Dear NAPM-OC Colleague,

In order to better serve your Professional Purchasing and Supply Management needs, we would like your opinion on our organization and its offerings. Would you please take a few minutes and answer the following questions so we may improve our customer service to you? Your opinion counts, and will lead to constructive change to our organization. Everyone who participates will receive a token gift at the January dinner meeting, and two lucky participants will win nice raffle prizes. Thank you for participating!

Your Name
Your Email Address

I. Membership

A. What is the main reason you are a member of NAPM-OC?
Advancing my career.
Learning more about my craft.
Educational opportunities.
Networking benefits.
Social opportunities.
Employer requirement.
Other (please be specific).

B. The main reason I failed to renew my membership.
Not Applicable, I did renew.
My employer stopped paying for it.
I am unemployed.
I am no longer pursuing a career in purchasing.
I could not reconcile the value for the money.
The renewal process confused me; it was too difficult.
Other (please be specific).

C. I have directly benefited from being a NAPM-OC member in the following ways:
Job placement assistance
Education
Networking
Certification
Socially
In other ways (please be specific).

II. Service

A. NAPM-OC educational opportunities meet my professional needs.
Yes
No If not, what aspects do not meet your needs?

B. NAPM-OC educational resources enable me to fill gaps in my skills toolbox in all needed areas.
True
False

C. NAPM-OC is easy to do business with.
Yes
No (Please specify what needs improvement.)

III. Technology

A. NAPM-OC has the resources to provide members with the technological skills required for advancement in the Purchasing/Materials Management profession.
True
False (Please specify what aspects the organization has failed to address.)

B. I am interested in these additional educational offerings.
Reverse auctions
E-business
Industry specific supply chain management.
Electronic RF(x)
Other (please be specific).

IV. Value

A. NAPM-OC annual membership dues are a bargain for the value received.
I agree.
I disagree. What would you like to see or consider equitable for the value received.

B. NAPM-OC enables me to call on a variety of the organizations resources.
Mentors
Colleagues
References

V. Participation

A. Do you participate in NAPM and how do you participate?
Yes - How?
No

B. If you do not participate in NAPM, what is holding you back?
Not applicable, I do participate
Time constraints
Lack of interest
Social perceptions
Other factors (please be specific).

C. If you do not attend dinner meetings, why don't you?
Not applicable, I do attend.
Not willing to give it the time.
Not interested at all.
The dinner meetings do not hold my interest.
I do not like the location
I have not been able to connect socially.
Other (please be specific).

D. What would have to happen for you to attend dinner meetings regularly.

E. Please describe, if the following changed I would attend dinner meetings.

F. Please let us know your desires for speakers and/or subjects.

VI. Member's voice

A. Tell us what you want us to hear about NAPM-OC?

B. How can NAPM-OC add value to your membership?

C. What do you see as the best thing about NAPM-OC?

D. What do you see as the worst thing about NAPM-OC?

E. How or what can we improve to benefit you?

F. What are you most concerned with?

VII. Potluck

A. How often do you visit the NAPM-OC Website?
1 or more times a week
1 to 2 times a month
Occasionally
Rarely
This is my first visit
Comments?

B. Do you read our NAPM-OC on-line newsletter, The Spotlight?
Yes
No
How often?

C. Do you read the periodic communications from NAPM-OC that we send via E-blast e-mail?
Yes
No
Comments?

D. Are you aware of the employment listings and links on the NAPM-OC website?
Yes
No

E. What is your Purchasing and Supply Management Career Goal?

F. What is the one thing that is most enjoyable about your profession?