Sports Centre - users survey
In case you haven't had the opportunity to make your views known, there is a survey where you can make sure that public opinion on the services is recorded for the Comhairle to use as part of it's public consulations.
Go on, and have your say here.
Go on, and have your say here.
17 comments:
Hopefully there is a paper version publicised and freely available for those not IT literate to sign or not as the case may be.
Would hate for any skewed results to be presented - might undermine the argument.
I agree with Anon1.58 pm. I spoke to several fellow regular users of the ISL last week, about the survey and none of them knew anything about it. All were keen to participate, but to do so, I would have had to get all the e-mail addresses and send the link to them. You don't usually have pen and paper in the sports bag; I didn't, so the info was not passed on. The organisers should get a mention in the Gazette and the West Highland.
I was quite shocked when this appeared in my mail box. How did this person get my e-mail address??!! I feel almost raped and further through the survey it asks if you are prepared to be named and shamed. Come on get a life, the only people who complete this questionnaire are the ones who don't care what anyone else thinks....
I had a look at the survey and it doesn't say anything about who the authors are, or who they represent, or what will become of the data being collected.
It also asks some incredibly loaded questions that will enable those so minded to completely ignore the results.
I'd be happy to fill in something more impartial!
8.57 & 10.26
Seems to me that potentially you would use the centre if it opened on a Sunday, but alas you're not willing/too scared to put your hand up to be counted!
Anon 8.57, as it happens I don't care what people think of my opinion on this issue, as I'm not ashamed of it. Having a swim or a visit to the gym on a Sunday is not a sin in my opinion.
Anbody who choses not to use the ISL is not being forced to do so on any day of the week.
Anon 1:49pm
I don't care what people think of my opinion on this issue said Mr I wish to remain anonymous!
as it happens I don't care what people think of my opinion on this issue said I wish to remain anonymous
My name is given on the survey where it matters. Anonymity seems to be the default mode on this blog. Why should I be different from the herd when it doesn't matter?
I'm perfectly entitled to use a pseudonym on here - Angus knows who I am, anyway, because I've told him.
I would also use the Sports Centre on a Sunday, provided appropriate arrangements were made for religiously observant staff to opt out of working.
But I'm not going to fill on some cack-handed Surveymonkey diatribe that has no name, no Data Protection registration and no obvious methodology on it other than - 'Pass this to your mates if they agree with you'. That's not scientific method!
And the only stuff that will stand the test of the other side tearing it apart in the Council Chamber is stuff that is independently conducted, professionally written and impartial.
What do you want, my name and telephone number?
As the whole island is pretty much run by a "bunch of mates who agree with each other", the survey's methodology seems fit for purpose to me.
I think the issue here is that most of us on the Island have "mates" who observe strongly and those who don't.
Personally I would rather not be named and shamed as I would like those people to believe that I respect their faith.
I would probably use the Sports Centre on a Sunday occasionally but I don't believe that anyone should be forced to work.
There is a better way of doing this and as Flirty Gearty has rightly pointed out, you should make it very clear through DP legislation, what you plan to do with the data that you are collecting otherwise you may find yourself on the wrong side of the law....
Does " respecting others' faith " mean I have no right to a different opinion? Surely in a sane democracy, we are each entitled to our own opinions and are able to respect different views while not sharing them. I have total respect for sabbatarians right to hold their view, but I think they are mistaken. However, would they respect my opinions as I respect theirs? Definitely not, as we can see by the closure of the ISL on Sundays.
Bear in mind that people who pay the monthly membership fee to the local authority for sports centre use are not getting a discount for only having 6 day access. We pay the same rate as those in the southern isles who have 7 day access. Is this an ethical position for the CNES to adopt in their support for sabbatarianism? I think not.
"By their fruits ye shall know them" I seem to remember.
And someone thought the ADS comments on here were tedious! Yes, yes, 4.00pm, you are entitled not to be religious and you are entitled to your opinions, if anyone can stay awake long enough to listen to/read them.
However, can we afford to open the sports centre 7 days?
Opening the ILS 7 days would very likely attract a lot of families to join the Slainte scheme, thus generating more revenue. Also holiday makers would have the option to use the facilities, especially in bad weather, thus generating more revenue.
Has anyone considered the down side of ISL opening on the Sunday? Some blokes are right to be alarmed at the prospect of them being forced out of their kip on Sunday and harassed by the blone to go and get her a decent six-pack for a change. Does no-one on this post care about the genuinely high number of well-rounded in our midst who pride themselves in lying back and doing nothing but moan at anything and everything! Have some consideration for them.
Will somebody please tell the fundamentalists that they are batting for the wrong day. Early Christianity kept Saturday as the Sabbath, as do the Jews.
Back to basics, back to Saturday.
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