[Womoz] Our research on women in FLOSS

[Majken Connor]

INTERNAL POLL:
>
> 1) ABOUT YOU
>
>     a) Where are you from? (country)
>     _____________
>     b) What is your first and last name (optional?)
>     __________
>
>     d) How old are you?
>
>    * Less than 20
>    * 20 - 30
>    * 30 to 40
>    * 40 to 50
>    * More than 50
>
> 2) EDUCATION & TRAINING
>
>     a) What is your level in education?
>             a) None
>             b) School
>

Well it's either a or b then, none or school.


>             c) Freshman
>

Freshman at what? should this be undergrad?


>             d) Bachelor
>             e) Master
>             f) PhD
>             g) Other: ______________
>
>     b) What have you studied? (ie IT, Literature, History, ...)
>

Don't need the ie since it's multiple choice.


>         a) IT/Computer Science
>         b) Literature
>         c) Philosophy
>         d) History
>         e) Science
>         f)  Law
>         g) Languages
>         h) Art
>         g) Other: ______________________________
>
>     c) What is your job level?
>
>         a) Junior
>         b) Administrator/Secretary
>         c) Manager/Senior Professional
>         d) Director
>         e) other: ________________
>

Maybe it should just be fill in the blank what is your job title? Should
student/unemployed be on here?

>
> 3) YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO FLOSS
>
>      a) Do you have a contribution experience with other projects?
>             a) yes
>             b) no
>
>      b) If so, what FLOSS project was it?
>             ______________________
>
>      c) How did you join Mozilla as a volunteer:
>            a)  via Get Involved page
>            b) I met the local community
>            c) I met another project community:
>            _________(name)
>            d) I met Mozilla staff at a conference
>            e) Other ____________
>
> I'm confused, if this is an internal survey is it just to employees? If so
don't assume they started as volunteers first.


>      d) What do you do in Mozilla (functional area in which you
> work/contribute in Free /  Open Source topics ) ?
>            a) Code
>            b) Localisation
>            c) Quality assurance
>            d) Support Mozilla (SuMo)
>

Should probably be product support. "Support Mozilla" isn't the official
name of any of it.


>            e) Marketing / Communication / PR / Events
>            f) Advocacy / Evangelism
>            g) Education
>            h) Testing (Alpha, Beta, RC,...)
>            i) Documentation
>            j) Drumbeat (or affiliated projects)
>            k) Other:________
>
>      e) For how long have you been contributing to Free software ?
>              a) less than 2 years
>              b) 2 - 4 years
>              c) 4 - 6  years
>              d) more than 6 years
>
>     e) Have you had any pbs / issues when entering the Mozilla community
> and while starting to contribute?
>             a) yes
>             b) no
>

pbs = problems?


>
>     f) If so, what were they?
>             a) Documentation not easy to find
>             a) indifference
>             b) sexism
>             c) stereotypes
>             d) underestimated  competencies due to gender issues
>             e) Other: ________________
>
>
I think the whole survey is pointless if b is an option (which should really
be c) it's vague and it only reflects perception. d is more along the lines
but I'd drop the "gender issues." Stereotypes is no good either. This is
really all very leading. The options should be things like the first a,
didn't know where to ask for help, didn't receive assistance when asked for
help, work was rejected, wasn't allowed to work on desired projects,
competence was openly questioned etc.


>     g) How do you think Mozilla could help you and others in contributing,
> and in making the process easier?
>            _________________
>
>     h) What in Mozilla has positively affected you in contributing and
> joining the community? Was it:
>         a) by attending events
>         b) help from other community members and interaction with them
>         c) documentation
>         d) the presence of helpful employees
>         e) all of the above
>         f) other: _______________
>

See this is more like it. These are answers that are not leading, are not
related to gender. We find out if there is sexism by comparing how many men
could answer positively vs women and how many men were treated poorly
compared to women, not by outright asking if you experienced stereotypical
sexism.

>
>     i) Relationship with other fellow contributors: have you had any issues
> there?
>             a) yes
>             b) no
>

this should always be a yes. No one gets along with everyone.

>
>     j) If so, was it:
>             a) sexism
>             b) indifference
>             c) stereotypes
>             d) underestimated competencies due to gender issues
>             e) other _______________
>

Basically which flavor of sexism did you experience, again what's the point
if we're assuming this? There isn't even an option for consistently
disagreed! It's just a repeat of the other options.

>
>     k) how did you get over it? Have you:
>             a) ignored it
>             b) fought back
>             c) talked about it with other community members
>             d) you haven't got over it
>             e) other: _____________________
>

None of these options have anything to do with resolving a conflict! It's
just "how did you suck it up" again very leading and in a scary way. The
message I'm getting here is sexism is inevitable and if you want to be in
FLOSS you just have to figure out how to put up with it. Again, if we're
asserting that, then what's the point of the survey?


>
>     l) What is the percentage of women in your community/team?
>
>             a) Less than 5%
>             b)  5% to 10%
>             c)  10% to 30%
>             d)  30% to
> 50%
>             e)  More than 50%
>

There should be a "no idea."  Besides that if we've asked which area of
mozilla they contribute to, we don't need to ask them this, we can go to the
source and get the right answer.


> 4) YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND IDEAS FOR IMPROVEMENTS
>
>     a) Any (other) suggestions for improvements in Mozilla?
>
>     ____________________
>

This seems entirely off scope. There are places for people to make general
suggestions. This should be specific or taken out.

>
>     b) May we contact you in the future and in relevance to this survey?
>             a) yes
>             b) no
>
>
"and" or only in reference to the survey? I would take out the and.


>     c) If so, please leave us your email adress below:
>     ___________________
>
>     e) Any additional comments you'd like to submit to us?
>     ________________
>

additional comments about what? there was already a field above for general
suggestions.


>
>     THANKS!
>
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