2004 NJHPS Membership Meeting Poll Summary

Statistics  Date Sent: 12-Aug-04  Response Due Date: 27-Aug-04  Days for Completion: 15  Poll Format: Questionnaire via on timing, location, costs and speaker topics  Response Rate –Total Questionnaires Sent 119 –Total Responses 47 –Response 39%  Rewards for Completion

Meeting Time  % Likely to Attend –40% Morning/Breakfast Meeting –36% Afternoon/Lunch Meeting –83% Evening Dinner Meeting  Preferred Meeting Time –19% Breakfast –15% Lunch –60% Dinner

Meeting Time  Days of the Week –Somewhat evenly distributed  Monday 60%  Tuesday 62%  Wednesday 68%  Thursday 64%

Location  74% Respond “Yes” Location is a factor in attendance –72 % Willing to Travel < 1 hr –26 % Willing to Travel 1-2 hr  Preferred Locations (a write-in vote) –62% New Brunswick –30% Princeton –23% Newark –Others: Somerset, Bridgewater, Central Jersey

Costs & Food  Willing to pay: –$15-$25 94% –$25-$35 62% –$35-$45 30%  Menu/Open Bar –Food is a factor 11% –Open bar is a factor 9%

Meeting/Speaker Topics  74% Would be likely to attend Media Training –Used survey data to correlate Timing & Day Response –Of those who responded “Likely” to Media Training:  43% Morning  40% Afternoon  83% Evening  60% Mon  60% Tue  74% Wed  60% Thurs –Will use data from this poll to steer meeting logistics

Meeting/Speaker Topics  72% DOT regulation changes  62% FEMA and NJ Power Plants  62% CT Scans  60% RSO "War" Stories  60% MARSSIM in the research setting  57% Brain Tumor Treatment techniques  53% Legal Writing  28% Atlantic Compact  Significant write-in on topics

And the winner was… Jeffrey M. Guenther Many thanks to all who completed the survey. Reward for Completion: $50.00 Amex Gift Certificate