At opportune times during the year, we conduct surveys with you to keep us informed and connected to the collective ideas of this membership body. Surveys are just one of the many tools that we and the CFA Board employ to best prepare and steer our decisions for events and programs as well as identifying the risks and pressures of the industry at large.

If you were one of the 67 members responding to our August 2012 survey on thoughts for our Summer Convention we want to thank you, on behalf of the CFA Board and Meetings Committee, for your diligence. Although these surveys are designed to be very mindful of your time as perhaps your most precious resource, we know they still take considerable effort to focus and complete even the briefest of questionnaires. Marketing experts will share that a target of 10% is to be considered as success when it comes to surveys and a reliable representation of the body you are researching. You can perhaps understand then our appreciation that nearly 40% of our membership responded to this survey, indicative of the energy and the interest written about already in this edition of Concrete Facts (What A Summer!, see page 9.

The following information consists of a summary for the majority of that survey. Whether you responded or not, you certainly can find yourself in the represented data and will be a bit more informed as you begin to see information for our developing efforts.

Q: Have you attended a CFA summer meeting in the past 18 years? 

Q: Which venues/locations did you attend? 

A) Grand Traverse Resort, Michigan (2012)

B) Wintergreen, Virginia (2011)

C) Chalet on the Lake, Branson, Missouri (2010)

D) Amelia Island Plantation, Florida (2009)

E) Hyatt Tamaya, New Mexico (2008)

F) Stoweflake, Stowe, Vermont (2007)

G) Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells (2006)

H) San Francisco, California (2005)

I) Breckenridge, Colorado (2004)

J) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (2003)

K) Mount Hood, Oregon (2002)

L) Niagara Falls, Ontario (2001)

M) Ozarks, Missouri (2000)

N) Durango, Colorado (1999)

O) Williamsburg, Virginia (1998)

P) Egg Harbor, Wisconsin (1997)

Q) Breckenridge, Colorado (1996)

R) Portland, Maine (1995)

S) Springfield, Missouri (1994)

Q: When attending I travel… 

By myself……………………………………………………….16.7%

With a Spouse…………………………………………………42.7%

With a family member in the business………………..17.7%

With other family members………………………………22.9%

Q: Which venues/locations would you consider returning to 

in the future? 

A) Grand Traverse Resort, Michigan (2012)

B) Wintergreen, Virginia (2011)

C) Chalet on the Lake, Branson, Missouri (2010)

D) Amelia Island Plantation, Florida (2009)

E) Hyatt Tamaya, New Mexico (2008)

F) Stoweflake, Stowe, Vermont (2007)

G) Kalahari Resort, Wisconsin Dells (2006)

H) San Francisco, California (2005)

I) Breckenridge, Colorado (2004)

J) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (2003)

K) Mount Hood, Oregon (2002)

L) Niagara Falls, Ontario (2001)

M) Ozarks, Missouri (2000)

N) Durango, Colorado (1999)

O) Williamsburg, Virginia (1998)

P) Egg Harbor, Wisconsin (1997)

Q) Breckenridge, Colorado (1996)

R) Portland, Maine (1995)

S) Springfield, Missouri (1994)

Q: What region in North America would you prefer to visit during Convention? 

A) Atlantic Canada

B) Central Canada

C) Canadian Rockies

D) Western Canada

E) Upper Midwest U.S.

F) Northeastern U.S.

G) Southeastern U.S.

H) Rocky Mountains U.S.

I) Southwestern U.S.

J) Northwestern U.S.

K) Midwest U.S

Q: What type of education focus should be on that 3rd day? 

Concrete Slabs on Ground…………………….. 19.6%

Concrete Housing………………………………… 28.3%

Concrete Delivery Safety……………………….. 15.2%

Fall Protection Training…………………………. 19.6%

Other…………………………………………………. 17.4%

Note: Other topics included risk management; no specific topic but rather more discussion sessions for speaker topics; ICF construction; waterproofing; and running your businesses.

Q: What time of the year is best for you to consider attending? 

A) Summer (Mid-July to Mid-August)

B) Winter (February/March)

C) Spring

D) Fall

Q: We added a 3rd or extra day of education to 2012 Convention. In general do you like this idea? 

Q: Does ability to drive to Convention influence your decision to attend? 

These were the primary questions of interest on this survey. If you have thoughts that perhaps did not get registered with our survey, please send them to Ed Sauter, CFA Executive Director at esauter@cfawalls. org. If you would like to take the survey in full, please contact us and we will get the link to you. We always enjoy listening to your thoughts and opinions about how to increase the relevance and value to you of our programs and events.