Survey 2004 Results

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As promised I have done an analysis of the surveys (22) to date on the issue of the General Meeting and whether it should start earlier. I have put the raw data from twenty-two surveys into a pdf file with the results. In order to understand the data you should look at the questions. The answers are 1 through 7 with 1 being strong disagreement and 7 being strong agreement. I have run an average, median and mode for each of the answers, and a standard deviation to attempt to quantify the spread of opinion.

Q1.  I like the format as it is:

This was the least controversial response. No one gave it less than 4, so no one seems unhappy with the current meeting.

Q.2  I'd like more time to socialize:

In general people did not feel a need for more social time.

Q.3  I'd like more structured schedule:

Even less popular than above, and in keeping with the general satisfaction with the meeting.

Q.4  I want more fishing information:

Almost universally people want this. It got he highest positiive score.

Q.5  The speakers are too long:

With only a couple exceptions, people did not think the speakers went too long.

Q.6  The meeting usually ends too late:

Four people felt strongly that this was true, but the rest of the answers were to the contrary. This is the start of a polarizing issue.

Q.7  The meeting should start at 7:00 instead of 7:30:

This is the most polarized issue in this section. Those who feel strongly that the meeting should start at 7 (7&6's) slightly outnumber those who adamately oppose this (1&2's)
7 to 6. This appears to be likely to annoy people on one side of the issue whichever way we decide.

Q.8  The speakers' talks should be shorter (e.g., 30–45min, they now tend to run 45–hour):

This result agrees almost perfectly with question 5.

Q.9  The break should be shortened:

In general people do not want the break shortened. The exceptions are two respondents who are consistent in their concern for the length of everything.

Q.10  Raffle takes too long:

This had the lowest score of all. Only one person thought the raffle was too long (he/she must never win). Again, one of those consistently concerned with the length of the meeting.

Download an Acrobat .pdf chart of the data and analysis. Take a look at the data and draw your own conclusions.