2014-08-19 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda - Pages 102-155

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                  19 AUGUST 2014


Assessment of the of the Program

A review of the program has been undertaken to gain an appreciation of the coverage of the
program and its success. In the process of the review a survey of participants was conducted
and website data analysed.

Method                    Description

Survey 2014               A short survey was sent out to a representative sample of LS members in
                          April 2014

Website hits              The number of hits on the LS website was determined Approx. 4,361 per
                          month Jan-May 2014
                          Approx. 4,206 per month Jul-Dec 2013

Website data              Data collected from online modules

Quarterly website         Quarterly & Bi-Annual website analytic performance reporting from website
performance reporting     provider was examined.


Results from the 2014 Survey

A short survey was sent out to a sample of 1,346 LS participants across the region in April 2014.
Unfortunately the response to the survey was poor with only 179 participants participating out of
the possible 1,346 LS members. The breakdown of these responses per Council was:

   Total responses – 179
   Noosa Council – 33
   Sunshine Coast Council – 108
   Morten Bay 38

Due to the low response rate for Noosa residents it is not possible to draw significant conclusions
specifically for Noosa, results below therefore apply to all 179 respondents.

Key Survey Findings

The survey found that:

 the main motivation for joining the program was to address sustainability with (26%) joining
   due to events and activities;
 the aspects of the program people liked the best were events, workshops, newsletters and
   the information pages;
 the activity centre (modules) were unpopular because of the time it took to complete them
   and the content and level of complexity;
 the majority of respondents identified that the benefits of the program had stayed the same or
   increased slightly; and
 in addition results showed that a slight reduction occurred in power usage, water usage,
   waste produced and increased recycling however as no quantitative data is collected it is not
   possible to measure actual reductions.




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