CSLI Advisory Board Feb. 13, 2014

1. CSLI Advisory BoardFeb. 13, 2014 Agenda Call to order Survey Committee report Review of ongoing activities Review/discuss Fall 2013 survey Review/discuss proposed Spring 2014 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

2. CSLI Active Client Projects: Ongoing Coordinating Center • Client: Non-profit; helps coordinate health care services for severely ill patients • Type of survey: Client satisfaction • Methodology: Coordinating Center sends out questionnaire; CSLI receives returned completed surveys. Students call subset of client list to verify receipt and return of surveys; second wave mailed to those needing another copy. • N= Up to 2500 – typical completions: 750-800 • Current status:Renewed for 2014 - ongoing • Income generated: $2860 • Students employed:2-3

3. CSLI Active Client Projects Sarbanes Center – Partners-in-care, Inc. Survey • Client: Partners-in-Care as Sarbanes Center’s “Partner of the Year” Project • Type of survey: Online – focus on “future of aging” • Methodology: Survey Monkey online survey – sample drawn from CSLI Web panel and/or Partners-in-Care internal member database. • N= 321 • Current status: Completed • Income generated: 0 • Students employed:(some students were involved with brainstorming topics and questions prior to the formulation of the questionnaire)

4. CSLI Active Client Projects Queen Anne’s County – Survey of Residents with Failing Septic Systems • Client: Queen Anne’s County • Type of survey: Mailed (primarily) • Methodology: Cover letter sent by county, CSLI sends mailed questionnaire, creates online option, sends tickler • N= 390 respondents (1523 surveys mailed) • Current status:Survey completed, presentation to county commissioners Feb. 25 • Income generated: $5750 • Students employed: Monitoring of progress

5. CSLI Active Client Projects Ratcliffe Scholarship – Survey of Recipients • Client: Ratcliffe Scholarship Program • Type of survey: Online • Methodology: Two online surveys – new recipients, past recipients • N= 50+ possible respondents • Current status:New recipient survey in-progress; past recipient survey in late spring • Income generated: $2500 • Students employed: Monitoring of progress

6. CSLI Recent Student-related Activities 1. CSLI student interns • Fall 2013: 1 • 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, survey design, student supervision, and telephone interviewing. Usually active in club activities.

7. CSLI Recent Student-related Activities 2. 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. CSLI interns usually chosen as club president/vice president • Budget: Varies yearly–2012-13: $800 from student association. • 2013-14 Activities: Various field trips • Annapolis • Baltimore Council of Foreign Affairs • Events with major candidates – 2/7 (Doug Gansler)

8. CSLI Recent Activities-Public Outreach • . • CSLI Web site: Posted all new presentations and updates to searchable database (see http://www2.aacc.edu/csli). • Candidate forums: Co-sponsoring a county executive pre-primary candidate forum with Greater Severna Park and Arnold Chamber of Commerce (and others) on May 15 at Pascal Center. Investigating role with Republican Central Committee for a Republican only pre-primary candidate forum. • Public presentations: Almost 7:30 Democratic Club (11-1-13); Sunrise Seniors (4-18-14 • Newspaper citations: Various articles in Capital, Baltimore Sun and Washington Post about Leopold conviction appeal, Newman election bid, mayoral race in Annapolis, campaign donations, Grasso as council chairman • Capital Newspaper: Spring 2014 pilot new relationship with Capital-Gazette newspaper – integrated into survey design phase with the expectation of running stories mentioning survey results.

9. CSLI Semi-Web Panel Semi-annual Survey and Web Panel Web panel: We have accumulated a total of around 1450 possibly valid email addresses. • About 40+ percent of respondents accept request to give email addresses. • Response rate typically between 10-20%. • Used with Partners-in-Care project. • Survey committee discussed possible use to test new areas of inquiry or question wording.

10. Semi-annual Survey – Overview of Fall 2014 Results

11. Right/Wrong Direction: Spring 1999 to Spring 2013

12. Right/Wrong Direction –County, State, Nation

13. Right/Wrong Direction –County, State, Nation by Party Registration

14. Economy continues drop as problem in October 2013 Most Important Problem: Fall 2006 to Spring 2013

15. Obama Vote by Right/Wrong Direction: County, State and USA

16. Most Important Problem: Fall 2007 to Fall 2013

17. Perceptions of the Economy: County, State, Federal

18. Cost of living indicators

19. Other economic indicators

20. Is there a relationship between income and economic conditions?Values are percentages over or below mean p<.05

21. Is there a relationship between income and economic conditions?Values are percentages over or below mean p<.05

22. Economic Conditions over the next 12 Months

23. Is there a relationship between income and economic conditions?Values are percent “worse” minus percent “Better” Personal finances and unemployment p=.06

24. Sequestration and Shutdown

25. Sequestration and Shutdown

26. County Infrastructure Priorities: High, Medium, Low

27. County Problems – Better, Same, Worse over Last Year

28. Mental Health Services16% with experience (22% students)

29. Job Approval: Congress

30. Presidential job approvalFall 2007 to Fall 2013

31. Trust in Political PartiesSpring 2008-Fall 2013

32. End of slideshow • Go to draft spring 2014 questionnaire