[Chapter-delegates] Chapter Survey 2009 - participation request (Sphere project)

[Sabrina Wilmot]

Dear Colleagues,

*Win an iPod Touch!*

Your help is needed.

This email is a request for your participation in an important survey 
for the Sphere-Analysis project group. Last year, Sphere Project 
interview data concluded that there is no commonly accepted definition 
of what it means to be an 'active' Chapter 
[http://wiki.chapters.isoc.org/tiki-index.php?page=Sphere+Interview+Report&bl=y 
/ wiki login required].

There are also no measures in place to be able to gauge success with the 
Chapter Development Plan. The task that the Sphere-Analysis group was 
set was to provide an answer to both problems. The two are essential 
steps to move forward with "Chapter Development" and separately, both 
tasks have also been requested by the Board of Trustees.

Results from this survey will provide very important data. The remit of 
the Sphere-Analysis group is also: to allow Chapters to make their own 
assessment of where they fit on the development scale and to create 
diagrams giving the viewer some sense of the overall 'topography' of the 
Chapters.

The survey has 3 pages with 31 questions and is available

    in English:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MJoJ9nkjgGSwv8FkUMyL4Q_3d_3d

   in French:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2jfD60tTnXFDY57QOtjD0Q_3d_3d

   in Spanish:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=_2fo1WmvjZSs1m3gYabRzUrw_3d_3d

It is very important that *ALL* Chapters complete this survey otherwise 
we will not have an accurate or complete picture.

A .pdf version of the survey for a quick overview of the quesiton is 
available for download on the ISOC web page at:

  http://www.isoc.org/members/surveys/012009/

We understand that answering the questions might take some time (expect 
1-2 hours for completion). For this reason we are allowing 8 weeks for 
completion and the deadline is 30 March 2009. One response per Chapter 
is required.

There will be a lucky prize drawn from the completed surveys so don't 
delay answering the questions and enter the draw to get the chance to 
win an *iPod Touch* !

Thank you for your support,

Sabrina Wilmot
on behalf the Sphere Analysis Group:
Daniel Karrenberg,
Hans Peter Dittler,
Jean Philemon Kissangou,
Cheryl Langdon Orr,
Eduardo Diaz,
SS Kshatriy,
Marcin Cieslak,
Leo Vegoda,
Alan Levin,
Olga Cavalli,
Timothy Asiedu,
Vedran Vucic

PS: Please contact <chapter-support at isoc.org> if you experience any 
problems with the survey or if you have any questions or comments.