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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our neighborhood association did this when considering establishing a historic district. They used SurveyMonkey and sent it to all residents who are members of the neighborhood association. They sent on results to the ANC for their consideration.

Look, the ANC realizes that only the most passionate residents show up or call in to ANC meetings. It’s often the curmudgeons and DINKs. Lots of us like to answer a survey since we are busy making dinner and putting kids to bed at 7pm when the ANC meetings are usually scheduled. [/quote]

Not sure I agree with that methodology because it misses a lot of people not in the neighborhood association, for something potentially as disruptive as becoming a historic district. Surveys and polls are fine; just don’t claim they represent “all the neighbors” when they clearly don’t. [/quote]

Historic district in DC requires signatures of a certain percentage of residents in the affected area. So this survey was a precursor to gage the temperature before starting the signature gathering effort. The survey was strongly against the Historic designation, with something like 65% of households in our neighborhood participating.

I don’t think it’s a bad idea to use surveys, if you can get a solid participation rate among affected households.[/quote]

that sounds decent. as long as the details are accurately represented, sounds good to me. [/quote]

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