General:

1. Which days did you attend the conference?
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

2. What is your overall feeling about the conference experience?
excellent good average below average poor
3. Comments on Question 2?

4. How were the conference center facilities?
excellent good average below average poor
5. Comments on Question 4?

6. How were the food, beverages, and snacks?
excellent good average below average poor
7. Comments on Question 6?

8a. How were your lodging accommodations at the Clarion hotel?
excellent good average below average poor NA

8b. How were your lodging accommodations if you stayed somewhere else?
excellent good average below average poor NA

9. Comments on Question 8?

10. How would you rate the Friday night activities?
excellent good average below average poor NA
11. Comments on Question 10?

12. How would you rate the Saturday evening reception and auction?
excellent good average below average poor NA
13. Comments on Question 12?

13. How would you rate the transportation during the conference (shuttles and carpools to offsite workshops)?
excellent good average below average poor
did not attend offsite workshops
14. Comments on Question 13?

15. Comments on the Ithaca community?

Program:

15. Please rate the Thursday Pre-Conference Workshops:

a. Montezuma Tour:
excellent good average below average poor NA

b. Project Wet:
excellent good average below average poor NA

c. Leopold Project:
excellent good average below average poor NA

d. Canal Program:
excellent good average below average poor NA

16. Please rate the Featured Speakers:

a. Larry Stone:
excellent good average below average poor NA

b. Thomas Locker and Robert Baron:
excellent good average below average poor NA

c. Rulon Clark:
excellent good average below average poor NA

17. Please rate these Special Sessions:

a. Astronomy, Teaching the Basics:
excellent good average below average poor NA

b. Astronomy, Resources for Teaching:
excellent good average below average poor NA

c. Stargazing:
excellent good average below average poor NA

d. Milkweeds and Monarchs, morning share session:
excellent good average below average poor NA

18. Please rate these Additional Special Sessions:

a. Birds in their Habitat:
excellent good average below average poor NA

b. Flying Wild:
excellent good average below average poor NA

c. Sustainability Fair:
excellent good average below average poor NA

19. The variety of workshops offered was:
excellent good average below average poor
20. Comments on Question 19?

21. The number of workshops offered was:
not enough just right too many

22. Identify and comment on the two most outstanding or memorable workshops you attended:
a:
b:

23. Other comments on this year's conference:

Future Conferences:
23. List any topics you would like covered in future workshops:
24. Do you know someone who would be excellent to teach a future workshop?
25. Would you volunteer to lead a future workshop? Please provide your topic, name, and e-mail address:
26: Other comments for next year?

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