CMG'07 Conference Evaluation

Please provide us with your feedback on CMG'07.

We review every evaluation form and try to apply the comments to subsequent CMG conferences.

1. How did you learn about CMG'07?

Previous Attendee or Prior CMG Member
Direct Mailing - Postcard
Direct Mailing - Conference Agenda
Regional Meeting
E-mail message from CMG
Press Release
Vendor / Exhibitor 		Colleague
MeasureIT
CMG Website
Periodical, please specify:
Other Conference, please specify:
Advertisement
Other, please specify:

2. Do you plan on attending CMG'08 in Las Vegas?

Yes No No, but another member of my organization will attend.
Other, reason for not attending:

3. Are you a member of a regional group?

No Yes If 'Yes', which Region?

4. What were the top 3 things you used to justify your attendance at CMG'07? (Please mark 1, 2, 3)

Program Cost Accepted Paper/Speaker
Location Volunteer Duties Other
If ‘Other’, please specify :

5. Which platform did you come to learn more about? (All answers should total 100%)

% zSeries % Unix/Linux % Windows % Other

6. Please rate EACH of the following aspects of the Conference using a 1 to 10 scale for EACH. (10 being the best)

San Diego
Manchester Grand Hyatt
Breakfast
Lunch
Registration
 PARS
Online Agenda
Final Agenda
Internet Cafe
Exhibit Area
 Conference Setup & Organization
Book Store
Conference Web Pages
Online Conference Scheduler
Comfort Level of Meeting Rooms (heat & noise)

Please rate EACH of the following aspects of the conference Program using a 1 to 10 scale for EACH. (10 being the best)

Sunday Workshops
Keynote & Plenary Speakers
Onsite Newsletter
 Invited Speakers
CMG-T
Exhibitor Presentations
 Monday User Groups
Overall Program * BoFS
Vendor Training Sessions

7. How were the Exhibit Hall hours?

Too few available hours
Too many available hours
Just right

8. We featured 7 tracks per session timeslot, along with 2 additional tracks this year. Do you think this is:

Too few options per timeslot
Too many options per timeslot
Just right

9. Our newest types of sessions - what did you think?

a. Did you attend any of the following?

    CMG-Training (CMG-T) Yes
    		 No
    Conference within a Conference (APDEX or ARM) Yes
    		 No
    Vendor Training Yes
    		 No
    Poster Sessions Yes
    		 No

b. How do you rate the following? (On a scale of 1-10, where 10 is best)

    CMG-Training (CMG-T)
    Conference within a Conference (APDEX or ARM)
    Vendor Training
    Poster Sessions

c. Were any of the following a deciding factor in your attending of CMG'07?

    CMG-Training (CMG-T) Yes
    		 No
    Conference within a Conference (APDEX or ARM) Yes
    		 No
    Vendor Training Yes
    		 No
    Poster Sessions Yes
    		 No

10. Do you do Capacity Planning/Performance Evaluation

Full Time
Part Time
If part time, what percent?
And what occupies the remainder of your time?

11. Would you rather see the full CMG Preliminary Conference Agenda as:

On CMG’s web site
 Hardcopy
 Both

12. Did you know about CMG’s Online Conference Scheduler on the website?

No
 Yes If Yes, how effective did you find it (on a scale of 1-10, 10 being best)

13. Overall, what would be your grade for this conference on a scale of 1 - 10, 10 being the best

14. Tell us what you think we did right:

15. What would you have us try to improve:

16. What subject areas would you like to see more of / added:

Thank you for completing this form. We appreciate the feedback.
Your comments and opinions are very important to us and each submission will be reviewed.

See you at CMG'08 in Las Vegas!