[07:43] <dholbach> good morning
[09:02] <Silverlion> good morning everyone
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[19:52] <kevouze> Hi everyone,
[19:52] <kevouze> I am currently running a survey about new contributor experience in the following projects: Debian, GNOME, Gentoo, KDE, Mozilla, Ubuntu, NetBSD, or OpenSUSE.
[19:52] <kevouze> I have been talking to Daniel Holbach and Bhavani Shankar, who are supportive of the project.
[19:52] <kevouze> Bhavani recommended me to talk to you here to ask you whether you can help advertise the survey.
[19:54] <holstein> kevouze: can you hang here? it should be easy to get that linked as news
[19:55] <kevouze> that'd be nice.
[19:55] <kevouze> I can also write some post if you want. I'd be happy to do that. Or else I have a number of posts online already.
[20:00] <holstein> kevouze: cool! that is helpful!
[20:01] <kevouze> Shall I write a post and send it? or do you want the list of the other posts? I guess, a specific post for Ubuntu shall be more efficient
[20:08] <holstein> kevouze: i would hang here til you catch pleia2 or one of the other higherups
[20:08] <holstein> kevouze: you can check the topic though and add it in if you'd like
[20:10] <kevouze> ok, shall I send a message on the news ml also?
[20:10] <holstein> kevouze: sure
[20:11] <kevouze> I have also talked to Jono about it, he knows about the project
[20:13] <holstein> kevouze: thanks for being willing to write it up
[20:13] <kevouze> happy to do anything that would help out. this is my final PhD survey, 3 years of work! :)
[20:13] <holstein> congrats!
[20:14] <kevouze> let's wait until I get the results! Still a bit stressed out to get enoufg responses.
[20:54] <kevouze> holstein, question. If I attach the post to the email to news ml, will people get the attached document?
[21:14] <kevouze> Hi, I have just sent an email to the ubuntu news ml asking to help out, but the email was rejected
[23:16] <pleia2> kevouze: can you just send a link to the mailing list? We'll review for inclusion it in the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter :)
[23:16] <pleia2> (not an attachment)
[23:18] <kevouze> thanks! you mean link to the survey or the blog post for Ubuntu?
[23:20] <pleia2> kevouze: do you have a blog where you posted the survey?
[23:21] <kevouze> yes, http://kevincarillo.org/survey-invitation/
[23:21] <kevouze> I have also a blog post ready for you about how the survey will help Ubuntu, if you think it could be posted
[23:21] <pleia2> great, I'll just include this link :) no need to email
[23:21] <kevouze> thanks!
[23:22] <kevouze> any chance to mention the survey on the g+/facebook ubuntu pages? any help will be super welcome
[23:26] <pleia2> we don't handle the Ubuntu accounts there, you'll need to talk to dholbach (someone on the Canonical community team has access, not sure who)
[23:26] <pleia2> he would know though :)
[23:31] <kevouze> ok, he knows already about the project and is supportive. I am sure he is overwhelmed with his post-UDS email backlog :)
[23:31] <kevouze> Thanks for your help, pleia2!
[23:32] <pleia2> sure, good luck with your survey
[23:33] <pleia2> (and retweeted personally)
[23:34] <kevouze> thanks, appreciated.
[23:34] <kevouze> fingers crossed.
[23:35] <kevouze> do you have any other suggestion to help spread the word within Ubuntu?
[23:39] <pleia2> might contact one of the ubuntu news sites, ubuntuvibes, omgubuntu.co.uk, muktware.com...
[23:39] <pleia2> or all of them :)
[23:46] <kevouze> thanks, will do right now.
[23:46] <kevouze> can I mention you in the emails?
[23:47] <pleia2> sure
[23:47] <kevouze> cool! thanks for all. :)
[23:51] <kevouze> by the way, when is the next newsletter issued?
[23:51] <pleia2> they're weekly, released each Monday
[23:53] <kevouze> ok, perfect.
[23:55] <cprofitt> kevouze: very easy to get involved... and rewarding too.
[23:56] <bkerensa> pleia2: contact omg?
[23:56] <bkerensa> :)
[23:56] <bkerensa> were right here
[23:56] <bkerensa> ;p
[23:56] <pleia2> well, there you go :)
[23:57] <kevouze> cprofitt: the survey involves Ubuntu and 7 other large projects. I am meeting quite a lot of cool people. it's awesome
[23:57]  * pleia2 heads out to dinner
[23:57] <kevouze> have already sent an email to joey 3 days back, still waiitng for an answer
[23:57] <cprofitt> meeting cool people is always awesome
[23:57] <bkerensa> kevouze: what is it your trying to get covered? Joey is a busy guy :)
[23:57] <cprofitt> it will be interesting to see how your survey turns out
[23:58] <kevouze> I have had more negative experiences sometimes also on irc :)
[23:58] <kevouze> can give you the numbers for now, if you are curious
[23:58] <kevouze> it has been 24 horus
[23:58] <bkerensa> kevouze: I actually completed that survey just a couple days ago
[23:59] <bkerensa> I will blog about it on OMG tonight
[23:59] <bkerensa> :)
[23:59] <kevouze> bkerensa: Cool!
[23:59] <kevouze> I actually written a blog post for Ubuntu, saying how the survey will help Ubuntu
[23:59] <kevouze> it is not published anywhere yet,