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STRATEGIC PLANNING MEMBERSHIP SURVEY

1. Background Information
2. SCB's Historical Accomplishments
3. SCB's Future Roles
4. Evaluating Specific Strategies for SCB
5. Other Comments

Please fill out and return the following survey. All responses will be kept confidential. Please return your completed survey by 15 December 1998.

Address replies or questions to

Nick Salafsky
Biodiversity Support Program
c/o WWF, 1250 24th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20037 USA
Email Nick.Salafsky@wwfus.org
Telephone (202) 861-8370
FAX (202) 861-8324

1. Background Information

(This information is optional, but will be very helpful to us in framing the survey results.)

a. First Name
Last Name

b. Institution

c. Email

d. Which of the following categories best describes your current conservation work (select one only)?

Researcher/Academic (e.g., professor, research scientist)
Field-Based Practitioner (e.g., government forester, project staff person)
Office-Based Practitioner (e.g., government or non-government organization staff member)
Advocate (e.g., activist, interested citizen)
Business Person (e.g., commercial forester, business person)
Student (e.g., grad student, undergraduate)
Media (e.g., reporter, writer)
Donor (e.g., foundation staff member)
Other:

e. How many years have you been a member of SCB?

f. What is your geographic focus (by state, ecoregion, or country)?

2. SCB's Historical Accomplishments

What has SCB done well? Please describe specific steps has the SCB taken in the past that you feel have been important in making conservation happen. Why do you feel these are important?

What has SCB not done well? Please describe specific opportunities that the SCB has missed. Why do you feel these are important?

3. SCB's Future Roles

What do you think are the most pressing problems facing the conservation community? Why?

Which of these problems can SCB do something about? Why?

What specific steps should SCB devote its financial resources to in the future? Why? How?

What specific steps should SCB devote its other resources to in the future? Why? How?

4. Evaluating Specific Strategies for SCB

Please indicate how you feel about the following statements on a scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree). Please also feel free to comment on your response.

a. SCB should have a strong international focus.

Comment:

b. SCB should actively provide information to policy makers.

Comment:

c. SCB should play a strong advocacy role on potentially controversial issues.

Comment:

d. SCB should, above all else, preserve its "impartial" scientific reputation.

Comment:

e. SCB should focus on educational and outreach activities for students and the general public.

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f. SCB should focus on educational, outreach, and training activities for conservation practitioners.

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g. SCB should develop a new publication focused on conservation practitioners.

Comment:

h. SCB should develop a new publication focused on educating the general public.

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i. SCB should focus on promoting research on biological aspects of conservation issues.

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j. SCB should focus on promoting research on social, economic, political, and institutional aspects of conservation issues.

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5. Other Comments

Do you have specific ideas or comments on how SCB should invest its resources? On what SCB's objectives should be?

On the strategies that SCB should take?

Thanks to Richard Margolius for his assistance with developing this article and survey.

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