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Although I only expected 15-20% of the attendees to return the survey, I was pretty surprised that almost half of the audience responded. Though many people did not care for the final film of Saturday night, an overwhelming 86% said they would return next year. And considering almost 70% of those responding were first-time attendees, that’s pretty exciting! Most who had attended in the past thought we had improved over the past years, and the overwhelming majority were pleased with the film selections. Still very surprised at the number who wanted to do away with the meat option on the Redbone’s buffet, so we’re going to try and have a little more vegetarian variety next year.

And we start accepting film submissions January 1st, so if you have a film, or know someone with a film with a cycling theme, submit to the 6th annual Boston Bike Film Festival for October 2010!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It is always with some amount of trepidation that I send out BBFF surveys… but how can I learn if not by looking at where I’ve been? So I just sent out a survey of BBFF09. Despite a couple of harsh criticisms, over 75% (thus far) have said that they would definitely come back next year. And, surprisingly, nearly 80% want to get rid of the meat on the menu! Some people complained they didn’t have enough time for schmoozin’ and others complained that the intermission was too long. The majority also said they liked the films, though some of the harshest critics reserved their most stinging barbs for the final film on Saturday night. I’m sure it didn’t help that we had a 20 minute delay from the projection booth, but honestly, of the people that voted, B.I.K.E. was the highest rated film on Saturday, so go figure. I probably wouldn’t have ended the festival on such a downer note, but it was recommended by a member of the Mass Bike board, so I assumed (wrongly, apparently) that Mass Bike was endorsing it. Live and learn, I guess!

I am relieved that another festival is behind me and already looking ahead to 2010. It looks like we will be donating a nice check for our beneficiaries this year, but until I get the final checks from the silent auction and the bill from the Brattle, I won’t know. Stay tuned!

It is always with some amount of trepidation that I send out BBFF surveys… but how can I learn if not by looking at where I’ve been? So I just sent out a survey of BBFF09. Despite a couple of harsh criticisms, over 75% (thus far) have said that they would definitely come back next year. And, surprisingly, nearly 80% want to get rid of the meat on the menu! Some people complained they didn’t have enough time for schmoozin’ and others complained that the intermission was too long. The majority also said they liked the films, though some of the harshest critics reserved their most stinging barbs for the final film on Saturday night. I’m sure it didn’t help that we had a 20 minute delay from the projection booth, but honestly, of the people that voted, B.I.K.E. was the highest rated film on Saturday, so go figure. I probably wouldn’t have ended the festival on such a downer note, but it was recommended by a member of the Mass Bike board, so I assumed (wrongly, apparently) that Mass Bike was endorsing it. Live and learn, I guess!

I am relieved that another festival is behind me and already looking ahead to 2010. It looks like we will be donating a nice check for our beneficiaries this year, but until I get the final checks from the silent auction and the bill from the Brattle, I won’t know. Stay tuned!