[olug] Fw: Request from academic researcher

[Brian Roberson]

Please take some time to fill out this survey, And make sure you put OLUG in
"your favorite LINUX-related group"!!!


--TIA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Utpal M. Dholakia" <dholakia at ruf.rice.edu>
To: "Brian Roberson" <roberson at bstc.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Request from academic researcher


> Dear Mr. Roberson:
>
> Thanks a lot for your encouraging reply. I have posted the survey on the
> web at the following URL:
>
> http://www.surveypro.com/cgi-bin/surveypro/run_survey.cgi?id=2444
>
> Please take a few minutes of your time to complete the survey. In
> addition, we would be deeply appreciative if you would request/ encourage
> other members of your community to consider participating.
>
> Many thanks for supporting our research.
>
> Sincerely,
> Paul Dholakia
> Assitant Professor
> Rice University
> http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~dholakia
>
>
> On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Brian Roberson wrote:
>
> > Just let me know where the surveys are.
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: Paul Dholakia
> >   To: brian at bstc.net
> >   Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 7:21 PM
> >   Subject: Request from academic researcher
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >   Dear Linux User Group Moderator:
> >
> >   I am a faculty member in the Jones school of management at Rice
University in Houston, Texas. We are conducting an academic research
project, studying social interactions online, and how communities organized
around products or brands are formed, from a sociological perspective...
> >
> >   In this regard, the entire open-source movement, and particularly
LINUX user groups and online bulletin boards provide a wonderful context to
study these sociological issues.
> >
> >
> >
> >   We are conducting a survey of members of LINUX user groups/ online
bulleting boards seeking information on different elements of their
thoughts, feelings, and motivations of participating in such groups, and the
value of the group to them... The survey can be completed via email or mail,
as the participant prefers...
> >
> >
> >
> >   Of course, this research is strictly academic, and has no commercial
links or interests. We hope to publish this research in a sociology journal,
and will make it available to all interested individuals in approximately
two months..
> >
> >
> >
> >   Also, as a small token of our appreciation for participants' time, and
in the spirit of the philosophy underlying the open-source movement, we will
donate $500 total to the five favorite organizations/ groups of our
participants' choice (we ask the participant's to nominate their favorite
groups in the survey).
> >
> >
> >
> >   I am writing to seek your help in conducting this research, first
through participating, and second, through encouraging your user group
members to participate in the research.. This will not take more than ten
minutes of your (and their time).
> >
> >
> >
> >   We welcome all help, and look forward to hearing from you.
> >
> >
> >
> >   Best wishes,
> >
> >   Paul Dholakia
> >
> >
> >
>
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> >
> >   Dr. Paul Dholakia
> >
> >   Assistant Professor of Management
> >
> >   Rice University
> >
> >   314 Herring Hall - MS 531
> >
> >   6100 Main Street
> >
> >   Houston TX 77005-1892
> >
> >   Tel: 713-348-5376
> >
> >   Fax: 713-348-5251
> >
> >   http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~dholakia
> >
>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>


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