LESI Long Range Planning Committee Survey
 

 

1. Which LES Society do you belong to?

2. What other international intellectual property organizations do you belong to?

3. Do any of the above organizations offer special group or corporate membership rates?

4. Describe any of these special group or corporate membership rate plans.

5. How would you rate LES on the following features?

 1 Poor 2 3 45 Good
Members' access to LESI membership information
Ease of changing member contact information
Quality of Publications available from LES/LESI
Quality of Education courses and materials provided by LES/LESI

6. Do you attend local LES meetings?

7. How many local meetings do you have for your local society each year?

8. Is that too few, too many, or just right?

9. Do you attend the annual LES International Conference regularly?

10. Please evaluate the quality of LES meetings.

 1 Poor2345 Good
Local LES meeetings
LES International Conference

11. What is the approximate cost for each local meeting in your Society?

12. On a scale of too low to too high, how would you rate the cost of the local meetings?

 1 Too Low2345 Too high
The cost of local meetings?

13. What is the approximate annual membership fee for your local LES Society?

14. What does the membership fee include (list benefits)?

15. Does your Society:

 YesNo
Have a special group or corporate membership rate?
Offer a discount when more than one person from the same business or entity are members and/or attend meetings?

16. How do you believe LES/LESI can attract and maintain membership in general?

 1 Disagree2345 Agree
Reduce the cost of meetings
Reduce annual membership fees
Improve the quality of meetings
Change the frequency of meetings
Change the format of meetings (i.e., more workshops, roundtable discussions, fewer plenary sessions, etc.)
Eliminate country and regional Member Societies in favor of one worldwide LES organization.
Consolidate country and regional Member Societies into broader regional societies.
Eliminate country or regional societies in favour of organizing LESI by industry sectors.
Have separate social networking events in addition to meetings and existing social programs.
Eliminate the requirement to join the local Member Society in order to belong to other LESI member societies.

17. How could LESI attract more members from businesses and universities?

 1 Disagree2345 Agree
Introduce group or multiple member discounts for businesses and universities.
Have business and university members more actively involved in LES/LESI.
Reduce annual membership fees and/or meeting registration fees for members from businesses and universities.
Facilitate more networking opportunities for members from businesses and universities.
Target more public relations and advertising money to members and potential members from universities and businesses.
Partner with business oriented associations, chambers of commerce, business incubators and government agencies to promote LES and LESI education programs.
Consider a more proactive LES/LESI role in IP legislation and protection around the world.

18. Please indicate any successful measures/initiatives of your local society that helped to maintain or increase membership, in particular from businesses or univerisities.

19. Assistance to local Societies

 1 Disagree2345 Agree
LES/LESI should assist smaller local societies with funds for administrative help to disseminate information about and arrange for meetings.
LESI should make its education programs materials available freely or at discounted rates, upon request from smaller local societies.

20. If agree, how much per year for administrative help?

21. What's in it for LES members to remain members? What keeps you coming back to LES and LESI?

Thank you for your help. Your input will be used to help improve LES programs at local, national, and international levels.