Final Google Summer of Code Survey

[Andreas Schilling <andreas schilling uni-bamberg de>]

Dear „Google Summer of Code“ students at GNOME,

First of all, thank you for your participation in my last survey. I know 
you all had work to do, therefore, I really appreciate your help. 
Considering the relatively small sample of mentored students at GNOME 
2012, every single answer you have provided was very valuable to me for 
examining the lasting effects of mentoring initiatives.

Today, I would like to ask you one more time for your help. Nearly three 
months have passed since you have started Google Summer of Code and the 
event is coming to its end. During your mentorship you have probably 
made considerable new experiences at GNOME and learned new aspects in 
how to design and develop open source software. To account, for these 
experiences and how they might have changed your contribution motivation 
or continuance intentions, I would like to invite you to my final GSoC 
survey.

Based on the concerns and suggestions of some GSoC students I made this 
survey like the previous one non-public. To participate in it, please 
follow the link in the invitation email which should be in your inbox or 
your spam folder. If you have not received an invitation email yet, 
please contact me directly, not via the mailing list, so I can provide 
you with the private key to the survey.

Based on your feedback to my last survey I did my best to eliminate all 
unnecessary questions which could have sound similar to you and replaced 
them with alternative questions. I hope you will like this modified 
survey. If not please do not hesitate contacting me, I really appreciate 
every feedback.

Finally, please let me thank you one more time for your help. Only 
because of you and your participation, I am able to evaluate the 
long-term effects of mentoring initiatives at GNOME. I hope you are 
eager like I am to see how the lasting effects of mentoring initiatives 
at GNOME look like and what measures could be used to improve future 
GSoC mentorships. I assure you that I will publish the aggregated 
results on as soon as I finish my study. I wish you all the best for 
your career and your future.

Thank you sincerely and see you

Andreas