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Palmer Alumnae Leadership Council

Needs Assessment Survey 2012Community Building

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What are you most interested in seeing the Palmer Society Alumnae Leadership Council do?Community Building

DecadeHigh

Interest Interest NeutralLess

InterestLow

Interest Blank1940-1944   1        1945-1949   1  1950-1954   2 1 21955-1959   1 2  1960-1964   1 3 1 31965-1969   3  1970-1974   3 11975-1979 1 4 5  1980-1984 2 4 3 1 11985-1989 1 4 2 1 11990-1994 2 2 3 1  1995-1999 1 4 5 1  2000-2004 4 4 3  2005-2009 5 5 4  2010-2014 3 6 1 1 1

Grand Total 19 38 38 3 4 9

1 Low Interest

23 Neutral4

5 High Interest

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Do you currently meet with other Palmers in your area? If not, would you like to?

Yes, 43

Blank, 1

Yes, 43

No, 12

Would like to Meet Up

Currently Meeting

  No Yes

1940-1944   11950-1954   31955-1959 1 11960-1964   31965-1969   21970-1974   11975-1979 1 71980-1984 3 61985-1989 1 31990-1994 2 41995-1999 1 72000-2004   82005-2009   142010-2014   10

Grand Total

9 70

I would participate in more Palmer related activities if they were closer to my area (i.e. Within 15 miles or less/general region if outside LA/OC)

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If you do meet with other Palmers, what types of activities do you do? - Open-Ended Response• All social events.• Brunch, family picnics• Coffee, hanging out• Coffee/dinner• Dinner• Dinner• Dinner, play-dates• Dinner/drinks, movies, shopping,

game night• Dinners, lunches• Drinking, eating, bitching• Eat! Hang out, shop, movies, drink!• Eat, visit. There are four or five of us

that keep in touch, mostly via email.• Entertainment• Girls nights• Gossip

• Happy hour, breakfast• Lunch, dinner, shopping, weekend

slumber parties• Lunch, family get together• Lunches, dinners ..• Meals, shopping• Meet for dinner• Monthly brunch• Monthly gathering• Mostly get togethers when other

Palmers are in town. Also, we support Admissions and Alumni events in Honolulu.

• Mostly social activities.• Purely social, with other members

who are close in age• Social - meals; once or twice a year• Social activities, special occasions

• Social gatherings• Spending time together, and lately

going to recruiting events because I will be getting a little in the spring.

• Text messages• Used to do lunch with some. Currently

professional colleague of a few. Meet with the Leadership Council when I can. I find Palmers on boards and agencies I serve.

• Visit, Disneyland, dinners• Visits, lunch, theatre.• We go out for dinner or just meet at

Palmers homes for gatherings.• We hang out, cook/bake together,

craft, go out, sleepovers• We meet up at each other's homes or

at restaurants. Some of my pledge sisters and I plan vacation trips with each other every other year...

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What types of activities would you participate in if they were available in your area? Choose All that apply.

DecadeCommunity

Service Networking

Social (Mixers,

Gatherings)

Scholarship (Museum

Visits, Cultural Interest)

Sporting Events Concerts Plays

1940-1944     1        

1945-1949    

1950-1954 1 2 1  

1955-1959   1 2 1 1  

1960-1964 1 1 1 2 2 2

1965-1969   1 1

1970-1974 1 1 1 1  

1975-1979 4 4 7 3 1 1 2

1980-1984 4 1 8 2 4 5 2

1985-1989 4 3 4 3 3 3 3

1990-1994 1 4 3 5 2 3 4

1995-1999 5 3 9 5 5 3 4

2000-2004 4 6 9 5 3 5 6

2005-2009 9 8 12 10 6 6 9

2010-2014 5 7 9 8 4 6 5

Grand Total 39 39 67 46 28 37 38

Other• A few of the P alums in the

Midwest have talked about having an informal get together at a location that is central to all of us. For the alumni located outside of so-cal, this is really something that we miss out on.

• Family events• Family picnics• Food/ alcohol tastings• Group discounts to shows -

i.e. Ahmanson• Lunch• Travel events (exp. Whale

watching, SB wine tour?)

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Are you interested in participating in activities with the Actives for:

DecadeCommunity

Service Networking

Social (Mixers,

Gatherings)

Scholarship (Museum

Visits, Cultural Interest)

Recruiting New

Members1940-1944 1.0 1.0 5.0 1.0 1.01945-1949          1950-1954 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.01955-1959 3.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 3.01960-1964 3.5 1.0 4.7 3.0 2.01965-1969 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.01970-1974 4.0 4.0 2.0 4.0 2.01975-1979 2.4 2.6 3.0 2.3 2.51980-1984 2.5 2.6 3.4 2.4 2.11985-1989 3.0 2.8 3.7 2.8 3.01990-1994 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.7 2.21995-1999 3.1 2.9 2.4 2.6 2.82000-2004 2.6 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.42005-2009 3.6 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.32010-2014 3.7 3.9 4.3 3.7 3.5

Average 2.9 3.0 3.3 2.9 2.7

1 Low Interest

23 Neutral4

5 High Interest

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Rate your relative interest of the following activities for social interactions:

 

1940-

1944

1945-

1949

1950-

1954

1955-

1959

1960-

1964

1965-

1969

1970-

1974

1975-

1979

1980-

1984

1985-

1989

1990-

1994

1995-

1999

2000-

2004

2005-

2009

2010-

2014

Average

Annual alumnae scholarship tea 1.0   1.0 5.0 5.0 3.0 4.0 2.7 3.9 3.8 3.0 2.9 3.9 3.6 4.1 3.5

Alumnae events tied to active sponsor gatherings (pledge-alumnae-active mixer)

1.0   1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.0 3.7 2.5 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.4 3.3

Class/pledge class/decade focus 5.0   1.0 2.0   3.0 4.0 4.6 4.0 3.8 3.0 4.1 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.8

Intergenerational focus 1.0   4.0 4.0 5.0 3.5 4.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 2.7 3.4 3.2 3.5 3.3

Graduating seniors transition event 1.0   1.0 3.0 1.0 3.0   3.0 2.6 2.7 3.3 2.3 3.0 3.3 3.8 2.9

Formal gatherings (teas, brunches outside homecoming)

5.0   1.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.8 3.2 2.8 3.0 3.8 4.3 4.4 3.6

Game nights: bunco, poker, etc 1.0   1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 2.7 2.7 3.0 4.6 3.8 3.8 3.3

Family oriented 1.0   1.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 3.0 2.1 2.3 2.7 2.5 4.1 4.0 3.1 3.8 3.0

Summer event 5.0   1.0 4.0 3.0 3.0 4.0 2.9 3.3 3.7 3.3 3.3 4.1 4.4 4.3 3.7

Informal- BBQ, picnic, beach 5.0   1.0 4.0 3.5 3.0 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.7 2.5 3.8 4.1 4.3 4.6 3.7

Alumnae organized homecoming related- mixer or happy hour – OPEN TO PALMERS

5.0   1.0 4.5 1.0 3.0 2.0 4.4 3.9 3.8 3.0 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.0

Alumnae organized homecoming related- mixer or happy hour – OPEN TO ALL

SOCIETIES5.0   1.0 4.0 5.0 3.0 2.0 4.0 3.3 4.2 3.0 3.1 3.8 3.8 4.2 3.6

1 Low Interest

23 Neutral4

5 High Interest

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Pick a month for potential summer programming (check all that apply):

JUNE35

JULY50

AUGUST33

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Would you be interested in hosting an event at

your home?

No; 65

Yes; 17

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Community Building Summary• More alumnae would like to meet socially than those who are

currently meeting with other alumnae• This is also true for non-local respondents