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SFContario Detailed Planning Survey

We'd like to hear your opinions and suggestions! Telling us what matters to you doesn't just help us run a better convention, it helps really make this your convention as much as ours.

There are a lot of questions here. People have said they have opinions in different areas. Please skip any questions that don't interest you; if you don't make a selection or leave something, no information will come to us via the survey form. We care about what you want to tell us, nothing more.

What would you like to see, happen, or do at SFContario?

Programming More Programming Expenses and Revenue Location More Input

Section 1: Programming

What convention program areas or other activities are most important to you as a reason for going to the convention? Please rate the following on a scale of 1 (must avoid) to 10 (must see). Please feel free to ignore (leave unranked) anything that's not important to you.
1Science Fiction
2Fantasy
3Horror, slipstream, alternate history, and other speculative fiction
4Mystery, romance, thrillers, and other cross-genre fiction
5Writing, editing, and publishing
6Conventions, clubs, fanzines, fan websites, and other fan activities
7Art (panels/workshops)
8Film and television
9Anime
10Comics and manga
11Science
12Internet and Technology
13Culture, LGBT, Politics, Lifestyle

Section 2: More programming, events, and convention activities

14Filk (open filk, workshops, panels, casual group concerts)
15Filk (stage concerts)
16Costuming (panels, presentations, and workshops)
17Masquerade
18Charity auction
19Art Show
20Dealer's Room
21Dance
22Writing workshops
23Writing contest
24Science hands-on workshops
25Role-playing games and board games (panels and presentations)
26Game walkthroughs and demonstrations
27Video games (presentations and demonstrations)
28Open gaming, gaming tournaments
29Parties with alcohol and/or loud music
30Parties with conversation
31Tastings (beer, wine, chocolate, coffee, etc.)

Section 3: Expense and Revenue Priorities

On a scale of 1 (waste of money) to 10 (essential), please rank the importance of the following features of a convention, hotel, or overall location.
Convention expenses
32More guests
33More famous guests
34Alcohol in con suite
35Food in con suite
36Non-alcoholic beverages in con suite
Hotel-related expenses
37Nice function space and hotel amenities
38Nice hotel suites (e.g. for parties)
39Location close to restaurants
40Location convenient to transit
41Location close to cultural and tourist attractions
42Location close to cheap/free parking
43Location close to highways
44Lower hotel room rate
Revenue
If you rank lower membership rates higher than the expense categories above, please consider that to be a vote to have less of everything else.
45Lower early preregistration rate
46Lower general preregistration rate
47Lower at-con registration rate

Section 4: Location

Considering you and all your friends, where would you find it most convenient and enjoyable to attend a convention? Please rank the following areas on a scale of 1 (won't go) to 10 (most convenient). Please feel free to just mark your most (or least) preferred locations; we don't need you to fill out the whole list.
Central
48Lower downtown (Front to Queen's Quay)
49Downtown (Front to Wellesley)
50Midtown and Annex (Wellesley to St. Clair)
51Uptown (St. Clair to York Mills)
52West downtown/Old Chinatown
53East downtown/Cabbagetown
West Metro
54West Toronto (Bathurst to Kingsway), York
55South Etobicoke
56North Etobicoke/Weston/Airport
North Metro
57Downsview
58North York Centre
59Willowdale and northeast
East Metro
60East Toronto/East York/Beaches
61South Scarborough/Guildwood
62Agincourt/Scarborough Centre
63Scarborough East/Rouge River
West Suburbs
64Mississauga
65Brampton
66Oakville
North Suburbs
67Vaughn/Woodbridge
68Richmond Hill/Thornhill
69Markham
East Suburbs
70Ajax/Pickering
71Whitby
72Oshawa

Section 5: More Input

73Who would you like to see as guests of honour in 2011 or years following?
74Do you have any other suggestions for things you would like to see at SFContario, or that you would like the convention to try to accomplish?

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