Feedback on MAGNET, please!

Feedback on MAGNET, please!

Tell us what you think of MAGNET.

Please take five minutes and rate MAGNET magazine and its regular features. Easy! Just write a number from 1 to 5 in front of each item. The numbers have the following values:

5 = Excellent for priests, religious, seminarians & educated laity

4 = Useful & interesting

3 = Somewhat useful

2 = Of very limited use or appeal 1 = Irrelevant and quite useless. Drop it!

1. REGULAR FEATURES:
2. Cover Stories in general (e.g., Mental Illness, Catholic Education, Fratelli Tutti, …)
3. Candles in the Dark
4. Canon Law
5. Couplespeak
6. Documents in brief
7. Editorial
8. Finance
9. Inspiration (quotes on the cover topic)
10. Law
11. Letters to the Editor
12. Life on the Margins
13. Psychology
14. Reviews (books and movies)
15. Special Days
16. Tips for Superiors
17. Experiential articles (vocation stories, God-experience, ministry, young religious, aging gracefully, …)
18. Interviews
19. Fun and more

1. YOUR RATING OF MAGNET IN GENERAL:

Please rate the following aspects of MAGNET, by circling the appropriate number against each item. (5 shows the highest appreciation and 1 shows the least.)

1. Contents: …….5 4 3 2 1
2. Language and presentation: 5 4 3 2 1
3. Visual appeal (artwork, photos, design): 5 4 3 2 1
4. Quality of the paper and printing: 5 4 3 2 1
5. Does MAGNET appeal to most priests and religious? To most/many/some/a few
6. Does it attract educated lay persons? 5 4 3 2 1
7. How many of the articles do you usually read?  All/ most/half/fewer than half/very few

1. h) What you like best: (1)……… (2)………………(3)…………
2. i) What you like least: (1)……………. (2)……………….
3. Do you prefer a magazine produced: (i) on good paper with art work and colour pages (as we are doing now), or (ii) on cheaper paper with less attractive presentation (and hence lower cost)? (i) or (ii)

1. Your overall assessment of MAGNET (Please circle or underline one alternative):

(5) Excellent! One of the best magazines I know.

(4) A good magazine. Worth reading.

(3) Average. With good and bad elements.

(2) Not enthusiastic about it.

(1) Poor in contents and presentation

• Other topics MAGNET should have:

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1. Writers we should contact for articles:
2. Name: ………………………….. Subject(s): ……………..………
3. Name: ………………………….. Subject(s): ……………..………
4. Name: ………………………….. Subject(s): ……………..………
5. Comments & suggestions you like to add (Feel free to use additional sheets):

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…………………………………………………………………………………… Please mail this sheet (or a photocopy of it) with your answers to:

Editor, MAGNET, CRI House, Masihgarh, New Friends Colony P O, New Delhi 110025.

OR: E-mail your answers to crimagnet@gmail.com and jmannath@gmail.com. If you are using email, no need to retype the questions. Simply give your answers, eg, I a): 5. You can also ask us for the soft copy of the Feedback Form; we shall send it to you.

To show our appreciation for the time and attention you devote to this feedback, we will send a copy of the bestseller, A Radical Love, A Path of Light (worth Rs 220) to the first 20 completed forms we receive.