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November 13, 2008

Results of the ACHE-SETC 2009 Planning Survey

Recently we invited you to take a brief survey to help us improve the chances of meeting the majority of our membership needs for some of the logistics for next year’s quarterly educational sessions. Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey. The results are in (see below) and based on your responses we are doing our best to plan 2009 Chapter educational sessions according to your needs.

Surveys Sent: 805
Surveys Completed: 122

1. How many SouthEastTexasChapter quarterly educational (breakfast) sessions have you attended thus far this year?

Count	Response
53	0
29	1
22	2
18	3

2. If your response above was 1 or 0 please share with us your reason for not attending by selecting one or more of the following choices.

Count	Response
19	Jr. League is too far for me to travel for the early morning breakfast sessions
17	The early morning session does not work well for my schedule
5	The particular breakfast session topic was not of interest to me
33	On one or two occasions there was a conflict in my schedule that prevented attendance or something came up at the last minute
13	Other - Please specify in the comments section below

3. If you had a choice between attending an early morning educational (breakfast) session (7:15am – 9:00) OR a late afternoon/early evening (6:00pm – 8:00) educational session (with a light buffet meal) what would be your first choice?

Count	Response
65	Early Morning
57	Late afternoon early evening

4. Which day of the week would be your FIRST, SECOND, and THIRD choice for an educational session based on question 3 above?

First Choice Day:		Second Choice Day:		Third Choice Day:
Count	Response	Count	Response	Count	Response
17	Monday	11	Monday	18	Monday
35	Tuesday	30	Tuesday	26	Tuesday
29	Wednesday	42	Wednesday	24	Wednesday
27	Thursday	28	Thursday	34	Thursday
14	Friday	11	Friday	20	Friday

5. How much time (in minutes) does it take for you to commute to the educational sessions held at the Junior League this year?

Count	Response
4	10 Minutes
27	11-20
47	21-40
23	41-60
21	61+

6. Would you be in favor of ALL the quarterly educational sessions being held at the Michael DeBakey VA Medical Center (2002 Holcomb Blvd., 77030) for 2009 with each session beginning at 6:00pm and finished by 8:00? A buffet meal would be served and parking would not be an issue during that time period.

Count	Response
81	Yes
41	No

7. If your commute to the quarterly educational sessions is more than one hour (one way) would you be interested in attending a facility within reasonable distance to you that has teleconferencing capability (if it is feasible for the area you live in). (For example, if you live in Beaumont, Bryan College Station, Galveston, etc., you may be able to view the educational sessions live and receive ACHE Category II credits.)

Count	Response
72	Yes
50	No