Subject: Caltech Alcohol and Drug Survey: you could win a prize

From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:26:03 -0800

Dear Student,

We have had an excellent response to the CADS survey, but we want to reach our goal of near 100% participation. If you have already completed this survey, thank you for your participation in this important effort.

For others, you still have 6 days to complete the survey and increase your chances of winning an individual prize and helping your house or the GSC win their cash prize.

Thank you for opening this email.  It contains important information about taking the 2007 Caltech Alcohol and Drug Survey (CADS).  

The 2007 CADS web-based survey is online and you must be 18 years of age to participate. You will need to complete the survey in one sitting, which typically takes about 20 minutes.  Near the end of this email is the hotlink to the hosting facility where you will take this confidential and voluntary survey.    

Informed Consent

· I am inviting all currently registered students to participate in the 2007 Caltech Alcohol and Drug Survey (CADS).  This survey is designed to gather accurate alcohol and drug usage data among our students and will greatly assist me in my efforts in assessing current programs, and developing new ones.

· By completing the survey, you will be entered into a random drawing to win one of 10 individual prizes. There is also a cash prize for the undergraduate house that receives the highest response rate, and a cash prize if the GSC is successful in having more than 50% of the graduate students complete the survey.  Increase your chance of winning.  Don’t wait…take the survey now!

· Your name or e-mail addresses will never be associated with your responses.  You may answer only some questions, or you may choose not to participate in the survey at all.

· You have been assigned a unique ID number in order for the secure server to manage your online survey input.  This number is imbedded in your URL address. To ensure confidentiality, ID numbers are destroyed before data are compiled and shared with me.

· Data transmission is encrypted and firewall securities are in place. After you submit the survey to the secure server, you will receive a message thanking you for taking the survey.  At the end of the survey period, prize winners will be notified (via email) to collect their prize in my office (Center for Student Services Bldg., Room 248).

· There may be some personal discomfort with the content of certain questions.  For example, there are sensitive questions concerning illegal drug use or questions asking if you have abused prescription drugs.  If after taking the survey, you experience emotional discomfort or need assistance, please contact me at x2961 or the Student Counseling Center at x8331.     

By linking to the survey web site, you are acknowledging that you are 18 years of age or older, and you are agreeing to participate in the 2007 Caltech Alcohol and Drug Survey.

If you agree to participate, click on the following address to continue:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?A=173443579E70898

Thank you for your honest answers and time.  

Jane M. Curtis, M.A.
Caltech Health Educator

If you do not wish to participate in this survey, please click here http://www.surveymonkey.com/r.asp?A=173443579E70898