A while ago, we distributed a survey to folks who identify as a member of the Rose City Riveters. Our primary goal with this survey was to understand the perspective and goals of our membership.
The survey looked three main aspects of membership:
- What the Riveters mean to our members
- Inclusion and belonging
- Future goals and organizational growth
Survey Results Summary
We had 134 individuals respond to provide their voice. There were several themes that emerged after reviewing the data including
- Gameday atmosphere, player support, and creating a truly inclusive community were the top three aspects of Riveters culture that members said most important to them
- Members have attempted to get more involved with the Riveters, but have felt their efforts were rebuffed or not welcomed
- Members identified several ways to be more inclusive and welcoming to new members including:
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- Improving outreach efforts to increase awareness of the opportunity and how to get involved
- Improving how folks are engaged once they do attempt to get involved
- Riveters leaders actively welcoming and engaging folks who attempt to get more involved
- Members have a wide variety of preferences regarding how they want to be involved with the Riveters spanning activities including: attending games to painting tifo to attending Riveters steering committee meetings to generating new ideas for member events
We plan to use what we learned to inform how we work going forward to create engaging events, welcome new members to get engaged, and encourage more folks to help build and improve our group. We’ve already got some events in the works to try to be more open and engaging. Going forward, we will also likely have more surveys to both gauge progress and explore new areas of concern. It’s a new era for our club, and we’re excited for all the possibilities that entails with regards both to FO changes and supporter engagement.
Survey Question Deep Dive
Here are the highlights of what we heard based on the following questions
Survey Question
What aspects of Riveters culture and activities are important to you?
Survey Question
What are five words you want to be able to use to describe the Rose City Riveters in 3 years?
Survey Question
What do you think needs to be done to build a larger, more involved group of individuals who work to fulfill our mission?
Survey Question
In what ways would you like to be involved/included in this work and how can we make that happen?
