The Austin Area Multimedia Alliance (AAMA) needs your help in identifying priorities for our future. Please take a moment to fill out the following questionnaire so that we may better serve you and the Austin multimedia community.
AAMA is an umbrella organization of professional groups, companies, and individuals involved in multimedia design, development, and marketing. In our second year, we are looking forward to providing services that mean the most to you.
Thank you for your time. Return this questionnaire by email to AAMA (aama@gomedia.com), or by snail mail (AAMA c/o Go Media 1711 S. Congress, 3rd floor, Austin, 78704) or FAX (Attn: AAMA 512-326-8309).
Please distribute this questionnaire to others in the multimedia community.
Return questionnaire no later than JANUARY 22.
1. What do you want from AAMA?
*Distribute* 15 points among the following choices giving the most points
to activities you feel are most important. Note that this is not a simple
ranking.
___ Access to freelance talent (eg, programmers, artists, videographers,
project managers, etc.)
___ Information about companies that are doing MM work in Austin area
___ Legislative support for building infrastructure
___ Help promote the Austin MM industry locally, nationally, int'lly
___ Assistance in developing distribution channels
___ Access to training resources
___ Support for public access/testing/demo facilities
___ Encouraging the Austin arts community to become digital
___ Other (please specify)
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15 TOTAL
2. *Distribute* 5 points among the following choices giving the most
points to activities you feel are most important.
The AAMA should promote the Austin Multimedia Community:
___ Regionally
___ Nationally
___ Globally
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5 TOTAL
3. *Distribute* 5 points among the following choices giving the most points
to activities you feel are most important.
___ Producing a directory of multimedia resources
___ Hosting gatherings for people in the MM industry
___ Supporting community service projects
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5 TOTAL
4. *Distribute* 5 points among the following choices giving the most
points to activities you feel are most important.
If AAMA were to produce a directory of multimedia resources in Austin,
it should publish it:
___ On the web
___ On CD
___ In print
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5 TOTAL
5. AAMA should produce a directory of multimedia resources in the Austin Area:
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
6. I would attend a gathering of people in the MM industry....
Twice a year. Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Quarterly. Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
Monthly. Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
7. The AAMA should participate in the political process including lobbying
on issues which affect the multimedia community.
Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree
8. Should the AAMA be actively involved in developing multimedia
training programs?
___ Yes ___ No
If yes, then for which group should training programs be developed
first? (Pick only one):
The local arts community
Local multimedia businesses
9. Is there anything you'd like to see from AAMA that's not included in
this survey?
10. May we followup with another survey later in 1996? ____ Yes ____ No
11. Please tell us about yourself. This information is confidential and
will not be given out for any mailing list or promotional reason.
Name: _________________________ Company: _____________________
Title: _________________________
Briefly describe what your company does: ________________________
_________________________________________________________________
Number of employees in company:
___ less than 5 ___ 5-20 ___ 21-100 ___ 101-500 ___ more than 500
[This part is optional]
email: ____________________________________________
voice: ___________________ fax: ___________________
USPO mail address: _________________________________________________