Discussion

We would like to investigate the interest visitors of this web site might have in participating in a public web-based discussion on Choice Engineering related issues. So far, prerequisites for one to one and one to many communication have been established via addresses listed here and the News and CEOB sections. As some of us may have experienced already, web-based discussion boards can be pretty cumbersome, as subtopics proliferate and chronology of postings often is the only additional criteria for arranging messages. Hence, designing such a discussion section should be done considerately.

You are welcome get involved in formulating demands. Please tell us your opinion! To get an overall impression of the general attitude toward discussion boards and the field Choice Engineering, there are some check-box questions to start with. Following, there is as much room as you need to give us your opinion. In case you prefer to use your Email editor for writing your comments, you can send that portion of the questionnaire separately to discussion@ceci.com. In turn, if you like to, updates on the state of the opinion pool will be sent to your mailbox until a format and a technical solution materializes, which lives up to our expectations. Thank you for your input!

ceci Discussion Board Survey
- please tick one circle at each question and type in answers where necessary -

Theme
Do you think Choice Engineering is a broad enough platform to be detailed into fruitful discussion topics?

agree

disagree

If you rather disagree, please name areas you consider
important which seem not to fit under Choice Engineering.

Collaboration
Choice Engineering is meant to carry a strong application oriented notion. Is it important to you, seen from your area of expertise, to maintain close links betwen practitioners and researchers?

not at all

indispensable

Web Base
Does a web-based discussion forum have significant potential to intensify and speed up knowledge transfer among researches and between research and practice?

very low

very high

Modi
Would you be interested in exchanging views and opinions rather ad hoc or prepared, e.g., based on a draft posted here for reading?

ad hoc

prepared

Time
How often and for how long would you spend time in such discussion area?

Frequency	< 1	1 - 3	3 - 5	5 - 10	> 10	times a month

Duration	< ¹/₄	¹/₄ - ¹/₂	¹/₂ - 1	1 - 2	> 2	hours each time

Web Acceptance
Does a web-based discussion forum attract practitioners and researchers to the same extend?

more practitioners

more researchers

If you doubt equal attractiveness to both groups,
please specify reasons that may cause differences.

Your Comments
Finally, please add any additional remark that you want us to pay attention to.

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