Results of Post COVID questionnaire
May I give a big thank you to all 82 of you who responded to my questionnaire. That is an impressive 30% of our members and responses came from all round the world. The responses resulted in a committee meeting that was twice our normal length!
Of course, this survey was anonymous which means that I must ask those people who said they were willing to do things to get in touch with us. I will mention those as I precis the results.
We had four replies from Australasia and one from North America. 50% of replies came from within our area but that means that 50% replied from other parts.
It is obvious that we are an ageing group. The vast majority are aged between 60 and 79 (72%), 17% are over 80 and 11% are aged 40-59. There were no responses from people under 40. Of these people 94% are retired.
Seven people stated they would be able to give talks. Please get in touch with our chairman.
Two people would like to join the committee. Let us know who you are.
Two people said they could help with organising the library. Please get in touch with Brian Airey.
One person has said they can host Zoom meetings. YES PLEASE. After our technical difficulties on Thursday that help would be much appreciated.
With regards to Zoom workshops we’ll let you know when these will begin. Zoom workshops are so much easier to arrange than physical ones but bear with us while we organise them.
A staggering 26 of you said they would be willing to write articles for Buckets and Spades. Please send Sue Maguire your articles.
With regards to the website, the overall impression was that you are mostly pleased with it. We are continually looking at ways to improve it.
Going forward we asked whether you would prefer Face to Face meetings, Zoom meetings or option of both. Obviously, this question was aimed at those who came to our meetings.
28% would prefer Face to Face
15% would prefer Zoom
57% would prefer the option of both.
It has therefore been decided that when we can meet Face to Face again, we will hopefully livestream them over Zoom and they will then be available on the website.
With regards to future meetings, there are doubts over Vintage Church, and so we are in the process of negotiating a new venue at Our Lady of Lourdes Church Hall in Baytree Road, Milton. We are also considering having meetings in the afternoons rather than in the evenings. Once again, we are still in discussions regarding this.
Thank you all for the extra comments at the end of the survey. 34 of you responded and be assured every one has or will be discussed. | 
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