Well, we know, now, what an announcement looks like for the survey: bland and "announcementive". What we hope very much is that everyone will take a very few moments to answer it. It really does not take long. It really ought to say which questions are optional. I don't think it did. The answer is that ALL free text boxes are optional as is the multiple answer question. "If it looks as though it should be optional then it IS optional". We NEVER find out who has and who has not answered it, and obviously do not find out who has voted for what unless you sign the free text boxes (please don't, but we can't stop you, nor edit can we your name out of the answer file). The survey is imperfect. That is ok. All surveys can be improved the moment they have been sent for completion. It closes in two weeks time. That does not mean "It's ok, I will answer later." You won't do that. It is for those who are on holiday right now to be able to answer when they get back. Answer today, please. I don't think you have to have a login, but I am not sure. We'll soon learn if you do or not. Even so they are easy to create, and give you better overall control of the list Tim Trent - Consultant Direct: +44(0)1344 392644 Mobile:+44(0)7710 126618 email: [log in to unmask] <blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]> Marketing Improvement Limited, Abbey House, Grenville Place, Bracknell, United Kingdom, RG12 1BP <blocked::http://www.marketingimprovement.com/> http://www.marketingimprovement.com Important: This mail contains proprietary information some or all of which may be legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this email, please notify the author by replying to this email. if you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this email. If you are not the named recipient please notify us immediately. This email and any attachment(s) are believed to be virus-free, but it is the responsibility of the recipient to make all the necessary virus checks. This email and any attachments to it are copyright of Marketing Improvement Limited unless otherwise stated. Their copying, transmission, reproduction in whole or in part may only be undertaken with the express permission, in writing, of Marketing Improvement Limited. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ All archives of messages are stored permanently and are available to the world wide web community at large at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/data-protection.html If you wish to leave this list please send the command leave data-protection to [log in to unmask] All user commands can be found at : - http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/help/commandref.htm Any queries about sending or receiving message please send to the list owner [log in to unmask] (all commands go to [log in to unmask] not the list please) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^