[Forum] Initial survey results

[Joshua Field]

i would tend to agree (though for different reasons) that we should get 
broader participation in the survey before trying to draw any real 
conclusions from the data. i'd love to see a more representative number 
of participants. so please, by all means, pass that link along to anyone 
that you think might have valuable input: 
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=685553519483

as of today there are 23 responses to the survey which is about 1/3 of 
the folks subscribed to this list. if folks are willing to email the 
link to people not on this list, i would think we could get to a more 
representative segment of the art community.

once we reach a comfortable level of participation (say 50 or 60), i'm 
happy to draw up a slightly sanitized pdf that we can share with local 
arts organizations, local government or even the press if people are 
comfortable with that.

also - if people think that this is useful, it might make sense to do a 
more formalized survey based on the feedback we get here. i put the 
questions together as off-the-cuff guesses at what important issues 
people seemed to want to explore, but it would probably make sense to 
involve local arts organizations in developing a set of questions based 
on their experiences in the "real world". if anyone finds that 
compelling, let me know and maybe we can form a small group to a) 
connect with local orgs and b) get a broader participation by doing some 
printed surveys in addition to the online survey.

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Jaye Fox wrote:
> Personally, I think it's wise not to disseminate the information until
> more people have responded.  As it is, there are several categories
> that indicate only one respondent, and it's not all that hard to
> deduce who that particular respondent might be.  Or, at least, I'd
> feel a tad more comfortable if those categories where there's only 1
> or 2 respondents were deleted and lumped into some kind of "other".
>
> You know, discretion being the better part of valor, and all that...
>
> jf
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