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1. The Future of CSOMA’s Annual Conference & EXPO

The California State Oriental Medical Association (CSOMA) Events Committee needs your feedback and suggestions concerning our annual Conference & Expo event. The annual Conference & Expo is produced at a great expense to the organization with uncertain benefit to our members and others.

We're seeking feedback on whether or not CSOMA should continue the Conference & Expo in its current form or if it should be replaced with smaller, more frequent, and more easily managed regional events. CSOMA wants to provide networking and continuing education opportunities, and we need your input to help guide this decision-making.

We are asking for your opinion about the Conference & Expo, regional events, and Internet access to these events.

The survey consists of 10 questions that should take about five minutes to complete.

None of the questions are mandatory; however, the more feedback we receive, the better decisions we can make to reflect your preferences. Your responses to this survey are anonymous and will be treated in a confidential manner.

Please complete and submit this survey no later than March 31, 2010.

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* 1. Have you attended the CSOMA Conference & Expo recently?

  Yes No I can't remember
EXPO 2009
(San Francisco Hilton)
EXPO 2008
(San Francisco Airport Westin Hotel)
EXPO 2006
(San Francisco Airport Westin Hotel)

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* 2. If you did NOT attend the CSOMA Conference & Expo, what is the PRIMARY reason for your decision? (Select only one)

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* 3. The Events Committee is considering replacing the single Conference & Expo event with smaller events in various regional locations. These regional events would be of one or two day duration.

Given this option, please give your responses to the following statements:

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
I like the idea of smaller regional events instead of a single Conference & Expo
I would probably attend a regional event
I prefer 1-day regional events
I prefer 2-day regional events

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* 4. What is the likelihood that you would participate in a regional event in the following locations:

  I would participate I might participate I would not participate
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sacramento
San Diego

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* 5. The Events committee is considering offering Internet access to any regional continuing education as a live Webinar and/or as an Internet-accessible archive.

Please provide your responses to the following statements:

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
I would participate in a live Webinar CEU event
I would watch an archived broadcast of a CEU event
I would pay for distance learning CEU hours produced by CSOMA
I would only be interested in face-to-face participation

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* 6. The Events Committee is considering whether to produce a single Conference & Expo event as it has done in the past. To make this annual event viable to the organization, increased participation, and/or a reduction in operational costs will be necessary.

The Conference & Expo would be held in San Francisco in September 2010.

Please respond to the following statements:

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
I will participate in a September 2010 Conference & Expo
I will pay a higher registration fee to support continuing the Conference and Expo
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I prefer that the Conference & Expo be held March-May 2011
I prefer that the Conference & Expo be held June-August 2011
I cannot participate this year but would participate in 2011

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* 7. According to California Acupuncture Board regulations, at least fifty percent (25 hours every two years) of CEUs must be face-to-face. The remaining CEUs can be distance learning.

Please respond to the following statements regarding CEU opportunities:

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
It is important to me that CSOMA provide CEU opportunities.
CSOMA should provide at least 12.5 hours of face-to-face CEUs each year.
CSOMA should provide at least 25 hours of face-to-face CEUs each year.
There are plenty of distance learning CEU opportunities in the marketplace today; therefore, this should not be a priority for CSOMA.
There are plenty of face-to-face CEU opportunities today; therefore, this should not be a priority for CSOMA.

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* 8. If you have any further suggestions or concerns about CSOMA events and educational offerings, please share them here.

Please let us know the topics and instructors that interest you, preferred locations and time of year for events.

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* 9. Are you a current CSOMA member?

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* 10. The following information is OPTIONAL. It will be kept confidential and only shared within the Events Committee. By providing this information, the committee can follow up with any comments, suggestions or concerns that you may have in order to better develop programs of interest to you.

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