SURVEY CONCERNING THE SIXTY-EIGHTH SESSION OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL (EC-68)

SESSION DOCUMENTATION

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* 1. In which language did you read the documentation?

Arabic

Chinese

English

French

Russian

Spanish

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* 2. Is the above language your mother tongue?

yes

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* 3. You found the content of the documents to be:

clear and concise

at times difficult to understand

poor

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* 4. Did you like the new structure of the documents?

yes

If “no”, please state why, and feel free to use the comment box for additional comments:

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* 5. Have you found the background information in the Draft 1 documents useful/needed?

yes

If “ no”, please state why, and feel free to use the comment box for additional comments:

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* 6. Have you read posted INF documents?

yes

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* 7. If you responded “ no” to the question above, please state why, and feel free to use the comment box for additional comments:

there were too many INFs

I was not interested in all INFs and read only those that interested me

I would have preferred to read them in one of the other WMO official languages, but they were available only in English

Comments

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* 8. You found the overall language quality of the documents to be:

good

could be improved

poor

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* 9. If you responded “poor” to the question above, to help us remedy the problem in the future, please indicate the language version and the numbers or titles of documents in which you found errors.

CONFERENCE SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THIS SESSION

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* 10. Was your badge delivered quickly and efficiently?

quickly

after a bit of a wait

slowly

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* 11. You listened to the simultaneous interpretation in:

Arabic

Chinese

English

French

Russian

Spanish

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* 12. Is the above language your mother tongue?

yes

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* 13. Overall, you found the interpretation to be:

very good

average

not good

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* 14. If you responded “not good” to the question above, please indicate the session(s) (date, morning or afternoon session) and/or item(s) that were discussed when you found the interpretation to be unsatisfactory. This will help us to identify the problem and remedy it in the future.

SESSION MANAGEMENT

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* 15. You found that the presentation of the documents by the Chairperson of the session was:

very efficient

could be improved

not good

Comments

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* 16. You found that this year new management of the session:

contributed to faster processing of documents

left more time for substantive discussions

did not bring any benefits

should be pursued and improved at the next session

should be adopted for all CB sessions

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* 17. You found the e-Agenda (Google calendar with the title and time of each agenda item) to be:

convenient

difficult to use

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* 18. You found access to the session documents via the session website (http://ec-68.wmo.int) to be:

convenient

difficult

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* 19. Do you think that all documents approved at this session were necessary?

yes

If “No”, do you think that some should have been postponed to the next session?
Please comment.

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* 20. To what extent do you think that the session could be shortened in the future?

SUGGESTIONS

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* 1. In which language did you read the documentation?

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* 2. Is the above language your mother tongue?

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* 3. You found the content of the documents to be:

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* 4. Did you like the new structure of the documents?

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* 5. Have you found the background information in the Draft 1 documents useful/needed?

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* 6. Have you read posted INF documents?

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* 7. If you responded “ no” to the question above, please state why, and feel free to use the comment box for additional comments:

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* 8. You found the overall language quality of the documents to be:

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* 9. If you responded “poor” to the question above, to help us remedy the problem in the future, please indicate the language version and the numbers or titles of documents in which you found errors.

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* 10. Was your badge delivered quickly and efficiently?

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* 11. You listened to the simultaneous interpretation in:

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* 12. Is the above language your mother tongue?

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* 13. Overall, you found the interpretation to be:

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* 14. If you responded “not good” to the question above, please indicate the session(s) (date, morning or afternoon session) and/or item(s) that were discussed when you found the interpretation to be unsatisfactory. This will help us to identify the problem and remedy it in the future.

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* 15. You found that the presentation of the documents by the Chairperson of the session was:

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* 16. You found that this year new management of the session:

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* 17. You found the e-Agenda (Google calendar with the title and time of each agenda item) to be:

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* 18. You found access to the session documents via the session website (http://ec-68.wmo.int) to be:

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* 19. Do you think that all documents approved at this session were necessary?

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* 20. To what extent do you think that the session could be shortened in the future?

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* 21. If you have specific suggestions or ideas for improvement of any of the organizational aspects of future sessions, please share them with us.