October, 2001      Diablo Blue     Page 9

DVPC Member Survey 2001

Below are the results of our Member Survey that we generated to find out what you think we should do and topics we should cover at future DVPC meetings. Fifteen of you took the time to respond, and the Board appreciates your input.

The first column (Score) in the table below is the weighted score for that topic. The next five columns contain the number of votes that rating got. For example, the first line shows that no one rated it “Excellent”, four people rated it “Good”, four “Okay” and three “Not Good”. To get the score, each “Excellent” vote counted five points, each “Good” four, etc. I have highlighted the highest scores (49 or higher). This information is graphically portrayed in the chart following the table.

 

 Score Excellent Good Okay Not Good Terrible Topic

34

 

4

4

3

 

1. Spend more time talking about the SIGs

41

1

6

2

3

 

2. Give members the floor to demonstrate or discuss products

52

5

6

1

 

 

3. Have “how to…” presentations by members or vendors

50

2

7

4

 

 

4. Discuss buying a PC

56

5

7

1

 

 

5. Discuss upgrading a PC

55

4

8

1

 

 

6. Talk about installing and trouble-shooting hardware

52

5

6

1

 

 

7. Discuss new hardware trends

56

7

4

1

1

 

8. Installing and trouble-shooting software

53

4

6

3

 

 

9. Discuss new software trends

31

2

2

3

2

 

10. Windows 98

35

1

3

3

4

1

11. Windows 2000

39

 

5

3

5

 

12. Windows ME

29

 

1

4

6

1

13. Linux

40

1

3

7

1

 

14. Telecommunication

41

1

2

8

2

 

15. Databases

49

2

8

1

2

 

16. Guest speakers to talk on topics in the news

52

3

6

3

2

 

17. Digital photography

39

2

3

3

4

 

18. Music

42

3

5

1

2

 

19. Creating your own multimedia CDs, DVDs

46

 

8

4

1

 

20. DSL/cable: high speed connections

45

2

3

7

1

 

21. Business related hardware and software

45

2

5

5

 

 

22. Personal favorites: hardware/software

33

 

2

6

3

1

23. Games

43

1

7

2

2

 

24. The Internet

37

1

3

4

4

 

25. HTML

50

1

7

5

1

 

26. Building your own web site

31

 

2

4

5

1

27. Programming languages

40

2

3

5

1

1

28. Have more member presentations and discussions

43

3

4

4

 

 

29. Invite more hardware vendors

49

5

4

2

1

 

30. Invite more software vendors

42

3

2

5

2

 

31. Have more than one vendor at each meeting

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