1. What is the nature of the work you do at this time, from a technology standpoint?

2. What is the nature of the work (from a technology standpoint) you’d like to do, if different?

3. What percent of your working hours do you spend in work that could generally be defined as high-tech? (non-paper, non-linear) [check one]

81-100% 61-80% 41-60 % 21-40% 0-20%

4. On a scale of 1-5 (1=highest), how would you rate your own knowledge of and fluency with technology relevant to your professional field?[check one]

1 highest 2 high 3 average 4 low 5 lowest

5. What were your reasons for joining the ET SIG?—what did you hope being a member would accomplish for you?

6. What software-hardware environment do you work in? [check all that apply]

Standalone Networked Mainframe PC Mac Unix
Other:

7. What kind of connection(s) to the Internet do you have? [check all that apply]

Dial-up modem DSL modem Cable or satellite modem Network-ISDN connection
Other:

8. What type of organization(s) do you work for? [check all that apply]

Local National International For-profit Not-for-profit Government Military
Self-employed Other:

9. What specific areas of emerging technology do you feel well-versed in?

10. What specific areas of emerging technology would you like to become better-versed in?

11. On the Emerging Technologies website, what types of items would you benefit from inspecting? [check all that apply—add items if necessary]

Briefs on the latest breaking technology news

Links to relevant “technology news” sites

Links to professional organizations for specific kinds of technology

Links to practitioners of that technology

FAQs about the technology

Short, encyclopedic descriptions of the technology

Archives of insightful discussion threads on the technology

How-to articles about how to break in to a new technology

Insights on technology from fellow ET-SIG members

Other types of items:

12. Anything else you'd like us to know about the Emerging Technologies SIG?

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