SURVEY

Jill Auburn (jsauburn@ucdavis.edu)
Mon, 7 Aug 1995 17:32:52 -0700

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.