2011 Survey Results

ORGANIC                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
DAIRY
&
PASTORAL
GROUP


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          


MEMBERS
SURVEY
RESULTS

MAY / JUNE 2011


VALUES  :-  “Grow as a united and supportive group sharing ideas and
information to actively promote the vision of sustainable agriculture whilst
nurturing our environment.”

1/  These values accurately reflect the aims and aspirations of the ODPG.


                  


VISION   :-   “That the ODPG be a source of sustainable and biological pastoral
farming information and at the same time promote organic produce as a premium p
roduct in both quality and price.”

2/  The current activities of the ODPG are in line with achieving this vision.


                 



3/   HAVE YOU VISITED THE WEBSITE ?


                



4/   WERE THE RESOURCES USEFUL ?


                 


5/   HAVE YOU VISITED YAHOO HOMEPAGE ?


                


6/   WERE THE RESOURCES USEFUL ?


                 


7/   The ODPG should remain a member of OANZ.


                

8/   The ODPG should pass $30 of its membership fees to OANZ


                 


9/   The ODPG should develop its website to be a comprehensive resource.


                 


10/   The ODPG should hold public fielddays to attract interested farmers.


                 

11/   The ODPG should fund discussion groups for existing organic farmers.


                 


12/   The ODPG should arrange for “Experts” to speak in regions across the country.


                 


13/   The ODPG should partner with other organisations to deliver information.


                 


CONCLUSIONS :-
Clear mandate from members :-
• Values accurately reflect aims of the ODPG.
• Vision appears to be out of date and needs rewriting.
• Website is gaining momentum, especially in recent times.
• Yahoo homepage is neither utilised nor found to be useful.
• Clear mandate to remain OANZ member but few visual outcomes.
• Contribution to OANZ accepted but level may be too high.
• Very strong mandate to continue website development.
• ODPG needs help to attract interested farmers.
• ODPG funded discussion groups :- the statistics do not quite tally with the comments.
• Guest speakers yes but big surge against non-farming ‘experts’.
• Noticeable trend for members wanting interaction with other groups.

Disclaimer :- The Secretary of the ODPG has done a simple collation
of the survey results. The conclusions above are easily arrived at and
are not the result of personal opinion. Any further findings are to be
discussed at Executive level.