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mammals. Other vertebrates, arthropods, the life found 
in ponds or streams in the city, or interesting plants or 
fungi, or whatever strikes your fancy will be welcome. 
SOCIETY NEWS 
EANHS MEMBERSHIP QUESTIONNAIRE- 
RESULTS FROM 96 QUESTIONNAIRES 
RETURNED AS OF 15 NOVEMBER. 1997 
Student 
9 
9.8 
Other 
3 
3.2 
Total 
92 
100 
3. Which age bracket do you fall Into? 
No % 
under 25 
10 
11.8 
25-55 
41 
482 
over 55 
34 
40 
Total 
85 
100 
In August of 1 997. with assistance of the Royal Society 
for the Protection of Birds (RSPB). the Executive 
Committee members, representatives from the sub- 
4. Do you work professionally in the field of 
biodiversity? 
committees and several observers from the Society's 
No 
% 
Uganda Branch. BirdLife International secretariat and 
Yes 
30 
35.3 
the RSPB. attended a workshop in Naivasha to plan for 
No 
55 
64.7 
the future of the EANHS. 
Total 
85 
100 
In order to have some idea about how the members 
of the Society feel about the present stale of the Society, 
and what suggestions they have for improving it. a 
questionnaire was sent out earlier in the year. We 
received 96 questionnaires back altogether, which was 
an excellent response, and we would like to thank 
everyone who took the time to put down their thoughts. 
The responses clearly show the real interest and concern 
that members have for their Society and were very useful 
in guiding our discussions. 
Below is a condensed analysis of the results. There 
were many detailed and specific responses which could 
not be categorised and are too numerous to be listed 
here. Rest assured that these were not ignored by the 
Executive during the planning workshop The report 
below is as detailed a summary as could be reasonably 
fitted into the Bulletin. For anyone who wants to sec 
the full set of responses, the collated information is in 
the EANHS office. 
Results from 96 questionnaires returned as of 1 5 
November 1 997: 
6. Why did you join the society? 
No. 
Interest in nature and conservation 74 
Acquiring information (including 
publications) 42 
Social activities (meetings, field 
trips, etc ) 26 
Library 1 2 
Birds (all related activities) 5 
Recruited 4 
Access to museums and collections 2 
TotBl 165 
6. What do you think are the Society's most 
important activities? 
Social activities (meetings, trips, etc ) 
No. 
35 
Conservation action and advocacy 
27 
1. Approximately how long have you been a 
Education/training 
23 
member of the society? 
Awareness raising 
18 
Birds (all related activities) 
16 
No 
% 
Publications 
16 
<1 yr 
12 
12.6 
Creating forums/networks 
5 
1-5 yr 
33 
34.7 
Library 
3 
6-10 yr 
9 
95 
Total 
143 
>10yr 
37 
38 9 
No ans 
4 
43 
7. What else should we be doing? 
Total 
95 
100 
No 
2. What is your present membership category? 
More education 
17 
More and better public relations 
No 
% 
and fund-raising 
8 
Life 
19 
20.7 
More conservation advocacy 
8 
Sponsor 
6 
6.5 
More activities 
6 
Full 
42 
45 7 
More activities to attract and interest 
Family 
13 
14 1 
young members 
6 
