Hey folks,

A new proposal has been posted: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:The_motivational_arc_of_massive_virtual_collaboration

They are using surveys to study the changing motivations of Wikipedians over their wiki-career.  They are hoping to send out 3,600 recruitment messages to user talk pages since they need 60x3=180 responses and expect a 5-10% response rate.  I'm currently trying to talk them down to a more reasonable number. 

I'm also working on them to produce something convincing us of the value of their work since there have been ~eleventy billion surveys of Wikipedians about their motivations. 

Most importantly, they want us to sign off on their proposal before they acquire approval from their own IRB.  I think this makes sense, but I wanted to run it past you guys.    

Thanks,

-Aaron