Duffers Guide to the feedback form

It is always a bit disconcerting when you need a guide to help you fill in form.Dont worry, the form is pretty self explanatory. There are just one or two pointers that may help you give us the info we are looking for.

What is it for?
Well Information gathered from these forms will be used to help the Council decide on the allocation of chart rated events for next year. (see the Duffers guide on the chart selection process)

What is is not for?
IT IS NOT a complaint form. If you have a need to register a complaint about a competition, or anything that requires immediate attention, you should contact either nscevents@eada.org.uk or secretary@eada.org.uk

Who knows who has given feedback?
There is the option to put your name on the form, but you don't have to.
The info gathered will be open to council members only. The feedback may be presented to promoters, but no names - who said what etc will be given out. Our lips are sealed!

Filling in the form
Any section that has a juicy big red * next to it is a bit that you have to fill in. If you skip one of these, the form will not be submitted.

So lets quickly go through the some of the questions, and explain what we're after:

1 Date
Duh - we want the date of the comp. Don't go all American on us now, put day, month, year.

2 Venue
You don't have to be too specific, just the city will do, we don't need the full address.

3 Age group
There may be more than one age group taking part. It is possible that a day that was FAB for juniors was a nightmare for SeniorII so just tell us the age group that YOU entered.

A number of questions have ask you for your opinion on a sliding scale from very poor to excellent. Generally speaking assume 'Very poor' is something that would dissuade you from taking part next time, and Excellent may persuade you to return, and that " Acceptable" is - er acceptable. That will help.

If you have no experience or opinion on one area , for example you get to a question like "male toilets" and being a Lady you didn't use it (or you're an immensely shy fellah) - just leave it blank.

Q 8
Were single sex changing facilities available?
This means not just a sign on the door ignored by all, but was the option to change in a single sex environment genuinely available?

The next few questions are straight forward, so lets skip them for now...

Q 11 the Music
The Music - what we mean here is did you like the tracks they played? Did they make you want to get up and dance ?

The sound quality - Was it a good sound, or did it sound like it was being played through a tin can attached to a bit of string? (think also here about the announcements, could you understand them or did you think he said a train was approaching platform 6)

Hopefully the rest is simple to fill in.

Oh by the way, we want OBJECTIVE feedback. If you just tick all the boxes marked "very poor" your form will not be taken into account.