Website Usage Survey
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silwritersguildGreetings, everyone!
I generally try to confine group management questions to our Yahoo group, but in this instance, I believe that the opinions of our LiveJournal members are too valuable to pass up. As many of you know, I am building the SWG a website and a story archive. I am working mostly alone, so progress is slow-going, and in order that I may maximize my efficiency and serve the needs of the group best, it is very important to me to learn the group's opinions on which site features they will use the most.
The following survey has seven questions, and if you would take a moment to answer them, I would greatly appreciate it. Please be honest; I am keeping the results anonymous because I do not really care who would use the story archive and who is looking more for discussion forums; my concern is to get a (fairly) accurate sampling of group preferences so that I may focus my energy in that direction.
This survey is open to everyone--members and non-members--so if you have any friends who are Silmarillion authors and are not a member of our Yahoo group or LiveJournal but might use our archive and website, please feel free to point them in this direction.
For Yahoo group members who do not have LiveJournal accounts, I have replicated this poll in our Yahoo group here. Please do not take the poll in both places; I will be combining the results and do not want double votes to confound the results.
I will be collecting results two weeks from now on 17 July 2006 so please reply before then.
If you would like clarification on what exactly are the various site features being surveyed, I have included a synopsis below the poll questions.
Thank you for your help and best wishes to all!
Dawn Felagund
[Poll #760716]
Story Archive. An archive that accepts all genres and ratings of Silmarillion-related writing. The archive will not use a review or selection process but is open for all members to post their work. Visitors will be able to read and review stories.
Discussion Forum. An open forum for members to use to discuss and ask questions about a variety of topics, including Tolkien's canon and writing.
Writer's Workshop. The writer's workshop will feature exercises designed to hone a particular aspect of writing craft. Members will meet to share their interpretations of the exercises, get feedback from other participants, and discuss the craft of writing.
Art Gallery. Features Silmarillion artwork from a variety of artists and will likely be organized by character and chapter/scene as well as by artist.
Directory of Organizations. An extensive list of additional online organizations that specialize in or offer resources pertaining to Tolkien and writing.
Encyclopedia/Resource Section. Articles and essays compiled by members about Tolkien and writing.
I generally try to confine group management questions to our Yahoo group, but in this instance, I believe that the opinions of our LiveJournal members are too valuable to pass up. As many of you know, I am building the SWG a website and a story archive. I am working mostly alone, so progress is slow-going, and in order that I may maximize my efficiency and serve the needs of the group best, it is very important to me to learn the group's opinions on which site features they will use the most.
The following survey has seven questions, and if you would take a moment to answer them, I would greatly appreciate it. Please be honest; I am keeping the results anonymous because I do not really care who would use the story archive and who is looking more for discussion forums; my concern is to get a (fairly) accurate sampling of group preferences so that I may focus my energy in that direction.
This survey is open to everyone--members and non-members--so if you have any friends who are Silmarillion authors and are not a member of our Yahoo group or LiveJournal but might use our archive and website, please feel free to point them in this direction.
For Yahoo group members who do not have LiveJournal accounts, I have replicated this poll in our Yahoo group here. Please do not take the poll in both places; I will be combining the results and do not want double votes to confound the results.
I will be collecting results two weeks from now on 17 July 2006 so please reply before then.
If you would like clarification on what exactly are the various site features being surveyed, I have included a synopsis below the poll questions.
Thank you for your help and best wishes to all!
Dawn Felagund
[Poll #760716]
Story Archive. An archive that accepts all genres and ratings of Silmarillion-related writing. The archive will not use a review or selection process but is open for all members to post their work. Visitors will be able to read and review stories.
Discussion Forum. An open forum for members to use to discuss and ask questions about a variety of topics, including Tolkien's canon and writing.
Writer's Workshop. The writer's workshop will feature exercises designed to hone a particular aspect of writing craft. Members will meet to share their interpretations of the exercises, get feedback from other participants, and discuss the craft of writing.
Art Gallery. Features Silmarillion artwork from a variety of artists and will likely be organized by character and chapter/scene as well as by artist.
Directory of Organizations. An extensive list of additional online organizations that specialize in or offer resources pertaining to Tolkien and writing.
Encyclopedia/Resource Section. Articles and essays compiled by members about Tolkien and writing.
