The results are in! Thank you to all who took a moment to complete the survey. Of the 321 surveys sent, 149 of you responded. Your answers and written responses to questions provided the BOD and officers with valuable information regarding how we are doing along with suggestions on how to improve.

Your responses generated a generous amount of data to process and synthesize into meaningful action items. In this post, you will find links to three documents that were generated by me to convey to the BOD and other officers what your thoughts are about the current state of BVFF.

For those of you who made a written comment or suggestion to a question, the BOD and officers provided a written comment or response. You provided some excellent suggestions that will improve the benefits of membership. Some suggestions are easily integrated into what we are already doing. Others will need someone to take the lead to make them happen.

The following are the documents with an explanation of what their source is and what they attempt to provide you with:

1. BVFF Member Survey Response Analysis As Of 30NOV2025.xlsx – this MS Excel document is generated by Survey Monkey and was downloaded directly from the database created on the Survey Monkey website. It shows each question from the survey with your responses displayed as a percentage and a bar graph
2. BVFF BOD Member Survey Executive Summary.docx – this MS Word document was created by me after having reviewed your responses to all survey questions. It is my general impression of your responses and highlights key points for the BOD and officers to consider. The BOD and officers have reviewed and approved it
3. BVFF Member Survey Comments and BOD Responses Final.xlsx – this MS Excel document was generated by me and reviewed and refined by the BOD and officers. It takes all survey questions that had a written response from you and adds a comment or response from the BOD and officers for each. The BOD and officers have approved it

Next steps to be taken:

1. Each of our mission area directors will review the results and create a list of your comments and suggestions that pertain to their area
2. For suggestions that are easily implemented, they will begin doing so
3. For suggestions that need someone to develop and lead, they will communicate the need to me and together we will attempt to find someone to make them happen

Thank you again for your valuable feedback!

Tight Lines,

Brian Martin, BVFF president