Submitted by Belle Auld for the Education Committee
The Education Committee organized and hosted two Potential Member Orientations in November. We did the orientations a new way this time – thanks to Patrick Nicholson for the idea. Instead of people sitting in a large group and listening to us talk, we had people circulate, round table style, to sit and listen to representatives from the different Sunnyhill committees talk about the Co-op and their committees.
This worked well. Twenty people filled out evaluation forms and the response was great: everyone who answered the evaluation said they found the orientation helpful. We asked several other questions and had people rate the orientation on a scale of 1 – 10 (ten being the best).
The information available – all responses were between 8 – 10. Fourteen people rated the orientation at 10 – the best.
The way the information was presented – all responses were between 8 – 10. Thirteen people rated the orientation at 10.
Comments included:
“I like the format you’ve chosen – personable, easy to ask questions, tailored, etc.”
“Rotation of table for different topics is a great way to meet the different committees and have some closer (one-on-one) kind of interaction and have our questions answered”
“Subgroup presentation was helpful, informative”
Thanks to the following committee members for representing Sunnyhill so well: JP, Mark, Phil, Jane, Janice, David, Bob, Pam, Buzz, Marzena and of course Andrea. (Apologies if I have missed anyone…)