2008 SDIF Member Survey

Part 1February 14, 2008

Edward Balian, Ph.D.Q-Stat Research

www.EdwardBalian.com

Re: By-Laws, Voting, VP Selection

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

By-Laws Help Write VoteOutside

Mtg

VP as-is

ALL

ACTIVE

Re: Willing to Run for Board, Pres?

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

Board Pres or VP

ALL

ACTIVE

Expenditure Decisions by How Many?

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

By Pres By 3 By 5 By 7 By ALL

ALL

ACTIVE

Annual Fee

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

$5 as-is $50/yr $75/yr $100/yr $150/yr

ALL

ACTIVE

Free Website Banner Ads For….

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL 10 46 27 17

ACTIVE 16 53 21 11

Officers ALL$100

SponsorNo One

How to Allocate $1000 in SDIF Funds?

$0

$50

$100

$150

$200

$250

$300

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL $276 $169 $160 $140 $176 $173 $106

ACTIVE $258 $165 $163 $129 $191 $173 $63

Contest

Advert

Adm StaffMtg

sWeb

Other

Desired Growth of SDIF

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL 55 34 6 5

ACTIVE 63 26 5 5

Stay As-Is

Regional

Statewide

Natl-Intl

Desired Meeting Group Size

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL 55 32 15

ACTIVE 50 33 16

40-50 60-70 70+

Meeting Attendance Over Past One Year

0

20

40

60

80

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL 13 25 25 28 10

ACTIVE 65 35 0 0

Attend All

3 of 4 2 of 4 1 of 4none

in 1 yr

Who Are You?

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL 65 6 28

ACTIVE 45 5 50

Inventor Supplier Both

Ever Held a Patent or Copyright?

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

ALL

ACTIVE

ALL 54 46

ACTIVE 68 32

YES NO

Summary• A few differences between all members and active members:• Compared to All Members, ACTIVE Members are:

– More open to voting on issues outside of the meeting times

– More willing to run on Board or for VP or Prez

– Have expenditure decisions made by 7 members or by all (can be outside of meeting times)

– Split between the $5 meeting fee and $50 per year fee; more Actives are in favor of $100 per year fee than less active members

– Slightly more likely to desire free website banner ads for all SDIF members

– About even in how funds should be allocated

– About even in future growth desired; most want to stay as-is

– About even in desired number of people at each meeting; most want 40-50

– Many more ACTIVE members are BOTH inventors AND Suppliers

– More ACTIVE Members have held patents or copyrights