New Year Poll: Setting the Agenda for 2012

Thanks for taking a few minutes to help set the course for Avaaz's future! As a people-powered movement, it's up to all of us to set our priorities and make overall decisions. This poll goes into some depth, so huge thanks for taking the time to go through it -- but feel free to skip questions if you don't have enough time. Every answer makes a difference!

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* 1. Avaaz's mission calls us to close the gap between the world we have and the world most people everywhere want. There are many such gaps, and we can only work on one or two of them each week -- so a shared sense of priorities is vital in choosing where to channel our energy. Please indicate which of these general issue areas you strongly believe should be a priority focus for Avaaz to campaign on:

	1 (top priority)	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9 (lowest priority)
Biodiversity and Conservation	Biodiversity and Conservation 1 (top priority)	Biodiversity and Conservation 2	Biodiversity and Conservation 3	Biodiversity and Conservation 4	Biodiversity and Conservation 5	Biodiversity and Conservation 6	Biodiversity and Conservation 7	Biodiversity and Conservation 8	Biodiversity and Conservation 9 (lowest priority)
Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 1 (top priority)	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 2	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 3	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 4	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 5	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 6	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 7	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 8	Human rights, torture, genocide, human trafficking 9 (lowest priority)
Political corruption and abuse of power	Political corruption and abuse of power 1 (top priority)	Political corruption and abuse of power 2	Political corruption and abuse of power 3	Political corruption and abuse of power 4	Political corruption and abuse of power 5	Political corruption and abuse of power 6	Political corruption and abuse of power 7	Political corruption and abuse of power 8	Political corruption and abuse of power 9 (lowest priority)
Food and health	Food and health 1 (top priority)	Food and health 2	Food and health 3	Food and health 4	Food and health 5	Food and health 6	Food and health 7	Food and health 8	Food and health 9 (lowest priority)
Poverty, disease and development	Poverty, disease and development 1 (top priority)	Poverty, disease and development 2	Poverty, disease and development 3	Poverty, disease and development 4	Poverty, disease and development 5	Poverty, disease and development 6	Poverty, disease and development 7	Poverty, disease and development 8	Poverty, disease and development 9 (lowest priority)
Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 1 (top priority)	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 2	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 3	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 4	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 5	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 6	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 7	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 8	Economic policy that benefits the common good over the elite few 9 (lowest priority)
War, peace and security	War, peace and security 1 (top priority)	War, peace and security 2	War, peace and security 3	War, peace and security 4	War, peace and security 5	War, peace and security 6	War, peace and security 7	War, peace and security 8	War, peace and security 9 (lowest priority)
Climate change and the environment	Climate change and the environment 1 (top priority)	Climate change and the environment 2	Climate change and the environment 3	Climate change and the environment 4	Climate change and the environment 5	Climate change and the environment 6	Climate change and the environment 7	Climate change and the environment 8	Climate change and the environment 9 (lowest priority)
Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 1 (top priority)	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 2	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 3	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 4	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 5	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 6	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 7	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 8	Democracy movements and challenging tyrannical regimes 9 (lowest priority)

Are there any other major issue areas Avaaz should be prioritizing in 2012?

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* 2. Avaaz members have already suggested a wide range of specific campaigns for this year. Check the boxes of the campaigns that you feel very strongly that we should prioritize:

Campaigning to protect and conserve the planet's biodiversity from our ocean ecosystems to endangered species like whales.

Supporting the Arab Spring movements and strengthening the new democracies in the Middle East

Supporting the Occupy / 99% movement in the US and across the world and campaigning to prevent large corporations and their lobbyists from corrupting our democratic governments.

Campaigning to end the War on Drugs.

Campaigning against nuclear arms, small arms, cluster bombs and land mines.

Campaigning against deforestation and supporting indigenous peoples' efforts to save the most valuable rainforests.

Pressing China to take a more responsible role in the world and stop repression in Tibet

Rededicating the world to end poverty with practical commitments to meet the UN's development goals

Campaigning to win stronger regulations of agribusiness and the food industry and to expose health and environmental problems caused by them

Challenging Anti homosexuality legislation in Africa and across the world.

Campaigning to end black subsidies for fossil fuels that threaten our planet's survival.

Building an effective global movement for peace with justice in Israel-Palestine, challenging extremists on both sides and promoting Palestinian independence.

Stopping corruption in politics across the world through pushing for strong legislation and exposing crimes.

Campaigning to protect free media in countries where it is threatened and fight dangerous media moguls like Rupert Murdoch.

Campaigning to support the spread of the Arab Spring momentum to more undemocratic countries like Russia and China.

Campaigning to protect freedom of information.

Campaigning to protect internet freedom across the world.

Pushing for a strong global climate treaty to stop climate catastrophe.

Challenging the 'rape trade' of millions of women and girls forced into sex slavery.

Other

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* 3. All of our campaigns are made possible by the size, strength and commitment of our community, so we need to invest in our own capacity to make change. What do you think of each of these big ideas and directions for the development of our movement? Please indicate how excited you are by these ideas with 1 being most excited, 6 being least excited and 7 being opposed.

	1 (most exciting direction)	2	3	4	5	6 (least exciting direction)	7 Oppose
a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it.	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 1 (most exciting direction)	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 2	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 3	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 4	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 5	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 6 (least exciting direction)	a) Avaaz 2.0 - People-Power Meets Media Old media is collapsing, with even major newspapers going bankrupt - and in some ways it deserves to decline. It's too often beholden to big corporate owners and advertizers, too superficial to create understanding, and too disempowering by constantly reporting problems without solutions or opportunities to act. With over 10 million subscribers, the readership of Avaaz is bigger than many of world's biggest news publications, and our members could become millions of correspondents creating people-powered media. We could launch a website that goes head to head with old media, providing citizens with deep and current insight in an outstanding daily briefing on what we need to know, and what we can do about it. 7 Oppose
b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community.	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 1 (most exciting direction)	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 2	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 3	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 4	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 5	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 6 (least exciting direction)	b) Crowd-Source Avaaz -- Create 10,000 Avaazes Imagine if any Avaaz member could start their own Avaaz campaign and build their own online community, with full access to all the technology and tools that the Avaaz team currently uses. With this tool, we could run thousands of campaigns every week, at the local, national and international levels. The best campaigns would be supercharged by being sent out to the whole Avaaz community. 7 Oppose
c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well.	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 1 (most exciting direction)	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 2	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 3	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 4	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 5	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 6 (least exciting direction)	c) Go Offline Avaaz regularly organizes rallies, protests, flashmobs, and vigils around key opportunities - 10,000 events and counting! But these events are one-offs -- what if instead of only being steadily connected online, our community got together regularly to meet face to face and organize offline - in schools, coffee shops, homes, and places of worship across the world. We are the world's biggest online movement - in this time of the Arab spring and the occupy movement and a rebirth of street protest across the world, maybe it's time to go offline as well. 7 Oppose
d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties.	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 1 (most exciting direction)	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 2	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 3	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 4	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 5	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 6 (least exciting direction)	d) Get Political Unlike charities that accept tax deductions from governments, Avaaz is proud to be highly political, speaking out without constraint for and against politicians and their policies, because politics is all too often where the fight to save the world is won or lost. But in many countries the popularity of political parties is at an all-time low, and citizens are looking for alternatives. The next step for us might be to go deeper in our attempts to make politics serve people, and get involved in changing the parties and politicians we get to choose from at election time. How we do this would be different in different countries - in some we might create a meta-political affiliation, where any politician could get our community's support if they met the criteria our members set, in others our members might join some or all the political parties, placing Avaaz caucuses inside them to lobby for better policies and politics. In some countries our community might even help start new, people-powered political parties. 7 Oppose
e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact.	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 1 (most exciting direction)	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 2	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 3	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 4	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 5	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 6 (least exciting direction)	e) Radically Increase our Size Much of the strength of Avaaz comes from our numbers. We're over 10 million strong now, the largest global group of our kind in history. But what if we could reach a much, much larger scale? Through viral campaigns, new technologies, and expansion of our campaigning into new languages and countries, we might massively increase our size and our impact. 7 Oppose
f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do.	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 1 (most exciting direction)	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 2	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 3	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 4	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 5	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 6 (least exciting direction)	f) Build a Larger, Powerful Base of Sustainers Every big idea here will cost money, as does all Avaaz campaigning, but to remain independent and stay true to our mission we won't accept money from governments, corporations, foundations or any large donations from anyone! Currently just 20,000 Avaaz members fund all of our core operating costs. If we continue to rapidly grow the size of this base of sustainers, it will empower everything we do. 7 Oppose

Are there any other important goals we should have for developing our network's capabilities?

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* 4. Which option best describes how you feel about Avaaz? (this gives us a sense of how we're all feeling about what we're doing together)

Avaaz is awesome - together we can really change the world!

Avaaz is great - our community does inspiring work

Avaaz is good - I'm happy to support it

Avaaz is OK - not sure about how good it is

Avaaz is not that great

Avaaz is not good - the work is poor

Other (please specify)

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* 5. How good a job do you think Avaaz is doing?

Outstanding

Excellent

Good

Average

Not so great

Poor

Please add ideas of what you think Avaaz could do better

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* 6. In the last few years, we have used polls to guide our direction, but have also stayed nimble and shifted priorities to react to world events. How would you like us to use this year's poll?

Use this poll as a binding mandate from our community about what we should do in the upcoming year.

Use this poll as a guide, but continue to stay nimble and react to world events even when this shifts priorities.

Regard this poll just as input, and continue to make decisions on a purely nimble basis.

Other (please specify)

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* 7. To date, all our campaigning has been done by a very small team of just 25 campaigners. But with so much need for action around the world and a now 10 million member movement to serve excellently, Avaaz is considering doubling its team. This will cost money, but will mean we can significantly expand our campaigning and impact. Do you support this staff expansion?

Yes, I strongly support Avaaz expanding its team.

I am not sure it is a good idea to expand the team.

No, I think Avaaz should keep the team at its current size.

Any other suggestions?

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* 2. Avaaz members have already suggested a wide range of specific campaigns for this year. Check the boxes of the campaigns that you feel very strongly that we should prioritize:

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* 4. Which option best describes how you feel about Avaaz? (this gives us a sense of how we're all feeling about what we're doing together)

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* 5. How good a job do you think Avaaz is doing?

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* 6. In the last few years, we have used polls to guide our direction, but have also stayed nimble and shifted priorities to react to world events. How would you like us to use this year's poll?

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* 8. Do you have any last comments, thoughts or ideas you would like to share with us (optional)?