A Users Poll on the topic of the Users' Meeting was conducted with the 2009 UEC elections. The goal was to understand the user community preferences regarding the Users' Meeting. 156 users voted. Here are the results....

UEC Election Voting Results

75 Votes |=========================  Hendrik Bluhm, Chem. Sci., LBNL
64 Votes |=====================  David Kilcoyne, ALS, LBNL
55 Votes |==================  Brandy Toner, U. Minn., Twin Cities
39 Votes |=============  (Norman Manella)
36 Votes |============  (Jeff Abramson)
36 Votes |============  (Yves Idzerda)
36 Votes |============  (Mariana Bertoni)
28 Votes |=========  (Michael Grass)
23 Votes |========  (David Shapiro)
23 Votes |========  (Trevor Willey)

UEC Student Representative results.

51 Votes |=================  Holly Barth, UC Berkeley
43 Votes |==============  (Jodi Iwata, UC Berkeley)
40 Votes |=============  (Helen He, UC Berkeley)

Q1: Importance of the Joint Meeting?

10% |===  against it
42% |============== not important
23% |========  somewhat important
16% |=====  important but could be better
 4% |=  very important
 5% |==  so important that it should be every year

Q2: What Month would you prefer?

11% |====  May
 4% |=  June
 2% |  July
12% |====  August
19% |======  September
53% |==================  October (current)

Q3: Beam ON or Beam OFF during the meeting

19% |======  beam ON
38% |=============  no preference
43% |==============  beam OFF

Q4: Meeting Science Program preference

14% |=====  fewer talks, 1 full day before workshops
63% |=====================  1.5 days of talks before workshops (current)
23% |========  2 days of talks before workshops

Charter Amendment (Passes)

94% |=============================== Student UEC Member Term <= 2 years
 6% |==  No change