2008 Junior survey: service work

Below is a list of polls we have assembled for YOU juniors to express YOUR opinions on service tasks in STAR. It is important that your cast your vote on __ALL__ the polls and questions as the compilation will hopefuly help to better address your concerns.

Note that every poll is secure (one cannot guess who has voted what) which also means that we ask you to answer as truthfully as you can and remember that after casting your vote, you will not be able to change your choice.

Thank you for your participation. All polls will be closed by July 21, 2008.

• I have spent ___ years full time on STAR
• I have spent ___ months full time (40 hours per week basis) doing service work
• Do you think the requirement for service work in STAR is ____ months
• Do you think service work is taken into account when determining who gets a talk
• Do you think of service work ideally as something you do for the collaboration's benefit or your own?
• Already completed your service work - Did you find that it was beneficial to your skill set building, physics understanding, ...
• Are you at all concerned that service is un-evenly divided (some junior do service, others do not)?
• Would you be in favor of uniform requirements for service work (all students perform service work for N months)?
• Would you support giving an award for the best service work project in a given year?
• Would you support rewarding institutions and advisers who support service work?
• Do you think the term "service work" should be changed to better increase the perception and value of what it represents?