[TheForge] public poll for ABANA conferences.

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Oh oh Phlip!
They are sucking you in!
You are presently proposing a survey to determine the questions 
to be asked of would be conference attendees on yet another 
survey to precede the the initiation of the determination of the 
wish-parameters of a potential substitute conference.
Tongue in cheek fair warning...pf

Saint Phlip wrote:
> OK, this is what I wrote to the people Dave forwarded his email to,
> which appears to include mosrt of the Board:
> 
> You're on. Will take me a few days to set things up. Will discuss it
> with my geeks. Thinking setting up a Yahoo List would actually handle
> the electronic part better than an email box.
> 
> 
> If you want ABANA to survive, folks, you gotta turn it around. I'm not
> emotionally bound to ABANA, but I logically see where we're better off
> with it than without it, so, I'm going to do what I can to help.
> 
> First thing I'm going to do, is ask you folks for your suggestions for
> what questions you'd like answered. I know what I'd like answered, but
> if we're going to do this, might as well make it as useful as we can.
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> So, Forge members, I'm going to start by asking your help. What
> questions do YOU think would be useful to have answers to, in setting
> up a conference? Just send them to me here for the time being
> (phlip at 99main.com) with "ABANA Poll" in the subject line.
> 
> And, I'm going to ask your help. Please talk to the appropriate
> members of the affiliates you belong to or are associated with, and
> ask them to support this Poll.
> 
> Smoky, let me look things over, and I'll ask for your help as soon as
> I figure out a way for us to work together ;-)
> 
> Now forgive me, I have a few things to do ;-)
> 
> On 3/2/07, Smoky <rick at smokyforge.com> wrote:
>> Well, Dave and Phlip, I would be glad to do this if you need someone to.
>> BUT only if I can get help on making up the questions.
>>
>> Rick Crawford at Smoky Forge
>> Home of Lem the Wonder Mule and
>> Mol ASS es the slow Donkey
>> in the middle of Northern Illinois
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Dave Mudge" <dave at magichammer.net>
>> To: "theforge mailist" <TheForge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:42 PM
>> Subject: [TheForge] public poll for ABANA conferences.
>>
>>
>> > Phlip,
>> > I appoint you as the Chair of the "Affiliate Poll Committee".
>> > You compose a list of questions regarding peoples ideas (both pro &
>> > con) about ABANA conferences. You will send that poll to me in
>> > electronic form. I will send it to all of the affiliate newsletter
>> > editors and try to convince them to publish the poll in their
>> > newsletters and web sites. The poll will include a "reply to" address.
>> > Of course your contact information will be the "reply to" . I suggest
>> > that the poll run for several months. You then compile the feed back
>> > that you received into a usable format. Then you can supply the
>> > information to TheBoard or I can do that for you. I can also put the
>> > poll on the ABANA web site and link the "reply to" to your e-mail
>> > address. I suggest however that you set up a free hotmail or yahoo or
>> > gmail account for the replies.
>> > dave mudge
>> > ABANA
>> > vice president
>> > affiliate liaison
>> > web site editor
>> >
>> > On 3/1/07, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
>> >>(snip)
>> >>
>> >> Mikey, that's what I've been suggesting all along. Some folks don't
>> >> like my ideas, but at least they're damned ideas!!!
>> >>
>> >> So, I'm going to make a proposal.
>> >>
>> >> I am willing to write up a poll, if ABANA is willing to cause it to be
>> >> seen by all members.
>> >>
>> >> Now, I realize Dave has said that there's a poll in the Seattle
>> >> conference packet (and I can't be the only one who saw so much stuff
>> >> in that packet that it got overlooked). And, if you're polling the
>> >> attendees, you're preaching to the choir- this gives us feedback only
>> >> on those who already attend. What we need is information from those
>> >> who don't attend, as to why, and what would help them decide to
>> >> attend.
>> >>
>> >> The poll will be published in one of the ABANA magazines, or maybe
>> >> both. I think I can set up a website so that we can get feedback on
>> >> line, or maybe run it through the ABANA website, or, for Heavan's
>> >> sakes, include a postcard in one or both of the mags.
>> >>
>> >> Come to think of it, while I'm at it, can include questions for
>> >> non-members as to why they are non-members.
>> >>
>> >> Anyway, rather than JUST asking those who already attend, why not take
>> >> things a step beyond where the board is asking just TheForge's
>> >> feedback, and get as much feedback as we can. That way, we'll all have
>> >> opinions from the membership and interested people as to what THEY
>> >> want, and can see if it can be accomodated (sorry, I get the only
>> >> winning lottery tickets we offer ;-)
>> >>
>> >> Dave, Clare, anybody else on the Board, as well as anyone here on
>> >> TheForge, what do you think?
>> >>
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