Questionnaire To the Members of EEGS
Fall 2003, Version 1.1

EEGS, the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society, was created to expand awareness of the use of geophysics in the professional community to solve problems related to engineering and the environment.

To accomplish this objective, we employ a variety of tools including our annual meeting, SAGEEP; the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, JEEG; our newsletter Fast Times; and regular emails from our president and our web site at www.eegs.org.  It is important to ensure that these tools are working productively and with this in mind we are asking you to fill in the following questionnaire.

Questionnaires are always a nuisance, and are usually thrown into the nearest circular file. Please do not do that! We need your answers to improve. Please take time to answer the questions carefully (most simply require a yes/no answer, or circle), and be sure to add any additional comments that you have.

First Name:
Last Name:

Email Address:

Company/Institution:
Address:
Address:
City:            State:
Country:           Zip/PC:

Telephone No: 
Fax No:           

A. About You.

1. How would you classify your association with the geophysical industry:

Geophysical Contractor Government Agency Consultant Research/Academic User of geophysical services Student Equipment Manufacturer Other:

2. How would you classify your general interests or professional focus?

Archaeology Engineering Environmental Geotechnical Infrastructure Ground water Treasure   Hazardous waste Mining Oil and Gas UXO Other:

3. What areas of geophysics are you involved in professionally?

Borehole logging Electrical methods Electromagnetics Ground Penetrating Radar Gravity Magnetics Seismic Other :

4. What is your level of education? (pick one)

High school Technical school Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctorate

5. To what other societies do you belong (please check all that apply)?

AEG AEG (India) AGU ASCE AWWA EAGE/NSGD EEGR Geo Institute GSA MGLS NGWA NSG SEG (U.S.) SEG (Japan) SEG (China) SEG (Korea) SEG (Taiwan) SSA SPWA Other:

 B. SAGEEP

6. Do you attend SAGEEP regularly   occasionally     never   ?

     a. If the answer was occasionally or never, please check the ones that apply :

Are you generally too busy? Do you find the meetings uninteresting?        Too technical?         Not technical enough? How many conferences will your budget allow you to attend each year: Are the costs of attending too high? Does your employer object to the costs, or you taking the time off? Are the meeting locations inconvenient? Do you not know enough about SAGEEP to decide? Other reasons (please specify)

     b. If the answer is "regularly", where would you like to see improvement? Check the ones that apply:

Quality of the papers presented? Quality of the workshops? Quality of the exhibitor's workshops? Equipment exhibits? Social events (opportunities to meet colleagues, customers)? Other:

7. Would you like to see papers on business subjects, such as management skills, economics, running small businesses etc?

Management skills Economics Running small businesses Other:

8. Which aspects of SAGEEP are most important to you?

Very Important Important Not Important Technical Papers       Technical Workshops and short courses       Manufacturer's Workshops       Outdoor Demonstrations       Viewing exhibits and talking to exhibitors       Interaction with colleagues and customers       Location       Other comments:

9. Do you think that SAGEEP should design and offer accredited training courses in
various branches of shallow geophysics? Yes   No

           If so, in which areas?

10. Each year the results of the meeting are presented in the Proceedings

 Do you use the Proceedings: Regularly               Occasionally          Never?

11. What improvements would you like to see in the proceedings?

C. Publications

12. Do you read the Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (JEEG)?  Yes       No

13. What is your opinion of the technical level and relevance of the articles in JEEG?

Too Technical OK as is Not technical enough Relevant to my work   Irrelevant to my work

14. What features would you like to see added to JEEG?

15. Are you interested in receiving JEEG on line in electronic format?   Yes            No

16. Would you like JEEG on-line in electronic format INSTEAD of a paper copy?    Yes         No

17. Would you be willing to pay slightly more to receive a paper copy? Yes           No

18. Do you have any comments about the advertising in JEEG?       

19. We are considering putting a low-cost classified/business card section in JEEG.
 Would you advertise in this section?    Yes           No

20. What is your opinion of the technical level and relevance of the articles in Fast Times (FT)?

Too Technical Ok as is Not technical enough Relevant to my work   Irrelevant to my work

21. What features would you like to see added to FT?

22. Would you like Fast Times on-line in electronic format INSTEAD of a paper copy? Yes         No

23. Would you be willing to pay slightly more to receive a paper copy? Yes   No

24. We are considering putting a low-cost classified/business card section in Fast Times.
Would you advertise in this section? Yes       No

25. What other journals, publication, or newsletters do you read reasonably regularly?

EOS First Break Geophysical Prospecting Leading Edge Geophysics Ground Water Monitoring Review NSG NewsLetter EAGE/NSGD Journal Other:

26. What journals do you publish in regularly?

27. EEGS is hoping to produce a series of volumes, each containing a collection of the best application papers select from the Proceedings over the past several years. ( probably all relevant papers from Proceedings)

   Check the ones that you have interest in:

Geotechnical applications   Groundwater contamination   Groundwater exploration   Mining   Environmental applications   Non-Destructive Testing   Shallow oil and gas applications   UXO detection   UST detection   Geological mapping with geophysics   Engineering Applications

28. We could also produce a similar series of volumes, but this time focusing more on the different geophysical techniques (please check ones that apply):

                                      

Seismic Reflection   Seismic Refraction   Seismic Surface Waves   Electrical Methods (resistivity, IP, SP, MT)   Electrical Tomography   Electromagnetic Methods   Ground Penetrating Radar   Marine Geophysics   Airborne Geophysics   Borehole Logging   Software   Other

                   

D. Helping EEGS Work Better

29. Many members of EEGS are also members of the Near Surface Geophysics Section of the SEG. Although EEGS has SAGEEP and the journal JEEG, the two groups have some duplication. Should EEGS and NSG look for ways to minimize overlap between the two organizations, or to have a tighter affiliation?

                        

Agree   Disagree   No Opinion

30. EEGS is always on the lookout for members of our organization who would be willing to act on the Board of Directors, or stand for election as an officer. Would you agree to offer your services in either role (if so, be sure that we have your name on this form)? Yes       No

31. The smooth functioning of the EEGS organization and the SAGEEP conference relies heavily on the efforts and expertise of our committees and volunteers. The committees are currently as follows. Can you please select any committee that you are interested in contributing some time to?

Awards and Nominations Committee   Corporate Affairs Committee   Government Affairs   Internet   Membership   Outreach to Other Groups and Societies   Publications   Research   Student

32. Putting together the Journal of Environmental Geophysics (JEEG) and Fast Times is challenging and rewarding. Can you help out with:

Fast Times Newsletter   Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics

33. Please give us your further comments below on any of the subjects raised above:

Further_Comments:

Thank your for your help!

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