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This is the agenda for the CSLI Advisory Board meeting on February 11, 2010. The meeting includes committee reports, review of ongoing activities, discussion of survey results, and other business.
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CSLI Advisory BoardFeb. 11, 2010 Agenda Call to order Committee reports Review of ongoing activities Review/discuss Fall 2009 survey Review/discuss proposed Spring 2010 Survey Any other new/old business Adjournment Center for the Study of Local Issues Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21012-1895 http:www2.aacc.edu/csli ddnataf@aacc.edu 410.777.2733
CSLI Recent Activities Current Client Projects 1. Housing Commission of Anne Arundel County – ongoing for 2010 • Client: Provides housing for low income families and seniors in eight communities • Type of survey: Resident satisfaction and facility condition – used for planning, oversight and HUD accreditation purposes • Methodology: Self-administered at each community. Residents fill them out at the time of contract renewal, producing a quarterly stream of completed surveys for CSLI to use for data entry and report generation. • N=Varies by community • Current status:Waiting for next quarter’s questionnaires. • Income generated: Overall $5100, retained for CSLI operations: $5100. • Students employed:0-1
CSLI Recent Activities Current Student-related Activities 1. CSLI student interns • Spring 2009: One student • Hours: vary depending on projects and needs of the moment but goal is to average five hours per week per intern • Duties: range from data entry, student supervision, telephone interviewing and light report editing. • Facebook presence • Created jointly by CSLI director and student intern • See CSLIAACC on Facebook – become a friend 2. Legislative Interns – Maryland General Assembly
CSLI Recent Activities Current Student-related Activities 3. CSLI student club • Inception: 2006 – designated an official student club. • Organizational structure:Officers include president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, elected at beginning of fall semester. • Budget: Varies annual – obtained for 2009-10: $1470 from student association. • 2009-10 Activities: Brown bag lunches with candidates for 2010 state and local elections, other field trips.
CSLI Recent Activities Recent Public Outreach • Radio: WNAV – director was interviewed about CSLI fall research findings. • Television: Comcast Local Edition – director discussed CSLI fall research findings. • Presentations: Director made presentations to Leadership Anne Arundel, 33rd District Democratic Club, Elephants Club, Civitan Club, Almost 7:30 Dem Club. • CSLI Web site: Posted all new presentations and updates to searchable database (see http://www2.aacc.edu/csli).
CSLI Semi-annual Survey Semi-annual Survey and Web Panel Web panel: We have accumulated a total of around 575 possibly valid email addresses. • About 1/3 of respondents accept request to give email addresses. • Need more student and faculty input to designing online surveys
CSLI Semi-annual Survey Semi-annual Survey – Overview of Fall 2009 Results
How would you rate economic conditions in… excellent, good, only fair or poor? The economy…rate economic conditions
How would you rate economic conditions by “does X condition apply” - % saying excellent or good The economy…rate economic conditions Anne Arundel County
Perceptions of 2020: Health Care by Ideology and Party Health Care Quality/Access
Problems facing federal government: What concerns you the most by party
Budget Issues: Are Cuts “about right,” “too big” or “too small”
% saying “support” Budget Issues: Party and Ideology % saying “about right” O’Malley’s job balancing budget Good=13%; Okay=42%; Poor=38%
National Issues: Presidential job approval Obama Bush