54th Plenary Session of the Administrative Conference of

54th Plenary Session of the Administrative Conference of the United States
Conference Member Comment Form
A key role of the Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference is to support and assist the
Assembly in carrying out the Conference’s functions. Staff responsibilities include planning and logistics
for the semi-annual plenary session, as well as legal research, communications and general committee
support. Now that the June 2011 plenary session is behind us, we encourage all Conference members
(both voting and non-voting) to share your feedback and let us know your ideas about what worked well
and what could be improved, so that our next plenary session will be even more successful.
We have created this survey form to simplify your response. However, if you find it easier to provide
feedback in a different format (e.g., an unstructured e-mail message), please feel free to use any format
you wish. Please email all responses to Andrea Green ([email protected]).
If you have any questions or need more information about this inquiry, please contact Shawne
McGibbon ([email protected]). This survey should take less than ten minutes to complete and will
address logistics, communications, conference space, technology, scheduling, reception and overall
assessment. Please submit your completed form within two weeks of the date of receipt.
A. Your Name: ____________________________________________________________________
B. Preparation for the Plenary Session
1. Did you receive all necessary materials for understanding the proposed recommendations in
sufficient time to prepare for the debate?
Yes
No
Comments:
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2. Did you receive adequate and timely information about time and location of the plenary session
and (for out-of-town members) travel arrangements?
Yes
No
Comments:
___________________________________________________________________________
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3. Would you prefer more or fewer communications from our office regarding plenary logistics?
More
Fewer
Same
Comments:
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4. Did you feel that you had adequate opportunities, either through committee meetings, pre-

plenary written submissions, or debate at the plenary, to offer your input into the Conference's
recommendations? If not, what could be done to improve those opportunities?

Yes
No
Comments:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
C. Physical Facilities and Technology
1. What did you like about Pew Charitable Trusts as a venue? (Choose all that apply and indicate
any problems or suggestions in the space provided.)
a)
Congenial, intimate setting
b)
Location in the city
c)
Technological capabilities (video/audio)
d)
Availability of parking
e)
General aesthetics
f)
Wi-Fi access
g)
Other (Please specify)
Comments:
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2. Was projection of the texts under consideration helpful to you for participating in or following
the discussions? Do you have any suggestions for making this service more useful (comment
below)?
Yes
No
Comments:
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3. If you viewed some or all of the proceedings via the Internet, was the streaming coverage clear
and trouble-free? Do you have any suggestions for making this service more useful (comment
below)?
Yes
No
Comments:
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D. Scheduling
1. Do you like the two half-day plenary schedule?
Yes
No
2. Would you prefer the sessions each day to be longer?
Yes
No
3. Should the 2:00 p.m. Thursday session begin at a different time?
a)
12:30 p.m.
b)
1:00 p.m.
c)
1:30 p.m.
d)
Keep 2:00 p.m.
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4. If a future plenary session agenda has a greater number of proposed recommendations, would
you support extending the meeting into Friday afternoon?
Yes
No
5. Do you have any additional suggestions for scheduling?
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E. Reception
1. If you attended the Thursday evening reception, how did it compare with the December 2010
plenary session reception?
a)
Much better than the prior reception
b)
Slightly better than the prior reception
c)
No significant difference
d)
Slightly worse than the prior reception
e)
Much worse than the prior reception
f)
N/A
2. Based on your answer to the preceding question, in what way(s) was the reception better or
worse than the prior plenary session reception? Do you have any comments or suggestions
about food, beverages, facilities or cost of the reception?
______________________________________________________________________________
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3. How long should the reception be?
a)
6:00-7:00 p.m.
b)
6:00-7:30 p.m.
c)
6:00-8:00 p.m.
d)
Other ________________________________________________________________
F. Overall Assessment
1. How did the 54th plenary session compare with the December 2010 plenary session?
a)
Much better than the prior plenary session
b)
Slightly better than the prior plenary session
c)
No significant difference
d)
Slightly worse than the prior plenary session
e)
Much worse than the prior plenary session
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2. If you attended Administrative Conference plenary sessions prior to 2010, how did the 54th
plenary session compare with your earlier experience?
a)
Much better than the prior plenary session(s)
b)
Slightly better than the prior plenary session(s)
c)
No significant difference
d)
Slightly worse than the prior plenary session(s)
e)
Much worse than the prior plenary session(s)
f)
N/A
3. Based on your answers to the preceding questions, please provide specific examples of how we
might improve upon previous plenary sessions. In what ways was the 54th session an
improvement upon previous plenary sessions?
__________________________________________________________________________________
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The purpose of this inquiry is to enable the Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference to
identify strengths and weaknesses of current services and to make improvements based on feedback.
Information gathered will be used internally for program management purposes only. The average
burden for each response to this information collection is estimated to be less than ten minutes. Any
comments concerning the accuracy of this burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing this
burden may be directed to the Office of the Chairman of the Administrative Conference.
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