Speaking as someone who has spent ages trying to cajole people into
completing on-line surveys for one client and another, I would urge everyone
to fill it in if they can. We don't want the list moderators to feel both
over-worked *and* unappreciated by the list members.
Paul Ticher
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Trent" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2006 2:08 PM
Subject: Survey Experiment on Monday
> I'm writing this "from the moderation team".
>
> We're about to try out a facility we have not used before, and will be
> using
> it to gain valuable information from the data protection membership on the
> policies we need to follow as moderators.
>
> JISCMail has a facility to carry out surveys. Pretty obviously we can use
> the surveys for just about anything, but most people prefer them to be
> used
> sparingly, and only when relevant. We're just in the final stages of
> compiling a short (7 question, not arduous at all except for the
> compilers!)
> survey to make sure we meet your needs with one of the ways we manage the
> list.
>
> The survey was suggested by Ibrahim and we're grateful to him for the call
> to action.
>
> Now, the mechanics of this thing: Members of other lists may have seen
> them
> before and know what to expect. We mods have not and thus are a little in
> the dark. We expect the JISCMail system to send it out on Monday when we
> make the survey active, and we know it will send you to a url where you an
> answer the survey. What we don't know is what the covering email will
> look
> like, hence this weighty preamble.
>
> This survey will run for two weeks, well more like two weeks and a day!
> It
> will close automatically and the system says it will then send the results
> (presumably as another url) to the list.
>
> When it comes out we'd love it if as many people as possible answered it.
> If it takes longer than five minutes to complete then we'll be very
> surprised. We really do need a significant sample of answers in order to
> be
> influenced by the results. Our intention is to ensure that we manage the
> list by consensus wherever this is possible within the JISCMail rules. We
> can't break the rules even if a consensus appears to mandate us to.
>
>
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