Hi everyone, well I must admit it was a bit of a surprise to me that there was no clear rise in the number of participants that last census after bennies newsletter.
Perhaps there are more then the 40-50 regular participants. This gets obvious if one reads through the old files. When doing some evaluation for the graphs, i realized that actually quite frequently specific people are only participating about every other census. If these persons usually report a large stock, this gets obvious since the total amount of reported animals is strongly fluctuating.
Regarding the options for other ways to make the people participate i thounght about that:
Why dont we create an easier way to participate. I’ve been thinking about something like a doodle file… maybe an excell file or something of thet kind that everybody would be able to fill in their stock and comments. Maybe for some it is more comfortable to click on one single link then fill in whatever is needed and finally having it done. For the mail, sometimes it might not be clear what they have to write althoukh bennie explains it verry well in his emails. Also, such a form might make it easier for bennie to evaluate…
Greetings rafael