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[RC] Surveys - and what they mean - Michael MaulThe Competitions Committee wanted member input on whether there was interest in changing our present structure for weight divisions. I was interested in seeing whether short, easy surveys would be useful to AERC committees. The wt division survey was publicized on all the email lists and written up in EN so that even those not on the lists would know about it. The results after 3 weeks are 91% want wt divisions. 63% want the limits of the divisions to remain the same and 37% want them equalized so that there are about the same number in each division. 9.6% want 2 divisions, 18.8% want 3 divisions, and 72% want 4 divisions as we have now. A very few wanted a super heavy weight division for over 250 lbs. The results seem fairly clear but there were only 325 members who responded to the survey. That's only 4.7% of our total membership. It's 6.5% of members who have activated their members page. There was no evidence of ballot stuffing to influence the results. Sources on the Internet noted that responses to surveys in general are low - in the 2%-10% kind of range. Our membership is pretty much online. Over 5,000 members have activated their member's page accounts that enable them to look at their official records and make changes. I'd like to use polls and surveys to get member feedback but wonder what a response rate of about 1 in 20 members really tells us. That all our members really want to do is "just ride"? Comments? Mike =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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