I would like to draw attention to the survey that was administered by the professors at Duke university over a month ago. I believe that this survey should shed some light on the contributions and the various priorities and methods which Fedora contributors define as their needs and interests. This, in turn, should give a good basis to start from so the data can be used to brand and market Fedora properly, as well as, help build a better way for administration and governance of the project. Eventually, if used properly, it can also provide the basis for the community to avoid and reduce the growing conflicts that lead to many contributors leaving the project.
So, in short, do we have any results for this survey?
Furthermore, do we have a methodology to accompany this survey to show why these questions were asked and why the specific target groups were chosen to survey?
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On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 01:45:57PM +0200, Gregory M. Zysk wrote:
I would like to draw attention to the survey that was administered by the professors at Duke university over a month ago. I believe that this survey should shed some light on the contributions and the various priorities and methods which Fedora contributors define as their needs and interests. This, in turn, should give a good basis to start from so the data can be used to brand and market Fedora properly, as well as, help build a better way for administration and governance of the project. Eventually, if used properly, it can also provide the basis for the community to avoid and reduce the growing conflicts that lead to many contributors leaving the project.
So, in short, do we have any results for this survey?
Furthermore, do we have a methodology to accompany this survey to show why these questions were asked and why the specific target groups were chosen to survey?
The Duke researchers have sent me a list of some additional information that they need to continue their work. Basically, they need someone to run a few SQL queries via JSON:
(1) The count of unique people, determined by full names and/or email addresses, active in at least one mailing list/group, which would provide an estimate of the number of active people in the Fedora Accounts System. The count won't include actual names or addresses.
(2) The distribution of mailing lists/groups per person (e.g., X people are in 1 mailing list/group, Y people are in 2 mailing lists/groups, Z people in a 3 mailing lists/groups, etc), which would provide an estimate of how many mailing lists/groups active people are typically part of in the Fedora Accounts System. Again, these counts won't include actual names or addresses
In addition, there are some counts they need for specific lists/groups based on actual responses, and I'll work with someone from Infrastructure to get those. I expect the researchers will be publishing a full report along with the survey results to establish context around it.
On Mon, May 17, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Paul W. Frields stickster@gmail.com wrote:
I expect the researchers will be publishing a full report along with the survey results to establish context around it.
Is anything known about the time of publication?
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