Dear Dubliner (Dublin, CA),
We're conducting a survey and your input is very appreciated.
If you are yet to receive email survey invite - please email your interest to dublinpublicsurvey@gmail.com from your email address (where the survey invite should be sent).
Thank you for your participation!
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions):
1. What is the purpose of the survey?
Its about capturing the pulse & view points of our community and voice together on key topics related to our city and school district… Its an opportunity for residents to give approval / rejection rating of city’s direction, our leaders’ performance and identify key topics & preference for the community. Any difference in view points among us need to be captured as part of the survey & its integral part of the survey process. On that note, we request all residents (including elected and aspiring leaders in their capacity of Dublin residents) to take the survey.
Any further steps in voicing the opinion and discuss/act is up to the public. Any action needs broad public support.
While we all get graded in our offices (and the kids in their schools) frequently, its an opportunity to give feedback and rating to our leaders on their performance instead of waiting for 4 year cycle during the election.
2. How long the survey is expected to be open?
The survey has been open for past 10 days and this phase of the survey is expect to be closed this week (target - Wednesday, 12/2; and has small possibility to extend till Saturday noon, 12/5). The survey report should be available within 3-5 days following the survey closure.
3. Who is conducting & endorsing the survey?
Two Dubliners (Ganesan Ramu & Bhaskar Tetali) are leading the survey. The survey is endorsed by broader set of residents across the town (Central, East and West). This 2-member team is responsible for the survey process (ensure that it is done in most neutral way), publish the final report to the public & media and ensure confidentiality. The respondents info stays confidential and responses are quoted only if a survey participant granted permission to a related question in the survey.
4. Why is the survey not open in Internet such that any person can take the survey without providing the email address?
The only reason to ask for email address (to send survey invitation) is that there is good level of checks & balances (one response per email address and also have a reasonable way to check if the respondent live in Dublin). This personal info will be confidential and won’t be part of the final survey report.
5. What is the privacy policy?
The respondents info will be visible to survey team only and they have committed not to release the info and committed to use the email list only about community wide neutral surveys. If the respondent opts-in for volunteering opportunities, communication over volunteering (typically maximum one per month) opportunities at community level will be sent.
Survey team commits to delete the individual responses from this survey within 2 weeks of closing the survey.
6. How the Survey report will be used?
The survey report (without details on survey respondents) will be made available to public and our leaders or them to understand the communities’ view and factor into their decisions process and action.
Few residents & Media (up to 5 people) will have access to the survey data, and they will have option to audit the survey (directly on Survey Moneky site to see the overall responses and email list, but not see individual responses in order to maintain confidentiality).
Thank you.
Ganesan
(On behalf of Survey team)
