FORECASTING THE FUTURE

A Manager's Guide to Program Health and Sustainability

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SURVEY RESULTS

Comments from Surveys - Other Factors Impeding Ability to Meet Mission

• Weather
• The need of additional instructors to continue to meet the increasing number of students
• Training locations, instructors and money
• 1.Lack of priority within state government agencies. 2. Lack of priority within federal government agencies. 3. Resources from motorcycle manufacturers being mis-directed from state program needs to motorcycle sales promotion through the MIC and MSF. 4. Lack of training facilities.
• 1. Student registration process. 2. State budget concerns and understaffing. 3. Fleet replacement.
• In addition to the people trained in our hands on program, its important to note that additional people were trained in our classroom only course. I believe this is an oversight in your survey. 1996 - 3,380; 1997 - 2,813; 1998 - 3,560; 1999 - 3,364
• Programs such as Riders Edge Not owning training facility
• Geography
• Site Locations
• Reaching riders
• Government methods
• Private contractors more concerned with profit motives than quality. Bureaucracy within the state government.
• 1) Infrastructure development is needed at a pace exceeding our ability to keep up with demand. 2) In the next couple of years, the lack of support for the MRC:RSS by MSF.
• All of the items in "L" apply. 1. More money can get us more bikes and staff (maybe). 2. We have more demand that we can hope to train with our existing sites. 3. Legislation/administrative rules are acceptable. 4. The conversion to the BRC in 2003 will greatly tax our already overworked staff. We have 300 instructors to update and 70 ranges to repaint. We need more instructors but cannot train anymore until 2004 and at the same time we expect the demand for training to increase some 30% over 2001 to nearly 23,000 students.
• Getting the legislators to release funds from the motorcycle account to purchase new equipment. Funds are non-lapsing and there sufficient funds in the motorcycle account, but the legislators will not authorize release of monies from the account to purchase bikes.