They contacted me directly and I agreed. Apparently I was the first interview today.
They are super nice and extremely appreciative of participation. What they are doing is also really interesting and the results of the study will likely benefit the Incubator and the ASF. I highly recommend other mentors, whether past or present, participate if requested. -Taylor > On Apr 7, 2021, at 8:57 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > A National Science Foundation-funding research team may be asking you for an > interview to help them understand the ASF mentoring program. > > They are interested in mentors experiences and perspectives in the Incubator > and understand how mentors contribute to the successful graduation of > podlings. The team is sending requests to some mentors for an interview. I’ll > be taking part, and I hope you do as well. They are interested in sharing any > results of their research with us. I think their insights would be a great > help to the Incubator and current and future mentors. > > Here’s a brief overview of the project: > > “Jumpstarting Successful Open-Source Software Projects With Evidence-Based > Rules and Structures” is a National Science Foundation-funded project that > aims to understand how governance impacts the success of open source > software. The multidisciplinary research team includes empirical software > engineers and social scientists with diverse expertise in research > methods--including publicly available data, interviews, and surveys--working > together to understand sustainability in contributions to open-source > software. > > If you want to know more about the project, please ask. > > Kind Regards, > Justin --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
