FEEDBACK

The organisers of the Russell Hoban Some-Poasyum would be extremely grateful for your opinions and comments on the convention. It helps us to work out if we did the right thing and if not, how we (or future organisers) could do it better or differently next time.

All questions are optional and all information is submitted anonymously. Please leave blank any questions that are not applicable or which you don't wish to answer.

Statistics gathered may be posted (in aggregated form to protect respondents' anonymity) on this site and/or The Kraken, the public Yahoo newsgroup/Russell Hoban Online Community.

This form is intended for those who attended the convention. If you did not attend but are interested in the Some-Poasyum and future Russell Hoban events, we would like to hear from you. Please click here to give us your thoughts.

THE SOME-POASYUM EVENT

Where did you first hear about the convention?

The Kraken The Head of Orpheus Bloomsbury SA4QE RW Annotations Google Yahoo Ask Jeeves Other search engine Word of mouth Newspaper article Someone's blog Another participant told me Other

Please briefly state the main reasons you attended the convention:

What was your favourite Some-Poasyum moment/experience?

What was your least favourite Some-Poasyum moment/experience?

Please rate your experience/opinion of the following:

Some-Poasyum organisation and planning

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Amount of notice given

Plenty Enough OK - could have been more Not enough

Advance promotion

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Dates

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Location

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Comments:

WELCOME PACKS

The Celebratory Booklet

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Badges/buttons

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Other welcome pack surprises

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Comments:

FORMAT

What was your opinion of the quality, choice, running order and time allocation of the various activities? (There is a separate question specifically about food and drink below.)

The Friend at Hand meeting

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Il Fornello group dinner

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

The Tour of Hoban's London

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

The Punch & Judy Show at Nomad Books

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Russell Hoban's appearance at Nomad Books

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

The Canterbury coach trip

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

The tour of Canterbury Cathedral

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Eli Bishop's Riddley Walker reading

Beautiful and moving Wonderful and inspiring Exquisite and atmospheric Just plain extraordinary Altogether too much Damn, I didn't go to Canterbury

The Troubadour group dinner

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Comments:

VENUES

Please rate the quality of the following as Some-Poasyum venues, taking into account atmosphere, location, facilities, accessibility etc (there is a separate question specifically about food and drink below):

The Friend at Hand

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Il Fornello

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Nomad Books

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Gaby's Deli

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

The Troubadour

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Comments:

ACCOMMODATION

Did you find the accommodation suggestions on the website helpful?

Yes No

If you attended a future Russell Hoban convention, would you prefer to stay in the same hotel as all the other participants?

Yes No

If so, what is the minimum level of accommodation you would consider?

Budget (hostel/dorms) Non-star-rated guesthouse/bed & breakfast 1-star hotel/guesthouse/b&b 2-star hotel 3-star hotel 4-star hotel 5-star hotel

Comments:

MERCHANDISE

Please rate the quality and value for money of the following:

Biting the wheel is not enough t-shirt

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Trust me with the idea of you t-shirt

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Riddley Walker cartoon mug

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Merchandise ordering/customer service/after-sales service

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Comments:

FOOD AND DRINK

Please rate the quality of the food and drink at the following:

The Friend at Hand

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Il Fornello

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Gaby's Deli (lunch stop on London tour)

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

The Troubadour

Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Very poor

Comments:

IN GENERAL

How has your feedback been to your friends, family and other Hoban fans about the Some-Poasyum?

All positive Mostly positive Mostly negative All negative

Please rate your experience of the following:

Enjoyment level

Through the roof High Middling Low I didn't enjoy myself at all

Value for money

Excellent Good Reasonable Poor Very poor

Wow! factor

Astronomical High Medium Low Non-existent

How could the organisers have improved the convention, or your experience of it?

THE FUTURE

Would you attend another Russell Hoban convention?

Definitely Depends on circumstances Unlikely

If so, what is the maximum price you would consider paying for a ticket? (GBP)

Less than £50 £50 £75 £100 More than £100

When do you think the next one should take place?

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

Which month(s) of the year would you most likely be able to take part? (Select multiple months by holding down CTRL when clicking)

January February March April May June July August September October November December

If you have any suggestions for the following, please enter them in the respective boxes:

Locations (not confined to London/UK!)

Venues

Activities

Themes

Any other general comments on the Russell Hoban Some-Poasyum:

ABOUT YOU

This demographic information is entirely voluntary and as with all data here will be submitted anonymously. It helps us to establish a picture of the participants and may be useful to organisers of future Russell Hoban conventions, especially if they decide to approach public funding bodies or corporate sponsors. They may not do this, and the information gathered will only be used for these reasons, if used at all.

Age

Under 20 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80+ Prefer not to say

Gender

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Education

GCSE A-level Graduate Postgraduate Doctorate Professional qualification No formal qualifications University of Life School of hard knocks Prefer not to say

Occupation

Accounting/finance Actor/performer Computer related (internet) Computer related (other) Consulting Customer service/support Eccentric millionaire Education/training Engineering Executive/senior management General administration/supervisory Government/military Health/social care Homemaker Manufacturing/production/operations Oracle Professional (medical/legal etc) Research & development Retired Sales/marketing/advertising Self-employed/owner Singer-songwriter Student Tradesman/craftsman Unemployed/between jobs Writer Other Prefer not to say

Are you a member of The Kraken?

Yes No Don't know Prefer not to say

Interests (apart from Russell Hoban)

That's it! Thank you very much for completing this questionnaire - the information gathered will be enormously appreciated. Should you wish to further discuss the Russell Hoban Some-Poasyum, please do so on The Kraken, the public Yahoo newsgroup/Russell Hoban Online Community. If you would like to feed back to us privately about this questionnaire, please email nexovollma @ hoban2005.co.uk