EOC Survey 2026-2028

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* 3. How long have you served as an Executive Officer?

Less than 1 year

1-3 years

4-7 years

8-15 years

15+ years

Section 2: EO Challenges

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* 4. What are the 3 biggest challenges you face in your role as an Executive Officer?

Workload

Staffing / Capacity

Governance Support

Board Relations

Data / Technology Access

Training Needs

Other (please specify)

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* 5. What do you feel are the 3 biggest challenges facing your HBA?

Membership Retention / Recruitment

Financial Sustainability

Advocacy Pressures

Member Expectations

Creating Value for Membership

Other (please specify)

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* 6. Looking ahead 2–3 years, what are the top 3 emerging issues, risks, or opportunities you anticipate for your HBA?

Section 3: Satisfaction & Value (Rating Scale)
Please rate the following on a scale of 1–5 (1 = Not Valuable, 5 = Extremely Valuable).

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* 7. Overall value of the CHBA EOC to you as an Executive Officer:

What would create more value for you?

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* 8. Professional development opportunities offered through the EOC (EOC PDF, in-person meetings, virtual meetings):

What (if any) added Professional Development topics would you like to see offered? What topics would you like to discuss/explore on EOC calls/meetings/PDF?

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* 9. Opportunities for peer networking and knowledge sharing (EOC PDF, in-person meetings, virtual meetings):

What (if any) other types of networking and/or knowledge sharing would you like to see?

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* 10. Access to useful tools, templates, and shared resources:

What else would you like to see and/or how can we make it more accessible?

Section 4: Programs, Tools & Delivery Preferences
Please rate the followingon a scale of 1-5: (1 = Not Valuable, 5 = Extremely Valuable)

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* 11. Which EOC offerings or potential offerings give the most value to you? Please rate each:

	1	2	3	4	5
Governance and Board management tools:	Governance and Board management tools: 1	Governance and Board management tools: 2	Governance and Board management tools: 3	Governance and Board management tools: 4	Governance and Board management tools: 5
Membership recruitment and retention tools:	Membership recruitment and retention tools: 1	Membership recruitment and retention tools: 2	Membership recruitment and retention tools: 3	Membership recruitment and retention tools: 4	Membership recruitment and retention tools: 5
Regular EO-focused e-newsletters or e-updates:	Regular EO-focused e-newsletters or e-updates: 1	Regular EO-focused e-newsletters or e-updates: 2	Regular EO-focused e-newsletters or e-updates: 3	Regular EO-focused e-newsletters or e-updates: 4	Regular EO-focused e-newsletters or e-updates: 5
Facilitated EO roundtables:	Facilitated EO roundtables: 1	Facilitated EO roundtables: 2	Facilitated EO roundtables: 3	Facilitated EO roundtables: 4	Facilitated EO roundtables: 5
Webinars and virtual training:	Webinars and virtual training: 1	Webinars and virtual training: 2	Webinars and virtual training: 3	Webinars and virtual training: 4	Webinars and virtual training: 5
In-person annual Professional Development Forum (PDF):	In-person annual Professional Development Forum (PDF): 1	In-person annual Professional Development Forum (PDF): 2	In-person annual Professional Development Forum (PDF): 3	In-person annual Professional Development Forum (PDF): 4	In-person annual Professional Development Forum (PDF): 5
In-person roundtables at Fall Meetings (if you attend):	In-person roundtables at Fall Meetings (if you attend): 1	In-person roundtables at Fall Meetings (if you attend): 2	In-person roundtables at Fall Meetings (if you attend): 3	In-person roundtables at Fall Meetings (if you attend): 4	In-person roundtables at Fall Meetings (if you attend): 5
In-person roundtables at Pre-Conference Meetings (if you attend):	In-person roundtables at Pre-Conference Meetings (if you attend): 1	In-person roundtables at Pre-Conference Meetings (if you attend): 2	In-person roundtables at Pre-Conference Meetings (if you attend): 3	In-person roundtables at Pre-Conference Meetings (if you attend): 4	In-person roundtables at Pre-Conference Meetings (if you attend): 5
Benchmarking data from other HBAs:	Benchmarking data from other HBAs: 1	Benchmarking data from other HBAs: 2	Benchmarking data from other HBAs: 3	Benchmarking data from other HBAs: 4	Benchmarking data from other HBAs: 5

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* 12. Are there services, tools, or supports the EOC is not currently offering that would help you succeed?

Section 5: Strategic Priorities

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* 13. Understanding that all of the below are likely important priorities, please do your best to rank the following areas in order of priority for the EOC over the next 2–3 years (1 = highest priority, 6 = lowest priority).

Advocacy insights and support

Data, benchmarking and tools

Governance and Board support

Membership recruitment/retention

Professional development and training

Peer networking and collaboration

Section 6: Engagement & Contribution

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* 14. Is there any content or resource that you have that would be good to share with the EOC (e.g. sharing your HBA bylaws or orientation package so that CHBA can add to the EOC resource HUB for all to consult/reference)? If yes, please write what it is below and we can follow up with you, or you can email it to eoc@chba.ca.

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* 15. Which topic(s) would you feel most comfortable sharing with EOs during a roundtable or at the PDF? Please provide at least one topic. (For example, if municipal advocacy is your strong suit, you could put that. If your member communications game is on point, perhaps you could share how you're engaging members through a new podcast or through newsletters).

EOC Survey 2026-2028

Informing the EOC Strategic Plan for 2026-2028

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* 1. Name:

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* 2. HBA:

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* 3. How long have you served as an Executive Officer?

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* 4. What are the 3 biggest challenges you face in your role as an Executive Officer?

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* 5. What do you feel are the 3 biggest challenges facing your HBA?

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* 6. Looking ahead 2–3 years, what are the top 3 emerging issues, risks, or opportunities you anticipate for your HBA?

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* 7. Overall value of the CHBA EOC to you as an Executive Officer:

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* 8. Professional development opportunities offered through the EOC (EOC PDF, in-person meetings, virtual meetings):

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* 9. Opportunities for peer networking and knowledge sharing (EOC PDF, in-person meetings, virtual meetings):

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* 10. Access to useful tools, templates, and shared resources:

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* 11. Which EOC offerings or potential offerings give the most value to you? Please rate each:

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* 12. Are there services, tools, or supports the EOC is not currently offering that would help you succeed?

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* 13. Understanding that all of the below are likely important priorities, please do your best to rank the following areas in order of priority for the EOC over the next 2–3 years (1 = highest priority, 6 = lowest priority).

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* 16. Any additional comments or suggestions to help the EOC better serve Executive Officers: