Quickscribe CivicLaws Survey 2024 1. Question Title * 1. Which of the following best describes your occupation or place of employment: Lawyer RTB Employee Provincial Government Employee Planning/Development Services Employee CAO Librarian Corporate Officer Bylaw Officer FOI Officer Public Works Employee Finance Officer Administrative Assistant Deputy Corporate Officer Legislative Services Employee Parks & Recreation Employee Emergency Program Employee Engineering Employee HR Community Engagement Employee Fire/Policing Employee Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 2. How long have you been using QS Online? <1 year 1-2 years 3-5 years 6-10 years >10 years OK Question Title * 3. How often do you use Quickscribe? Daily A few times per week A few times per month A few times per year OK Question Title * 4. How would you rate your knowledge on using Quickscribe and its features? Extremely knowledgeable (power user) Very knowledgeable (I'm familiar with most key features) Somewhat knowledgeable (I know the basics) Not knowledgeable OK Question Title * 5. Quickscribe now has over 15,000 Hansard (debate) snippets assigned to various sections of legislation. These references help you gain a better understanding of the intent behind legislation. How valuable do you view these references? Extremely valuable Very valuable Somewhat valuable Not valuable Not familiar with this feature OK Question Title * 6. In 2021, we introduced a new Supplemental Notes feature that provides additional information about a section of legislation or bill. For example, these notes may include summaries of legal bulletins and articles published by reputable local government law firms such as Young Anderson and Lidstone & Company. How useful do you view these notes? Extremely useful Very useful Somewhat useful Not useful Not familiar with this feature OK Question Title * 7. Quickscribe includes a Keyword Alert tool that will notify you when there is any legislative activity or Hansard that references keywords or subject matter of interest. How valuable do you find these alerts? Extremely valuable Very valuable Somewhat valuable Not valuable Not familiar with this feature OK Question Title * 8. Quickscribe's monthly Quickscribe Reporter email bulletin provides an overview of recent legislative changes and related news by category of law. How valuable do you find the news articles within each section? Extremely valuable Very valuable Somewhat valuable Not valuable Not familiar with the Reporter OK Question Title * 9. Quickscribe includes ongoing annotations contributed by experienced local government legal experts including Don Lidstone, Michael Moll and Bill Buholzer. How valuable do you find these annotations? Extremely valuable Very valuable Somewhat valuable Not valuable Not familiar with this feature OK Question Title * 10. Legislation on Quickscribe is routinely updated months before any other source, including legislation on BCLaws. How likely would you still use Quickscribe if other sources were as up to date? Extremely likely Very likely Somewhat likely Not likely (I only use Quickscribe for the currency) OK Question Title * 11. Quickscribe recently introduced an interactive "Ask Bill" (Buholzer) Q&A feature that allows you to engage with Bill on the most recent planning and land use reforms. Quickscribe is considering expanding this concept to cover other areas as well. How do you rate this feature/concept? Excellent Very good Good Satisfactory Not helpful Not familiar with this OK Question Title * 12. Quickscribe recently published a fully searchable version of the new SSMUH and TOA Policy Manuals. Plans are in the works to annotate sections of these manuals and create convenient links between relevant sections of legislation. How useful will this be to you? Extremely useful Very useful Somewhat useful Not useful to me, but likely useful to others in my office Not useful to me nor others in my office OK Question Title * 13. Quickscribe includes several historical point-in-time features that allow you to view how sections or laws read in the past, including access to the old Municipal Act. How useful are these features to you? Extremely useful Very useful Somewhat useful Not useful OK Question Title * 14. How do you rate the keyword searching and general navigation features on Quickscribe? Excellent Very good Satisfactory Poor OK Question Title * 15. Quickscribe includes a Date Calculator feature (left navigation) that is used to help administrators prepare for local government events such as local elections or public hearings. If you have used this tool, how would you rate it? Excellent Very good Satisfactory Poor I don't use this tool OK Question Title * 16. Quickscribe plans to make it easier for you to view early consolidations of laws as they will read when changes come into force in the future. How valuable is this to you and your organization? Extremely valuable Very valuable Somewhat valuable Not valuable OK Question Title * 17. Quickscribe is considering adding a collaborative chat portal that will make it easy for you to engage with colleagues in similar roles throughout the province. How useful would you see such an initiative? Extremely useful Very useful Somewhat useful Not useful OK Question Title * 18. Quickscribe is exploring some options on how to integrate AI into the legislation database. The AI will be used to help provide basic summaries of existing and new legislation. Briefly tell us your thoughts about this initiative. OK Question Title * 19. Overall, on a scale from 1 to 10, how do you rate this service? 0 (Poor) 10 (Excellent) Clear i We adjusted the number you entered based on the slider’s scale. OK Question Title * 20. We rely heavily on your suggestions to help us prioritize future enhancements. Please share your ideas on how we can improve this made-in-BC service. For example, can you think of any non-legislation documents that you would like to see incorporated into Quickscribe? OK Question Title * 21. (OPTIONAL) Quickscribe may wish to follow up with you on some of your comments and suggestions. If you are open to this, please provide your email address. OK DONE