[wellylug] [Fwd: [nzlug] [Fwd: Re: [NZOSS-Openchat] Invitation to complete IT Vendor Capability Survey]]

[Mark Foster]

Crossposted for your info, apols if you receive multiple copies.

See also

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/07EBF01AF2B74A8ACC25766F006EA384

Regards
Mark.




On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 13:55 +1300, Brenda Chawner wrote:
> I would like to invite you to complete an online survey designed to find
out
> what services New Zealand IT vendors can offer to support a free software
> desktop. Free software is software released under a license that supports
> the four essential software freedoms, which allow users to
>
> * run the program for any purpose (Freedom 0)
> * study the source code, and improve it to better meet their needs (Freedom
> 1)
> * distribute copies of the software to others (Freedom 2)
> * distribute modified versions of the software to others (Freedom 3)
>
> For more information about free software, please see:
> http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>
> The survey is being conducted by the New Zealand Open Source Society and
the
> School of Information Management at Victoria University of Wellington as
> part of the Public Sector Remix project, which seeks to demonstrate the
> viability of free software for use by New Zealand government agencies. It
> includes questions about your current services, including
>
> * end user support and training,
> * desktop configuration management, and
> * server integration
>
> You are also asked to provide information about which free software
packages
> are used within your organisation, and how people from your organisation
> contribute to free software projects. Before starting to complete the
> survey, you may find it useful to find out what free software packages
other
> staff within your organisation use, and whether they contribute to the
> projects in any way. It should take you up to 45 minutes to complete the
> survey.
>
> The data you provide will be stored securely in a password-protected file
> for up to two years, and only the researchers will have access to it. The
> aggregated results will be shared with the government agencies who are
> participating in the Public Sector Remix project, and they may be presented
> at conferences such as GOVIS, or published in academic, professional, or
> industry journals. No organisations or individuals will be named in any
> presentations or publications that report on the results of this survey.
>
> A summary of the results will be published on the New Zealand Open Source
> Society website once the data is analysed; this is likely to be in early
> 2010.
>
> The survey starts at
> http://survey.publicsectorremix.org.nz/index.php?sid=87388&lang=en
>
> If you have any questions about the survey, please contact: Brenda Chawner
> brenda.chawner at vuw.ac.nz. For more information about the Public Sector
Remix
> project, please contact: John Rankin john.rankin at affinity.co.nz.
> --
> Brenda Chawner
> Senior Lecturer
> School of Information Management
> Victoria University of Wellington
> P O Box 600, Wellington  NEW ZEALAND
> (04) 463 5780 | fax (04) 463 5446 | Room EA201 | brenda.chawner at vuw.ac.nz
>