Got it and responded.

I noted in another thread that they would be questioned for doing this. That didn't take long.

Sort of a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation. I think it's great that they are looking for our thoughts and suggestions, regardless of the timing. I would have been shocked to see them do this before the dues increase, they don't need to poll the membership to decide how they are going to run the "company" every time they want to make a change. The leaders were elected to run the show, and they are doing that.

I thought the questions were good, there was sufficient time/place to add content, not just click off a box with limited choices. I did the extra series of questions at the end as well, those were heavily "drone" themed.

So now it's up to the membership to respond and share their thoughts. In addition to data- mining (many questions there can be used for internal marketing purposes), chances are the results are going to be used to gauge performance of the senior leadership, get a pulse check on the effectiveness of their communications (or so some, perhaps a lack thereof).

It's great that they are asking for input, my follow up questions to them will be what are you doing with the data? I'd like to hear what the results are, starting with how many members responded, and of course what the responses were.

These surveys are pretty ubiquitous in today's world, virtually every company is using them for one purpose or another, some even going so far as to offer you merchandise to complete them. You'll probably note how desperate chain restaurants are to get good results, car dealerships, and even Jiffy Lubes too. Why? Money of course. They better they do, the better they get paid.