Quota International District 42

Results of a survey among members, 2011Willeke Bezemer, governor 2010-2011

Exploration of ideas and feelings of ALL members of QI District 42 about matters concerning our district, which were opiniated and discussed by participants of the conference during the last 5 or 5 years.

Reasons of survey

Questionnaire

Research method

Questionnaire was sent to all presidents of our clubs

1st mailing of questionnaire

2nd mailing of questionnaire

February 25, 2011

Explanation letter Request to cooperate Questionnaire in link

March 3, 2011

Personal reminder With feedback on

number of members who already filled up the questionnaire

April 1, 2011 = closing time of possibility to fill up the questionnaire

Closure date

Club/branche n

Club Aruba 30 Club Curacao 8 Club Rotterdam 15 Br. Rotterdam 15 Br. Amsterdam 0 Club Sint Eustatius 1 Club Sint Maarten 0 Club Suriname 23 Club Zeist 16 Club Zutphen 6

Response

Club Aruba 26% Club Curacao 8% Club Rotterdam 13% Br. Rotterdam 13% Club Sint Eustatius 1% Club Suriname 20% Club Zeist 14% Club Zutphen 5%

Percentage of the different clubs & branches in the response

1-3 yrs4-7 yrs8 > yrs

Duration of membership

Response from the different sides of the ocean

Caribbean + south America

Europe

Aruba 26% Curacao 7% St. Eustatius 1% Suriname 20%

Total 54%

Cl Rotterdam 13% Br Rotterdam 13% Zeist 14% Zutphen 5%

Total 45%

To serve 65% Network of professional women 22% Friendship 13%

My connection with Quota concerns mainly:

District 42 16% My club/branche 84%

Main reason for membership

I participate in 2011’s district conference54%

I will not take part in 2011’s conference46%

I participate in distr.conf. wherever they are being organized56%

I participate especially when they are being organized conferences on ‘my’ side of

the ocean 43%

Participation in district conferences

My motivation to participate in the district conference

ConneQtions The world of Quota is bigger than my club

To connect to other clubs 57%

Contact with international rep. 10%

The feeling to belong to a bigger entity 26%

Family visit/holidays 3%

Duty calls! 3%

I don’t participate in district conferences because ..

Takes too much time and/or money

Too busy, too much duties

It just never happened Useless for me Too busy Other duties Accident

maintain 76%splitting up 22% no answer 2%

Future of district 42: Maintaining our district as it is or splitting up?

yearly 38%once in two years 61%none at all 2%

Future of district 42: frequency of district conferences

rotating system 65%elections 33%no answer 2%

Future of district 42: rotating system or elections?

Maintain district 42, no separation!

Less frequent district conferences: once in two years

Keep the rotating system of governors

Summary of members’ ideas and wishes concerning future of D 42

Discussion!?!?!?!?!?