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The AAMA Survey


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)
____________________________________________________________________
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
    ____________________________________________________________________
    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
    ____________________________________________________________________
    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
    ____________________________________________________________________
    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: _________________________________________________


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