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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>My name is Chen Chen and I am a Master</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>s</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> student working under the supervision of Dr. Peter Johnson in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo. We are currently seeking volunteers from </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>the </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>OpenStreetMap (OSM) </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>community to participate in a study </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>that focus</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>es</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> on </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>the impact of game elements on </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>motivations to contribute </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>to OSM</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. We would like to invite you to join our study. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Participation in this study involves a web questionnaire</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>, with a potential follow-up interview</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>. The link to the web questionnaire is:</span> <span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/osmvgigamification">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/osmvgigamification</a>. The questionnaire </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>should </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>take approximately 20 minutes of your time. </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>This</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In appreciation of the time you have given to this study, you can enter your email address into a draw for a $50 Amazon Gift Card. Your odds of winning the prize is based on the number of individuals who participate in the study. The final decision about participation is yours.</span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Chen Chen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>M.Sc. Geomatics<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Geospatial Innovation Laboratory<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Department of Geography and Environmental Management<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>University of Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:c226chen@uwaterloo.ca">c226chen@uwaterloo.ca</a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>