Electronic Frontier Canada
Member Survey

August, 1999

Electronic Frontier Canada (EFC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting freedom of expression and the right to privacy as new computing, communication, and information technologies are introduced into Canadian society. Through this survey, we want to get your feedback to help us develop our priorities for the coming year.

If you would like to join EFC as a supporting member, or if you would like to renew your supporting membership for 1999, please fill out the EFC Membership Form at www.efc.ca/join and then mail in your cheque.

If you would like to join (or leave) one of our mailing lists, please send email with the word subscribe (or unsubscribe) in the body of the message to efc-announce-request@efc.ca and/or efc-talk-request@efc.ca. You do not need to be an EFC supporting member to join these lists. We would welcome your interest and participation.

Please answer all questions in the survey and then click the Submit button on the bottom of the form. You may choose to leave some questions blank (other than your name and email), although this will reduce the value of the survey. Anonymous surveys will not be included in the results. Personal information will only be used to compute summary statistics for this survey and to update EFC's internal membership records. It will not be used for any other purpose and will not be disclosed to any other party.

This survey has 10 multi-part questions and takes approximately 10-15 minutes to complete.

Please be sure to respond before noon on September 1, 1999.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Brett Dixon, brett@efc.ca

1. Personal Data

Name:
Email:
Occupation: 
Date of Birth:  (format: 01jan1999)    
Residence:
Town/City: Postal Code:

2. What is your relation to EFC?

I am an EFC Supporting Member and I joined or renewed in 1999.
I am an EFC Supporting Member, but I haven't sent in my cheque for 1999.
I am not an EFC Supporting Member, but I am interested in helping EFC in other ways.
I am not an EFC Supporting Member, but I am interested in following EFC-related issues.
None of the above.

3. How do you stay in touch with EFC?

I occasionally visit the EFC web site, www.efc.ca
I am on the EFC-ANNOUNCE mailing list.
I am on the EFC-TALK mailing list.
I phone/email some of EFC's Board Members from time to time.

4. What do you think of the EFC web site (www.efc.ca)?

I think it has some useful information on it.
I find it easy to navigate.
I think it should have more news items.
I think it should have more editorials and commentary.
I think it should have more links to other sites.
I think it should have more French content.
I think it sucks!.

I think the following web sites (for a similar organizations) are good examples
of how the EFC web site could be improved or re-organized:

I would like to make the following constructive comments about the EFC web site:

5.What do you think of the EFC mailing lists?

I think the announcements sent to EFC-ANNOUNCE are useful and interesting.
I think the news and discussions on EFC-TALK are useful and interesting.
I think it is appropriate that EFC-TALK is a moderated list.
I think it would be useful to have a separate list (EFC-NOISE) that is not moderated at all.

6. What do you think about EFC Fund Raising?

I think EFC should spend more time and effort on ...
getting more supporting members.
getting government grants.
getting donations from computer hardware/software companies.
getting donations from Internet Service Providers.
getting donations from corporations, in general.
selling cool EFC stuff like T-shirts, mouse pads, coffee mugs, buttons, etc.
organizing a benefit concert or similar event

7. What do you think about possible EFC Events and Activities?

Keeping in mind the limited resources available and our reliance on volunteers,
I think EFC should spend more time and effort on ...
talking to the media on important issues.
speaking to community organizations about important issues.
speaking to industry groups about important issues.
speaking at Free Speech / Privacy conferences.
speaking to government committees about important issues.
creating informative/educational web pages related to free speech/privacy in Canada.
creating informative/educational pamphlets or posters to be widely distributed.
developing position papers on important issues.
issuing more press releases.
writing more editorials for newspapers.
lobbying federal/provincial governments about EFC-related legislation, regulation, policy.
assisting/intervening in EFC-related civil court cases.
assisting/intervening in EFC-related criminal court cases.
assisting/intervening in EFC-related court cases with Charter/Constitution issues.
assisting/intervening specifically in the Sharpe/Child-Porn case at the Supreme Court
assisting/intervening specifically in the Zundel/Hate-Speech case on Appeal
organizing Free Speech / Privacy conferences.
organizing/supporting local/informal meetings or workshops for EFC members across Canada.
organizing/supporting PGP keysigning workshops.
working more closely with related organizations on issues of common interest.
putting advertisements / public interest announcements on web sites.
putting advertisements / public interest announcements in print media.
putting advertisements / public interest announcements on radio.
putting advertisements / public interest announcements on television.

8. What do you think about the Future?

Please look into your crystal ball and make a prediction about the future.
What do you anticipate will be the most significant EFC-related events in the news in the coming year?

9. Which should EFC focus on?

Please tell us what specific issues you think EFC should focus on in the coming year.
Please identify issues related to freedom of expression, access to information, privacy,
computer security, and so on, where you think EFC could make a difference.

10. What else should go in next year's survey?

Please tell us what questions you think should be changed/added for next year's survey.

     

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