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| Warpstock 98 attendee survey results - page 3 |
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This survey was taken from a poll of the people attending the 1998 show. The results were compiled in November from the list
of 91 people responding. They are posted here with a great deal of gratitude to Esther Schindler who did all the work.
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| Question 21: How satisfied were you with the event publicity? |
A- Very satisfied 08.05%
B- Satisfied 45.98%
C- Dissatisfied 34.48%
D- Very dissatisfied 11.49%
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| Question 22: If very dissatisfied, why? |
Even though I visit a lot of OS/2 sites I did not learn about it early on
I don't believe that the event was publicized to the public at large.
I didn't see any publicity
No one else knew about it, there wasn't any mention of the event locally,
or anywhere other than select few websites
No press. No articles before, no articles after. No LinkExchange ads.
Nothing. :(
Not enough attention is paid to advertising / publicizing.
Promotion is always the most difficult activity for a volunteer (and
sometimes commercial) effort.
There was _NO_ Mainstream Coverage of the event!
There was a lot of negative publicity around the event such as "Warpstock
is dead" due the last minute change of events.
THERE WAS ALMOST NO PUBLICITY
There was barely any advertising of the event besides Warpcast and the
newsgroups
There was none
Too much early confusion and related rumors
We needed more. You guys did the best you could, but I wish some trade
rags at least mentioned its existence. Did anyone send out a Press Release?
Before or after?
What event publicity?
What event publicity? Only Usenetters ever heard of it, I think.
What Publicity?
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| Question 23: How satisfied were you with the social aspects (meeting other users, dinner out, etc)? |
A- Very satisfied 30.38%
B- Satisfied 49.37%
C- Dissatisfied 13.92%
D- Very dissatisfied 06.33%
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| Question 24: If very dissatisfied, why? |
Again, I am really just dissatisfied. I think it would have worked out
better if there had been an inexpensive banquet Saturday night that
every one could have attended instead of people signing up to go out
to dinner with a group. It might also be a good idea to schedule
Warp Stock earlier in the year (or in a warmer part of the country) in
a location near lots of restaurants. Maybe a Saturday evening barbecue
or something outside for everyone attending Warp Stock or who bought
tickets for this social event.
Badly planned
BOF room always seemed empty probably due to lack of breathing time
between seminars. It sounds like the socializing was better if you stayed
at the hotel, but I didn't.
I went to Chicago and it was very expensive
In the hotel, there was not a convenient place for folks to socialize. I
believe this hurt the "Birds of a Feather sessions. The POSSI dinner was
okay, but did not compare at all to the outside event we had at Diamond
Bar.
Should be an organized opportunity to meet on each day of the event
Some attempt to provide organization for dinner for those interested
might have been beneficial
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| Question 25: How satisfied were/are you with the Warpstock Web site? |
A- Very satisfied 25.29%
B- Satisfied 57.47%
C- Dissatisfied 09.20%
D- Very dissatisfied 01.15%
E- Didn't use the Web site 06.90%
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| Question 26: If very dissatisfied, why? |
Actually, I thought the web site was very informative and useful, I just
wish that the seminar schedule and content could have been posted
sooner. But I also appreciate the effort of the volunteers and speakers
and know the difficulty to get such a large undertaking together.
Itinerary should be released much earlier - would have attended 2nd day
(or even both days) instead of first if we had the itinerary beforehand
Recommend posting directions to the event
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| Question 27: How satisfied were you with the badge pick-up process? |
A- Very satisfied 27.91%
B- Satisfied 52.33%
C- Dissatisfied 13.95%
D- Very dissatisfied 05.81%
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| Question 28: If very dissatisfied, why? |
Badges? We don't need no stinking badges! :-) Seriously, I paid for more
than one attendee, and all their badges ended up with my name on them. 1
Couldn't find you Friday Night, Sat just busy
Did not have badge ready
It was very disorganized.
LATE! "Early check in was for a certain time, but the badge check in did
not open until 3.5 hours later, then not complete. Also, no proof of
Identification was asked for... very unprofessional.
Lost our registration
Registration not found
The registration area didn't open until late on Fri. Vendor badges
weren't at the normal pick-up location and only one person there seemed to
know where we had to go to get them.
Totally unorganized. No audit trail.
We prepaid for more than one person using the same credit card, and then
had a huge hassle standing in line to straighten it out
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| Question 29: How satisfied were you with the event program, listing the sessions, exhibitors, rooms, times, and so on? |
A- Very satisfied 15.48%
B- Satisfied 55.95%
C- Dissatisfied 15.48%
D- Very dissatisfied 13.10%
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| Question 30: If very dissatisfied, why? |
Events should not overlap, in some cases you had to leave session early to
attend another one whose time overlapped
I was satisfied, but frustrated, because often there was more than one
event that I wanted attend at the same time.
Many sessions were one day only. If missed on day 1, could not be attended
on day 2.
No description of what the session was or who was presenting it.
No lunch break
No one told us the information was on a channel in our rooms and it took us
a while to find the electronic version in the lobby.
Obviously I have some bias here -- I had attendance that was lower than
WS97, even though I thought I had a better presentation.
Please put what the events are about not just list them
Rooms weren't clearly identified, no time scheduled for lunch/breaks, no
time allotted for exhibit hall interactions, no warning time to plan BOFS,
many session conflicts - should spread out common theme or session tracks
so that attendees can attend the items of interest. Reduce the number of
concurrent sessions that would be of interest to a attendee profile- i.e.
three interesting topics at the same time, then 4 fluff topics afterward
is frustrating
Should be available sooner - may have attended both days if we had seen it
prior to ticket purchase
Was confused about what session was in what room
We shouldn't have even bothered.
What was to like? It was thrown together at the last moment and it looked
it. There were no descriptions or speakers for the sessions. Times were
confusing. When changes were made, they were NEVER corrected on the
copies of the schedule that were posted. The list of exhibitors was
incomplete and many did not have descriptions (one that was missing I know
you had because I sent it in and got confirmation back that it was
received before the deadline).
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