GBTU Members Survey

Introduction

The Greater Boston Trout Unlimited (GBTU) Board has initiated a five year strategic planning process aimed to focus our efforts and activities in a way that will best serve GBTU and its members' interests. As an early step in this process, we are conducting a survey of GBTU members to learn your opinions, solicit your input and identify available skills among the GBTU membership. Even if you never attend meetings and are not an active GBTU member, we hope to hear from you. Would you be kind enough to help us by completing the following survey? Thank you so much! -- The GBTU Board

1. Please choose any of the following presentation topics that you would be interested in:
(choose all that apply)

Please choose any of the following presentation topics that you would be interested in: (choose all that apply) Lecture on fly tying

Presentation on fly fishing adventures/trips

Presentation on conservation issues

Presentation on local fishing opportunities

Presentation on fishing rules and regulations

2. Please choose any of the following activities in which you would be interested in participating:
(choose all that apply)

Please choose any of the following activities in which you would be interested in participating: (choose all that apply) Teach young people to fish

Provide a presentation to school children on conservation

Be a guest speaker at a GBTU chapter meeting

Participate in a "hands on" fly tying session

Assist in conservation activism

Help in the clean-up of a river

Participate in chapter fund raising efforts

3. Please indicate how you prefer to receive GBTU communications:

Please indicate how you prefer to receive GBTU communications: Email

Telephone, voice mail or answering machine

GBTU newsletter -- via mail

GBTU newsletter -- electronically

Other (please specify)

4. How often do you attend GBTU meetings?

How often do you attend GBTU meetings? Never

Once or twice a year

Multiple times per year

All meetings

5. Not counting Pasta Fest, why do you come to GBTU meetings?

Not counting Pasta Fest, why do you come to GBTU meetings? To support TU's mission to conserve, protect and restore coldwater fisheries

To get fishing information

To meet people who like fly fishing

To hear an interesting speaker

To learn something

To reconnect with old friends

Other (please specify)

6. Which reasons make regular attendance at GBTU meetings a challenge for you?

Which reasons make regular attendance at GBTU meetings a challenge for you? Family obligations

Location of meetings

Time of meetings

Speakers do not interest me

The people are not welcoming

Not enough reminders

No public transportation near site

Meetings are not enjoyable

Other (please specify)

7. GBTU has held evening chapter meetings in downtown Boston. Does that interest you?

GBTU has held evening chapter meetings in downtown Boston. Does that interest you? Yes, but I have not attended

Yes, I have attended and will again

Yes, but I will not attend again in town

No, the time of day is bad for me

No, I'm not interested in attending downtown meetings

Other (please specify)

8. Would a lunchtime meeting of GBTU in downtown Boston be of interest to you?

Would a lunchtime meeting of GBTU in downtown Boston be of interest to you? I would attend

I would try to attend

I would not be interested

Other (please specify)

9. What is your impression of GBTU meetings at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln?

What is your impression of GBTU meetings at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln? Very enjoyable

Usually enjoyable

Rarely enjoyable

Never attend

Other (please specify)

10. How do you feel about the speakers and presentations at Drumlin Farm GBTU meetings?

How do you feel about the speakers and presentations at Drumlin Farm GBTU meetings? Informative and interesting

Mostly, but not always informative and interesting

Occasionally, but not usually informative and interesting

Not informative or interesting

If you answered "Not informative" above, what could we do to improve these meetings for you?

11. Have you attended Pasta Fest in either or both of the last two years?

Have you attended Pasta Fest in either or both of the last two years? Yes

If you answered "Yes" to Question 11, please continue with Question 12.

If you answered "No" to Question 11, please skip down to Question 14.

12. Please indicate why you go to Pasta Fest:
(choose all that apply)

Please indicate why you go to Pasta Fest: (choose all that apply) To support TU's mission

To reconnect with old friends

To try to win a prize

To bid on a bargain

To eat the food

To enjoy the live music

To hear an interesting speaker

To reconnect with our Chapter and its members

Other (please specify)

13. How would you like to see Pasta Fest changed?
(choose all that apply)

How would you like to see Pasta Fest changed? (choose all that apply) Larger room

More big prizes

Fewer fishing oriented prizes

More time to visit and socialize

More room to walk around

Better known speakers

No featured speaker

Better PA system

Better display of prizes

Don't change it! I like it as it is.

Other (please specify)

14. If you were to volunteer to do some work for GBTU, would you:

If you were to volunteer to do some work for GBTU, would you: Be an ongoing "part-time" volunteer?

Be a special event volunteer?

Be a specific project volunteer (for example, on-stream stream restoration project)?

Other (please specify)

15. What skills could you provide as a GBTU volunteer?
(choose all that apply)

What skills could you provide as a GBTU volunteer? (choose all that apply) Legal or litigation assistance

Computer or data base management skills

Coordination and logistical assistance

Assistance with fund raising efforts

Fishing or fly tying instruction

Assistance with hands-on stream restoration

Other (please specify)

16. What would encourage you to volunteer for hands-on stream work with GBTU?
(choose all that apply)

What would encourage you to volunteer for hands-on stream work with GBTU? (choose all that apply) If transportation were provided

If it involved some fishing too

If it were in proximity to Boston

If it were on a Saturday or Sunday

If there were a social event following the activity

Nothing, I am not interested or able to volunteer for hands-on stream work

I am interested and none of these are necessary for me to volunteer for hands-on stream work

Other (please specify)

17. What outside organizations would you most like to see GBTU support or partner with?
(Please choose up to three)

What outside organizations would you most like to see GBTU support or partner with? (Please choose up to three) Sierra Club

Ducks Unlimited

Stripers Forever

Atlantic Salmon Federation

Nature Conservancy

Mass Audubon

None: GBTU should stay totally independent

Other (please specify)

18. Please indicate which of these projects GBTU should focus on:
(choose two)

Please indicate which of these projects GBTU should focus on: (choose two) Continued restoration of Red Brook in Wareham, MA

Restoration of other coastal salter (sea-run brook trout) streams

Address impact of Russell Biomass Plant on the Westfield River

Dam removal on New England rivers

Other (please specify)

19. When an important local conservation issue arises, how would you like to be informed?

When an important local conservation issue arises, how would you like to be informed? I would want to have a special GBTU chapter meeting

I would want to get a "call to action" email

I would want to get a call from a telephone chain

I would want to get a letter in the mail

I would want to get a text message on my cell phone

I would want to get a Tweet

20. The GBTU chapter should focus its volunteer efforts on:
(choose all that apply)

The GBTU chapter should focus its volunteer efforts on: (choose all that apply) Local educational projects

Helping nearby TU chapters restore or repair their streams

Protecting a particular watershed through a long-term plan

A combination of all of the above suggestions

Other (please specify)

21. What do you see as the most important environmental issue for rivers and streams?
(please select one answer only)

What do you see as the most important environmental issue for rivers and streams? (please select one answer only) Government indifference

Habitat loss/destruction

Pollution

Dams

Invasive species

Acid rain

Global warming

All of the above

Other (please specify)

22. Which two of the following should be the primary focus of GBTU's use of funds?
(choose two only)

Which two of the following should be the primary focus of GBTU's use of funds? (choose two only) One specific, well publicized local conservation project

A variety of local projects supported by the GBTU Board

Projects approved by the GBTU Board that span beyond TU's basic mission (of conserving cold-water fisheries)

Helping offset litigation costs on important local conservation issues

Other (please specify)

23. GBTU fundraising beneficiaries should include at least these:
(choose up to three)

GBTU fundraising beneficiaries should include at least these: (choose up to three) Trout in the Classroom -- an educational project for students

First Cast -- a program to introduce children to fly fishing

Casting for Recovery -- a breast cancer healing organization

Scholarship awards for qualified applicants

Donating to other chapters' worthy projects

Other (please specify)

24. I would like to help with a GBTU fund raising effort:

I would like to help with a GBTU fund raising effort: Yes

25. May a GBTU Board member contact you to discuss this survey?

May a GBTU Board member contact you to discuss this survey? Yes

26. If so, please provide contact information:

If so, please provide contact information: Name:
Phone:
Email:

Have you got time for five more questions?

If not, please scroll down to the bottom of the page and click DONE.

However, answering five more questions about you, your activities and interests will help us get Pasta Fest prizes that match your interests and will assist us in finding future sponsors for Pasta Fest. Plus, we'll hope to get some innovative ideas for meetings and other special events. So, please take a moment and "go the distance"! Thanks so very much. -- The GBTU Board

27. I participate in the following activities:

	Never/Rarely	Occasionally	Frequently
Camping	*I participate in the following activities: Camping Never/Rarely	Camping Occasionally	Camping Frequently
Concerts	Concerts Never/Rarely	Concerts Occasionally	Concerts Frequently
Dining Out	Dining Out Never/Rarely	Dining Out Occasionally	Dining Out Frequently
Exercise/Workout	Exercise/Workout Never/Rarely	Exercise/Workout Occasionally	Exercise/Workout Frequently
Fishing	Fishing Never/Rarely	Fishing Occasionally	Fishing Frequently
Hiking	Hiking Never/Rarely	Hiking Occasionally	Hiking Frequently
Hunting	Hunting Never/Rarely	Hunting Occasionally	Hunting Frequently
Kayaking	Kayaking Never/Rarely	Kayaking Occasionally	Kayaking Frequently
Lectures	Lectures Never/Rarely	Lectures Occasionally	Lectures Frequently
Movies	Movies Never/Rarely	Movies Occasionally	Movies Frequently
Reading books	Reading books Never/Rarely	Reading books Occasionally	Reading books Frequently
Snow skiing	Snow skiing Never/Rarely	Snow skiing Occasionally	Snow skiing Frequently
Theatre	Theatre Never/Rarely	Theatre Occasionally	Theatre Frequently

28. For fishing gear and outdoor equipment, my top choices of RETAIL STORES are:
(choose up to three)

For fishing gear and outdoor equipment, my top choices of RETAIL STORES are: (choose up to three) Bass Pro Shop

Cabela's

Concord Outfitters

Dick's Sporting Goods

Firefly Outfitters

Kittery Trading Post

L.L. Bean

Natick Outdoor Store

Orvis Store

Wal-Mart

Other (please specify)

29. When SHOPPING ON-LINE for fishing gear or equipment, I will visit the following sites:
(choose all that apply)

When SHOPPING ON-LINE for fishing gear or equipment, I will visit the following sites: (choose all that apply) basspro.com (Bass Pro Shops)

cabelas.com (Cabela's)

concordoutfitters.com (Concord Outfitters)

ebay.com (E-Bay)

firefly.com (Firefly Outfitters)

llbean.com (L.L. Bean)

orvis.com (Orvis)

sierratradingpost.com (Sierra Trading Post)

Other (please specify)

30. Your age:

Your age: Under 25

25 - 49

50 - 65

Over 65

31. Your Zip Code:

Your Zip Code:

Thank you so very much for your cooperation with our strategic planning effort! We will be collating this information and evaluating the results over the next few months. We intend to give a full report of our findings at Pasta Fest on April 11, 2010. We hope to see you all there! -- The GBTU Board

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1. GBTU Membership Survey

1. Please choose any of the following presentation topics that you would be interested in:
(choose all that apply)

2. Please choose any of the following activities in which you would be interested in participating:
(choose all that apply)

3. Please indicate how you prefer to receive GBTU communications:

4. How often do you attend GBTU meetings?

5. Not counting Pasta Fest, why do you come to GBTU meetings?

6. Which reasons make regular attendance at GBTU meetings a challenge for you?

7. GBTU has held evening chapter meetings in downtown Boston. Does that interest you?

8. Would a lunchtime meeting of GBTU in downtown Boston be of interest to you?

9. What is your impression of GBTU meetings at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln?

10. How do you feel about the speakers and presentations at Drumlin Farm GBTU meetings?

11. Have you attended Pasta Fest in either or both of the last two years?

12. Please indicate why you go to Pasta Fest:
(choose all that apply)

13. How would you like to see Pasta Fest changed?
(choose all that apply)

14. If you were to volunteer to do some work for GBTU, would you:

15. What skills could you provide as a GBTU volunteer?
(choose all that apply)

16. What would encourage you to volunteer for hands-on stream work with GBTU?
(choose all that apply)

17. What outside organizations would you most like to see GBTU support or partner with?
(Please choose up to three)

18. Please indicate which of these projects GBTU should focus on:
(choose two)

19. When an important local conservation issue arises, how would you like to be informed?

20. The GBTU chapter should focus its volunteer efforts on:
(choose all that apply)

21. What do you see as the most important environmental issue for rivers and streams?
(please select one answer only)

22. Which two of the following should be the primary focus of GBTU's use of funds?
(choose two only)

23. GBTU fundraising beneficiaries should include at least these:
(choose up to three)

24. I would like to help with a GBTU fund raising effort:

25. May a GBTU Board member contact you to discuss this survey?

26. If so, please provide contact information:

27. I participate in the following activities:

28. For fishing gear and outdoor equipment, my top choices of RETAIL STORES are:
(choose up to three)

29. When SHOPPING ON-LINE for fishing gear or equipment, I will visit the following sites:
(choose all that apply)

30. Your age:

31. Your Zip Code:

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1. GBTU Membership Survey

1. Please choose any of the following presentation topics that you would be interested in:(choose all that apply)

2. Please choose any of the following activities in which you would be interested in participating:(choose all that apply)

3. Please indicate how you prefer to receive GBTU communications:

4. How often do you attend GBTU meetings?

5. Not counting Pasta Fest, why do you come to GBTU meetings?

6. Which reasons make regular attendance at GBTU meetings a challenge for you?

7. GBTU has held evening chapter meetings in downtown Boston. Does that interest you?

8. Would a lunchtime meeting of GBTU in downtown Boston be of interest to you?

9. What is your impression of GBTU meetings at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln?

10. How do you feel about the speakers and presentations at Drumlin Farm GBTU meetings?

11. Have you attended Pasta Fest in either or both of the last two years?

12. Please indicate why you go to Pasta Fest:(choose all that apply)

13. How would you like to see Pasta Fest changed?(choose all that apply)

14. If you were to volunteer to do some work for GBTU, would you:

15. What skills could you provide as a GBTU volunteer?(choose all that apply)

16. What would encourage you to volunteer for hands-on stream work with GBTU?(choose all that apply)

17. What outside organizations would you most like to see GBTU support or partner with?(Please choose up to three)

18. Please indicate which of these projects GBTU should focus on:(choose two)

19. When an important local conservation issue arises, how would you like to be informed?

20. The GBTU chapter should focus its volunteer efforts on:(choose all that apply)

21. What do you see as the most important environmental issue for rivers and streams?(please select one answer only)

22. Which two of the following should be the primary focus of GBTU's use of funds?(choose two only)

23. GBTU fundraising beneficiaries should include at least these:(choose up to three)

24. I would like to help with a GBTU fund raising effort:

25. May a GBTU Board member contact you to discuss this survey?

26. If so, please provide contact information:

27. I participate in the following activities:

28. For fishing gear and outdoor equipment, my top choices of RETAIL STORES are:(choose up to three)

29. When SHOPPING ON-LINE for fishing gear or equipment, I will visit the following sites:(choose all that apply)

30. Your age:

31. Your Zip Code:

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1. Please choose any of the following presentation topics that you would be interested in:
(choose all that apply)

2. Please choose any of the following activities in which you would be interested in participating:
(choose all that apply)

12. Please indicate why you go to Pasta Fest:
(choose all that apply)

13. How would you like to see Pasta Fest changed?
(choose all that apply)

15. What skills could you provide as a GBTU volunteer?
(choose all that apply)

16. What would encourage you to volunteer for hands-on stream work with GBTU?
(choose all that apply)

17. What outside organizations would you most like to see GBTU support or partner with?
(Please choose up to three)

18. Please indicate which of these projects GBTU should focus on:
(choose two)

20. The GBTU chapter should focus its volunteer efforts on:
(choose all that apply)

21. What do you see as the most important environmental issue for rivers and streams?
(please select one answer only)

22. Which two of the following should be the primary focus of GBTU's use of funds?
(choose two only)

23. GBTU fundraising beneficiaries should include at least these:
(choose up to three)

28. For fishing gear and outdoor equipment, my top choices of RETAIL STORES are:
(choose up to three)

29. When SHOPPING ON-LINE for fishing gear or equipment, I will visit the following sites:
(choose all that apply)