Rotary Daybreak Membership Satisfaction

Survey

April 2008

38 Respondents

Do you feel welcome in our Rotary Club?

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35

Yes

No

N/R

Four members felt they were older/younger/different gender/ different ethnicity than club members.

Do you feel comfortable sharing concerns with club leaders?

One member felt that club leaders have so many responsibilities I don’t want to burden them. . .

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No

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. . . and

“Club leaders have their own agenda and are not interested in other ideas.”

“I have not been a member long enough to feel comfortable approaching club leaders.”

How do you feel about the level of our club’s involvement in the following types of activities?

Membership Development

E: 0 A: 27 I: 3 U: 0

Orientation/Education

E: 1 A: 26 I: 6 U: 1

Local Service Projects

E: 2 A: 25 I: 3 U: 0

International Service Projects

E: 1 A: 26 I: 8 U: 0

Level of Club Involvement In:

E: Excessive A: Adequate I: Insufficient U: Unaware

Public Relations

E: 0 A: 20 I: 9 U: 1

Fund Raising

E: 3 A: 24 I: 3 U: 0

Rotary Foundation

E: 4 A: 27 I: 1 U: 1

Fellowship

E: 1 A: 27 I: 2 U: 1

Level of Club Involvement In:

E: Excessive A: Adequate I: Insufficient U: Unaware

Have you participated in club projects and activities?

32 Yes

1 No

How did you become involved?

32 Volunteered

8 Asked

Level of Involvement In:

Membership Development

C: 13 W: 3

Orientation/Education

C: 4 W: 1

Local Service Projects

C: 18 W: 6

International Service Projects

C: 12 W: 2

C: Currently Involved W: Would Like to be Involved

Level of Involvement In:

Club Public Relations

C: 13 W: 2

Fund Raising

C: 22 W: 2

Rotary Foundation

C: 14 W: 1

Fellowship

C: 14 W: 16

C: Currently Involved W: Would Like to be Involved

Satisfaction with Participation in Club Activities and Projects

Very Satisfied - 7

Satisfied - 14

Dissatisfied - 2

And what are the issues?

Insufficient knowledge - 1

Personality conflicts - 2

Personal time conflicts - 5

Lack of support from

other members - 2

Insufficient family

involvement - 1There are activities for all – not just me!

Membership Costs:

Club DuesE: 1 R: 27 I: 0

Cost of Weekly MeetingsE: 0 R: 28 I: 0

Club Fines/AssessmentsE: 1 R: 26 I: 0

Voluntary Contributions to Service ProjectsE: 1 R: 26 I: 0

Voluntary Contributions to Rotary FoundationE: 1 R: 24 I: 2

Do you enjoy our weekly meetings?

Yes: 32

No: 0

Meeting:

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Adequate

Excessive

Insufficient

Content Length Fellowship

Club Bulletin

Our bulletin is universally seen as informative,

interesting and useful.

Meetings

Our meetings are universally seen as well-

organized with a convenient meeting time and location.

Meeting Place Dissatisfaction

Meal Quality 3 – Dissatisfied“Scrambled Eggs need to be better cooked”“More Coffee on Tables”

Meal Variety 10 – Dissatisfied“Pancakes, crepes, french toast occasionally”

Safety of Location 1 – Dissatisfied“Steel edges on steps into location are a hazard”

Suggestions for Change

Better speakers (5)

Increased variety of program topics (9)

Increased emphasis on vocational information (2)

More involvement of family (8)

More service opportunities (5)

More focus on fellowship (5)

Better time management (3)

More leadership opportunities (3)

Comments for Change“Less focus on people asking for money in programs. Those requests should go to the appropriate committee”

“A designated person to look after the guest speaker starting the week before the program through to introduction”

“Keep focusing on membership involvement”

“I would like to see fine money go to social events making it easier for members and spouses to participate”

How does your spouse/family feel about your involvement in

Rotary?

Proud of my involvement (25)

Feels it takes too much of my time (4)

Wants to know more/be involved (1)

Feels its too expensive (0)

Seeks interaction with other rotary spouses/partners (2)

“Need more casual get-togethers”

“My spouse is happy I am involved but doesn’t want to get up with me.”

One member started carefully going through the survey, stopped, and wrote across it, “All Good!”.