Survey results

You may remember there were a couple of surveys run in the Spring newsletter. The results are shown below.

On the right you’ll see the survey for this newsletter is how much money you think you’ve saved with your HRAA membership card. Most discounts are probably obtained by members when they’re shopping at Huntingdon Garden & Leisure. So how much do you think you’ve saved this year so far?

Do you have an idea for a survey for the Winter issue of the newsletter? Why not add a comment about it?

What did you think of the new format?

From the fact that this latest newsletter is also in the new format you’ll guess the responses were pretty positive. Of those who responded, 95% liked the new format and 5% weren’t bothered either way. So we’ll be running future newsletters as a web site until members say otherwise.

Doing the newsletter this way gives us lots of possibilities. You may be surprised, for example, to know exactly how many times the Spring newsletter was read. A total of 129 times in fact, and it’s still being read… 3 times this week. It looks like HRAA members are still reading the newsletter, probably some of our new members. But many are not HRAA members and find the newsletter via a search engine, the HRAA web site or from an allotment forum, with the most far flung reader being from Hawaii.

One of the possibilities opened up by the new format is that readers can comment on any page. Just go to the bottom of a page, click ‘comments’ and add your text. Doing this can set up a discussion, since other readers can see your comments and may add their own.

Oh, by the way, if you would prefer to print any of the newsletter pages to read just click the Print Friendly button at the foot of any article… you can even print without images to save on your printer cartridges!

How much does your plot save you per year?

Well, at least HRAA members are honest about why they till their plot. In most cases it appears it’s definitely not to save money! Of those who responded to the survey, 72% said their net saving was less than £100. Maybe the survey should have included an option of whether it actually COST money to have an allotment!

Another 28% thought they saved between £301 and £500. Sounds like many of us have a lot to learn from those members… would one of you lucky few volunteer to write an article for the Winter newsletter about your success?