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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear HOT-Volunteers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">First, the ones who have already participated, thank you very much!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">In four weeks the survey period ends. I would be very grateful if you would participate in the survey. You would greatly support our research.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">The previous answers are already good, I hope very much that it goes on like this. Thank you very much and I wish you all the best.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black">Ramian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to the survey:
<a href="https://www.soscisurvey.de/Motivation_of_Digital_Volunteer">www.soscisurvey.de/Motivation_of_Digital_Volunteer</a></span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D">__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Dear HOT-Volunteers,</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">my name is Ramian Fathi and I am a research associate from the University of Wuppertal, Germany, more specifically the Institute for Public Safety and Emergency Management under the lead of Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank
Fiedrich. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Currently, we are working on a project concerning participational and motivational factors of digital volunteers in<span style="color:black"> the</span> humanitarian aid<span style="color:black"> sector</span>. To provide
the scientific base, we have created a survey, which addresses digital volunteers. The survey aims to find out about the motivational factors inherent to people acting as digital volunteers, inquiring about their incentives, and illuminating the reasons that
drive digital volunteers to sometimes quit their commitment to an organization. The survey is part of the research project
<i>"Motivation and Participation of Digital Volunteer Communities in Humanitarian Assistance: Models and Incentives for Closing the Gap to Decision Makers"</i> (<a href="www.vgiscience.org">www.vgiscience.org</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">You can find the survey through the link below, it will take you up to 10 minutes to fill out. Please be honest and complete the whole survey. Don’t worry, your answers will be treated confidentially and we will not be
able to track the data back to your person. The link will be available from today to the 2nd July 2018.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12.0pt">Link to the survey:
<a href="https://www.soscisurvey.de/Motivation_of_Digital_Volunteer">www.soscisurvey.de/Motivation_of_Digital_Volunteer</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Thank you very much for your cooperation and support!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Ramian Fathi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">__________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Ramian Fathi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Research Associate
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">University of Wuppertal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">School of Mechanical Engineering and Safety Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Institute for Public Safety and Emergency Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Telefon (office): +49 (0202) 439-5607<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Mobil: 01731047586<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">E-Mail: <a href="mailto:fathi@uni-wuppertal.de">
<span style="color:blue">fathi@uni-wuppertal.de</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Homepage: <a href="http://buk.uni-wuppertal.de/">
<span style="color:blue">http://buk.uni-wuppertal.de/</span></a> <a href="https://www.vgiscience.org/">
<span style="color:blue">https://www.vgiscience.org/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Post: Gaußstrasse 20, 42119 Wuppertal<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE">Gebäude W, Raum 10.018, Gaußstr. 20, 42119 Wuppertal, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.vgiscience.org/"><span style="color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:DE;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="300" height="66" style="width:3.125in;height:.6875in" id="Bild_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D3F844.F567EE10" alt="https://gitlab.vgiscience.de/design/logo/raw/master/logo-brand.png"></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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