Welcome to the Handweavers Guild of America, Inc.’s (HGA) Magazine Readership Survey for Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot. We are asking for just a few minutes of your time to collect your opinions and suggestions so Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot can best serve your interests. Your participation in this survey is entirely voluntary, but by doing so your feedback will help provide direction for the future of the magazine.

Your responses are confidential and you will not be identified in the survey results. Please be open and honest with your feedback as this will help us with our future planning.

We estimate this survey will take less than 15 minutes to complete. Thank you!

Question Title

* 1. How do you generally acquire information about fiber arts?

  All Information Most Information Some Information No Information N/A
Emails
HGA Website
Facebook
Instagram
Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot magazine
Other fiber art publications
Word of mouth

Question Title

* 2. Do you enjoy magazines that focus on a wide range of fiber arts?

Question Title

* 3. What magazine style do you prefer?

Question Title

* 4. How long have you been a member HGA and receiving Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 5. How did you first hear about Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 6. Had you ever read Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot prior to becoming a member of HGA?

Question Title

* 7. How much of each Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot do you typically read?

Question Title

* 8. Approximately how much time do you spend looking through your issue of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot when you first receive it?

Question Title

* 9. How many of the last four issues of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot have you read or looked through?

Question Title

* 10. Including yourself, how many people typically read or look through your copy of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 11. How long do you typically keep your copies of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 12. How do you prefer to read your Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 13. If there were additional content from Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot available only online, how likely are you to go to the website and read it?

Question Title

* 14. Please rate the following aspects of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot.

  Excellent Good Average Poor Very Poor No Opinion
Cover
Range of content covered
Ease of reading
Timeliness of articles presented
Quality of writing
Photography
Balance of imagery to text
Layout and design

Question Title

* 15. When you receive your Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot how interested are you in reading these sections of the magazine?

  Very Interested Interested Somewhat Interested Not Interested
President’s Letter
Letters to the Editor/HGA
News & Inspiration
Right from the Start
Feature Articles
HGA Exhibits
Book & Media Reviews
Update
HGA Donor List
Calendar
Advertisements
Classifieds

Question Title

* 16. Please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with the following statements based on your experience of Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot.

  Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agree or Disagree Disagree Strongly Disagree
I feel engaged by the content
I am exposed to new points of view or ways of thinking about things
It makes me want to know more about what I am reading
It feels relevant to the fiber art community and the times we live in

Question Title

* 17. Do you think the length of the articles in Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot are:

Question Title

* 18. What article topic would you consider to be the most memorable in the last year?

Question Title

* 19. What actions have you taken as a result of reading Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot? (check all that apply)

Question Title

* 20. Please indicate your agreement with this statement: “Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot strengthens my personal connection to HGA and the fiber art community”

Question Title

* 21. Please indicate all the ways in which Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot strengthens your connection to HGA and the fiber art community (check all that apply)

Question Title

* 22. Please indicate all of the ways in which Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot does not enhance your connection to HGA and the fiber art community: (check all that apply)

Question Title

* 23. How would you rate Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot overall?

Question Title

* 24. How would you rate Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot compared to other magazines/journals of similar content?

Question Title

* 25. What is it that you like most about Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 26. What is it that you like least about Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot?

Question Title

* 27. The number of topics that Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot can focus on is almost unlimited. Please rate your interest in knowing about the following subjects:

  Very Interested Interested Somewhat Interested Not Interested
Member research/experiences
Member community projects/collaborations
Member publications
Member achievements & awards
Member exhibits
Member profiles
Fiber artist profiles
Creative journey stories, how artists create their work
Fiber art events and exhibits
Guild activities/regional programming
Issues facing the fiber art community
Project-based articles with drafts
Technical skills articles without drafts
Volunteers for HGA
History and traditions
Strategic planning
Stories about donors

Question Title

* 28. Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot is a member-supported publication produced by HGA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Advertising supports the production costs of the publication and helps to lower the cost of membership. Ads compromise between 17-20% of the current content of the publication. Is this:

Question Title

* 29. Is there anything about Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot you think we could do better? Any changes or improvements you would like to suggest?

Please provide the following information about yourself. Your answers to these questions provide us with helpful demographics about our HGA members and the Shuttle Spindle & Dyepot readership. We use this information to better understand our constituents, solicit advertisers, and when applying for grants. (Remember that all information will be kept completely confidential.)

Question Title

* 30. What is your age?

Question Title

* 31. Which race/ethnicity best describes you? (Please choose only one.)

Question Title

* 32. Which most closely describes your gender?

Question Title

* 33. What is the highest level of school that you have completed?

Question Title

* 34. Which of the following categories best describes your employment status?

Question Title

* 35. What is your household income?

Question Title

* 36. Which of the following best describes your current relationship status?

Question Title

* 37. How many people currently live in your household?

T