[Eg-oversight-board] Proposal to research design practices in Evergreen

[Chauncey Montgomery]

Looks good to me.
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On 10/28/2014 07:35 PM, Ben Hyman wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Kathy Lussier and I spoke with Michelle Purcell today. Michelle
> contacted me in late September, as follows:
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>> Hello, I am a PhD student at Drexel University in the College of
>> Computing and Informatics.  My research focuses on design practices in
>> open source projects.  From what I've read about Evergreen the project
>> would be interesting to study as part of my doctoral research.  Would
>> it be possible to talk with you briefly about Evergreen and the
>> possibility of it including it in my research?
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>> For additional information I've attached my research proposal.
>> Additional information about me can be found at
>> https://drexel.academia.edu/MichelleWPurcell.
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> See attached research proposal. Based on the conversation we had with
> Michelle today, I think its fair to say that Kathy and I see no reason
> why Michelle shouldn't proceed, with several potential benefits for the
> Evergreen community (Michelle is a former Software Dev and expressed
> interest in connecting with Kathy on a bite size project, e.g.).
> Michelle is looking now for a letter of support from us, as follows:
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>> Dear Michelle Purcell:
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>> I have reviewed your research proposal, “Human-centered Design
>> Practices in Vertical Market Free and Open Source Software.” I
>> understand that you will virtually conduct both interviews with
>> community members and ethnographic observations of the community’s
>> collaboration processes and information technology use. Additional
>> data collected will consist of publicly available data collected from
>> the Internet, e.g., mailing lists, web pages, issue tracker data, and
>> Internet relay chat.
>>
>> We would like to collaborate with your research team as an active
>> participant in the study.
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> Any thoughts, concerns or stipulations you would like to see?
> All the best,
> Ben
>
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