[FFCF-PNA] program committee, natch

[Debbie Speer]

Hi all,
I agree with Leni (and would like to see Leni's eval suggestions) about 
not canceling the meeting. I just got back in from LA, where I've been 
since Tuesday staffing a business conference for Pollstar. I'm kind of 
in recuperation mode today but will bring in my suggestions re: the old 
survey. Bonnie Simmons is also supposed to send me a copy of KPFA's 
self-evaluation form that they use, and which she says is one of the 
more valuable evaluation tools they use.  I'll remind her to try to send 
it before the meeting (assuming it's still on?).

--Deb

Leni Reeves wrote:

>Dear Colleagues,
>     Actually, Stan, and all of us except Deb, got my suggested form
>for program eval at the last meeting.  So that's one form we could
>work on.  I've been working with the listener surveys, not so much to
>find out what people thought in '99, tho that's interesting, as to
>find out what a usable survey would be like.  Some considerations:
>   We are asking for way more information than we have any way of
>tabulating or using.  As far as I can tell, the questions on the
>survey which actually got into "results form" were those on local
>programming (more, less, or the same) and on underwriting.  I guess
>it would be possible for someone with lots of time and good computer
>skills to generate a cumulative score for each program from the 0-5
>numderical ratings on all shows, but then what?  What I did do (and
>it took 2 people many hours) is tabulate the number of people who
>listed each show as one they most liked to hear, and also for the
>"least liked" shows. ( No surprise, Democracy Now is #1, but some of
>the other results may or may not surprise you.) However, that was
>then.  Now I believe we should think about what we really want to
>know and ask those questions.  I'm working on the same principle here
>as that used at work: don't do the test if it isn't going to
>influence the thinking or decision making.  However, I haven't got
>this idea into survey form yet .  Perhaps we could think about it
>together.  I don't think cancelling the meeting is a good idea at
>all, maybe just because we've put a fair bit of work in so far.    
>cheers, Leni
>    
>
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