Member Survey 2003 - Results

1. What is your current overall satisfaction with DenverJUG?

Highest Satisfaction Members who attend/have attended both meetings report the highest satisfaction levels. Higher than average satisfaction is also associated with attendance of either meeting in 2003. All three years/both meetings (6.18) Either meeting in 2003 (5.82) New attendees in 2003 (5.81) Overall Average (5.5)

Lowest Satisfaction Members who previously attended one or both meetings in 2002 but who have not attended in 2003 report low satisfaction (4.3: 19% of survey respondents). Members who attended BC in 2001 but who do not currently attend report the lowest satisfaction. (3.83: 35% of BC 2001 attendees: 8% total survey respondents), followed by members who attended BC in 2002 (4.86). Satisfaction of attendees of previous BC meetings improves if respondent attended both meetings in 2003 (5.97).

2. Did you attend any meetings (Number Respondents: % Overall Respondents)
Main Speaker:   Year 2003 (54 respondents: 70%)   Year 2002 (49 respondents: 65%)   Year 2001 (22 respondents: 29%)	Basic Concepts:   Year 2003 (44 respondents: 57%)   Year 2002 (35 respondents: 45%)   Year 2001 (18 respondents: 23%)
None (6 respondents: 8%) Previous, Not 2003 (15 respondents: 19%)

3. If you have Not Attended in 2003, is it because? (Choose as many as apply) 1. Too busy (17 respondents: 22%) 7 private sector, 2 self, 2 unemployed, 6 no info 2. Time not convenient (8 respondents: 10%) 5 private sector, 1 self, 1 unemployed, 1 no info 3. Location not convenient (8 respondents: 10%) 3 private sector, 3 unemployed, 2 no info 4. Topics not relevant enough (4 respondents: 5%) 3 private sector, 1 unemployed 5. Speakers not prominent enough (0%)

4. Rank Order the Top Three Reasons You Attend (Rank 1-2-3) 1. Educational benefit 2. Networking 3. Job opportunities 4. News and announcements 5. Door prizes/free food 6. Marketing my company The top three are nearly of equal importance to members. Of all respondents ranking job opportunities in the top 3 reasons, 33% work in the private sector, 6% are self-employed, 20% are unemployed, and 41% did not respond to employment question.

5. Which Future Presentation Topics would you like? (% respondents, ordered by %, featured upcoming topics highlighted) Topics with greater than 50% response rate are scheduled for Main topics in 2003 (Sue Spielman, Stephen Stelting, Grady Booch). One topic from for each of the tiers (40-50%; 30-40%; and less than 30%) will be covered by a Main Speaker. This allows for broad coverage of Java. Recommendation: BC concepts for the remainder of 2003 should focus on topics within the 40-50% response rate, as well as the write-in candidate J2ME which received multiple responses. If possible to schedule in 2003, one discussion panel broken into three segments: 20 minutes security, 20 minutes web services, 20 minutes refactoring case studies: 15 minutes additional Q&A. In late 2003 and early 2004, a) incorporation of BOF, b) additional study groups, and c) identification of "experts" for roundtable discussions.

Greater than 50% response rate 62% J2EE Main July 2003) 60% Best Practices - 1. Main June 2003 2. Special Sept 2003 (Booch) 56% J2EE Patterns - Main May 2003

40-50% response rate 49% EJB 47% Web Services 45% Patterns - Main May 2003 45% Security 44% Ant - See Main June 2003 44% JUnit - See Main June 2003 44% XSL 42% JDO 42% Ask the Expert Roundtables 40% XML

30-40% response rate 39% Open Source - Main Aug 2003 39% Panel Discussions 38% JSP/Servlets - Main Oct 2003 28% App Servers 34% UML 32% J2SE 32% Social Events 31% XP

Less than 30% response rate 23% JNDI - BC June 2003 22% Cocoon 21% AspectJ - Main Sep 2003 Write-in requests: • J2ME • Refactoring • Struts - Main Advanced Struts Nov 2003 • Swing/GUI/JavaServer Faces - Main Nov 2003 • Certifications - 1. Main Dec 2003 2. SCEA Study Group May-Jun 2003 3. Free Training Components Cert Fall 2003

6. Main Speaker Presentations	7. Basic Concepts Presentations
What time would you prefer to start? How long should a presentation last?	What time would you prefer to start? How long should a presentation last?
Main Speaker Please Improve 1 2 3 4 Great 5 Speaker Quality 62 respondents: 4.07 Topics 62 respondents: 4.06 Starts/Ends on Time 61 respondents: 3.47 Educational Benefit 63 respondents: 4.06 Overall 62 respondents: 4.77 Comments "All are great" "Over my head" "General presentation" "of late, good quality and well renowned" "Good quality of speakers Topics is useful and helpful in todays java world" "(while) over my head I thought the speaker was great"	Basic Concepts Please Improve 1 2 3 4 Great 5 Speaker Quality 53 respondents: 3.98 Topics 53 respondents: 3.87 Starts/Ends on Time 52 respondents: 3.69 Useful Code Samples 52 respondents: 3.6 Overall 53 respondents: 3.9 Comments Provide "more real life examples" "more like classroom" "(allow for) laptops and step-thru instructions"

Notes:
Only 8% of respondents feel that Main meeting should last longer than 90 minutes if starting past 7 pm. That means the current meeting schedule and agenda are unacceptable to 92% of members. Action is needed.

Member comments include: "Please be strict about finishing times!" "Peoples' attention spans do not last 90 minutes." "Length of the presentation is sometimes a problem." "Starting on time would help cover the material in the allotted time." "not so much theories and long talk."

Announcements have recently taken 20 minutes, without door prizes or job announcements.

Recommendations:
Start/Duration Option 1: Reorder meeting such that networking-food and refreshment 5:30-6 pm. Food is ranked the lowest for reasons for attending. By moving the food and networking to prior to BC, would enable prompt start of BC at 6pm and Main at 7pm. Mitigates time loss to food logistics prior to start of main meeting. Approximately 60% of respondents attend both meetings. Preferred Option

Start/Duration Option 2: Eliminate food between meetings. Keep BC at 6pm and Main at 7pm. Allow for 5 minute break between the two meetings.

Start/Duration Option 3: Keep food after BC and before Main. Schedule BC to start 30 min earlier (5:30pm). Have food arrive BEFORE the end of BC.

Additional Considerations
• Consolidate announcements and if lengthy, have handout with all announcements
• Do announcements and door prizes at same time
• If door prizes at end, should occur at scheduled time, not spill-over time
• Have 10-min and 5-min warnings for speakers
• Formal wrap-up of speaker presentation/content in 60 min for both meetings.
• Offer additional Q&A for those who want to stay up an additional 15-30 min (Main Speaker)
• Aim to increase advance download instructions and useable code
• Two requests for vegetarian food

8. Optional Information
Role/Position Architect - 11 respondents: 14% Developer - 29 respondents: 38% Manager - 2 respondents: 3% No information - 35 respondents: 45%	Employment Private Sector - 25 respondents: 32% Government Employee - 3 respondents: 4% Self-Employed - 7 respondents: 9% Student - 0 respondents: 0% Unemployed/No Info - 42 respondents: 49%