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APPENDIX D
THE EVALUATIONS
Please list three things you'd change next time:
Please list three things you'd keep for next time:
How did you feel about your delegate selection process?
Did you have a mini-assembly in your district? ( )Yes ( ) No.
Did you attent it? ( ) Yes ( ) No.
Would you please comment on whether or not it was helpful, and in what way?
Did you receive adequate pre-assembly information? Comment.
How were the accommodations? The food?
Please comment on your small group process. How was your facilitator?
Was concensus more or less difficult than you though it would be?
Was your group very diverse? If so, how?
Please comment on the large group meetings? Were the proposals clearly and fairly expressed?
What about the balance of free time, workshops, worship, etc. Did you find your needs were met?
(Complete)
Getting here was ...
Being here is ...
Going back is going to be ...
(Circle one) TEN BEING HIGH, MY OVERALL IMPRESSION OF COMMON GROUND IS:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
ANYTHING ELSE? WE WANT AND NEED YOUR COMMENTS. USE ADDITIONAL SHEET IF NECESSARY. THANK YOU.
One hundred eight evaluation forms were returned to us, out of the two hundred eighty-two delegates and staff present. This represents a 32% return. A summary of results is listed below:
THREE THINGS TO CHANGE
(listing only those mentioned by 10 or more people)
| Clear up behavioural rules / guidelines | 28 |
| Suggestions for smoother business process | 25 |
| Longer assembly | 23 |
| More sleep/no late meetings or programs | 23 |
| More free time | 20 |
THREE THINGS TO KEEP
(listing only those mentioned by 10 or more people)
| Worship Services | 47 |
| Circle Groups | 42 |
| The Process | 25 |
| Unity/Love/Friendship | 19 |
| The Staff | 15 |
| Campus Setting | 14 |
| Songs/Music | 13 |
FEELINGS ABOUT DELEGATE SELECTION PROCESS
| Fair / Good | 82 |
| No Comment / Not applicable | 9 |
| Not Fair / Needs to Change | 12 |
WAS THERE A MINI-ASSEMBLY?
| Yes - 82 | No - 21 | NA-4 |
DID YOU ATTEND?
| Yes - 71 | No - 14 | NA-3 |
DID YOU RECEIVE ADEQUATE PRE-ASSEMBLY INFO?
| Yes - 85 | No - 15 | ? - 2 |
COMMENTS ON ACCOMMODATIONS?
| Positive - 99 | Negative - 4 |
COMMENTS ON FOOD?
| Positive - 82 | Negative - 22 |
SMALL GROUP PROCESS COMMENTS:
HOW WERE FACILITATORS?
| Excellent | 76 |
| Good | 18 |
| Fair | 9 |
| Biased | 4 |
| N.C. | 4 |
BASED ON ADVANCE EXPECTATIONS, WAS CONSENSUS IN YOUR GROUP ...
| More Difficult | 19 |
| Less Difficult | 64 |
| About what I expected | 17 |
WAS YOUR GROUP VERY DIVERSE?
| Yes | 71 |
| No | 13 |
| N.C. | 21 |
COMMENTS ON THE WHOLE GROUPPROCESS (Noting
comments mentioned by 10 or more people)
| The process worked well | 45 |
| The proposals were clear | 45 |
| The fair witness was excellent | 24 |
| The assembly got stuck on detail | 15 |
| Proposals should all be put on butcher paper or overhead projector | 15 |
| Long | 14 |
| Hard | 13 |
| Confusing | 13 |
| Moderators should have exercised more control | 12 |
| Moderators sensitive/good | 10 |
COMMENTS ON BALANCE OF FREE TIME/WORKSHOPS/WORSHIP (listed by 10 or more)
| Good | 57 |
| Need more free time | 41 |
| Need more sleep time | 22 |
| Worship great | 21 |
BEING HERE IS ...
(see facing page of recommendations)
OVERALL IMPRESSION OF COMMON GROUND, 10 BEING HIGH
| 1 - 0 | 6 - 0 |
| 2 - 0 | 7 - 2 |
| 3 - 0 | 8 - 28 |
| 4 - 1 | 9 - 46 |
| 5 - 1 | 10 - 38 |
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Translated from the original text document to HTML by Lorne Tyndale, YRUU Programmes Specialist September 1993 - August 1994. The document was on lryer.org. I have placed the document on this site as I've been notified that lryer.org appears to be down.