New member introduction

[Anthro Pologist]

Phil Bull wrote:
> Hi Murray,
>
> On Mon, 2009-09-28 at 18:46 +1000, Anthro Pologist wrote:
>   
>> Hi everyone.  I've just joined and am looking to help wherever I can.
>> I have an IT background, specialising in collaboration, and writing is
>> a hobby.  I've been using Ubuntu since 2005 so the Ubuntu docs group
>> seemed a good fit for sharing some of my time.  Is anyone working on
>> anything that they need help with?  Or can you suggest something easy
>> for me to start myself?
>>     
>
> Welcome! There are a few tasks here [1] that you might like to take a
> look at.
>   
OK.  I could have a go at the installation guide.  I assume this will go
on the wiki, so it doesn't need to be in by last month.
>   
>> I'm also interested in doing some research on this group to understand
>> how team culture affects the productivity of virtual communities.
>> With my background, I'm comfortable with the major collaboration tools
>> and when / how to use them, but I would like to understand more about
>> the culture of virtual teams so I'm currently studying a Masters of
>> Applied Anthropology.  If anyone is interested in helping me, I'd like
>> to interview 10 - 15 members of this community on your perceptions of
>> the culture and how it impacts your ability to contribute.  Interviews
>> will last less than an hour and will be confidential, but a summary of
>> the results will be available to anyone interested.  There are more
>> details on my profile page at
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/Anthropologist.  Let me know
>> if this is the wrong place for it.
>>     
>
> I'd be happy to take part, although I should warn you that the Doc team
> doesn't really have 10-15 regular members...
>   
Thanks, Phil.  I'll be in touch to set up a time for the interview. 
I've seen more than 15 names in the distribution, so I'm hoping that
I'll get close to 10 offers, and I'm as interested in getting the
perspective of occasional members as of regular members.

I should also mention that my target for this stage of the research is
late October as I have a short paper to write up by the middle of November.
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
> [1] -
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam/SystemDocumentation/Tasks
>
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