2009 State & Stakeholder Newsletter Reader Assessment

1. 2009 State & Stakeholders Newsletter Assessment

The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter, which is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC's website, tracks a range of market-oriented news, services and outreach tools valuable to the renewable energy community. We're interested in knowing what you think about this newsletter, and how we can improve it.

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* 1. Please rate the following:

	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor
The State & Stakeholder Newsletter overall	The State & Stakeholder Newsletter overall Excellent	The State & Stakeholder Newsletter overall Good	The State & Stakeholder Newsletter overall Fair	The State & Stakeholder Newsletter overall Poor
Value	Value Excellent	Value Good	Value Fair	Value Poor
Relevance of content to your work	Relevance of content to your work Excellent	Relevance of content to your work Good	Relevance of content to your work Fair	Relevance of content to your work Poor
Appearance, format	Appearance, format Excellent	Appearance, format Good	Appearance, format Fair	Appearance, format Poor

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* 2. How do you access the newsletter?

I read it online at the IREC website

I subscribe to the State & Stakeholder RSS feed

I get the newsletter via email

I receive it from a colleague

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* 3. Is the newsletter:

Too short

Right length

Too long

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* 4. Rate the different sections of the newsletter.!

	Very Valuable	Somewhat Valuable	Not Valuable	Do Not Read
State/Local Headlines (IREC States, SAI cities, Interconnection/Net Metering)	State/Local Headlines (IREC States, SAI cities, Interconnection/Net Metering) Very Valuable	State/Local Headlines (IREC States, SAI cities, Interconnection/Net Metering) Somewhat Valuable	State/Local Headlines (IREC States, SAI cities, Interconnection/Net Metering) Not Valuable	State/Local Headlines (IREC States, SAI cities, Interconnection/Net Metering) Do Not Read
Interview of the Week (Solar America cities, workforce development, training/accreditation)	Interview of the Week (Solar America cities, workforce development, training/accreditation) Very Valuable	Interview of the Week (Solar America cities, workforce development, training/accreditation) Somewhat Valuable	Interview of the Week (Solar America cities, workforce development, training/accreditation) Not Valuable	Interview of the Week (Solar America cities, workforce development, training/accreditation) Do Not Read
Best Practices	Best Practices Very Valuable	Best Practices Somewhat Valuable	Best Practices Not Valuable	Best Practices Do Not Read
irecusa.com Extra, Extra!	irecusa.com Extra, Extra! Very Valuable	irecusa.com Extra, Extra! Somewhat Valuable	irecusa.com Extra, Extra! Not Valuable	irecusa.com Extra, Extra! Do Not Read
Grants/RFPs	Grants/RFPs Very Valuable	Grants/RFPs Somewhat Valuable	Grants/RFPs Not Valuable	Grants/RFPs Do Not Read
FYI	FYI Very Valuable	FYI Somewhat Valuable	FYI Not Valuable	FYI Do Not Read
Events	Events Very Valuable	Events Somewhat Valuable	Events Not Valuable	Events Do Not Read

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* 5. What category best describes your work?

State Renewable Energy Program

Installer

Manufacturer

Educator (K-12)

Workforce development

Trainer

Public sector

Non-profit organization

University

Community College

Trade/Technical School

Small wind turbine manufacturer

Other

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Here's your chance to talk back to us. What would you like to see more (or less) of in IREC's State & Stakeholder Newsletter? How can we improve the newsletter? Let us know, and as always, thanks for reading.