Results: First Vote

TABLE 1. Text of Issues placed on the website and votes for each issue.

IssueText	Votes
What is the role of the college in improving sustainability and profitability of agriculture and natural resources in the state?	344
What can we do to further improve staff morale and job satisfaction?	344
How should the CAES be structurally organized to best fulfill its mission and make its management operations more efficient and effective?	330
What should the CAES do to enhance the education and recruitment of students to best meet the needs of both students and the communities they will serve upon graduation?	265
How can we create a more favorable impression of agriculture among Georgia citizens?	262
How can our extension delivery systems be more comprehensively used to enhance university outreach?	260
How can a checks and balances system be implemented to promote efficiency and effectiveness in the administration of the CAES?	259
How can the CAES respond to an increasing urban clientele and issues?	210
How can the CAES further develop and extend its environmental expertise to address urban and rural issues?	208
What criteria should be used to prioritize CAES research programs?	203
How can the CAES further enhance its leadership in economic and community development in the state of Georgia?	159
How can we increase extramural funding and stay true to our mission?	155
How do we more clearly identify our clientele and their needs?	136
What effective links among locations and functions can the CAES encourage that will stimulate the creation of a more unified college?	120
How can the CAES achieve greater diversity in terms of culture, gender and background in its programs, students, faculty, staff and the clientele it serves?	83
How can the CAES address the issue of globalization to benefit our students and clientele?	68

TABLE 2. Effect of position type and location on voting patterns for each issue (top issue by category is shown in bold letters).

IssueID	Total	Faculty	Staff	Students	Other*	Athens	Griffin	Tifton	Elsewhere
Profitability	344	163	117	32	32	101	43	75	125
Staff morale	344	129	172	14	29	87	56	68	133
Administrative structure	330	161	118	18	33	104	41	55	130
Education	265	110	81	47	27	104	26	50	85
Favorable impression	262	97	114	29	22	70	36	54	102
Extension delivery	260	140	77	18	25	76	21	42	121
Checks and balances	259	110	103	21	25	94	38	40	87
Urbanization	210	120	58	11	21	69	27	27	87
Environmental expertise	208	102	62	18	26	68	31	29	80
Research prioritization	203	97	69	13	24	63	34	53	53
Econ/Comm development	159	67	54	17	21	43	22	30	64
Research funding	155	63	62	17	13	57	26	27	45
Identify clientele	136	64	46	10	16	39	23	19	55
Effective links	120	48	44	19	9	35	18	22	45
Diversity	83	34	27	8	14	26	9	8	40
Globalization	68	32	16	11	9	30	10	8	20
Grand Total	3406	1537	1220	303	346	1066	461	607	1272

* includes external stakeholders and those who did not indicate position type

TABLE 3. Results from TABLE 2 expressed on a percentage of ballots cast (top three issues by category are shown in bold letters).

Percentage	Total	Faculty	Staff	Students	Other*	Athens	Griffin	Tifton	Elsewhere
Profitability	50	53	48	53	46	47	47	62	49
Staff morale	50	42	70	23	42	41	61	56	52
Administrative structure	48	52	48	30	48	49	44	45	51
Education	39	36	33	78	39	49	28	41	33
Favorable impression	38	32	47	48	32	33	39	44	40
Extension delivery	38	46	32	30	36	36	23	35	48
Checks and balances	38	36	42	35	36	44	41	33	34
Urbanization	31	39	24	18	30	32	29	22	34
Environmental expertise	31	33	25	30	38	32	34	24	31
Research prioritization	30	32	28	21	35	30	37	44	21
Econ/Comm development	23	22	22	28	30	20	24	25	25
Research funding	23	20	25	28	19	27	28	22	18
Identify clientele	20	21	19	17	23	18	25	16	22
Effective links	18	16	18	31	13	16	20	18	18
Diversity	12	11	11	13	20	12	10	7	16
Globalization	10	10	7	18	13	14	11	7	8
Percent of total	100	45	36	9	10	31	14	18	37

posted 06/02/03

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