Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 I am not very good with these forced choice options. Like Sharon, I am a "depends" kind of a gal, but I did my best. Kim In a message dated 3/18/06 7:22:22 PM, sharon.green18@... writes: Cam, I filled out the survey as best I could, and it seemed to work. I found it hard to give truthful answers, because some of them could have been answered, "depends". For instance, I answered "probably will not attend", but if it were held in Boston I almost certainly would. And on price per night for a hotel, I indicated my top range, though I generally consider lower better, as long as the place is clean and comfortable. And I'd happily go a little higher for a hotel with a usable pool. I'm sure it's tough to design questions like these, and I appreciate your going to the trouble to ask everyone. Sharon [ ] National Gathering > In the interests of seeing where and how realistic the prospects are > for a gathering this Sept/October and about how many rooms we might > need.. I have created a survey. Please use the link below and we will > see how well this works: > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=412341912399 > > I have never used one before so please be patient...I might not have > set it up properly. > > Thanks to Bonnie for offering to work on this...lets see where this > gets us. > > Thanks, Cam > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Cam, I filled out the survey as best I could, and it seemed to work. I found it hard to give truthful answers, because some of them could have been answered, " depends " . For instance, I answered " probably will not attend " , but if it were held in Boston I almost certainly would. And on price per night for a hotel, I indicated my top range, though I generally consider lower better, as long as the place is clean and comfortable. And I'd happily go a little higher for a hotel with a usable pool. I'm sure it's tough to design questions like these, and I appreciate your going to the trouble to ask everyone. Sharon [ ] National Gathering > In the interests of seeing where and how realistic the prospects are > for a gathering this Sept/October and about how many rooms we might > need.. I have created a survey. Please use the link below and we will > see how well this works: > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=412341912399 > > I have never used one before so please be patient...I might not have > set it up properly. > > Thanks to Bonnie for offering to work on this...lets see where this > gets us. > > Thanks, Cam > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Cam, I do have other thoughts on the subject. While I indicate my preference as being Boston, part of the reason I would not be much inclined to attend a national gathering is the fact that we have such a nice Boston group, and have had good opportunities to meet. Were it put to a vote, I think I would go with the majority who feel a need for a larger gathering, as I would feel selfish requesting that it be held here in New England. See what a can of worms you've opened, LOL! Sharon [ ] National Gathering > In the interests of seeing where and how realistic the prospects are > for a gathering this Sept/October and about how many rooms we might > need.. I have created a survey. Please use the link below and we will > see how well this works: > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=412341912399 > > I have never used one before so please be patient...I might not have > set it up properly. > > Thanks to Bonnie for offering to work on this...lets see where this > gets us. > > Thanks, Cam > > > > > > scoliosis veterans * flatback sufferers * revision candidates > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 18, 2006 Report Posted March 18, 2006 Cam, Your the best! Thanks for trying to pull this together. I've filled out my questionaire. Alpine > > In the interests of seeing where and how realistic the prospects are > for a gathering this Sept/October and about how many rooms we might > need.. I have created a survey. Please use the link below and we will > see how well this works: > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=412341912399 > > I have never used one before so please be patient...I might not have > set it up properly. > > Thanks to Bonnie for offering to work on this...lets see where this > gets us. > > Thanks, Cam > Quote
Guest guest Posted March 19, 2006 Report Posted March 19, 2006 Hi Cam, Thanks so much for putting this survey together. What a great tool! I filled it out but made a mistake (indicated 6 choices of place instead of 5) and could not correct it, so I just exited and did it a second time. I only pressed "Done" the second time. Hopefully, you'll only get one from me, but if you get two, this is why. Please just disregard the one that gave 6 choices of place; everything else is the same. Sorry. Bonnie Bonnie [ ] National Gathering In the interests of seeing where and how realistic the prospects are for a gathering this Sept/October and about how many rooms we might need.. I have created a survey. Please use the link below and we will see how well this works:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=412341912399I have never used one before so please be patient...I might not have set it up properly.Thanks to Bonnie for offering to work on this...lets see where this gets us. Thanks, Cam Quote
Guest guest Posted May 24, 2006 Report Posted May 24, 2006 is acting very odd so I am going to paraphrase my last attempted post (besides, the numbers have grown since then)... It seems to me, in a group such as this (where the majority have never met f2f, most have added financial burdens from medical expenses, and we live all over the world), that ELEVEN definitely said yes to one of two weekends is pretty amazing. How many do we need to make it official? I would travel just to meet four or five of you in person for the weekend and one of you could be a scoliosis serial killer or something (bad joke). I say we go for it - maybe others will join us when they know it's official. Just my opinion... kam Quote
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2006 Report Posted June 6, 2006 Dear Group, just got back and shared with Bonnie, and I the final results of the last survery which requested who would commit real $$$ deposits to the event. Simply stated,not enough people indicated a willingness to commit to this project at this time...only 11 folks... so alas...the national meeting is not going to happen, at least not this fall. Perhaps we can find a date further in the future that people will feel more excited about, but with that small a number it doesn't make sense to expend our own money on the off chance that people are going to change their minds. It's always a learning experience. Hopefully we will all continue to have our regional meet-ups and perhaps in the future we can all meet one another in person. I am as dissapointed as anyone, but there we are. Sorry to let you down, Cam Quote
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2006 Report Posted June 6, 2006 Cam. Thanks for the reply; thanks to Bonnie, , and , too, for all their " researchin' " and tallying! It is an expense, no doubt about that, but maybe, in the future, we can make it happen. Marty --- " cammaltby " <cammaltby@...> wrote: so alas...the national meeting is not going to happen, at least not this fall. ...I am as dis- appointed as anyone, but there we are... Cam > Quote
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