At the board meeting on Thursday night, we got a chance to review the results from the survey. At that time, ~1/3 of the people who received the survey e-mail had responsed. That is about the norm for these kinds of things in my experience, so we are all really happy. I included the results below, except for the general comments people provided. (to difficult to try and capture and report)
Here are my general analysis:
- The conference seems to be popular, over 90% said they would be returning this year. (even with the move in dates)
- Our general format seems to be liked, at least there weren't any strong opinions for the proposed changes.
- Everybody wants a demo area
- We hit the sweet spot last year with regard to the technical level of the talks
- People were split down the middle with regard to adding more D-Star content this year. The strongest comments were actually about this topic, both for and against.
I really want to nail down the remaining detail for the conference next week, which is the cost. (Which basically means getting a handle on the food costs) At that point all the critical pieces are known and we can publicly announce the event. (Which means the registration site can be enabled) The board also spent some time brainstorming about speakers and topics, with some really good results. Lots of really good ideas were thrown out, so I have a list to start working through now. Having something like this list makes the process easier. One thing I need to figure out is if there is a talk about my own personal pet interest. I'd really like to have something on mesh networking this year, I think the topic has all sorts of possibilities. Maybe I'll break down and give a talk this year if I can't find a speaker.
73, Kenny, KU7M
MicroHAMS Digital Conference Survey - 2010
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1. Which MicroHAMs Digital Conferences have you attended? (mark all that apply)
2007 - 25%
2008 - 56.3%
2009 - 53.1%
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2. Would you attend this years Digital Conference if it was held in late September?
Yes - 95.3%
No - 4.7%
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3. Would you prefer fewer sessions overall, with longer breaks between sessions for socializing, viewing demo's or small workshop sessions?
Yes - 32.8%
No - 67.2%
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4. Would you prefer a short lunch break where you bring your lunch back to your seat and there's a "lunch speaker" or would you prefer to have an unstructured lunch of at least 60 minutes that would allow you to talk and mingle at will?
Short break & lunch speaker - 48.4%
60 minute lunch with time to socialize with other attendees - 51.6%
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5. Would a demo area be an important part of the Digital Conference to you?
Yes - 90.6%
No - 9.4%
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6. Do you think last years sessions overall were:
Too technical? - 1.6%
Just at the right level for me? - 54.7%
Not technical enough? - 12.5%
Not sure, I wasn't able to attend last year? - 31.3%
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7. Are "commercial" talks from vendor personnel, such as Icom or FlexRadio acceptable, or do you prefer every talk to be "non-commercial"?
Commercial talks would be acceptable - 79.9%
Non-commercial all the way! - 20.3%
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8. Would you be interested in a half day group of talks focusing on Icom's D-Star technology?
Yes - 51.6%
No - 48.4%
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9. If a half day of the Digital Conference was focused on Icom's D-Star technology, would you be interested in a 'beginner' session on D-Star?
Yes - 54.7%
No - 45.3%
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