Along with the dramatic growth in interest has come an increase in
the information being broadcast. This change in character makes a
broad-based evaluation particularly important this year. So please
take ten minutes needed to let us know what you think about the
service we provide.
As many of you probably know, sanet-mg is one of the projects of
the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)--"a cooperative effort of
universities, government, business and the non-profit community
dedicated to information exchange." There is a SAN Committee that
provides some direction to Network efforts. As one of the national
initiatives of the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
(SARE) program of USDA, SAN activities and funding come under
yearly review. The results of the following survey figure
prominently in that process.
Answer the following questions by sending your response via email
to me personally (ghegyes@nalusda.gov), NOT TO THE MAIL GROUP.
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Please respond by September 17 to be included in the compilation.
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SANET-MG 1993 SURVEY
1. How do you use the information
-----Personal Contact
-----Technical Information
-----News-Type Information
-----Opinion
-----Other___________________________________________________.
2. a. I have passed on information from sanet-mg to others
through my job.
_____Yes
PLEASE EXPLAIN:__________________________________________
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION:
-----Personal Contact
-----Technical Information
-----News-Type Information
-----Opinion
-----Other___________________________________________________.
_____No
b. Through an organization to which I belong.
_____YES
WHAT ORGANIZATION(S)__________________________________________
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION:
-----Personal Contact
-----Technical Information
-----News-Type Information
-----Opinion
-----Other___________________________________________________.
_____NO
c: In some other organized manner.
_____YES
PLEASE EXPLAIN:____________________________________________
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION:
-----Personal Contact
-----Technical Information
-----News-Type Information
-----Opinion
-----Other___________________________________________________.
_____NO
3. I have passed information from sanet-mg to friends or
colleagues informally.
______YES
WHAT KIND OF INFORMATION:
-----Personal Contact
-----Technical Information
-----News-Type Information
-----Opinion
-----Other___________________________________________________.
_____NO
4. I am developing information about sustainable agriculture to
share with others.
______YES
PLEASE DESCRIBE BRIEFLY:________________________________
______NO
5. Have you found the discussions on sanet-mg interesting and/or
useful? (For example, the recent BST debate)
1= NEARLY ALWAYS 2=FREQUENTLY 3=SOMETIMES 4=RARELY 5=NEVER
6. Please rate your interest level for the following types of
sanet-mg posting:
1= READ EVERY LINE 2=BROWSE SERIOUSLY 3=SCAN 4=RARELY LOOK
5= DELETE AUTOMATICALLY
______a. Newsletters:
______b. Technical questions:
______c. Answers to technical queries:
______d. Conference announcements:
______e. Publication announcements:
______f. Job Announcements:
______g. Reports of SA policy initiatives:
(eg. President's Council of Sustainable Development)
______h. FYIs from other Internet sources:
______i. Calendar of Events:
______j. OTHER:_____________________________
7. Have you posted a query to sanet-mg?
______YES
______NO
If YES, did you get a sufficient answer?
______YES
______NO
COMMENTS:___________________________________
8. Have you used information from answers to other queries?
_____YES
_____NO
EXAMPLE OF INFORMATION:______________________
9. Have you used any of the information from sanet-mg?
_____YES
_____NO
If yes, please describe how you have used it: ___________
_________________________________________________________
10. If you have passed information from sanet-mg on to others,
to approximately how many: _____
11. How does the information from sanet-mg compare with that you
obtain from other sources in accuracy, timeliness, etc.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
12. How often do you find things in sanet-mg that you have not
seen in other sources?
ALWAYS____ FREQUENTLY___ OCCASIONALLY___ NEVER___
13. a. Please describe your affiliation with respect to your
interest in sustainable agriculture, e.g. extension agent,
researcher, librarian, free-lance writer, administrator,
farmer, student...
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
b. From what state(s):__________________________
14. OTHER COMMENTS:_________________________________________
Thanks! REMEMBER, REPLY TO THE ADDRESS BELOW, NOT TO THE LIST, OR
ELSE WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE FLOCK OF YES'S & NO'S LOOKING FOR A ROOST
ON THE LIST.
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Gabriel A. Hegyes
ghegyes@nalusda.gov