A quick and easy way to find out what patient representatives across Europe think of a specific topic is the use of an online survey tool, such as Survey Monkey
Example:
The following are the results of a survey conducted among 18 participants of ECHDO. The following were the questions asked and the responses given:
Download the results ici
Question 1: Do you agree with: two levels of membership, according to activity: 1. Active and 2. Passive or associate (Active attends, participates and votes; Passive attends and participates but doesn’t vote)?
![Q1 Question 1 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q1.png)
Question 2: Regarding Membership Voting (Organisational, not Individual):
![Q2 Question 2 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q2.png)
Question 3: Should Board of Directors/Executive Committee membership be limited to one per country?
![Q3 Question 3 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q3.jpg)
Question 4: Do you agree that Board of Directors/Executive Committee members need to be insured (against legal actions to the European organization)?
![Q4 Question 4 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q4.jpg)
Question 5: Membership fees
![Q5 Question 5 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q5.jpg)
Question 6: Important factors in deciding where the central office should be
![Q6 Question 6 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q6.jpg)
Question 7: Is the European General Assembly every year (to vote on annual budgets and approve the previous year’s spending) or is it every other year?
![Q7 Question 7 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q7.jpg)
Question 8: How much does it cost in your country to set up a not-for-profit organisation? (If there is no cost, please let us know that.)
![Q8 Question 8 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q8.jpg)
Question 9: If the European organisation were set up in your country, could a foreign foundation (or company) contribute money legally using a tax ID number from your country?
![Q9 Question 9 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q9.jpg)
Question 10: In your country, is there an important legal difference between an association, a federation, a network, and a foundation? Might one of them be better able to carry out European-wide work?
![Q10 Question 10 results](http://raretogether.eurordis.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Q10.jpg)