[UbuntuWomen] Request for qualitative research participants!

[Mary Mooney]

Sarah

I am not a contributor to any open source - I am just a user - Ubuntu, IRCs
(very occasionally), Android phone, LibreOffice.

If you want to talk to a user rather than someone who identifies bugs or
writes code, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Mary


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Mary Mooney DEUK
*Mobile* - +44 (0) 7914 079 026
*Skype* - memooney1




On 17 June 2011 05:48, Sarah Riggs <diceratops at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Ubuntu Women!
>
> My name is Sarah Riggs and I am a Master's Degree seeking candidate at the
> School of Information and Library Science at UNC Chapel Hill. I am
> conducting research which addresses the large gender gap in the open source
> community.
>
> In 2006, a team of researchers sought to capture an image of women
> contributors to open source software, as it was clear that women made up a
> very small minority of participants (Nafus, Leach, & Kriegar, 2006).
> Several proactive members of your community then implemented programs aimed
> at increasing the number of women in open source; however, little research
> has been done since this study.
>
> By conducting qualitative interviews, my intention is to collect narratives
> about the experiences of open source participants. I will ask questions
> about your experiences joining and participating in the open source
> community. Your answers will be used to to identify ways in which more women
> can feel comfortable joining the community and contributing to open source
> software development.
>
> I would like to hear thoughts from women as well as men who are open source
> contributors. Please consider participating whether you are just starting
> out, or have been contributing to open source for many years. It is
> important for this research to obtain a diverse group of respondents with
> varied backgrounds so this research constructs a representative narrative of
> experience.
>
> I will be conducting interviews through July 20th, 2011, and I will be
> happy to meet you at a time and date at your convenience. Those volunteers
> who are selected will be allowed to decide the method of participation, and
> phone calls, face-to-face interaction, or Internet Relay Chat are valid
> means of communication.
>
> Exhaustive efforts will be made to ensure that any information you give me
> is confidential, and you are always free to stop the interview at any time.
>
> Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any further questions. I
> can be best reached by e-mail, *smriggs at email.unc.edu*
>
>
>  Thank you for your time,
>
> Sarah Riggs
> Principal Investigator
> Research Approved by IRB, UNC-Chapel Hill*
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and
> Library Science <http://sils.unc.edu/>*
>
>
>
>  Reference:
>
> Nafus, D., Leach, J. & Kriegar, B. (2006). *Gender: Integrated Report of
> Findings* (Deliverable – 16).* *Retrieved from Free/Libre/Open Source
> Software: Policy Support,*
> http://www.flosspols.org/deliverables/FLOSSPOLS-D16-Gender_Integrated_Report_of_Findings.pdf
> *
>
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