[governance] Survey Results Out [IGC Consultations]

[Avri Doria]

Hi,

It is all well and good that you disagree with me. 

Two points:

- to not indicate how how small a percentage of people answered the poll in its documentation seems dishonest to me.
- for IGC to put out such information as somehow representing the view of IGC, puts IGC in a poor light.

So I recommend editing the documentation and recommend against passing this on as anything other than the opinion of 20 self selected individuals.

avri


On 19 Feb 2012, at 13:06, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:

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> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:59 AM, Avri Doria <avri at acm.org> wrote:
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> On 18 Feb 2012, at 16:06, Salanieta T. Tamanikaiwaimaro wrote:
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> > <IGC SURVEY RESULTS IGF 2012.docx>
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> from the report:
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> > There were a total of 20 people who participated in the Survey which ran for 24 hours from when it was published.
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> That is perhaps 10% of the IGF list population.
> This may be so but it's better. than nothing. . This was largely spontaneous and this was mentioned in the report. As a matter of there were some discussions on the Skype and also on the pirate pad about the various suggestions from those that were present in the Open MAG consultations on possible themes etc.  There were a few members who suggested alternative themes. 
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> We thought that it would be fun to put these to the list for comments to get a "feel" of what they thought. 
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> In a self-selection poll I think the most significant discovery about this poll is how few of us took part.
> And I think it is a fact that should have been noted in the discussion.
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> On average for any email thread to be sent to the list, you can get 5 to 10 responding to the thread in a single day depending on how interested the participants are. For a 24 hour span to get 20 people to respond is ok even if it were spontaneous. For the future, yes more time can be given to enable many more to participate but I think we had a good cross section of people from all the regions in the world.
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> As for myself, i got to questions i could not answer, e.g. what regional IGF am I part of, and never completed the poll.  
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> There were a few people that left this blank.
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> That is often a problem with untested polls, the questions being asked don't often work and leave a poll taker confused about what to answer.
> When in doubt leave it blank or simply put your comment. 
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> I think polling can be a very valid opinion gathering technique, but i think that quickie polls that aren't tested and receive little participation are marginal in their utility. 
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> Hmmm I differ in opinion. It is far better to at least engage with the list and guage what they are feeling rather than not engage them at all. In any event, there is always room for improvement. If you would like to suggest pointers for improvement, feel free to initiate something.
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> avri
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