[covna-officers] Re: Happy New Year and welcome to the COVNA Officers DL
- From: Mark Tilley <mptilley@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: covna-officers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2015 15:06:16 -0600
If I recall correctly, one of the officers at the time (who no longer lives
in the neighborhood), had an account that we used. I'll contact him to see
if we can get the data, etc.
MT
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Matthew Janiga <m.d.janiga@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hey Mark,
>
>
>
> Wow, now that I’m reading it I actually remember filling this out - I
> totally forgot.
>
>
> From a quick review of the questions (see "The 2012 Survey" below) it
> looks like the goal of the survey was four-fold with a focus on
> Communication:
>
> - (36%; 4 out of 11 questions) Communication
>
> - (27%; 3 out of 11 questions) Demographics (yrs here, covna member,
> kids?, et cetera)
>
> - (27%; 3 out of 11 questions) Social Engagement (party! Yea!)
>
> - (9%; 1 out of 11 questions) Desired Leadership Focus
>
>
> I'd actually like to copy the demographic questions over the new survey to
> get a bead on how the neighborhood is changing.
>
>
> *@Mark, Can you get to the old response data?*
>
>
> *@Mark, **Did you use a personal Survey Monkey account for the 2012
> survey? *I just reviewed how to export data from Survey Monkey and it
> ain't easy without paying. I'm considering setting up a generic account
> for COVNA or in the case you used a public account migrating the 2014
> survey over to that one.
>
>
> The 2014 Survey (in it's current state) has a slightly different focus :
>
> - (33%; 1 out of 3 questions) Demographics
>
> - (67%; 2 out of 3) Desired Leadership Focus
>
>
> I think the lack of demographic questions is an oversight on my part and
> now that I see the questions in the old survey I want to add them into the
> 2014 survey.
>
>
> With regards to the other three topics, I strategically decided to focus
> the survey on what should we collectively focus on (Desired Leadership
> Focus), before looking for details into specific concerns (e.g.
> communication, parties). My thinking is we will probably only be able to
> affect one thing and therefore I want to use the survey to tell us what
> that one thing is. This was just my take when I drafted it and am totally
> open to suggestions.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> The 2012 Survey:
>
> *Communication:*
>
> 6*. Do you read the COVNA newsletter?*
>
> 7*. Are you a member of COVNA's email list*
>
> 8*. Have you joined Nextdoor.com? (www.castlewoodoakvalleytx.nextdoor.com
> <http://www.castlewoodoakvalleytx.nextdoor.com/>)*
>
> 9*. How would you prefer to receive COVNA communications? (check all that
> apply)*
>
> *Demographics:*
>
> 1*. How long have you lived in the neighborhood?*
>
> 2*. Are you a member of COVNA?*
> 10*. Do you have school-aged children?*
>
>
>
> *Social:*
>
> 3*. Have you ever attended or participated in a any of the following?*
>
> 4*. What types of events would you attend if they were held in this
> neighborhood?*
>
> 5*. How often do you participate in activities in this neighborhood?*
>
>
> *Desired Leadership Focus:*
>
> 11*. Please let us know what COVNA can do to improve the neighborhood.*
>
>
>
> The 2014 Survey:
>
> *Demographics:*
>
> 1. Are you a current COVNA member?
>
> *Desired Leadership Focus:*
> 2. Please rank the neighborhood concerns list below.
> 3. What would you like COVNA to focus on in 2015? (1 should be COVNAs top
> concern and 4 the least of our concerns)
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Mark Tilley <mptilley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I think the survey is a great idea. We have done it in the past. Here
>> is our most recent one: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/COVNA which is
>> from 2012.
>>
>> Prior to 2012, some paper surveys were conducted. We have had so much
>> turnover in the neighborhood in the last several years, that I think it
>> never hurts to check back in with folks. As I recall, we emailed a link
>> and advertised it in the newsletter. I honestly can't remember what our
>> rate of response was.
>>
>> And that's the real issue. After conducting a survey, we need to
>> actually analyze the responses.
>>
>> Thanks for working on this!
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Matthew Janiga <m.d.janiga@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Okay, I didn't do much to the survey for fear of making it too difficult
>>> to fill out. I simply added a page that asked "are you a COVNA member?"
>>> with a "yes/no" Combobox.
>>>
>>> I propose we move forward with Paco's idea to send out the Survey (both
>>> through a link in the newsletter, to the DL, and we might as well add a
>>> link to the CONVA webpage for good measure) when we deliver the next
>>> newsletter and keep the survey open for 30 days. This assumes Doug still
>>> has time to update the Newsletter. After which I will tally the results
>>> and send out a report.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 8:31 PM, Matthew Janiga <m.d.janiga@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Doug.
>>>>
>>>> Doug, when does the content for the next Newsletter need to be locked?
>>>>
>>>> Looking through the email roster...
>>>>
>>>> From looking at the Excel file only a little over 57% have "Y" or "M"
>>>> in the membership column, Also, if we deliver the newsletter to
>>>> non-members too we may have a fairly good chance at getting responses from
>>>> non-members; this is something I didn't consider when I drafted the initial
>>>> survey.
>>>>
>>>> If the survey wasn't conducted online I'm not surprised response was
>>>> poor... paper is a drag. The Survey Monkey surveys look great on tablet,
>>>> phone, computer, etc. making it really easy to reply.
>>>>
>>>> I spend a few minutes to make a few modifications to the survey
>>>> specifically aimed at non-members and then send another example survey out.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Matt
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 7:46 PM, Doug Tabony <doug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I was wrong, the email list has been compared with membership and
>>>>> marked.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug
>>>>>
>>>>> On 1/12/2015 4:51 PM, Janiga, Matthew wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hey Paco,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I like the idea of providing a URL in the newsletter. It would be
>>>>> really nice to survey folks who are currently not in COVNA.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *M* +(1) 512-568-5311
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> *From:* covna-officers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
>>>>> mailto:covna-officers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> <covna-officers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *paco bertsch
>>>>> *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2015 11:04 AM
>>>>> *To:* covna-officers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> *Subject:* [covna-officers] Re: Happy New Year and welcome to the
>>>>> COVNA Officers DL
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Matt,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I think this is a great idea! Gives us some feedback from those on the
>>>>> COVNA email list. Maybe we should put a note in the next newsletter
>>>>> stating
>>>>> that we will be sending out a survey via email. We could also post the
>>>>> survey link on the website, for those that aren't part of the COVNA email
>>>>> list. Just a thought.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Paco
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 4:36 PM, Matthew Janiga <m.d.janiga@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> For those of y'all that haven't met me my name is Matt Janiga and I am
>>>>> COVNA's Secretary for 2015. I'm excited about this opportunity and look
>>>>> forward to working with y'all this year.
>>>>>
>>>>> To kick the year off I thought it might be a good idea to get aligned
>>>>> with the concerns and desires of our neighbors. I invested about an hour
>>>>> (so no big deal) in drafting an online survey that I thought that may help
>>>>> us accomplish that goal.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please let me know what you think about the idea and check out a
>>>>> preview version of the survey, COVNA 2015 Kickoff Survey
>>>>> <http://www.surveymonkey.com/create/survey/preview?r=true&sm=AI8efaOfYYYlG_2FdgiSR26kAke0y2sF_2BcwGZe3Oo2Z8T7ChWViA5ykQUqTTf_2BTPMZ>
>>>>> .
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't plan to send this out until we are all in alignment that it is
>>>>> a good idea and approve of the content.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Matt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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