since LibO would not exist without its users) but simply that the 
survey targets the experience of new contributors when joining the LibO project. It encompasses the 
tasks they had to undertake to learn how to contribute as well as the interactions with other 
community members while learning about how to contribute to the software project.

Potential survey participants shall have joined the LibO community within the last 2 years. LibO 
celebrated its 2-year birthday recently, and you may argue that everyone in LibO then joined within 
the last 2 years. The survey applies to people who joined the LibO community since it was created 
but who were not previously involved in the OpenOffice project.

The survey description has been updated to clarify both aspects.

For those who are at the LibO conference right now, have fun!

Kevin (kevouze on irc)


From: Tom Davies [mailto:tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Thursday, 18 October 2012 5:21 a.m.
To: Joel Madero
Cc: Kevin Carillo; users@global.libreoffice.org
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience for LibreOffice project 
contributors

Hi :)
Hmmm, i still haven't looked but would be very disappointed if it really is only official members.  
However fast the application membership process is it's unlikely to ever meet demand.  I'm hoping 
for a bit of a "snowball effect" = as more people become members it becomes faster to process the 
applications.

I'm not an official member either and even amongst those that contribute a lot only a tiny 
percentage are officially members.  It seems likely that i might even be thrown off the lists soon 
due to a few disagreements i am currently having with the BoD.  I'm often in that position so it's 
unlikely i would ever be allowed to be a member!  On the other hand some in the BoD applaud me :)  
[shrugs]
Regards from
Tom :)


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From: Joel Madero <jmadero.dev@gmail.com>
To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: kevouze <Kevin.Carillo@vuw.ac.nz>; "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org>
Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 17:09
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience for LibreOffice project 
contributors

Just to clarify, is this only for official members? There is a difference
between the main community and official members of TDF. Most people are not
official members, there's a long process that has some requirements to it.
I started the survey and stopped when I cam across Question #5, I'm not an
official member of TDF.

Please clarify and we'll move forward. Thanks!

Regards,
Joel

On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:34 AM, Tom Davies 
<tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk<mailto:tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:

> Hi :)
> So, pretty much everyone in LO then! :)  Even people that worked in OOo
> for a decade and Star Office before that are likely to have been in LO for
> 2 years and a couple of weeks.  LO celebrated it's 2nd birthday just a
> couple of weeks ago.  So everyone is eligible :)
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
>
> > ________________________________
> > From: kevouze <Kevin.Carillo@vuw.ac.nz<mailto:Kevin.Carillo@vuw.ac.nz>>
> > To: users@global.libreoffice.org<mailto:users@global.libreoffice.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 6:37
> > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Survey about newcomer experience for
> LibreOffice project contributors
> > Hi,
> > I am currently  conducting a survey that looks at the influence of
> newcomer
> > experience on contributor behavior 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 the 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 survey is available  HERE
> > <https://limesurvey.sim.vuw.ac.nz/index.php?sid=14153&lang=en>  .
> > It will be available until Monday, 29 October, 2012.
> >
> > The data you provide will help understand the experience of newcomers
> within
> > the LibreOffice community. It will also be used to refine 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 School of Information Management Human Ethics
> Committee
> > has approved this research project.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I will post news about my progress with this research, and the results on
> my
> > blog: http://kevincarillo.org<http://kevincarillo.org/>.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kevin Carillo
> > PhD candidate
> > School of Information Management
> > Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
> >
> >
> >
> >
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