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1. How often do you read these messages?
* Daily
* Daily
* Every day (but not every one)
* daily, Monday to Friday weekends if I can reach the WSU mainframe, which
isn't easy when the students are in town.
* Every day.
* Daily unless out of town
* as they are sent I skim for content
* About once a day
* Whenever I read my mail, what do you think?
* Daily
* about four times per week>
* 4-5 times per week>
2. Have you ever resonded or are you a "lurker"?
* responded often and tried to provoke responses through inquiries and
provocative postings
* I respond>
* I have responded.
* Responded.
* Responded once? twice?
* lurker, although I have forwarded dialogue to a planner friend in NH
* Responded 1x - mostly lurker
* Mostly lurk, a few posts.
* Responded when I had something to add.
* yes, no
* Mostly a "lurker" so far (have a lot of other e-mail business that takes
my time).
* Yes, responded
* Yes.
3. Have you learned about public meetings, or other civic processes through
this process that you wouldn't have known about otherwise?
* Yes, definitely .
* yes, like Quail Run from hell
* Yes.
* yes>
* Yes
* a few, but I find about most of them through traditional means
* Yes
* Yes
* yes
* You bet. Good stuff.
* Yes
* More -- it's really a great information source!!!>
4. Has this discussion made you more or less likely to participate in other
ways in the local decision making process.
* Neither more nor less.
* more likely
* Less, reading and responding is v. time consuming.
* No difference.
* if more people would sign up to monitor a given agency's meetings, I
would be less likely to go. as it is, I feel I need to go to a lot anyway.
* No effect
* I'd say more likely. I know about the meetings and issues.
* Yes
* more>
* I think less, it gives me the illusion that i'm up to speed
* yes
* More
5. Are diverse points of view represented?
* Not so far.
* They seem to be.
* Yes
* Yes...although the conservative right is under-represented.
* One or two. I've almost been tempted to play "devil's advocate" just to
get something other than either extreme economic individualism or elitist
planning expressed.
* Generally yes, but am somewhat troubled by tone occasionally and find
that the more strident the tone, the less likely I am to participate.
* vast numbers of citizens w/out modems and computers are not represented
* yes, especially concerning property rights
* Unfortunately.
* Pretty much
* yes>
* not really... we need a way to give non-Internet subscribers a direct way
to respond and participate
6. Do you have any suggestion on how we can we make this thing work better?
* No, it seems to work OK, although the participants appear to be voices
crying in the wilderness.
* Keep advertising that it is available -- reminders reminders. Short
surveys are good -- always state the use to which the info will be put. The
survey technique is a good way to get input from people too busy with other
net business (related to work, for example) to craft original messages.
* Not yet.
* I'd like to see more contributions from all participants... I feel like
I'm doing too much "talking" and not enough "listening"
* Not really, the list server is new and seems to be fresh enough to still
be generating its own internal excitment.
* Not really. This is not unlike other lists, but knowing all the people
involved makes it less anonymous and much more personal.
* What do you mean by "work better"?
* accept the fact that it is not the be-all and end-all communication
instrument,and take a long hard look at what it can and cannot do well> >
* just keep on with the dialogue!
* Moderated discussion to keep the "Baby Rush" spamming out. A regular
weekly calendar. A www site to display more long term issues and calendars.
* Not at this time.
* if you are refering to Vision 2020, yes, I think we must remember to hold
actual face to face meetings. We need one now, for example to decide the
where we go from here, and to catch up on what we had declared as our goals
earlier
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