From jsauburn@ucdavis.eduMon Aug 7 21:59:08 1995 Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 17:32:52 -0700 From: Jill Auburn To: sanet-mg@amani.ces.ncsu.edu Subject: SURVEY This is a brief survey of sanet-mg participants to explore how you use sanet-mg for a paper I'm working on (it'll also be useful in our updating of Mark Campidonica's "Guide to Ag on Internet" due out in early 1996, and also as feedback to the SAN committee). Please email your response to jsauburn@ucdavis.edu, **NOT TO THE LIST** by August 14, 1995. Please put "SURVEY" in the Subject: line of your message. I'll post the results. My thanks to Andy Clark and Ed Rajotte for help with the questions. All responses are confidential. Thank you in advance! Jill Auburn UC SAREP jsauburn@ucdavis.edu 1. When did you first subscribe to sanet-mg? (mm/yy): __/__ 2. About when did you begin using the Internet? (mm/yy): __/__ 3. About how many times IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS have you sent email to sanet-mg in order to ... 3a. ...ask for help with a question? ____ 3b. ...to answer someone else's question? _____ 3c. ...to make an announcement (pub, mtg, etc.)? _____ 3d. ...to offer an opinion? _____ 3d. ...other? _____ 4. About how many times IN THE PAST 12 MO. have you passed on information from sanet-mg to one or more other people NOT on sanet-mg? 4a. _____ (no. of times in the past year) 4b. _____ (total no. of people reached by all pass-ons) 5. Please rate the usefulness of each of the following on a scale of 1 to 10, where: 1 = not useful; 10 = extremely useful; n/a = never tried; 5a. Electronic mail to/from individuals: (1-10 or n/a) _____ 5b. Sanet-mg mail group: (1-10 or n/a) _____ 5c. Mail groups other than sanet-mg: (1-10 or n/a) _____ 5d. World Wide Web: (1-10 or n/a) _____ 5e. ... which WWW locations are most useful? ___________________________________________________________ 5f. Gopher: (1-10 or n/a) _____ 5g. ... which gopher locations are most useful? ___________________________________________________________ 5h. Other on-line resources:(1-10 or n/a) _____ 5i. ....which other on-line resources are most useful? ___________________________________________________________ 6. What is your role relative to sanet-mg discussions? (Mark an 'X' by all that apply) 6a. ___Farmer or Rancher 6b. ___Other for-profit firm 6c. ___Private non-profit organization 6d. ___Cooperative Extension 6e. ___USDA-Natural Resource Conservation Service 6f. ___Other Government Agency 6g. ___Land-Grant University (other than Coop. Ext.) 6h. ___Univ./College, non-land-grant 6i. ___Other, please describe:___________________________________ 7. Where did you first hear about sanet-mg? ____________________________________________________________ 8. Can you suggest a way in which the readership of sanet-mg might be expanded? ____________________________________________________________ If you have never posted a question to sanet-mg, stop here and return. (Note: this includes you, if your posting(s) have been announcements, answers, opinions, etc. rather than asking a question for which you are seeking help in finding an answer). THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP! If you HAVE posted a QUESTION to sanet-mg, please answer the following with respect to your MOST RECENT query. 9a. Did you receive reply(ies) to your query? (yes/no) _____ 9b. If yes, approximately how many? (number) _____ 9c. If yes, please rate the usefulness of the answer(s) (rate all of them collectively) from 1 to 10, with 1 = not useful, 10=very useful _____ 10. Before posting your query, did you FIRST consult any of the following resources for an answer to your question? 10a. ...asking colleague(s) in person or by phone (yes/no) _____ 10b. ...asking colleague(s) by individual email (yes/no) _____ 10c. ...reference book(s)/printed info (yes/no) _____ 10d. ...database/on-line resource via Internet (yes/no) _____ 10e. ...if yes, which one(s)? ______________________________________________________ 10f. ...other source(s) (yes/no) _____ 10g. ...if yes, which one(s)? ______________________________________________________ 11. Please place an 'X' by the category(ies) that best describe the subject matter of your query: 11a. ___production techniques for annual crop(s) 11b. ___production techniques for trees/vines/perennial crop(s) 11c. ___production techniques for animal systems 11d. ___community development topics 11e. ___food/nutrition/consumer/human health topics 11f. ___policy or government affairs 11g. ___other (describe): ________________________________ THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! REMEMBER--return to jsauburn@ucdavis.edu, not to sanet-mg and put "SURVEY" in the Subject field.