This week I wanted to share with you the results from the Chamber survey we asked members to complete last month and to announce the winners of our two raffles. Those who responded by the first deadline were entered in a raffle to win an eBiz 2009 ticket.
The winner is Charles Pappas of Arlington Swifty Printing. Those who responded after a reminder email were entered in a raffle to win tickets to the upcoming eBiz tutorial series. The winner is Linda Varone of Nurturing Spaces.
According to Constant Contact, a good survey response rate generally falls between 10-20%, with the higher end for those surveys sent to respondents that have a relationship with the organization sending the survey (e.g. members responding to a survey sent out by the Arlington Chamber). We were right in line with our 17% response rate.
Using the results, I created graphs and summarized the feedback to questions 1-8. Click here to find out how respondents ranked the Chamber. In the next newsletter on June 30, I will share the results from the two open-ended questions in which we asked members how we could improve th emembership experience and what burning question or issue they'd like to see us address.
SBA's ARC loan program
This morning the Chamber held an informational presentation about the new ARC loans being made available by the federal government via the SBA. Anne Rice Hunt from the SBA Boston office gave attendees an overview of the program and answered questions about the qualifications required. Marty Kress and Seymour Sallett from SCORE were also here to answer questions too. On Thursday morning a SCORE counselor will be back in Arlington to meet with interested business owners for 15-minute mini-sessions to help them prepare for the application process which opens on June 15. Interested attendees made appointments today; however, if you are interested in scheduling your own mini-session to discuss this loan program, call the Chamber at 781.643.4600 to make an appointment on a first come first serve basis. The appointments will take place at the Chamber's office rather than at the Robbins Library.
